Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (AMEA) have always been at the heart of world trade. Vibrant and dynamic, AMEA is a region with huge potential; its markets are driving growth around the world and are seen as important prospects for investment.

Contact centres may have poor reputations but they should be seen as a strategic resource, says Nicola Millard, BT’s in-house futurist

Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (AMEA) have always been at the heart of world trade. Vibrant and dynamic, AMEA is a region with huge potential.

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.

India is leading in Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption, according to new research by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which pegged that 30 per cent of Indian companies are maximizing value through the use of such emerging technology.

The maker of SN40L reconfigurable dataflow unit (RDU) chip has positioned itself as a power-efficient alternative meant for better inferencing speed and accuracy as compared to Nvidia GPUs. Backed by investors like SoftBank, Blackrock, Intel Capital, GV, Walden International, Temasek and GIC, the AI chip maker is valued at $5.1 billion and serves customers like Saudi Aramco, Accenture and Analog Devices.

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

By adjusting global cybersecurity tools and strategies to fit Indian requirements, distributors help companies of all sizes -- small businesses to large corporations -- adopt security solutions that are practical, effective, and scaled appropriately for their environments.

"Every other telco will have to follow this new wave," SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said at an AI event where he was speaking alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

AWS said researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, Berkeley, are taking part in the program. The company plans to make 40,000 of the first-generation Trainium chips available for the program.

India's digital economy is booming, with fintech driving digital payments and e-markets expanding rapidly. Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Michael Debabrata Patra, stated that the digital economy currently makes up a tenth of India's GDP and is projected to reach a fifth by 2026.

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.

India supplied zinc for the industrial revolution of Europe, and the ancient metallurgical remains at Zawar, a geo-heritage site nearly 45 km off Udaipur, lie as a living testimony. Lack of progress in work to preserve this spectacular geological heritage and promote geo-tourism has left experts wondering.

Up till now, the automaker reportedly maintained that low demand for 4x4 cars has led to the absence of off-road tech in its products. In a recent conversation with TOI Auto, Shailesh Chandra, Managing Director, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, shed some light on the future of the company’s SUV portfolio and if the 4x4 drivetrain will make a comeback.

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.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has requested SK Hynix to expedite the delivery of HBM4 chips by six months. This request, revealed by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, highlights the surging demand for Nvidia's AI accelerators, which heavily rely on HBM chips.

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.

Shimmering carapaces and rattling claws make colourful freshwater crabs attractive to pet keepers. To answer the demand, fishermen are busy collecting and trading with the crustaceans, often not knowing what exactly they have handed over to their client.

read more

Certain antibiotic resistance genes are easily transferred from one bacterial species to another, and can move between farm animals and the human gut. A team led by Chinese researchers has characterized this "mobile resistome," which they say is largely to blame for the spread of antibiotic resistance. They found that many antibiotic resistance genes that are shared between the human and animal gut microbiome are also present in multiple human pathogens. These findings are published September 9 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

read more

Today's industrial yeast strains are used to make beer, wine, bread, biofuels, and more, but their evolutionary history is not well studied. In a Cell paper publishing September 8, researchers describe a family tree of these microbes with an emphasis on beer yeast. The resulting genetic relationships reveal clues as to when yeast was first domesticated, who the earliest beer brewers were, and how humans have shaped this organism's development.

read more

Up until now, scientists had only recognized a single species of giraffe made up of several subspecies. But, according to the most inclusive genetic analysis of giraffe relationships to date, giraffes actually aren't one species, but four. For comparison, the genetic differences among giraffe species are at least as great as those between polar and brown bears.

read more

For the first time, scientists know what happens to a virus' shape when it invades a host cell, thanks to an experiment by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Understanding how the virus shape changes could lead to more effective anti-viral therapies.

read more

Apple has announced that starting today, its global community of developers will be able to create spatial computing apps for Vision Pro.

The new offering uses a combination of existing quantum computers, artificial intelligence and conventional high-performance computing systems.

The new tools help users to harness the power of AI "to make it easier to discover, research, and complete your purchase, all in one place with information you need from expert sources," the tech giant said in a blogpost on Thursday.

