AI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in India, global South

AI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in India, global South

Dinesh Raj, who lives in Salem, Tamil Nadu, treasures his account on microwork website Amazon Mechanical Turk, even if competition for data annotation tasks on the crowdsourced platform is high, and the pay is low. The 30-year-old, who has an engineering degree, has struggled to find a well-paid job, and relies on the platform for […]

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FTX’s founder was called a modern-day J.P. Morgan Sr. The analogy still works

FTX’s founder was called a modern-day J.P. Morgan Sr. The analogy still works

With inflation still roaring, it is a hard time to make a case for the value of central banks. But the boy wizards of cryptocurrency have done it. The great benefit of crypto was said to be decentralization. This was accompanied by all manner of gasbagging about the liberating power of money unhinged from the […]

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Apple’s web search technology engineers leave for Google, says report

Apple’s web search technology engineers leave for Google, says report

A number of employees who are part of Apple’s search team have reportedly left the company to join Google in a setback to the former’s ambitions to develop a search engine that rivals the latter. According to a report by The Information, the employees who had left were founders of the company Laserlike, which Apple […]

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Apple iPhone exports from India doubling in boon to Modi’s plan

Apple iPhone exports from India doubling in boon to Modi’s plan

Apple Inc.’s iPhone exports from India crossed $1 billion in the five months since April, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling the South Asian nation is making progress with its bid to become a force in electronics manufacturing. At the current rate, outbound shipments of India-made iPhones, mainly to Europe and the Middle […]

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A Virtual Reality experience at this Chennai library examines the evolution of life

A Virtual Reality experience at this Chennai library examines the evolution of life

At this library, instead of borrowing a book, you can dive into an interactive Virtual Reality installation and examine the birth of our planet, aided by a snake  At this library, instead of borrowing a book, you can dive into an interactive Virtual Reality installation and examine the birth of our planet, aided by a […]

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U.S. signs deal with Google to make chips locally after NIST report

U.S. signs deal with Google to make chips locally after NIST report

The deal comes just weeks after NIST released a report on challenges facing the U.S. chip industry. The report outlined challenges in measurement, standardisation, and modelling and simulation The deal comes just weeks after NIST released a report on challenges facing the U.S. chip industry. The report outlined challenges in measurement, standardisation, and modelling and […]

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IITs’ multi-disciplinary approach well aligned with NEP 2020: President Droupadi Murmu

IITs’ multi-disciplinary approach well aligned with NEP 2020: President Droupadi Murmu

Murmu also said that the story of IITs is the story of independent India. “The IITs proved to the world the capability of India in the domains of education and technology. In more than one way, the story of the IITs is the story of Independent India. The IITs have contributed immensely to India’s improved […]

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GATE 2023 Registration: Application, eligibility, exam date, number of papers, conducting IIT

GATE 2023 Registration: Application, eligibility, exam date, number of papers, conducting IIT

GATE 2023 Registration: The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) on February 4, 5 11 and 12, 2023. The online application link will be active on August 30. The last date to fill the online applications is September 30 but applicants will get an extension along […]

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Indian IT firms cut staff bonuses as U.S., European clients tighten budgets

Indian IT firms cut staff bonuses as U.S., European clients tighten budgets

Infosys told employees in an email seen by Reuters that the company was making “structured efforts” to improve performance, as it cut variable pay Infosys told employees in an email seen by Reuters that the company was making “structured efforts” to improve performance, as it cut variable pay India’s top IT services firms are freezing […]

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Xiaomi sees shipments decline, Samsung drops in rankings: IDC on India smartphone market

Xiaomi sees shipments decline, Samsung drops in rankings: IDC on India smartphone market

Xiaomi continues to lead the shipment race in India, but was the only vendor among the top ten companies with declining shipments of 28 per cent in the second quarter of 2022, according to results published by International Data Corporation (IDC).  According to IDC’s report, 35 million smartphones were shipped to India starting April to […]

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