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India's digital infrastructure development 'game-changer': Databricks CEO

India's digital infrastructure development has been a game-changer, putting the country ahead of most other nations, Databricks CEO and Co-founder Ali Ghodsi has said. At a press conference here on Wednesday at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025, Ghodsi said that India is on the upswing at a time when recession is a concern in several other regions and nations. What has happened in the last decade, where they've built a lot of digital infrastructure in India, is a game-changer. We don't have that even here, in other countries. India is now ahead on digital infrastructure compared to most other countries in the world," Ghodsi said in response to a question by PTI on India. This of course, makes it much easier to innovate in data and AI, he said. Ghodsi added that Databricks is very excited to partner with new companies in the field of AI as well as with companies that have been around a long time such as the Tatas of the world that we're partnering with as well. It's a gigantic .

CtrlS Datacenters partners with BSE to power digital infrastructure

CtrlS Datacenters operates 15 data centres across eight key markets and plans to expand into new overseas markets in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with Thailand as its first international foray

Algorithmic management of work led to decline in job quality: ILO report

AM refers to the allocation, monitoring and evaluation of work tasks and workers' performance through extensive data collection, surveillance, real-time decision-making and metrics-driven evaluations

Mivi eyes Rs 1K cr revenue in FY26 with expansion plans, geographic scaling

Mivi, a Hyderabad-based consumer electronics brand, has set an ambitious Rs 1,000 crore revenue target for FY26, driven by a strategic blueprint including product category expansion, broader geographic reach, a new manufacturing facility, and enhanced marketing strategies. Mivi, which employs over 1,500 people, clocked over Rs 300 crore in revenue in FY25. In an interview to PTI, Mivi co-founders Midhula Devabhaktuni and Viswanadh Kandula outlined Mivi's multi-pronged roadmap for growth, with plans to venture into new categories such as IoT devices, smart wearables, smart CCTVs and speakers alongside bolstering its existing audio and mobile accessory offerings. "FY26 is going to be an amazing year for the brand. We are targeting a revenue of Rs 1,000 crore, which will be a huge jump. We are targeting a good amount of that revenue to come from the existing categories, but we are also going to expand into other categories. "Mivi AI is a platform that we have developed. The category t

A new world in the making: Is it time to rethink India's economic strategy?

The US is home to massive and world-dominating private tech companies, such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, Meta, and Apple, yet the country as a whole is struggling neck-deep in debt

Artificial intelligence & India: The Modi model of technology diffusion

While much of the public discourse has been around this stack of Digital Public Goods and their population-scale impact, the role of leadership has been underappreciated

A new way to measure digital capability: Tracking tech progress globally

Developing countries are moving from the margins to the mainstream of digital innovation. They account for the global majority of internet and smartphone users

Adobe brings free Photoshop app to phones, targeting younger users

Adobe has now released a free version for Apple's iPhone, with an Android app coming soon

From Aadhaar to Bhashini, India's digital services grow in numbers

BharatNet provides high-speed internet access in rural areas. Bhashini is an AI-based tool for translating Indian languages

Artificial intelligence euphoria likely to fizzle out over lack of data

Tech giants are running out of data used to train AI systems. To overcome the problem, some companies are exploring new methods powered by 'synthetic data', write Cade Metz & Tripp Mickle

Generation Beta: Born into climate change and shifting demographics

Unlike Gen Z, who witnessed the transition from analogue to digital technology, Gen Beta will grow up in a highly technologically integrated world

AI, capitalism, and ethics: The urgent need for responsible governance

Without human feelings and consciousness, AI, like any technology, is an ethics-free enterprise

Australia introduces world-first social media ban for children under 16

Australia's policy sets the highest age restriction on social media globally, surpassing France's recent ban on under-15s, which allowed exceptions with parental consent

