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Microsoft, Oracle join hands to take on AWS Cloud
In a rather unusual arrangement, two Cloud rivals Microsoft and Oracle have announced an interoperability partnership enabling customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.
5G based industrial-use AI app launched in Finland
An ABB plant in Helsinki producing frequency alterer, or low voltage drives, has started using a 5G wireless-based artificial intelligence application for routine production purposes, ABB announced on Wednesday.
US-based Vattikuti Foundation sets up knowledge-sharing body in India
At a time when over 15 crore Indians face knee and hip joint problems and one in four needs urgent joint replacement surgeries, Detroit-based non-profit Vattikuti Foundation has set up a knowledge-sharing body in India for surgeons specialising in the field.
New Amazon drone to deliver packages in your backyard
Upping the ante for its rivals, Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its latest and Next-Gen Prime Air drone that can fly up to 24 km and deliver packages under 2.5 kg to customers in less than 30 minutes.
British art dealer unveils pioneering robot artist
Billed as "one of the most exciting artists of our time", Ai-Da differs from generations of past masters in one inescapable way: she is a robot. Ai-Da is the brainchild of Aidan Meller, who claims she is the world's first ultra-realistic humanoid artist, able to draw creatively thanks to in-built artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The 46-year-old art dealer unveiled Ai-Da -- dressed in a brown wig and period-style painter's blouse -- in Oxford on Wednesday, ahead of an exhibition of her first works opening next week in the English university city. "She is fully algorithmic... fully creative," Meller told reporters, standing alongside his creation. "She is not an expensive printer. We do not know what she's going to do," he insisted. As he spoke, an occasionally blinking Ai-Da, built with cameras for eyes and a robotic arm to draw with, worked on a sketch of him from behind a desk. Forty-five minutes later, a delicate expressionist drawing of Meller, comprising deft pencil ...
Russia effort in 2016 US election was 'vast,' 'professional'
Russia's efforts to sow misinformation on Twitter ahead of the 2016 US election was more extensive and professional than earlier believed, security researchers said Wednesday. A report by the security firm Symantec said some of the accounts linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency dated back as far as 2014 and that the manipulation effort involved a vast effort that included both automated "bots" and manual operations. "While this propaganda campaign has often been referred to as the work of trolls, the release of the dataset makes it obvious that it was far more than that," said Gillian Cleary of Symantec's Security Technology and Response team in a blog post. "It was planned months in advance and the operators had the resources to create and manage a vast disinformation network. It was a highly professional campaign." Twitter said the Symantec analysis was based on its data released to researchers last year of some 10 million tweets. While the Russian campaign used Facebook and ..
Kerala seeks University of Birmingham expertise for introducing electric vehicles
A team of Kerala government officials visited the University of Birmingham on Wednesday to discover how research experts might work with policy-makers to help introduce electric vehicles in the state. Led by Kerala's Transport Minister A K Saseendran, the delegation of senior officials who formulated the state's policy on electric vehicles met Costas Constantinou, Professor of Communication Electrodynamics and a number of Birmingham scientists. Hosted by the University's India Institute, the transport minister and his delegates were welcomed by Professor Robin Mason, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), before taking part in a roundtable discussion with academics. Professor Mason said, "The University of Birmingham has deep expertise in a number of scientific and engineering specialisms relating to electric vehicles. We hope to work closely with the state government in helping the people of Kerala adopt this environment-friendly form of transport." "As a civic university with a global
No compromise on quality of service, Huawei tells customers
Denying that consumers would be affected by the "global tussle", Huawei on Wednesday said that its quality of service as well as the software updates that are available to the brands existing pool of customers would not draw any slack.
Cook rejects charges of Apple being 'a monopoly'
Apple CEO Tim Cook has rejected the allegation that Apple was "a monopoly" that should be broken up along with other US tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook.
Organic solar cells developed with inkjet printers
Scientists have printed highly efficient organic solar cells using inkjet printing, that could pave the way for disposable electronics. Organic photovoltaic materials could soon replace inorganic semiconductors in solar-powered devices because of their lightness, flexibility and low cost. These materials are easy to modify and process in solution, which makes them highly attractive for customisation and large-scale production. In particular, customised solar cell designs can be used in conjunction with other printed electronics to power a plethora of applications, such as disposable electronics, intelligent packaging, interactive printed media and lab-on-a-chip devices. Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have engineered inkjet-printable solar materials containing a nonfullerene acceptor and deposited these inks over large areas to produce photovoltaic cells. The resulting devices achieved efficiencies of six per cent, ...
