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Just days after the video of former Australia cricketer Brad Hogg insulting Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Rizwan’s English outraged social media, another video has left fans fuming on the internet. In a video shared by Pakistan Super League franchise Multan Sultans, the PSL mascot could be seen using the voiceover of India captain Rohit Sharma’s press conference act after winning the ICC Champions Trophy. The video has received severe backlash from fans, as many deemed the act  ‘inappropriate’.In the video, the league’s mascot seemingly introduced the PSL 2025 trophy while using Rohit’s comments about the Champions Trophy. Cricket fans…

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The ability to generate high-quality images quickly is crucial for producing realistic simulated environments that can be used to train self-driving cars to avoid unpredictable hazards, making them safer on real streets.But the generative artificial intelligence techniques increasingly being used to produce such images have drawbacks. One popular type of model, called a diffusion model, can create stunningly realistic images but is too slow and computationally intensive for many applications. On the other hand, the autoregressive models that power LLMs like ChatGPT are much faster, but they produce poorer-quality images that are often riddled with errors.Researchers from MIT and NVIDIA…

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India pacer Mohammed Siraj, a mainstay across formats in the national team over the last 2-3 years, found himself being left out of the team’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad. The selectors’ decision to include the likes of Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana in place of Siraj, especially when Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out due to an injury, baffled many. However, explaining the selection committee’s stance over Siraj’s case, India captain Rohit Sharma highlighted the pacer’s ‘infectiveness’ with the old ball as a big factor behind the call. Siraj has now responded to Rohit’s claim, debunking the suggestions…

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LONDON — The European Union on Wednesday outlined the steps that Apple must take to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to work better with competing technologies.It’s the first time it has moved to compel a technology company to comply with the bloc’s digital rulebook, known as the Digital Markets Act.The 27-nation bloc’s executive Commission had opened two “specification proceedings” last year to lay out the steps Apple needed to comply with the sweeping rulebook, also known as the DMA, which took effect last year.In its decision, the commission detailed the measures that the iPhone maker has to…

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Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Thursday issued a transfer notice to Dr Subarna Goswami, who was at the forefront of an agitation demanding justice for an on-duty woman doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar hospital in August last year. Goswami, a member of the West Bengal Public Health cum Administrative Services and presently posted as Deputy CMOH-II, Purba Bardhaman in southern West Bengal, is appointed to act until further orders as Superintendent, Darjeeling TB Hospital in the northern part of the state, with immediate effect, according to a notification. Dr Sunetra Majumder, Deputy CMOH-IV, Purba Bardhaman,…

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A fire at an electrical substation near London’s Heathrow Airport has closed one of the world’s busiest airports.Heathrow Airport said the fire at the substation, which supplies power to the airport, has caused a “significant power outage” and the airport is expected to be closed until 11:59 p.m. local time on Friday night.”This is a highly visible and significant incident, and our firefighters are working tirelessly in challenging conditions to bring the fire under control as swiftly as possible,” Pat Goulbourne, assistant commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, said in a statement shortly before 2 a.m. local time.The fire has…

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Denmark’s Rasmus Hojlund reacts after scoring vs Portugal.© AFP Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund imitated Cristiano Ronaldo’s trademark “Siuuu” celebration after scoring the winning goal against Portugal in a Nations League quarter-final clash on Thursday but said he was not trying to make fun of his “idol”. The Manchester United forward’s 78th minute strike earned Denmark a 1-0 first leg win over Ronaldo’s Portugal, with the 40-year-old veteran striker completely frozen out at the other end on a frustrating night. Hojlund, on as a substitute, slotted home the deciding goal before copying former Man United and Real Madrid superstar…

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President Donald Trump late Wednesday criticized the Federal Reserve, urging the central bank to reduce interest rates, hours after it chose to leave borrowing rates unchanged.The move marked the latest example of Trump exerting pressure on the Federal Reserve, despite a longstanding norm of political independence at the central bank.Trump said lower rates would best prepare the economy for tariffs that are set to escalate over the coming weeks.“The Fed would be MUCH better off CUTTING RATES as U.S. Tariffs start to transition (ease!) their way into the economy,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, adding…

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The Indian Premier League (IPL-2025) has sanctioned the use of Hawk-Eye technology to assess wides outside the off-stump and above the batter’s head, eliminating subjectivity in umpiring decisions, with the ruling being conveyed to all ten captains during a pre-season meeting in Mumbai on Thursday ahead of the tournament’s commencement on March 22, as reported by ESPNcricinfo. The same technology that was used to assess over-the-waist no-balls in IPL 2024 will now be implemented for over-the-head wides. The ball-tracking technology, which includes Hawk-Eye, will evaluate the ball’s height as it crosses the batter at the popping crease and…

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