es Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains why he hates bureaucracy By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:32:13 +0530 Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, in a recent internal meeting, outlined the company's strategy to reduce management layers, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy and foster a more agile and innovative culture. Citing the rapidly evolving tech landscape, Jassy emphasized the need for faster decision-making and increased individual ownership. Full Article
es Tessolve to buy German chip designer for Rs 400 crore By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:39:49 +0530 It will also serve to expand the company's European operations by adding four delivery sites across Germany and the Netherlands, including a specialised Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and imaging centre-of-excellence lab. Full Article
es KPMG in India names Hemant Jhajhria as Head of Consulting By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:16:00 +0530 With 24 years of professional experience, Jhajhria specializes in strategy consulting and business management. Full Article
es Italy's antitrust takes steps against Meta in music rights case By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:17:46 +0530 Last month, Meta, which owns Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram, failed to reach a deal with the Italian society of authors and publishers SIAE, to renew copyright licenses. Full Article
es Twitter to focus on video, commerce in business revamp: investor presentation By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 09:32:17 +0530 After Musk acquired Twitter in October, the social media firm faced months of chaos, including layoffs of thousands of employees, criticism over lax content moderation, and an exodus of many advertisers who did not want their ads appearing next to inappropriate content. Full Article
es EU welcomes Meta plans for tough content rules By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:22:18 +0530 The EU's Digital Services Act is one of the most ambitious pieces of legislation on controlling online content since the advent of social media, setting major obligations on how platforms deal with free speech. Meta, TikTok, Twitter, and others have to invest heavily in building compliance teams to meet the new rules. Full Article
es Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:41:56 +0530 Users get a Twitter-like microblogging experience, according to screenshots provided to media, suggesting that Meta Platforms has been gearing up to directly challenge the platform after Musk's tumultuous ownership has resulted in a series of unpopular changes that have turned off users and advertisers. Full Article
es PNB launches Metaverse branch By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Jul 2023 08:26:07 +0530 The bank provides an immersive 3D experience for customers to perform traditional banking activities using their digital avatars. Full Article
es Meta prepares AI-powered chatbots in attempt to retain users By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:01:12 +0530 Meta has been designing prototypes for chatbots that can have humanlike discussions with its users, as the company attempts to boost its engagement with its social media platforms, according to the report, citing people with knowledge of the plans. Full Article
es 'Materials that compute' advances as Pitt engineers demonstrate pattern recognition By esciencenews.com Published On :: Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:23:45 +0000 PITTSBURGH (September 2, 2016) ... The potential to develop "materials that compute" has taken another leap at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering, where researchers for the first time have demonstrated that the material can be designed to recognize simple patterns. This responsive, hybrid material, powered by its own chemical reactions, could one day be integrated into clothing and used to monitor the human body, or developed as a skin for "squishy" robots. read more Full Article Physics & Chemistry
es Tuning the instrument: Spider webs as vibration transmission structures By esciencenews.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:06:50 +0000 Two years ago, a research team led by the University of Oxford revealed that, when plucked like a guitar string, spider silk transmits vibrations across a wide range of frequencies, carrying information about prey, mates and even the structural integrity of a web. read more Full Article Physics & Chemistry
es New perovskite research discoveries may lead to solar cell, LED advances By esciencenews.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:43:19 +0000 "Promising" and "remarkable" are two words U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory scientist Javier Vela uses to describe recent research results on organolead mixed-halide perovskites. read more Full Article Physics & Chemistry
es Tapping the unused potential of photosynthesis By esciencenews.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:10:14 +0000 Scientists from the University of Southampton have reengineered the fundamental process of photosynthesis to power useful chemical reactions that could be used to produce biofuels, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. read more Full Article Physics & Chemistry
es Measuring forces in the DNA molecule By esciencenews.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:17:19 +0000 DNA, our genetic material, normally has the structure of a twisted rope ladder. Experts call this structure a double helix. Among other things, it is stabilized by stacking forces between base pairs. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded at measuring these forces for the very first time on the level of single base pairs. This new knowledge could help to construct precise molecular machines out of DNA. read more Full Article Physics & Chemistry
es Researchers prototype system for reading closed books By esciencenews.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:38:25 +0000 MIT researchers and their colleagues are designing an imaging system that can read closed books. read more Full Article Physics & Chemistry
es PPPL researchers successfully test device that analyzes components within a vacuum By esciencenews.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:34:42 +0000 Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have successfully tested a new device that will lead to a better understanding of the interactions between ultrahot plasma contained within fusion facilities and the materials inside those facilities. The measurement tool, known as the Materials Analysis Particle Probe (MAPP), was built by a consortium that includes Princeton University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.). read more Full Article Physics & Chemistry
