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BEE's draft CAFE norms risk derailing India's EV ambitions, industry competitiveness

Delhi's revolutionary electric vehicle policy stands at odds with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency's updated CAFE standards. The latest guidelines ease targets for electric and hybrid vehicle integration by 2032, providing undue credits for well-established technologies, stifling true innovation. Such a regulatory framework promotes mediocrity instead of fostering a competitive…

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Tata Motors PV flags concern over proposed direct credit buys from BEE in CAFE II shifts

Tata Motors PV flags concern over proposed direct credit buys from BEE in CAFE II shifts

Tata Motors has voiced concerns regarding a government proposal on CAFE II compliance credits. The company believes allowing direct credit purchases from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency could weaken the framework. Tata Motors insists the BEE should not originate or sell credits in its own capacity. This provision could offer…

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Why CDSCO and BEE have not kept pace with the industries they oversee

Why CDSCO and BEE have not kept pace with the industries they oversee

CDSCO still faces challenges like chronic understaffing, gaps in technical skills, weak lab infra and fragmented approvals. About a decade back, the organisation was recommended a benchmark of 1 inspector for every 50 manufacturing units. Yet, in end-2023, it carried a strength of barely 200 inspectors against a sanctioned strength…

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Major Russian mobile provider Beeline launches 'whitelist VPN' for Netflix and Spotify

Russian telecom giant Beeline has introduced a built-in "whitelist VPN," granting users direct access to Western streaming and gaming platforms that suspended their operations in the country.

Enough chit-chat: Alexa is done waiting for the agentic AI future — I spoke to Amazon's Daniel Rausch to find out more

Tech is finally catching up with the mission of Amazon's ubiquitous assistant.

Meet Bee: The $49 AI Wearable Amazon Just Bought That Hears Everything You Say

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has agreed to acquire Bee, a San Francisco startup behind a $49.99 AI wristband that listens to conversations, transcribes speech, and generates personalized reminders, summaries, and to-do lists, according to media reports.

Those who think Amazon listens to you all the time, look away now – new acquisition does just that

Amazon is in the process of buying Bee, an Apple Watch app and wearable that records everything it hears

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If you felt like Amazon could eavesdrop on you before, get ready to meet its AI wearable

If you felt like Amazon could eavesdrop on you before, get ready to meet its AI wearable

Amazon bought AI wearable company Bee, but is giving up privacy worth getting a transcription of your day?

This AI wristband will listen to everything you say

This AI wristband will listen to everything you say

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Amazon Buys Into AI Wearables: Meet Bee, The Company That Listens And Records Your Conversations

Ecommerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is buying an AI-related wearable company in its latest push for growth in the artificial intelligence sector.

Amazon buys AI wristband that listens to everything you say

Amazon buys AI wristband that listens to everything you say

Bee bracelet offers wearers personalised summaries of their days

The Independent UK

Amazon buys wearable AI startup Bee, a wrist device that hears and transcribes every word you speak

Amazon buys wearable AI startup Bee, a wrist device that hears and transcribes every word you speak

Amazon is acquiring an AI startup called Bee that makes a wearable device which promises to transcribe everything you say.

Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini is convicted of murder in the 2021 shootings of his wife's parents

Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini is convicted of murder in the 2021 shootings of his wife's parents

Retired MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini has been convicted of murder and attempted murder in the shootings of his wife’s parents during a burglary at their home four years ago near Lake Tahoe in California

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How the word ‘womyn’ dragged the National Spelling Bee into the US culture wars

How the word ‘womyn’ dragged the National Spelling Bee into the US culture wars

In an age of division where authoritarianism is seeping into every corner of American discourse, the Spelling Bee offers up a reminder of what America should truly be

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UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers

New Writing North’s literary venture The Bee includes magazine and podcast, and is supported by Michael Sheen

I can’t decide if I love or hate this always-listening AI assistant from CES 2025

I can't decide if Bee is the device everyone should own, or no one.

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High school teacher’s bizarre biology test included racist question on ‘pimp walk’ gene

A teacher at Sacramento’s Luther Burbank High School gave a wildly offensive final that targeted individual students by name

BEE signs MoU with EPDCL for Demand Side Management

BEE, Union Ministry of Power, launched DSM prog. to strengthen DISCOMs, incl. APEPDCL, and address peak demand. MoU signed in Hyderabad. DSM modifies consumer electricity demand, reducing peak hours and shifting consumption to off-peak.

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Draft energy efficiency plan for Kerala lays stress on more electric vehicles, green buildings

Kerala can make appreciable gains by 2030 in terms of energy savings by increasing the number of electric vehicles and green buildings and enhancing the overall energy efficiency of households and industries, the draft State Energy Efficiency Action Plan has indicated.

BEE exhorts AP and other States to promote Mission LiFE

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Director General Abhay Bakre exhorted Andhra Pradesh (AP) and other State Governments to educate the public, especially students, about Mission LiFE, a programme launched at COP-26 to foster a profound shift in citizens’ behaviour towards adopting energy - efficient lifestyles and promoting sustainable consumption…

New e-commerce site to showcase ‘energy efficient’ appliances

Improving energy efficiency is a key plank of India’s energy-security strategy.

Amicus Briefs in Volokh v. James, the Second Circuit Case Related to Social Media "Hate Speech" Policies

"For the most part, the American Civil Liberties Union, Young Americans for Freedom, and the Babylon Bee don't see eye to eye."

A light-bulb moment for the Indian fan market

Energy-efficient fans will not only help the population in terms of lower electricity bills but will also aid India’s clean energy transition

Bureau of Energy Efficiency plans to launch ₹12,000 crore Interest Subversion Scheme

BEE to launch int. subvention scheme of ₹12K cr to turbocharge energy efficiency initiatives, incl. ₹6K cr for MSMEs. Scheme to offer reduced-interest loans for energy efficiency projects. Goals: reduced energy consumption, increased efficiency, lower CO2 emissions, improved profitability & competitiveness for MSMEs, more job opps. BEE's initiatives incl. 150…

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Texas woman mowing lawn attacked by snake and hawk – at the same time

Snake dropped from the grasp of a hawk in the sky and wrapped itself around the woman’s arm, then the bird tried to retrieve it

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