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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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By Dheeraj Fartode  Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
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No iconic 'Bong' sound, Apple lovers confused

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In an historical move for Apple lover, the Apple has dropped the iconic “bong” sound that its laptops make when started up. The chime - a fading F sharp chord - has been used on every Mac since the iMac G3. The sound has become a cultural icon, and was famously used in the Pixar film WALL-E when the movie’s robot protagonist reboots, although it never made it to the iPhone or iPad.

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Apple users are stumbled after the move. Many are still thinking why Apple had dropped it. Latest MacBook Pro, unveiled last week, has no power button and automatically turns on when it is opened, apparently making the startup sound obsolete. Apple unveiled the new laptops, which feature a new touchscreen “Touch Bar” above the keyboard and Touch ID fingerprint recognition, last Thursday. They are due to be released in mid-November. While the removal of the startup chime will be welcomed by those who have loudly opened their laptop in meetings and classrooms or unwittingly woken a sleeping infant, it marks the end of a computing tradition.

According Apple officials, the sound was created by Jim Reekes, an engineer at the company, who played it on a Korg synthesizer. The original chord - which Reekes said was inspired by the final chord in The Beatles’ "A Day In The Life" - was raised from C Major for the iMac G3 in 1998. Macs have had a startup sound since 1984’s Macintosh, which was intended to be a reassuring sign that the computer is operating normally. The current chime has been the same since 1998 but is itself a modified version of the sound used since 1993’s Quadra 840AV.




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