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Indian firm Persistent Systems acquires US-based Starfish Associates

PUNE — Digital engineering and enterprise modernisation company Persistent Systems on Wednesday said it had acquired New Jersey-based Starfish Associates for an undisclosed sum. Known for its enterprise communications automation platform, Starfish ...

03 Jul 2024

Use of AI for self-prescription poses risk to human life, warn doctors

HYDERABAD — Use of Artificial Intelligence (IA) for self-diagnosis and prescription poses significant risk to human life, warn healthcare professionals.  On Doctors’ Day, they voiced concern over the growing trend of patients depending on Intern...

01 Jul 2024

India leads global AI research, Bengaluru 7th best AI Hub — Report

NEW DELHI — Bengaluru is now ranked seventh on the top 10 list of artificial intelligence (AI) Hubs worldwide, a report showed on Friday, adding that India (tied with Germany) has the highest number of AI research institutions globally. Bengaluru, ...

28 Jun 2024

AWS picks 24 Indian startups for space accelerator programme

NEW DELHI — Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Friday announced its first-ever space accelerator programme in India, selecting 24 startups from the country, providing a big boost to the space startup sector. The selected startups operate in a range of sp...

28 Jun 2024

Google brings 5 new tools to Chrome mobile app to boost search experience

NEW DELHI — Google has announced five new features in its Chrome browser on Android and iOS mobile devices to boost the search experience. These include new shortcuts for local search results and a refreshed address bar for easier navigation. Notab...

27 Jun 2024

Samsung builds AI chip infrastructure used in more efficient computing

SEOUL — Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it has completed building infrastructure to produce faster and more efficient chips for artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The infrastructure for so-called compute express link (CXL) technology was b...

25 Jun 2024

Canara Bank’s social media account on X hacked

NEW DELHI — Canara Bank’s official social media handle on X (formerly Twitter) has been hacked. The hacker changed the username of the handle to ‘ether.fi’. Currently, Canara Bank‘s official account (@canarabank) has 2.55 la...

23 Jun 2024

US sanctions leaders of Russian antivirus software provider Kaspersky

WASHINGTON — The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against a dozen senior executives of Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, one day after the Commerce Department banned the sale of its antivirus software in the US. “Today&#...

22 Jun 2024

Zerodha’s Kite app faces another tech glitch, users complain on X

NEW DELHI — Brokerage firm Zerodha’s trading app Kite on Friday suffered another technical glitch, with users complaining of frozen screens and other issues. Several users took it to social media platform X, complaining that the app was compl...

21 Jun 2024

152 Indian startups on track to turn unicorns over next 5 years — Report

NEW DELHI — At least 152 Indian startups are on track to turn unicorns from 31 cities over the next 3 to 5 years to its current tally of 67 unicorns, a new report has said. As per ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2024, India is p...

21 Jun 2024

AI platform OrbitShift raises $7 million to expand product footprint

NEW DELHI — AI-native sales operating system OrbitShift on Thursday said it has raised $7 million in seed funding led by Peak XV’s Surge and Stellaris Venture Partners. OrbitShift said it plans to leverage the funding to expand its customer base ...

20 Jun 2024

Samsung unveils industry’s first AI hybrid fridge using ‘Peltier’ modules

SEOUL — Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled the industry’s first hybrid refrigerator using semiconductor elements and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve energy efficiency and performance. The new Bespoke AI Hybrid Refrigerator adopt...

20 Jun 2024

Tesla stockholders approve Musk’s $56 billion pay package

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla stockholders have overwhelmingly approved the $56 billion pay package (now valued at $44.9 billion) for the company’s CEO Elon Musk, along with reincorporating the electric vehicle company in the US state of Texas, moving it...

14 Jun 2024

38 pc IT professionals ranked data quality as key barrier to AI adoption — Report

NEW DELHI — About 38 per cent of IT professionals, who have trust in the quality of data and training used in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, ranked data quality as a major barrier to AI adoption, second only to security and privacy risk...

13 Jun 2024

Elon Musk’s X begins hiding all likes for users

NEW DELHI — Elon Musk on Wednesday confirmed the roll out of a new feature that will hide all likes by default for X users. X is rolling out “private likes” which will likely show up on users’ timelines from Wednesday. This means that users&#...

12 Jun 2024

‘Apple Intelligence’, ChatGPT on iPhone & more — Tim Cook heralds AI era

CUPERTINO (CALIFORNIA) — Joining the AI bandwagon in a big way, Apple on Monday announced a new suite of AI features (including ChatGPT integration) that will customise personal experiences for millions of its users with the arrival of iOS 18 and o...

11 Jun 2024

Musk threatens to ban iPhones at his companies over ChatGPT integration

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday threatened to ban iPhones from all his companies over the integration of ChatGPT into iPhones and other Apple devices. Apple on Monday announced that in iOS 18, users will be able to ask Sir...

11 Jun 2024

Facebook hit with fresh user data leak, claim researchers

NEW DELHI — Cybersecurity researchers have reported an alleged data leak involving at least one lakh users of Facebook which appeared on a data breach forum. The team from New Delhi-based non-profit organisation CyberPeace alleged that 1,00,000 lin...

10 Jun 2024

Musk asks X users to post long-form articles to promote citizen journalism

NEW DELHI — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, on Sunday, encouraged X users to post long-form articles on the platform and create space for citizen journalism. Some users have already started posting full-length articles written by them on X, as Musk...

09 Jun 2024

TCS launches GenAI aggregation platform for firms to adopt next-gen tech at scale

NEW DELHI — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday launched ‘AI WisdomNext’, a platform that aggregates multiple Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) services into a single interface and enables organisations to rapidly adopt n...

07 Jun 2024

Musk says will ensure ‘porn-free’ mode on X platform

NEW DELHI — As social media platform X allowed users to post adult and graphic content earlier this week, its owner Elon Musk on Wednesday said he would ensure a ‘porn-free’ experience for those who do not want to watch such content. Musk-run s...

05 Jun 2024

Microsoft, KT to jointly develop AI, cloud technologies

SEOUL — KT Corp, a South Korean telecom company, said on Tuesday it will join hands with US technology giant Microsoft to develop the local artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing industries. Under the partnership, the two companies will j...

04 Jun 2024

Nearly 2,500 leaked Search documents are real, says Google

NEW DELHI, MAY 30 (IANS) — Tech giant Google has admitted that around 2,500 leaked internal documents from its Search feature are authentic. The leaked Search material was first reported by search engine optimisation (SEO) experts Rand Fishkin and ...

30 May 2024

MediaTek unveils 2 new Dimensity 7300 chips for high-end gaming

NEW DELHI — Chip maker MediaTek on Thursday announced Dimensity 7300 and the Dimensity 7300X, a pair of 4nm chips for high-tech mobile gaming. The Dimensity 7300 chipsets enable multitasking, superior photography accelerated gaming and AI-enhanced ...

30 May 2024

Apple’s flagship developer event to unveil new software updates on June 10

NEW DELHI — Apple has announced to organise its flagship Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC24) from June 10-June 14, including keynote and ‘Platforms State of the Union’. The company said the conference will bring the global Apple developer ...

29 May 2024
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