The new tools help users to harness the power of AI "to make it easier to discover, research, and complete your purchase, all in one place with information you need from expert sources," the tech giant said in a blogpost on Thursday.

In a meeting with IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, held earlier this week, the companies said the import licensing requirement puts "unnecessary pressure" since there is no ecosystem in place in India at present to manufacture these products such as laptops, tablets and servers, executives present at the meeting told ET.

During this year’s festive season sales, credit cards and credit-based payment instruments like pay-later products saw a significant increase, according to industry reports. Transactions rose by 35-50% compared to last year, with a large share being made through credit cards, EMIs, and pay-later options. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) remained the dominant payment method, with a 34% rise in transactions and over 500 million daily payments recorded.

CEOs and corporate lobbyists often spend plenty of time decrying how potential government regulations will affect their bottom line, but a new University of Kansas study finds that the U.S. Clean Water Act, when implemented in the right balance, improves firms' profitability.

read more

Scientists may be closing in on a way to let consumers savor the sweet taste of cake, cookies and other culinary delights without the sugar rush. In preliminary tests using a new device developed in-house that allows them to screen for odor compounds in real foods, they have isolated several natural aromatic molecules that could be used to trick our brains into believing that desserts and other foods contain more fat, sugar or salt than they actually do.

read more

The research project "The Social Costs of incarceration" is the largest study of imprisonment and return to a normal life that has ever been conducted in Europe.

read more

When roboticists create behaviors for teams of robots, they first build algorithms that focus on the intended task. Then they wrap safety behaviors around those primary algorithms to keep the machines from running into each other. Each robot is essentially given an invisible bubble that other robots must stay away from. As long as nothing touches the bubble, the robots move around without any issues. But that's where the problems begin.

read more

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.

read more

Addressing cybersecurity attack concerns raised by generative AI, Smith said that there will be an increasing number of organisations and governments that will use the technology to develop cybersecurity threats.

"Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Edge (chromium-based) which could allow the remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition, remote code execution, sensitive information disclosure and security restriction bypass on the targeted system," said the CERT-In advisory.

Starlink wants India to just assign a license for the service and not insist on auctioning the signal-carrying spectrum or airwaves. This stand finds Musk on the side of Tatas, Sunil Bharti Mittal's firm, and Amazon, who too prefer the same route. But Ambani's Reliance says there must be an auction of spectrum for foreign satellite service providers to offer voice and data services to provide a level playing field to traditional telecom players who offer the same services using airwaves bought in government auctions.

The open internet — comprising news and general websites, over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV), music streaming and online gaming — reaches almost 600 million consumers, which equates to nearly every internet user in India.

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.

Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal stressed how India's growth rate is nearly double that of other emerging market economies. He was speaking at an event in Singapore organized by the commerce ministry to showcase various investment opportunities in India.

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.

Microsoft is cutting hundreds of jobs at its Azure cloud unit, impacting teams like Azure for Operators and Mission Engineering, as reported by Business Insider.

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.

The deal reportedly totals around 20 million euros but excludes major players like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform. This has drawn criticism from both the companies.

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella, since 2014, embraced cloud computing and doubled its market share. He quickly approved the $7.5 billion GitHub acquisition at a Suncadia Resort retreat in the Cascade Mountains. GitHub supports global developer collaboration with Microsoft's cloud infrastructure, establishing Microsoft’s No. 2 role behind Amazon in cloud computing, as reported by New York Times.

Grey has never been more wrong, Myke is wondering about his dream office, and they both consider how motivated they are.

Grey is obsessed with City Stuff, Myke is struggling with 'Corporate Speak', and they both consider switching jobs.

Grey had COVID, Myke had COVID, and they both share how this has changed their plans for the year.

Grey released his new video, Myke has collaboration questions, and they both dig in to what upload gaps can mean for content creators.

Grey is focusing on health, Myke has left Twitter, and they've both used ChatGPT.

Myke and Grey talk about the devices they've chosen to get things done in their lives. From their office set ups, to their everyday carry items, to their entertainment devices, fitness products, and more.