RE Super Meteor 650 Marks 1 Year Celebration With Over 2000 Riders Across India

RE Super Meteor 650 Marks 1 Year Celebration With Over 2000 Riders Across India

Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 17:27 IST Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 Marks One-Year Celebration With Over 2000 Riders Across India. (Photo: Royal Enfield) With its user-friendly controls and comfortable rider ergonomics, the Super Meteor 650 ensures stability on highways and pure riding pleasure on winding roads. Royal Enfield celebrated a year of cruising with … Read more

AI chatbots are sparking romance (with the chatbot, that is)

AI chatbots are sparking romance (with the chatbot, that is)

A few months ago, Derek Carrier started seeing someone and became infatuated. He experienced a “ton” of romantic feelings but he also knew it was an illusion. That’s because his girlfriend was generated by artificial intelligence. Carrier wasn’t looking to develop a relationship with something that wasn’t real, nor did he want to become the … Read more

Air Canada found liable for chatbot’s bad advice on plane tickets

Air Canada found liable for chatbot’s bad advice on plane tickets

Air Canada has been ordered to pay compensation to a grieving grandchild who claimed they were misled into purchasing full-price flight tickets by an ill-informed chatbot. In an argument that appeared to flabbergast a small claims adjudicator in British Columbia, the airline attempted to distance itself from its own chatbot’s bad advice by claiming the online tool … Read more

Artist trained rats to take selfies to make a point about social media

Artist trained rats to take selfies to make a point about social media

As It Happens5:59Artist trains rats to take selfies to make a point about social media When Augustin Lignier built a photo booth for rats, he was really trying to point the lens at humanity. The French artist trained two pet store rodents to take selfies in exchange for sweet treats. But over time, he says, they … Read more

Nerene Virgin, ‘trailblazer’ star of Today’s Special and Black history educator, dead at 77

Nerene Virgin, ‘trailblazer’ star of Today’s Special and Black history educator, dead at 77

Nerene Virgin, a former actor, public broadcaster, anti-racism advocate and educator also known for her trailblazing work, has died in Burlington, Ont., at age 77. Virgin, a sixth-generation Hamiltonian, was a teacher before gaining prominence for playing Jodie on the TVO children’s show Today’s Special in the 1980s. She was also host of the CTV public affairs show Eye on Toronto.  In … Read more

Climate change behind ferry disruptions and shipping delays, Marine Atlantic says

Climate change behind ferry disruptions and shipping delays, Marine Atlantic says

Unusually choppy waters off the west coast of Newfoundland mean the island’s only transport truck ferry service has been seeing an onslaught of delays.  And those repeated delays, says Marine Atlantic spokesperson Darrell Mercer, mean trucks carrying food, clothing and household goods aren’t arriving on time. “There have been continuous storm systems that have been … Read more