Texas is refusing to register kei trucks, and owners are fighting back

A few years ago, some New England states became infamous in the car community when they began canceling existing registrations of legally imported and titled vintage Japanese cars, as well as preventing registration of additional examples. But they’re not the only states that are starting to put up roadblocks to registering vehicles, particularly “kei” size … Read more

OpenAI can’t register ‘GPT’ as a trademark — yet

The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has denied OpenAI’s application to register the word GPT, which means generative pre-trained transformer, saying GPT is too general a term to register and can prevent competitors from correctly describing their products as a GPT. OpenAI argued in its application that GPT is not a descriptive word — … Read more

South African election officials visit prisons trying to register record numbers of inmates to vote

PRETORIA, South Africa — South African election officials have visited prisons across the country as part of an ambitious project to register at least 100,000 inmates to vote in this year’s national election. The country’s constitution guarantees every adult citizen the right to vote — meaning there are no restrictions on prisoners taking part in … Read more

Siddharth Desai claims 7 as Gujarat register stunning win over Karnataka; Mumbai beat Andhra by 10 wickets

Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai came up with a sensational spell of 7/42 as Gujarat stunned Karnataka by six runs in a Group C match of Ranji Trophy 2024 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday, January 15. Set to chase a target of 110, Karnataka were bundled out for 103 in 26.2 overs. … Read more

Indonesian presidential candidates register for next year’s elections as supporters cheer

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thousands of noisy, flag-waving political supporters created a celebratory atmosphere outside Indonesia’s election commission Thursday as candidates started registering for next year’s elections in the world’s third-largest democracy. More than 2,400 police were deployed around the General Election Commission compound and roads were blocked around the building in Jakarta where traffic was … Read more