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Infosys to create 1,200 jobs in Australia, to set up 3 innovation hubs
IT services firm Infosys Wednesday said it will set up three innovation hubs in Australia and create 1,200 jobs in the country by 2020. The Bengaluru-based company is already setting up similar hubs in the US - its largest market - and expects to hire 10,000 local workers by 2019. "The creation of 1,200 IT jobs in Australia by 2020, of which around 40 per cent will be Australian university graduates from a range of fields including computer science and design," Infosys said in a statement. It added that the new innovation hubs will serve as a platform to enable Infosys to co-create and co-innovate alongside clients, academia and government to accelerate innovation and upskilling of talent in emerging technologies and solutions. No investment details were disclosed. Infosys said this approach provides the company with a strong foundation to meet rising demand for expertise in areas like machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), user experience, cyber security, digital platforms, .
You can now track how much time you spend on Facebook!
Facebook is all set to roll out a new dashboard that will show how much time you spend on the social media app.The social networking service company announced the new feature for its Instagram and Facebook apps back in August.According to The Verge, the development is a part of the "time well-spent" movement that has been attracting the attention of the tech world. While with the Facebook dashboard, users can keep track of the time they are spending on the app, Apple's Screen Time and Google's Digital Wellbeing allow users to block themselves from using apps.On Facebook, the feature will be listed under the hamburger menu (three vertical lines in the bottom-right corner of the app) while on Instagram it will be a part of the setting menu.The dashboard will feature a bar chart that will show you the time you have spent on the app in the past seven days. It will also allow you to set the length of time you want to spend on that particular app and will send you a reminder once you reach .
CropIn Raises $8 Million From Chiratae Ventures & Other Investors to Accelerate its Global Vision of 'Maximizing Per Acre Value'
/ -- CropIn Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., an agriculture technology startup, has raised INR 58 crores ($8 million) in a Series B financing from Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures India) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund (London and Seattle). The financing will scale CropIn's 'SmartFarm' technology platform in India and globally to expand its reach from 3 million acres across 2 million farmers to more than 10 million actively monitored acres across 7 million farmers. With this capital infusion and its increasingly rich data-set, the Company will further develop its machine-learning-based 'SmartRisk ' platform to achieve unprecedented levels of plot-level crop detection and yield prediction. (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/787489/CropIn_Founders.jpg ) Headquartered in Bengaluru with 180+ customers across 29 countries, CropIn enables businesses in the agriculture-ecosystem to adopt a data-driven approach through its ground-to-cloud ...
Bodhtree Consulting partners with AutomationEdge
With the signing of this agreement, Bodhtree will deploy AutomationEdge platform to improve efficiency by reducing manual input and improve productivity by offering speedy automation to its global customers. The best use cases for this powerful RPA & Al tool would be in areas like, website scraping, customer order processing, ITSM-call centre operations, payroll processing, forms processing etc.
IIT-H developing ML-based sensors to check for milk adulteration
In view of various reports claiming chemical adulteration in milk, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad (IIT-H) are developing a novel smartphone-based sensor that deploys machine-learning (ML) algorithms to detect colour changes according to the acidity of the milk.
As Facebook faces fire, heat turns up on No. 2 Sandberg
For the past decade, Sheryl Sandberg has been the poised, reliable second-in-command to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, helping steer Facebook's rapid growth around the world, while also cultivating her brand in ways that hint at aspirations well beyond the social network. But with growing criticism over the company's practices, or lack of oversight, her carefully cultivated brand as an eloquent feminist leader is showing cracks. Questions these days aren't so much about whether she'll run for the Senate or even president, but whether she ought to keep her job at Facebook. Though the chances of an ouster are slim, the fact that it has even come up shows the extent of Facebook's and Sandberg's troubles. "Her brand was being manicured with the same resources and care as the gardens of Tokyo," said Scott Galloway, a New York University marketing professor. "And unfortunately a hurricane has come through the garden." Facebook has been dealing with hurricanes for the past two years : fake .
Jio launches VoLTE-based India-Japan roaming services
Reliance Jio on Tuesday launched VoLTE-based inbound international roaming services between India and Japan, based on services.
Huawei set to launch Mate 20 Pro in India on Nov 27
Chinese technology giant Huawei is set to launch the premium Mate 20 Pro, its first smartphone powered by the 5G-ready 7nm Kirin 980 chipset, in India on November 27, industry sources told IANS on Tuesday.