es NASA takes parting look at Hermine By esciencenews.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 16:06:53 +0000 Tropical Cyclone Hermine was just a swirl of clouds with no rainfall off the coast of southeastern Massachusetts on Thursday, Sept. 8. Just two days earlier, the GPM satellite saw that Hermine was still generating some rainfall. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es NASA sees Namtheun dissipating in the Sea of Japan By esciencenews.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:53:02 +0000 NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Sea of Japan and saw Tropical Depression Namtheun weakening. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es During drought, dry air can stress plants more than dry soil By esciencenews.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:37:01 +0000 Newly published research by Indiana University scientists finds that low relative humidity in the atmosphere is a significant, growing and often under-appreciated cause of plant stress in hot, dry weather conditions. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es IUCN-led panel finds critically endangered whales in Russia recovering By esciencenews.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:35:28 +0000 International Union for Conservation for Nature, WWF and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) examines the results of the work of an IUCN-led independent panel of scientists, which has been advising Sakhalin Energy - one of the largest companies operating in the area - as part of an innovative loan deal. Over the last 12 years, Sakhalin Energy has made important efforts to limit the impact of its operations on whales and the fragile environment. During this period, the western gray whale population has grown 3-4% annually, from an estimated 115 animals in 2004 to 174 in 2015. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es NASA sees Hurricane Newton approaching landfall in Baja California, Mexico By esciencenews.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 22:42:27 +0000 NASA's Terra satellite and a NASA animation of imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite provided views of Hurricane Newton as it neared landfall in Baja California, Mexico, today, Sept. 6. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es OU study demonstrates seasonality of bird migration in response to environmental cues By esciencenews.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:36:50 +0000 A University of Oklahoma study demonstrates for the first time that remote sensing data from weather surveillance radar and on-the-ground data from the eBird citizen science database both yield robust indices of migration timing, also known as migration phenology. These indices can now be used to address the critical gap in our knowledge regarding the cues that migrants use for fine tuning their migration timing in response to climate. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es Study finds increased ocean acidification due to human activities By esciencenews.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:43:26 +0000 Oceanographers from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution report that the northeast Pacific Ocean has absorbed an increasing amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide over the last decade, at a rate that mirrors the increase of carbon dioxide emissions pumped into the atmosphere. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es Future fisheries can expect $10 billion revenue loss due to climate change By esciencenews.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:42:57 +0000 Global fisheries stand to lose approximately $10 billion of their annual revenue by 2050 if climate change continues unchecked, and countries that are most dependent on fisheries for food will be the hardest hit, finds new UBC research. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es NASA sees remnants of Tropical Cyclone Newton over Southwestern US By esciencenews.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 16:07:06 +0000 NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the U.S. Southwest and captured infrared data on the clouds associated with former Tropical Cyclone Newton. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es Seeing the forest for the trees: World's largest reforestation program overlooks wildlife By esciencenews.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:07:22 +0000 After years of environmental destruction, China has spent billions of dollars on the world's largest reforestation program, converting a combined area nearly the size of New York and Pennsylvania back to forest. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es Study finds earthquakes can trigger near-instantaneous aftershocks on different faults By esciencenews.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:17:10 +0000 According to a new study by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, a large earthquake on one fault can trigger large aftershocks on separate faults within just a few minutes. These findings have important implications for earthquake hazard prone regions like California where ruptures on complex fault systems may cascade and lead to mega-earthquakes. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es NIST and Navy tests suggest telecom networks could back up GPS time signals By esciencenews.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:38:03 +0000 Precision time signals sent through the Global Positioning System (GPS) synchronize cellphone calls, time-stamp financial transactions, and support safe travel by aircraft, ship, train and car. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es One-tenth of the world's wilderness lost in 2 decades By esciencenews.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 19:40:36 +0000 A research team including Professor William Laurance from James Cook University has discovered there has been a catastrophic decline in global wilderness areas during the past 20 years. read more Full Article Earth & Climate
