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On March 20, lawyers for Shohei Ohtani accused the Dodgers star’s longtime interpreter and close friend of stealing millions of dollars from the athlete to cover bets with an alleged illegal bookmaker under federal investigation.  It’s a remarkable story with many layers. There’s the alleged betrayal by Ippei Mizuhara, who up until his abrupt firing Wednesday, was interpreting for Ohtani that same day in Seoul, where the Dodgers began their season with a special pair of games against the San Diego Padres. There’s…

If you were a fan of X-Men: The Animated Series, there’s a lot to look forward to with the reboot, X-Men ’97. Is Charles Xavier truly dead? Will Cyclops ever find out that Cable is his son from the future? Will the show introduce any characters we’ve met over the past couple decades? Oddly enough, one lingering question involves Morph, a character most casual comics or MCU fans might not even know. Kevin Sydney, aka Morph, is the original X-Men animated team member that time forgot, a minor character seemingly killed…

Three authors have filed a lawsuit against graphics processing unit (GPU) giant Nvidia for illegally training its artificial intelligence (AI) platform NeMo on their copyrighted works. This is another development in the growing tensions globally involving intellectual property right holders and companies that make AI models, resulting in similar lawsuits that saw entities such as Microsoft and OpenAI cross swords.Here's an explainer of what the Nvidia lawsuit says and what these concerns are.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with…

Google on Friday removed several popular apps by ten Indian developers from its Play Store, citing non-compliance with billing policies. This move has sparked a contentious dispute between the tech giant and Indian developers over what they perceive as Google’s "unfair" policies. But less than a day later, it started reinstating some of the apps on the Play Store, which began complying with its billing norms. Which apps have been impacted?Among the delisted apps were Bharat Matrimony, Telugu Matrimony, Tamil Matrimony,…

Tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Paris-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) startup Mistral AI which would allow the latter’s AI models to run on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. The less-than-year-old startup is making waves and being considered Europe’s response to AI platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini (formerly known as Bard)Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine…

In the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of Byju's parent company Think & Learn, key investors voted to remove founder Byju Raveendran as the chief executive and also restructured the board, which includes his wife and cofounder Divya Gokulnath, and brother Riju Ravindran.What is shareholder resolution?Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech,…

Madame Web’s poor initial performance at the box office suggests that few people want to see it in a theater, let alone talk about it sight unseen. But there’s one aspect of it we should talk about anyway, because it’s so wild. Madame Web is a rarity in modern superhero cinema: a movie your friends might think you were making up if you described it to them without embellishment. Ironically, this makes it entirely faithful to the era of comic books it’s adapting. Not only does the comic book version of protagonist…

Marvel Studios revealed the cast of its Fantastic Four movie on Wednesday, confirming Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Marvel’s first family. But another member of the team is apparently also coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: HERBIE, the Fantastic Four’s robot sidekick, who has an unusual origin story. In the casting reveal poster for The Fantastic Four, The Thing is being served a cuppa joe by a little white-and-blue robot that appears to be HERBIE. HERBIE, which stands for…

New Delhi: The health ministry has reinitiated a nationwide campaign aimed at eliminating lymphatic filariasis, a vector-borne disease also known as elephantiasis. It ranks as India's second most common mosquito-borne parasitic disease after malaria. This effort is part of a phased strategy announced last year, targeting the disease's eradication by 2027.  The campaign, which involves a mass drug administration (MDA) strategy, is especially…

Maheshkumar Baladaniya highlights that this integration has enhanced efficiency, patient outcomes, and overall healthcare experiences. The healthcare sector is undergoing a digital revolution, and in the realm of Physical Therapy (PT), Maheshkumar Baladaniya, a paediatric physical therapist, is leading the charge by incorporating the latest tech trends, particularly in Health Informatics.Health informatics, utilising cutting-edge technology and data analysis in healthcare, plays a pivotal role in streamlining…