Data Usage

DNPA adopts Magnite access to streamline audience data, premium inventory

Several DNPA publishers have adopted Magnite Access to better use audience data, streamline premium inventory and offer advertisers more targeted and valuable campaigns

US seeks greater India market access for its data centre companies

May negotiate favourable conditions under BTA

84% lenders use both traditional, alternative data to underwrite borrowers

Alternative data includes insights such as phone usage, utility payments, e-commerce transactions, social media activity, employment history, and in some cases, email and SMS data

Digital streaming: Indians used one exabyte of data in watching cricket

The total data consumption across the world for the 2024 Olympics is estimated at an average of 0.9 EB per day

Black Box eyes $2 billion revenue in 4 years on rising AI, data demand

Black Box has increased its focus on modular data centres and prefabricated solutions, which are designed to accelerate project timelines and cater to hyperscale needs

Data that powers artificial intelligence is disappearing a rapid pace

Over the past year, many of the most important web sources used for training AI models have restricted the use of their data, according to a study by the Data Provenance Initiative

Data stickiness likely to see users absorb mobile tariff hike: Analysts

Industry ARPU may rise 15% to Rs 220 in FY25

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd to ramp up its capacity to over 1 gigawatt in 4 yrs

The ambitious plan includes expansions in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai

Salesforce abandons talks to acquire data-management firm Informatica

Informatica's shares closed at $35.19 on Friday, valuing the Redwood City, California-based company at about $11.2 billion, including debt

How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for artificial intelligence

Like OpenAI, Google transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text for its AI models, five people with knowledge of the company's practices said

Empowering people to monetise their data

India has an opportunity to lead the conversation on rewarding individuals for their data used by Big Tech

Arrests of Indian journalists on the rise, especially in the past decade

There has been a marked uptick in imprisonments and killings of journalists after 2012 compared to the years before. The CPJ database has recorded data from 1992 onwards

Contact tracing data of citizens from Aarogya Setu app deleted: Minister

Contact tracing feature of the Aarogya Setu mobile application has been discontinued and contact tracing data collected through it has been deleted

India more conscious than ever about its data usage: S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the country is now more conscious of the fact that where and who processes its data

India second among 21 countries in H1 2022 Arpu rise, shows data

Also ranked 6th among 26 countries in data usage growth over same period

Data centre business to double by 2024, demand to help real estate: Reports

Investments in data centres expected to surpass $20 billion by 2025, with smaller cities gaining too

WEF 2022: How data and tech are driving change in predicting future

The advent of technology and the resulting change in our ability to foresee potential future events has coincided with an exponential increase in the range and variety of possible outcomes.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs announces 'Open Data Week'

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on Monday announced the initiation of the Open Data Week to encourage the adoption of open data and promote innovation across India's urban ecosystem.

Mastercard submits new audit to India after ban over data handling

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on July 14 sent panic-waves through Indian banking partners by announcing a ban, effective from July 22, to prevent the U.S. giant from issuing new cards.

What are content delivery networks and why big websites crash together

Such networks are popular with large, high-traffic websites and those offering big files to download