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Big Tech's core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules

The companies will have six months to demonstrate their compliance with their obligations and can be fined up to 10% of their annual global turnover for DMA violations.




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Should new tech rules apply to Microsoft's Bing, Apple's iMessage, EU asks

The European Commission in September opened investigations to assess whether Microsoft's Bing, Edge and Microsoft Advertising as well as Apple's iMessage should be subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).




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Kolhapur civic body to use GIS, AI for property survey & assessment

The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to use Geo-Information System (GIS) to survey the number of properties in the city and also use artificial intelligence (AI) for assessing the size of the multi-storied buildings.




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FAMILY PROGRAM: Holiday Crafts from Nature Afternoon Session, Dec. 15

Join us for this fun Garden tradition! We’ll craft nature-filled globes, mini wreaths, botanical cards, and more. Garden Admission, refreshments and all materials included. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Drop-in any time during 2-hour program window.




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FAMILY PROGRAM: Holiday Crafts from Nature Morning Session, Dec. 15

Join us for this fun Garden tradition! We’ll craft nature-filled globes, mini wreaths, botanical cards, and more. Garden Admission, refreshments and all materials included. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Drop-in any time during 2-hour program window.




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Shivam Gupta joins Dabur as Head IT- International Business

He will report to Ashish Pandey, Global CIO, Dabur India, and Manish Mathur, CFO- International Business Division, Dabur




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Harnessing technology for fraud detection

With the rise in cybercrime, India is today ranked 10th on the World Cybercrime Index. Indians lost more than Rs 1,750 crore to cyber criminals in the first four months of this year itself. In fact, according to the RBI's annual report, the number of online fraud cases has increased by 708% in the last two years.




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NASA catches the short life of Tropical Depression 17W

The newest tropical depression in the northwestern Pacific Ocean formed Sunday, Sept. 11 far to the east of the big island of Japan. Tropical Depression 17W didn't have a long life, however, as the final warning on the system was issued 12 hours later. By Sept. 12 the storm lost its tropical characteristics.

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NASA catches Tropical Depression 19W nearing Vietnam after formation

Early on Sept. 12 Tropical Depression 19W formed east of Vietnam. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the South China Sea and captured a visible image of the storm that had quickly started moving over Vietnam.

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Manipulation of liquid crystals could help control drug-delivery process

Liquid crystals are strange substances, both fish and fowl. They can flow like a liquid, but have the orderly molecular structure of a crystalline solid. And that internal structure can be changed by small cues from outside.

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Inheriting and cleaning my predecessor’s mess

I did not bad mouth my predecessor. However, I never attempted to defend him or any of his actions. I fixed them!




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To survive, CIOs need to act as a conduit between business and IT

It is crucial for CIOs to break free from set behaviors and relationships in order to establish IT as a full business partner. If CIOs complain that they feel ignored by the business, they are themselves to blame.




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Meta may release a ‘commercial version’ of its language model for businesses: Report

Meta announced the LLaMA in February this year in several sizes (7B, 13B, 33B, and 65B parameters) so it can be used by a range of users and companies. At I/O 2023, Google also talked about multiple LLMs that are suited to companies of different sizes.




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63% of HR professionals cite data privacy and security as top AI concerns: Survey

A new survey of over 500 HR professionals, titled "HR Report on AI: Insights on HR’s Readiness and Risk Management" reveals that while 63% are concerned about data privacy and security related to AI, 40% of organisations lack clear policies governing its use. This highlights a critical need for HR to establish guidelines and training for responsible AI adoption to mitigate risks and leverage its potential benefits.




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CtrlS Datacenters says to offer access to Oracle AI, Cloud services

CtrlS will offer connectivity through two dedicated 100G Partner ports.




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Mobile app helps adolescents access health services in B'desh

Millions of adolescents in Bangladesh will be able to access health information and services through two online portals launched at the National Adolescent Health Conference.




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Users can now mark messages as important or urgent in Microsoft Teams

Navigate to the "Mark as important" button which is present beneath the compose box and select either the "Important" or "Urgent" option depending on the level of attention the message requires.




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Oppo aims to make GenAI accessible to 50 mn users in 2024, collaborates with Google, Microsoft

Oppo aims to make generative artificial intelligence accessible to 50 million users by 2024 through collaborations with Google and Microsoft, joining other handset makers like Samsung and Xiaomi in leveraging AI for sales growth.




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Demand for design professionals in semiconductor GCCs dips in July-Sep: Report

Semiconductor design global capability centres (GCC) account for approximately 4 per cent of India's total GCCs, with a growth rate of about 7 per cent in the last two decades.




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Kill them with cuteness: The adorable thing bats do to catch prey

A Johns Hopkins University researcher noticed the bats he works with cocked their heads to the side, just like his pet Pug.

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New tools assess the future of wind power

Using software tools developed by Near Zero, a research group hosted by the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology, a team of researchers has completed the largest expert survey yet on any energy technology, in this case wind energy.

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API integration: Fueling business the secure way

At the ETCIO Annual Conclave 2024, top IT leaders converged to discuss the critical topic of API integration. This gathering of minds explored how APIs are not only catalysts for digital transformation but also a cornerstone for enterprise security.




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Dunzo4Business to expand to 10-15 cities in 18 months

The company joined the ONDC platform about a year ago and, currently, claims to be serving 60-70 per of the total order received on the platform for the last mile delivery, besides orders received on Dunzo for delivery of groceries and some other merchants. At present, D4B has a presence in about 10 cities.




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Databricks rolls out AI assistant to help analyse business data

Databricks, a San Francisco-based startup most recently valued at $38 billion, is among several tech companies, including Adobe Inc and Intel Corp, racing to use chatbots that can hold human-like conversations to sift through business data like sales transactions or written reports for answers.




