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Mystery of Indian-born foreign stars

Should we not be creating roles in India for the talented?

China continues to 'lie, cheat, and steal' to dominate tech: FBI Director

Calling out the Chinese government's disregard for the rule of law, fair business practices, FBI Director Christopher Wray said China continues to 'lie, cheat, and steal' in a bid for tech dominance

Wall Street extends declines on recession worries; Dow falls over 300 pts

Tech, consumer discretionary pare back gains; casino stocks jump as Macau allows tour groups after nearly 3 years

Firms should not pin down staff: MoS IT Chandrasekhar on moonlighting

He added the days when employees signed up with big tech majors and spent their lives on the job were long gone

SaaS company CleverTap Raises $105 mn in funding round led by CDPQ

It runs a cloud service that helps digital brands to increase customer retention

Over 32K tech workers fired in US, more than 11K in India till July

More than 32,000 tech workers have been laid off in the US till July, including at Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Meta (formerly Facebook)

Indian tech sector hired 200K Americans, helped US generate $103 bn in 2021

The Indian technology companies have contributed over $1.1 billion and developed partnerships with nearly 180 institutions in the US

Over 15K tech sector workers lost jobs in May globally, says report

More than 15,000 people working in the technology sector lost their job in the month of May globally, as global macro-economic factors hit companies, a report said

PimEyes: An alarmingly accurate face search engine that anyone can use

PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed

Global economic instability will affect tech sector: Sundar Pichai

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the current global macroeconomic conditions will severely affect the tech sector.

WEF 2022: 5 Indian start-ups among 100 to join Tech Pioneers community

The selected start-ups are also invited to participate in WEF 2022 workshops and events and high-level discussions during their two years in the community

Technology, energy emerge as winning sectoral bets for MF investors

Energy schemes have been the second-best performer with annualised returns of 62 per cent

Exodus at tech firms continues from Russia-Ukraine, impacting operations

Companies are taking all possible steps to keep employees safe and to ensure their businesses aren't impacted

Innovative tech creating unprecedented disruption in banking sector: Khara

Digitisation and innovative technologies are creating unprecedented disruption in the banking sector, and lenders need to be agile to meet the rising expectations of customers, State Bank of India's Chairman Dinesh Khara said on Friday. Banks have adopted the digital revolution, which has reduced their cost and widened the area of services they offer, he added. "Digital innovation is redefining industries and changing the way businesses function. Digitisation and innovative technologies are creating unprecedented disruption in the banking sector and the rate of change is accelerating," Khara said at a Dun & Bradstreet event. Today, digitisation and digital innovations have become a strategic priority for the banking industry, he noted. "Banks need to be agile and nimble as technology increases customer expectation and the regulatory landscape also evolves rapidly to keep pace with technological advancement," he said. According to Khara, there is a realisation among banks that the

Traders should handhold women startups, encourage tech adoption: Irani

Traders should handhold and encourage women startups to set up businesses to help them enter the mainstream of trade and commerce, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said.

Gaps in workplace equality, professional roles for women in tech: Report

A significant percentage of women in tech said men outnumber them at their organisations in leadership roles, according to a report.

Our mission is to democratise e-commerce, says Meesho founder & CTO

To understand the tech infrastructure, one also needs to understand the consumer category we are tapping into, says Barnwal

Tech startups struggle to get out of the red amid mktg and staff cost spike

While losses widened by 45% and 55% at fintech peers Paytm and PB Fintech, respectively, food delivery firm Zomato remained in the red despite narrowing its net loss by 81%

IT industry on the road to becoming $350 bn in revenue terms by 2026

The aspirational target of $350 billion by 2026 also means that the industry will have to maintain growth in the double-digit range of 11-14 per cent

Govt willing to intoduce stricter social media norms: IT Minister

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Narendra Modi-led government is willing to introduce stricter social media norms and all micro-blogging sites