Japan's KDDI to avail Jio's VoLTE international roaming services in India
Mobile operator Reliance Jio Tuesday said Japan-based KDDI Corporation has become the first service provider to avail its VoLTE-based international roaming services in India. The arrangement will allow KDDI Corporation's subscribers travelling to India to roam on Jio's network. "Reliance Jio Infocomm announced today launch of VOLTE based inbound international roaming between India and Japan. With this Jio has become India's first 4G mobile operator to provide VoLTE based international roaming services in India whereby international roamers will be enjoying HD (High definition) voice and LTE high speed data," Jio said in a statement. The statement furher said that KDDI Corporation has become the first international mobile service provider to avail of Jio's VoLTE calling and LTE data international roaming service. The move would provide global travellers with access to high-speed data and voice services on Jio's all-IP, 4G-exclusive network, it pointed out. Voice over Long-Term ...
World Bank to provide USD 310 mn loan for Jharkhand power system
The World Bank will extend USD 310 million loan for Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project to provide reliable, quality, and affordable 24x7 electricity in the state. An agreement in this regard was signed here between the Centre, Jharkhand government and World Bank. "The Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project will help build new power transmission infrastructure, as well as put in place systems to improve the technical efficiency and commercial performance of the state power sector utilities," the release said. The project will help bring in modern technology solutions such as automated sub-stations, and network analysis and planning tools to provide reliable power supply and enhance customer satisfaction. The project is part of the government's power for all programme launched in 2014. The plan envisages addition of over 4.5 GW generation capacities by 2022 (including a significant share of 1.5 GW from solar energy) through a mix of private and public-sector investments. The
IIT Delhi establishes artificial intelligence chair in name of distinguished alumnus
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here signed an MoU with professors Soumitra Dutta and Lourdes Casanova for the constitution of "The Soumitra Dutta Chair in Artificial Intelligence". The two academicians have pledged a support of Rs 1 crore for the purpose. The Chair has been named after Soumitra Dutta, who is a distinguished alumnus of IIT Delhi, and it is envisaged to promote excellence and leadership in teaching, research and development in the field of artificial intelligence and to facilitate wider and deeper interaction between the industry and IIT Delhi faculty and students. "I am very grateful to faculty of IIT Delhi for the valuable education they provided to me and I am glad to contribute to the future academic excellence of IIT Delhi," Dutta said. Lourdes Casanova, a renowned academician working at Cornell University, said, "The chair recognises the important role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of India and supports the aspirations of IIT Delhi for ...
Samsung Galaxy A9 with quad-camera launched in India, pricing starts Rs 36,990
South Korean electronics major Samsung Tuesday launched its latest Galaxy A9 smartphone in the Indian market, priced at Rs 36,990 onwards, to strengthen its play in the premium phone market in the country. The Galaxy A9, which is the world's first device to feature quad-camera setup in a smartphone, has been developed keeping in mind the demands of the millennials, Samsung India General Manager Mobile Business Aditya Babbar said. Citing GfK data, Babbar said Samsung had 58.4 per cent share in value terms and 62 per cent in volume terms of the above Rs 30,000 smartphone category. "Galaxy A9 is the perfect companion for Instagram-hungry millennials, letting them shoot in ways they could never do before...We are extremely confident that the A9 will help us further consolidate our position in this segment (Rs 30,000 and above)," he added. In the above Rs 30,000 category, Samsung competes against the likes of OnePlus and Apple. As per a Counterpoint report, China's OnePlus maintained its ..
MTaI seeks one time increase of 18% in MRP of medical devices
Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) Tuesday asked the government to allow a one-time increase of up to 18 per cent in maximum retail prices (MRPs) of medical devices, including stents and orthopedic knee implants, in order to offset the impact of rupee depreciation and inflation. MTaI, which represents leading research-based medical technology companies with significant investments in manufacturing in India, said the rupee has depreciated 13.13 per cent against the US dollar and 12.33 per cent against the euro in the last one year. Besides, wholesale price inflation has hovered between 4 per cent and 5 per cent during this period, it added. The government had fixed price ceiling for stents and knee implants in 2017 based on landed cost of these devices in India. The rupee depreciation has increased the landed cost by around 14 per cent, the industry body said. "The dual effect of weakening of currency and inflationary trends is creating an extra-ordinary situation and the ..
