For some residents of San Francisco, the robotic future of driving is just a tap away. Ride-hailing services from GM subsidiary Cruise and Alphabet company Waymo allow them to summon a driverless ride with an app. But some riders have become perhaps too comfortable with the technology.

In a letter filed with a California regulator yesterday, city agencies complained that on three separate occasions since December, Cruise staff called 911 after a passenger in one of its driverless vehicles became “unresponsive” to the two-way voice link installed in each car. Each time, police and firefighters rushed to the scene but found the same thing: a passenger who had fallen asleep in their robot ride.

The agencies’ letter complains that the incidents wasted public money and potentially diverted resources from people truly in need. “Taxpayer funded emergency response resources used for nonemergencies undermine their availability to members of the public in true nee[d],” wrote the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, and the Mayor’s Office on Disability.

The letter was one of a series sent to the California Public Utilities Commission this week by transportation officials in San Francisco and Los Angeles seeking to pump the brakes on Cruise and Waymo’s requests to expand their paid robotaxi services in both cities. The cities say they’re worried the technology isn’t ready. And they want the companies to be required to share more data about the performance of their cars, and meet specific benchmarks, before service can be expanded.

Banking shares were under pressure with Nifty Bank, Nifty Private Bank and Nifty PSU Bank indices declining up to 5 per cent in past two trading days amid a heavy sell-off in equities.

At 09:41 AM; Nifty Bank, Nifty Private Bank and Nifty PSU Bank indices were down 1.5 per cent to 2 per cent on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). In comparison, the Nifty 50 was down 0.67 per cent. In past two trading days, the banking indices have declined between 4 per cent and 5 per cent, as against 2 per cent decline in the benchmark index.

ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Bandhan Bank and State Bank of India (SBI) were down 2 per cent today. In past one week, Bank of India, YES Bank, RBL Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Central Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank slipped in the range of 6 per cent to 10 per cent. The Nifty 50 was down 1.5 per cent in past one week.

A sharp fall in banking shares has been witnessed after US-based investment research firm, Hindenburg Research, alleged on Wednesday that the Adani group had engaged in “a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme”. It also accused the conglomerate of improper use of offshore tax havens, and flagged concerns about the group’s high debt. CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT

• Who is the Best Roblox Bedwars Player? Answered

If you’re a Roblox player, then you may have had your own run-in with the fan-favorite user-created title, BedWars. It’s a truly deep title that’s grown to have a pretty substantial player base, kicking off its own mythos in the Roblox landscape. It’s gotten so big that Twitch streamers and the like have been drawing attention to the title, making players wonder who the best of the best is. So today, we’re going to reveal who the best Roblox BedWars player is!

Who is the Best Roblox Bedwars Player? Answered

Roblox BedWars players actually have the capability to see the entire leaderboard of how every player in the game is doing. Once in the hub world, head near the large windmill and you’ll see a crown floating on wood posts. Here, you’ll be able to choose either the current season’s leaderboard or the monthly wins leaderboard.

For those wondering who the best player is, according to the season six leaderboard, it would appear that a YouTuber by the name of YoJpingStar with a Nightmare ranking. As for monthly wins, that number one title goes to a player that goes by 1111III11111111III1I and is the current leader.

Related: How to Get Creative Mode in Roblox BedWars

It’s worth noting that every 30 days or so the monthly wins category hits a fresh restart, allowing players to begin with a clean slate and try their hand at getting their name in the higher rankings. The same goes for the seasons that come and go, as the slate will be wiped clean there as well.

By Mike Dolan

LONDON (Reuters) - Whatever new year fillip the euro zone economy got from ebbing natural gas prices, the UK saw none of it - showing just how peculiarly British the downturn there has become and heaping pressure on the Bank of England.

January business surveys from around the world on Tuesday saw euro zone economic activity expanding again for the first time since June - helped by an unusually warm winter that's seen more than a halving of sky-high natural gas prices over the past six weeks.

Although Britain saw the same easing of wholesale energy prices, UK industry - by stark contrast - continued to contract this month. In fact it shrank at its fastest pace in two years, with everything from inflation and rising interest rates to worker shortages, serial labour strikes and mounting Brexit damage being blamed. Sterling suffered its biggest one-day drop against the euro on Tuesday in over a month.

And even if you think surveys can be wayward from time to time, the Confederation of British Industry's poll of manufacturers doubled down on the message and showed order books weakening further this month despite an easing of cost pressures.

Whatever the precise reason for the persistent gloom, it leaves the central bank in a pickle as it tries to rein in still double-digit inflation and record private sector pay growth without sinking the housing-sensitive economy even deeper into the mire.

The BoE meets again next week and there are growing calls for it start to wind up its year-long campaign of interest rate hikes that have already brought its main policy rate to 3.5% from just 0.1% in December 2021.