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Telangana aims to leverage its booming IT sector's strengths to help India achieve its goal of becoming a USD 10 trillion economy, the state's information technology minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu has said. Over some time, our industrial and information technology expertise has grown. We are not only for coding but we are also for product development. We also have the talent to build great products from our base stations. So, the time has come to take the leverage, Babu, who is also Telangana's Industries and Commerce and Legislative Affairs told PTI here in an interview. The senior minister is currently on a trip to the US to engage with industry leaders and attract investments from the United States. He pointed out that Hyderabad has historically contributed significantly to global tech advancements, with much of the coding work for tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon originating from the city, a top IT minister from Telangana has said the state government is now focusi
GitHub, which lets programmers collaborate on coding projects, has been infusing AI into products and services in an effort to attract more subscribers
Amazon.in on Monday announced the expansion of its Amazon Future Engineer (AFE) program to introduce advanced coding and artificial intelligence (AI) modules in 100 Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society (KREIS) schools. The company said in a statement it will also provide digital infrastructure enhancements for 30 KREIS schools. "This expansion will impact over 13,000 students in grades six to eight across 30 districts of Karnataka," it said. The expanded module will enable students to develop complex computer applications incorporating advanced programming concepts like control conditions, variables, and functions, the company said. "Additionally, through project-based learning, students will also be introduced to the basics of AI with a further understanding of its relevance, future possibilities, and impact on their lives and the world around them," the statement added. This programme will complement the current courses in coding, logical sequencing, learning
AI-powered assistants are enabling coders to save time and be more productive
Tim Cook has long advocated for the inclusion of coding in school curricula, stressing its importance as a "global language" that can empower students to create world-class products
WhiteHat Jr shut its schools division that targeted to take its flagship coding curriculum to 10 lakh school students by the next academic year
Microsoft India announced the top three winning teams of the coding hackathon, shortlisted based on their innovation and impact, were from TCS, Wipro, and IndusNet
More than 2.5 million Indians joined the platform over the past year -- a 35 per cent year-over-year (YoY) increase
Hackers have become adept at exploiting weaknesses in the security, coding and structure of DeFi marketplaces
The demand is for skills that can address new technology demands such as AI/ML, data analytics, cloud etc, which may not be easily available in these cities
Byju's-acquired WhiteHat Jr, Vedantu, Toppr are among edtech start-ups leading the charge
Nearly 83 million developers who contribute code on GitHub.com will need to enroll in 2FA by the end of 2023
Since its inception in 2013, Tynker has helped kids create over seven billion lines of code. The acquisition would further accelerate Byju's US market expansion
Tynker's service, launched in 2013, offers classes and camps on coding, with some curriculum offered for free and premium content sold to schools for an average of $5,000 a year
As soon as Tom Smith got his hands on Codex - a new artificial intelligence technology that writes its own computer programs - he gave it a job interview
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) on Monday announced it has empaneled edtech company WhiteHat Jr as its training partner to accelerate Skill India Mission
India-based AI conversational intelligence platform Salesken.ai on Thursday admitted the breach but said that no data was compromised
Abinaya Dinesh, a 15-year-old Indian-origin girl, is among three winners of the annual WWDC21 Swift Student Challenge
Avishkaar plans to utilize the funding towards product development and further expansion of its portfolio in addition to hiring talent