Uber Eats getting embedded into main app: Report
Ride-hailing major Uber has embedded the web version of its food delivery app - Uber Eats - into the main application in select markets.
L&T Financial unveils 'Digital Sakhi' programme in TN
: Larsen and Toubro Financial Services unveiled the Digital Sakhi programme aimed at training over 40,000 people on digital financial inclusion in Tamil Nadu. The move comes in the backdrop of successful implementation of a similar programme in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. According to a company statement, through the 'Digital Sakhi' programme, it aims at digital financial inclusion of rural women in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. "A Digital Sakhi is a rural woman with a digital device who is equipped with skills and knowledge to impart digital financial literacy training to others," it said. The programme would develop a team of 100 members (Digital Sakhis) who would impart training to about 40,000 people in using digital payment modes. L&T Financial said, over the last two years it has trained 200 women in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh under the Digital Sakhi programme. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit who launched the programme recently in Chennai, said, ...
JLR inks pact with BMW to develop next-gen electric vehicles
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover Wednesday said it has joined hands with BMW to develop next generation electric drive systems. The collaboration seeks to advance development of electrification technology to support transition autonomous, connected, electric, shared (ACES) future, Jaguar Land Rover said in a statement. The two partners will invest jointly in research and development, engineering and procurement with an aim to provide the necessary economies of scale to support increased consumer adoption of electric vehicles, it added. The strategic collaboration will build on the considerable knowledge and expertise in electrification at both the companies. "We've proven we can build world beating electric cars but now we need to scale the technology to support the next generation of Jaguar and Land Rover products. "It was clear from discussions with BMW Group that both companies' requirements for next generation EDUs (electric drive units) to support this transition have ...
Instagram rolls out new feature for less data usage
Instagram Wednesday announced a new opt-in feature that will allow users to reduce the amount of data consumed on the photo sharing platform. The feature has been designed specifically for emerging markets where data plans and internet speeds may be limited, Instagram said in a statement. "With this opt-in mode, people across the world can view their favourite content on Instagram with reduced image loading time, by reducing the amount of data that Instagram uses on their mobile phones," it added. While the Facebook-owned company doesn't disclose country-specific user count, reports suggest it has well over 70 million users in India. Globally, it has over a billion users. Once enabled, videos will not be pre-loaded and high-resolution images will not be downloaded, except in certain circumstances that the user chooses. Users can choose whether they never want to see high-resolution media or if they want to see such content when they are on Wi-Fi or Cellular/Wi-Fi connections. "With ...
Mozilla Firefox begins blocking web tracking
Mozilla, the maker of Open Source browser Firefox, has started blocking website cookies that can let advertisers and publishers track users across the web.
TRAI's network coverage map to be live in a few weeks: Sharma
TRAI hopes to go live, in a few weeks, with an all India coverage map on its site that will allow telecom subscribers to check the extent and strength of an operator's network coverage at a chosen location, a top official has said. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had, last year, launched the beta version of the map on a limited scale - covering only two circles including Delhi, and has now roped in a new vendor to scale up its efforts. The previous contract was with Centre for Development of Telematics. "TRAI is preparing the coverage map of the country so as to identify the black holes or the areas which are not covered or partially covered. We have roped in a vendor who is doing the development, we are taking data from the service providers," TRAI Chairman R S Sharma told PTI recently. The project will be live in a few weeks' time, Sharma added. "The coverage map will plot on a map the (network) coverage of operators' services, say 2G, 3G, 4G, VOLTE, with ...
How are you, Tim Apple? Indian student asks Cook
It was a dream come true for Delhi-based student Palash Taneja when he stood face to face with Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with 13 global students here and in that moment, came the witty question: How are you, Tim Apple?
Soon complain online against sexual harassment in Gautam Budh Nagar
With growing number of sexual harassment cases being reported at workplaces in the National Capital Region, the Gautam Budh Nagar authorities have decided to make the process of filing such complaints easy.
Facebook honours Kochi teenager
Facebook has honoured a 19-year-old student from Kerala for spotting a memory corruption bug on its instant messaging platform WhatsApp, the media reported.
Netizens jeer new Mac Pro, compare it with grater
Apple's new Mac Pro, launched at the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), has invited derision and raillery from social media users with some comparing the design of the device to a cheese grater.
