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Ritu Jha- On May 11, when 15-year-old Harshwardhansinh Zala took the stage at TiEcon 2019, he looked no different than the other young entrepreneurs, until he addressed the attendees with “Namaste” and spoke about his dream to save mankind by detecting landmines. Skinny, humble, and soft-spoken, Zala, the founder and CEO and CTO of […]
IANS- As the world left shocked at the news of a bug in WhatsApp’s audio call feature that allowed hackers to install spyware onto Android and iOS phones just by calling the target, its rival Telegram has warned that WhatsApp will continue to be open to surveillance. Launching a scathing attack on the Facebook-owned […]
Amit Kapoor- The Trump-driven trade war does not seem to relent. In the latest development, the US has raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25 percent, up from 10 percent imposed last year. China, on its part, has threatened to retaliate. India has never been far from the skirmish. In […]
Ritu Jha- A Washington DC-based federal judge has asked the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) to explain about the discrepancy in visa denials for skilled foreign workers during a case hearing on Thursday, May 9. A complaint filed by ITServe Alliance along with dozens of other IT service companies against L. Francis Cissna, […]
IANS- Facebook has decided to raise minimum wages to its outside vendors in the US to $20 per hour, and would implement the same for contractors in other countries including in India. Content moderators and other contract workers will make at least $18 an hour, up to $3 from before. The contract workers at Facebook, […]
Ritu Jha- Thousands of engineers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists budding startups gathered in Silicon Valley for TiEcon 2019, the world’s largest tech entrepreneurship conference. The theme of this year’s two-day conference, which was hosted by the IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) on May 10 through 11, was “Start, Connect, and Scale.” TiEcon has been hosting […]
Ravi Dutta Mishra (IANS)- All the chest thumping over a big leap forward in the ease of doing business index and the tag of the world’s fastest growing economy in the world may not be of much worth, as a new report suggests that Indians who have the means to quit the country are doing […]
IANS- Apple CEO Tim Cook believes that a four-year degree is not really necessary to excel at coding and termed it an “old and traditional view”. “I don’t think a four-year degree is necessary to be proficient at coding. I think that’s an old, traditional view. What we found out is that if we can […]
indica News Bureau- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kick-started the company’s annual Build conference in Seattle, Washington, with major product announcements, such as Azure, Cortana, and the revamped Edge browser. Nadella opened with Microsoft’s emphasis on what he called the core areas of trust: privacy, cybersecurity, and responsible AI, pointing to ElectionGuard, the open-source software […]
IANS- Privacy cannot be a “luxury good” that’s only available to people who can afford to buy premium products and services, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said. In an op-ed written for The New York Times, Pichai defended his company’s approach to privacy and users’ data. “Privacy must be equally available to everyone in the […]