Think out of the box, adapt to changing tech landscape: CAG tells officers

Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu on Saturday urged officers to think out of the box, experiment with new techniques, and adapt to the changing technological and governance environment. With the increasing use of AI and emerging technologies to provide services, he said there are numerous risks, ranging from privacy breaches and algorithmic biases to social exclusion. "...as an organisation, we are deeply cognisant of these developments and are engaging closely with emerging technological trends for enhancing the effectiveness of auditing and accounting practices in such a landscape," he said at the 4th Audit Diwas celebrations here. Murmu emphasised that in the quest for strengthening auditing and accounting practices, "all offices of the CAG's organisation are encouraged to think out-of-the-box and adapt to changing technological and governance environment" by experimenting with new techniques, which help in nurturing creativity in methodologies,

ITU secretary-general echoes PM's call for framework on digital tech

Points to the need for telecom standards setting the tone for ethical use of AI globally

AI-led firms report higher growth, outpace peers in revenue, productivity

Companies embracing AI-led processes globally are experiencing remarkable growth, surpassing their peers with higher revenue growth and greater productivity, according to a report by Accenture. In India, the percentage of organisations fully modernised with AI has surged from 8 per cent in 2023 to an impressive 25 per cent in 2024, marking a significant leap in operational efficiency and revenue generation, the report said. The findings are based on a survey of 2,000 executives across 12 countries and 15 industries, including insights from 200 senior executives based in India. The report, titled "Reinventing Enterprise Operations with Gen AI," highlighted that globally, organisations that have adopted intelligent operations are achieving 2.5 times higher revenue growth and 2.4 times greater productivity than their peers. This trend underscores the transformative power of Generative AI, which has become a catalyst for innovation across various sectors. Notably, 79 per cent of Indian

US, India share vision to connect, protect people using tech: Eric Garcetti

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Thursday said that the two largest democracies in the world share a vision of using technology to connect and protect their people, and as a force for good. Speaking at the US-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund 2024 Awards Reception, he said the two countries have been investing in the next generation of "magicians who will conjure up the solutions this world so badly needs". "India and the US have a vision of technology that can connect and protect their people and be used as a force for good. The endowment fund is bringing together innovators because, as I often say, the Indian dream is the flip side of the American dream, and vice versa, and we really like each other," Garcetti said. He said that the US and India are setting new records in student partnerships, military sales, and joint exercises. "Last year, India became the number one source of students to institutions in the United States. We announced a new quad fellowship tha

OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk over 'altruism versus greed' lawsuit

Not quite two months after he abandoned his first suit against OpenAI, Musk filed a complaint in August claiming that co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman manipulated him

Magicpin records 15-times order growth on ONDC network in 15 months

Hyperlocal e-commerce firm magicpin on Tuesday said it has crossed the 1.5 lakh-mark for daily order of food and logistics services on the government-backed ONDC platform, registering a 15-times growth over 15 months. magicpin joined the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) network in March last year with 22,000 restaurant partners, which the company has scaled to 70,000, the company said in a statement. The company saw 100 daily orders in early May 2023, which increased to 10,000 in four weeks, the company said. "In about 1.5 years, we have double-digit market share in major cities, with more than 10 per cent market share in key markets like Delhi or Bengaluru in terms of overall food delivery. We are thrilled with magicpin's success on ONDC, where we have reached 1.5 lakh daily orders for food delivery and logistics on the network," magicpin CEO and Co-Founder Anshoo Sharma said. He said 90 per cent of food orders from prominent buyer apps such as Paytm, Tata Neu, and Ola are

Quad summit to make announcements on maritime security, technologies

The Quad summit in Delaware will feature ambitious announcements in multiple areas such as maritime security, high-quality infrastructure and critical and emerging technologies to demonstrate the group's endurance, a top White House official has said. US President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan for the fourth in-person Quad Leaders' Summit on Saturday, September 21. This year's Quad Summit will feature ambitious announcements in the areas in which the Quad has grown and is used to working and where Indo-Pacific partners prioritise the Quad's delivery. These include health security, humanitarian and disaster response, maritime security, high-quality infrastructure, critical and emerging technologies, climate and clean energy, and cyber security, Mira Rapp-Hooper, White House National Security Council Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania, told reporters at a news conference ..