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Our data strategy is the fallout of our business strategy: V Ganapathy, Holcim

V Ganapathy, VP, & Head- Global Advanced Analytics CoE, Holcim lays bare the building blocks of his data strategy, the AI-capabilities he is building across the group, and data-led vision for operational efficiency, profitability, and sustainability.




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Microsoft offers cloud customers AMD alternative to Nvidia AI processors

Microsoft's clusters of Advanced Micro Devices' flagship MI300X AI chips will be sold through its Azure cloud computing service. AMD, which expects $4 billion in AI chip revenue this year, has said the chips are powerful enough to train and run large AI models.




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46 pc Indian IT professionals say all corporate data stored in Cloud is sensitive: Report

According to the IT company Thales, Cloud security spending has now topped all other security spending categories. About 37 per cent of organizations have experienced a Cloud data breach in India, with 14 per cent having had one in the past year.




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Infosys collaborates with Sector Alarm to transform core enterprise business systems on cloud

According to a release, Infosys will work closely with Sector Alarm to migrate their disparate, on-premises Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform onto Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (F&O), helping them modernize their financial and business operating models.




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Understanding industry cloud and its role as business innovation tool

Enterprises are leveraging cloud technology to innovate and deliver key business outcomes such as growth, customer loyalty, network effect creation, and profitability. However, the monolith core of their application portfolio often hinders meeting these goals.




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SAP’s India cloud growing over 50%, to focus on smaller businesses: India MD

Manish Prasad, president and managing director of SAP Indian Subcontinent, told ET that India is a key growth market for the company. SAP, which is Europe's biggest tech company by market capitalisation, is seeing cloud revenues in the India market rising at over 50% a year as mid-market firms up adoption.




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Consumers look to high-quality foods to improve their health, wellness and energy level

About 25 years ago, most consumers and companies were primarily looking to solve baseline health-and-wellness conditions, or find new approaches to address them.




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Fortress Technology adds to existing Contact Reporter turkey package

Fortress Technology recently released a new suite that will add to the company’s Contact Reporter turnkey package.




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Fortress Technology launches multi-metal detector data reporting tools

Fortress Technology has launched its new suite of connectivity software to streamline data collection procedures.




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Fortress Technology to launch waste-saving weighing series at PACK EXPO 2021

Food metal detection specialist Fortress Technology will debut in-person its new Raptor weighing series at PACK EXPO in Las Vegas this fall.




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Fortress Technology inspection system spots flat metal flakes in food

Fortress Technology has revealed an innovative inspection metal detector that allows food manufacturers to detect thin, flat metal flakes in their products using a dual electromagnetic system.





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Fortress Technology releases updated pipeline metal detector

With optimized metal detection sensitivity and high hygiene standards, the updated detector protects productivity whilst providing consumers with safe, uncontaminated products.




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Traceability and recall planning: a necessary exercise

There is never a "good" time to initiate a recall. But the worst time is when you are forced to remove unsafe food from commerce and haven’t effectively planned for it.




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Perfecting artisan bread processing

Ingredients and processing play a 50/50 role in the quality production of artisan bread. It's the simple ingredient list and simple processing that is helping boost this style of bread's popularity in the natural and clean label trend.




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Fortress to debut smart data, digital reporting solution at PACK EXPO

Fortress Technology’s smart data capture solution combats the digital disconnect experienced by manufacturers when operating multiple metal detectors, weighing machines, and combination systems simultaneously. 




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Eddie edible ink printer releases accessory for doughnuts, confections printing

NSF/GMP-Certified Edible Ink Printer prints graphics onto cookies, white chocolate, macarons, and now doughnuts and taller food items with Platform Kit Accessory.




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LesserEvil debuts Space Balls and Cosmic Rings

LesserEvil has unveiled two new better-for-you products: Space Balls, available in Interstellar Cheddar and Cinnamon Sugar Stardust, and Cosmic Rings, available in Cosmic Cheddar and Berry Blast.




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Once Again acquires organic almond processor

The purchase allows Once Again to increase efficiencies and reduce environmental impact for its West Coast industrial customers seeking high-quality ingredients for baked goods, bars, and more.




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Ritz Toasted Chips heats up March Madness with new flavors

The Ritz roster of NCAA athletes will share their exclusive first taste of the new sweet heat flavored chips and announce a chance to win a trip to the 2025 NCAA Men's or Women's Final Four.




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Flavor Showdown winners share secrets of snack seasoning success

Experts from Chesapeake Spice and Elite Spice discuss their winning entries from SNAXPO23.




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Case Study: Global nut exporter Trigon Snacks selects supermarket-spec Fortress metal detector

For its latest coated honey roast nut production line, Trigon Snacks selected a customized linear Stealth metal detector with an innovative retractable conveyor reject system.
 




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Mariani opts for Key Technology optical sorter for fruit processing

The newly installed equipment is rated to sort up to 20,000 lbs of product per hour.




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Corn Nuts roasting and packaging facility harnesses the power of the sun

The Hormel-owned snack brand has installed solar panels to boosts its sustainability.




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Jenny Craig debuts Jenny Fresh entrees, desserts

Jenny Craig also enhances customer personalization with tech-enabled menu planner, adds frozen skillet meals to food offerings.




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Petit Pot Petit Pot introduces three dessert flavors

The desserts can be found at Whole Foods and will retail for $6.99 per two-pack.




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Lady M Confections shares Easter dessert lineup

Lady M boasts an lineup of seasonal flavors that will elevate consumers' Easter dessert selection this year.