es Big Tech braces for roll-out of EU's Digital Services Act By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:33:00 +0530 Across the EU, a host of internet giants - including Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms, Chinese-owned video app TikTok and a handful of Google services - are adapting to the new obligations, including preventing harmful content from spreading, banning or limiting certain user-targeting practices, and sharing some internal data with regulators and associated researchers. Full Article
es Digital Services Act: Here's how Europe is cracking down on Big Tech By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 09:53:05 +0530 The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency, and removal of harmful or illegal content. Full Article
es US raises concerns on India's decision to impose import curbs on technological devices By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:47:54 +0530 India's imports of PCs/laptops, tablets, Wifi Dongles, Smart Card Reader, and Android TV Boxes were worth USD 8.8 billion in 2022-2023. Full Article
es Big Tech's core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:48:37 +0530 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. Full Article
es G20 leaders bat for 'responsible Artificial Intelligence', eye ethics-based regulation By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:56:48 +0530 A government official said that during the deliberations one of the leaders wondered if AI "replaced or enhanced human skills" and suggested that it should be used in an ethical manner. Full Article
es TikTok hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:55:23 +0530 TikTok has been fined $368 million by European regulators for breaching data privacy rules and failing to protect children's privacy. The investigation found that the app's sign-up process for teen users made their accounts public by default, posing a risk to underage users. The "family pairing" feature also allowed adults to turn on direct messaging for users aged 16 and 17 without their consent. Full Article
es Should new tech rules apply to Microsoft's Bing, Apple's iMessage, EU asks By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:13:03 +0530 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). Full Article
es EU lawmakers face struggle to reach agreement on AI rules By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:53:28 +0530 The draft AI rules have to be agreed by the European Parliament and European Union member states. They have so far been discussed three times in trilogues, which are meetings between parliament and EU states to thrash out the final versions of laws. Full Article
es US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:56:41 +0530 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal would subject companies like Alphabet, Apple, PayPal and Block's CashApp to bank-like supervision, with CFPB examiners inspecting their privacy protections, executives' conduct and compliance with laws barring unfair and deceptive practices. Full Article
es How Karza Technologies makes due diligence and onboarding simpler for banks & NBFCs By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:48:28 +0530 One of the key pillars of growth for the Indian economy are small and medium-sized businesses, which generate roughly 30 percent of the countrys GDP and provide jobs to over 110 million people. Full Article
es Kolhapur civic body to use GIS, AI for property survey & assessment By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:26:20 +0530 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. Full Article
es AI has made testing tools and systems more responsive and agile By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2022 08:36:24 +0530 Managers in Industry 4.0 will need risk management skills, says Rekha Sethi, director-general of AIMA Full Article
es Telugu youth adopts automation, takes farming to next level By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 20 May 2022 08:12:09 +0530 A young US-returned robotic engineer is making waves with his experiments in agriculture. Full Article
es Kolkata audit firm develops proprietary solution to match services with MNC peers By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:38:20 +0530 Chartered accountancy firm LB Jha & Co claimed that 'LBJ Audit Ez' is a "breakthrough" for it as it can interpret a huge quantum of data necessary for scrutinising books of large corporations Full Article
es Eight in 10 women employed in tech roles work in non-tech companies: Survey By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:30:00 +0530 The survey was conducted with more than 20,000 engineering graduates from various streams across India. It revealed that the average score of women stood at 27% against 31% of men in 2020, which increased to 40% as against 39% of men in 2021, thereby showcasing how women were better prepared for employment than men. However, in 2020, the average score of women declined to 25% as against 28% of men, the first decline in three years mainly due to the adoption of the hybrid mode of learning. Full Article
es Anonymous GPS data could help check people's usage of green spaces: Study By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 08:42:47 +0530 A recent study shows how the public's use of parks and other green spaces in metropolitan areas can be tracked using anonymized GPS data from people's smartphones, which could help guide their management. Full Article
es P&G leverages data science to stay ahead of the curve By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:32:02 +0530 Procter & Gamble (P&G) is using advanced data science algorithms to help over 20 lakh kirana stores in the country through a special initiative called ‘Smart Basket’ Full Article
es Centre invokes Data Protection to tighten noose around e-pharma companies By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:32:00 +0530 The Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2023, will replace the existing Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940. Full Article
es Godrej & Boyce uses AI, ML, and analytics to improve product quality and reduce defects By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0530 G&B has deployed over 80 RPA bots to automate manual processes across the value chain. This has resulted in productivity improvement, reduction in errors and improvement of employee experience. Full Article
es FAMILY PROGRAM: Holiday Crafts from Nature Afternoon Session, Dec. 15 By events.berkeley.edu Published On :: 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. Full Article
es FAMILY PROGRAM: Holiday Crafts from Nature Morning Session, Dec. 15 By events.berkeley.edu Published On :: 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. Full Article