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  • Telangana’s Ramappa Temple Illuminated With Tiranga Colours Ahead of Indian Independence Day 2022, View Breathtaking Pics of UNESCO World Heritage Site

    The 13th-century architectural marvel Ramappa Temple in Telangana is illuminated with colours of the national flag, i.e, Tiranga ahead of the Indian Independence Day 2022 celebrations. The country is all set to celebrate the 75th year of India’s Independence Day on the 15th of August, 2022, Monday. And like many iconic monuments and buildings throughout the country, the recently inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site is adorned with Tiranga colours.

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  • Know History of Pizza: Google’s Interactive Doodle Game Celebrates the Induction of ‘Culinary Art of Pizzaiuolo’ in UNESCO Representative List

    Mumbai, December 6: On this day, in 2007, UNESCO inscribed the culinary Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’ on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. To mark the day, Google rolled out an interactive animated game for its users.

    The interactive game features the most beloved pizza toppings from all around the world. As you start to play, you are challenged to cut slices based on the type of pizza ordered. paying close attention to the toppings and number of slices ordered while cutting the pizza will earn you more stars. The game showcases in total 11 beloved pizza toppings, including the Desert pizza as a bonus round! To play the pizza cutting game, all you have to do is click on Google logo on the home page of Google, and you are good to go!  Selamat Hari Guru! Teachers’ Day 2021 in Indonesia Gets Commemorated With Cute Google Doodle (View Pic).

    “Although flatbread with toppings has been consumed for centuries in ancient civilizations from Egypt to Rome, the southwestern Italian city of Naples is widely credited as the birthplace of the pizza known today (dough layered with tomatoes and cheese) in the late 1700s,” said Google while bringing up the history of pizza.  As per the Google date, an estimated five billion pizzas (350 slices per second in the U.S. alone) are consumed internationally each year.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 06, 2021 09:54 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Celebrating the Wadden Sea: Google Doodle Celebrates The UNESCO World Heritage Site in Style (Watch Video)

    Celebrating the Wadden Sea: Google Doodle Celebrates The UNESCO World Heritage Site in Style (Watch Video)

    Today’s Google Doodle celebrated the Wadden Sea, the world’s largest network of tidal sand and wetlands.  The sea reportedly spans the coastlines of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. See video here.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 30, 2021 03:39 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Apple Updates Siri With Two New Voices To Eliminate Gender Bias

    Apple Updates Siri With Two New Voices To Eliminate Gender Bias

    San Francisco, April 1: With an aim to eliminate gender bias, Apple is adding two new voices to Siri’s English offerings besides removing the default “female voice” selection in the latest beta version of iOS. The latest update will allow iPhone and iPad users to choose their preferred Siri voice during device setup. According to a TechCrunch report, this is a positive step forward as it allows people to choose the voice that they prefer without the defaults bias coming into play. Apple WWDC 2021 To Begin on June 7, 2021; Next-Gen iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, macOS & tvOS To Be Announced.

    “We’re excited to introduce two new Siri voices for English speakers and the option for Siri users to select the voice they want when they set up their device,” Apple said in a statement on Wednesday. “This is a continuation of Apple’s long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion, and products and services that are designed to better reflect the diversity of the world we live in,” it added.

    In 2019, a report by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) revealed that assigning female genders to virtual assistants reinforced negative gender biases. The report found that by using a female voice for AI-powered assistants, gender stereotypes were being perpetuated.

    “Companies like Apple and Amazon, staffed by overwhelmingly male engineering teams, have built AI systems that cause their feminized digital assistants to greet verbal abuse with catch-me-if-you-can flirtation,” the report stated. “Because the speech of most voice assistants is female, it sends a signal that women are … docile and eager-to-please helpers, available at the touch of a button or with a blunt voice command like ‘hey’ or ‘OK’,” it added.

    The two new voices also bring some much-needed variety to the voices of Siri. The two new voices use source talent recordings that are then run through Apple’s Neural text to the speech engine. The new voices are available to English-speaking users around the world and Siri users can select a personal preference of voice in 16 languages. More diversity in voice, tone and regional dialect can only be a positive development for how inclusive smart devices feel, the report said.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Apr 02, 2021 08:36 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).