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Social media is awash with stupidity, cruelty and wrongheaded political opinions passed off as deep thoughts and intellectual acuity.Three years ago, the actor Gina Carano, of “The Mandalorian” fame, became an exemplar of the trend when she reposted a particularly inane meme on her Instagram story page.It featured a famous, sickening image of a terrified half-naked Jewish woman running from a pursuing mob, including a child menacingly brandishing a stick. The photograph was taken in 1941, during the Lviv pogroms in…

Curated By: Shahrukh ShahLast Updated: January 13, 2024, 12:07 ISTAudi Q3 40 TFSI. (Photo: Shahrukh Shah/ News18) It has been reported that the UP government has raised the request, asking the operators to arrange over 800 luxury cars for VIP guests and celebrities.As the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony is all set to take place on January 22 in Ayodhya, tour operators started making arrangements for luxury vehicle rides to facilitate high-profile visitors.It has been reported that the UP government also raised the…

2024 is barely a few weeks old and already the future of Star Wars is driving people mad with speculation and rumormongering. io9 got you the scoop of the week with what’s really up with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daisy Ridley’s Rey movie, but here’s the rest of our big hits you may have missed—James Whitbrook  2024 is barely a few weeks old and already the future of Star Wars is driving people mad with speculation and rumormongering. io9 got you the scoop of the week with what’s really up with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and…

Waymo, Alphabet Inc's autonomous driving unit, said on Friday it had applied to the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its driverless service in Los Angeles.A license would allow Waymo, which operates extensively in San Francisco, to fully operate its fleet in Los Angeles, California's largest city, where it is now testing rides, allowing new rides only by invitation.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For…

Back in September 2023, e-mobility startup Tozz Bike – the outfit responsible for 2021's Pipegun kickbike – partnered with Joyce Technology to co-develop electric vehicles, and the eye-catching Joyce'90 e-moto is the first fruit of that collaboration.Tozz has a new version of the Pipegun electric kickbike coming later this year, while Istanbul-based Juice is probably best known for its sporty One electric car. For the Joyce'90, the partnership has looked back to 1990s styling for design inspiration."It has a…

The truck drivers’ association has finally called off the strike. In the last couple of days, we have come across several videos and images from different parts of the country related to this strike. Many petrol pumps saw long queues, and some of them even ran out of fuel. People were panic-buying fuel after they came across reports of the truck drivers’ strike. A Zomato delivery agent in Hyderabad came up with a unique idea to continue working without waiting in long queues at the petrol pump. He chose to ride a horse…

From tasty food and drinks to awe-inspiring art, film and cultural celebrations, the festivities ahead look near-endless. Here are all the fabulous fairs and festivals that are coming to the Bay Area in 2024. JANUARY SF Tape Music Festival: Jan. 5-7, Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St., San Francisco. America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, SFTMF features four concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions projected over a pristine surround system…

The Dutch love to cycle. So much so that there are more than 35,000 km (over 56,000 miles) of cycle paths snaking through the Netherlands. Two of those bike routes have now been topped with photovoltaic cells to produce renewable energy while they face skyward.Construction company the BAM Royal Group and the Colas Group's Wattway subsidiary have joined forces to install the latter's Wattway Pack panels on 1,000 m2 of bike paths in the North Holland province and another 1,000 m2 in the North Brabant area.Unlike the…

As a part of its push towards boosting the average transaction size on its platform, ride-hailing company Uber is increasing efforts in India for new mobility verticals such as intercity rides, hourly rentals and reserved bookings, some of which have seen more than 40% year-on-year growth over the past 12 months.The company has expanded the intercity service to around 100 cities and is adding new features to the offering that increases the average ticket size on the platform. In the last two months, it has allowed users…

We've seen a number of ebikes that are more moto than bike, and when Juiced Bikes crowdfunded the Scrambler back in 2018, it was pitched as the "best electric motorbike on the market." Now that model has entered its second generation.The 2018 Indiegogo campaign for the original Scrambler raised in excess of a million bucks and launched a brand that's been pumping out powerful moped-styled ebikes like the HyperScrambler and Scorpion ever since. With the X2, the company evolves the model that "captured the hearts of…