Tesla accidentally gives forum user access to 1.5 million accounts
A Tesla Model 3 customer who simply wanted to complain about the harrowing experience he had during his car delivery process barely knew he would end up with access to millions of the complaint forum users' accounts.The customer, Daniel Eleff, took to Tesla's official forum to complain about the issue. However, when he realised his post was not visible, he contacted the customer service who in turn promised to raise the request to the IT department, he explained on his website DansDeals.com.Now, to Eleff's surprise, he was given full administrator access to the forum and he could edit or delete posts on the forum. Not only that, he also was given access to the user information of 1.5 million accounts.Eleff raised the concerns to Tesla which obviously revoked the access as soon as it was reported. However, for a company like Tesla, it is pretty embarrassing to have a sizeable breach of user information which had the potential to be misused.
Volkswagen's use of 'cheat device' for emission norms indicative of environmental damage: NGT
The use of 'cheat device' by Volkswagen in diesel cars in India leads to inference of environmental damage, the NGT has said while asking the German auto major to deposit an interim amount of Rs 100 crore with the CPCB. The NGT said that even though the standards may be stricter in other countries, "the very fact of deceit devices being installed by the manufacturers calls for an inference of prima-facie violation of environment". The Tribunal's November 16 order, uploaded Monday, said the amount has been fixed having regard to the capacity of the enterprise and possible adverse impact on the environment. It also stated that the deposit was only an interim measure, awaiting expert opinion on the subject. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel constituted a joint team of representatives of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry of Heavy Industries, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) and National Environmental Engineering Research ...
C'garh polls: 45.2 pc polling till 3 pm
As much as 45.2 per cent voting was recorded till 2According to the Election Commission of India, the overall polling percentage stood at 23.71 per cent at 12:30 pm. Pathalgaon was on the top of the list with 34.70 per cent turnout followed by Kunkuri and Jashpur with 34.7 per cent and 34.5 per cent voter turnout respectively.The others seats, namely, Baikunthupur, Mannendragarh and Bharatpur-Sonhat recorded 32.3 per cent, 24 per cent and 25.10 per cent polling respectively till 12.30 pm.The polling is taking place in 72 constituencies spread over 19 districts. The voting which commenced at 8 am is scheduled to end at 5 pm.As many as 19,300 polling booths have been set up for the second phase of polling. 1,079 candidates including 119 women are in the fray. More than 1,54,00,000 voters are eligible to exercise their voting right in the poll.
IIT-Hyderabad working on mobile phone-based sensors to check milk adulteration
Researchers at IIT-Hyderabad are working on developing smartphone-based sensors to detect adulteration in milk. As a first step, they have developed a detector system to measure the acidity of milk through an indicator paper that changes colour depending on the level, a statement said. They have also developed algorithms that can be incorporated on to a mobile phone to accurately detect the colour change, it added. The research, undertaken by a team led by Professor Shiv Govind Singh, has been published in the November 2018 issue of Food Analytical Methods journal. "While techniques such as chromatography and spectroscopy can be used to detect adulteration, such techniques generally require expensive setup and are not amenable to miniaturisation into low-cost easy-to-use devices. Hence, they do not appeal to the vast majority of milk consumers in the developing world," Singh said. He added that there is a need to develop simple devices that consumers can use to detect milk ...
Sony launches new handheld camcorder in India
Sony India on Tuesday introduced a new handheld camcorder "HXR-NX200" for professional videographers and content creators in India.
IIT researchers develop smartphone-based system to detect milk adulteration
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, have develop smartphone-based system to detect adulteration in milk. The detector system measures acidity in milk using an indicator paper that changes colour according to acidity. They have also developed algorithms that can be incorporated on to a smartphone to accurately detect the colour change. IIT Professor Shiv Govind Singh, heading the research team, said, "While techniques such as chromatography and spectroscopy can be used to detect adulteration, such techniques generally require expensive set up and are not amenable to miniaturisation into low-cost easy-to-use devices. Hence, they do not appeal to the vast majority of milk consumers in the developing world." "We need to develop simple devices that the consumer can use to detect milk contamination. It should be possible to make milk adulteration detection failsafe by monitoring all of these parameters at the same time, without the need for expensive equipment," .
60% Gen Z happy working with machines as integrated teams: Survey
In an age of human-machine partnerships, nearly 60 per cent of Gen Z or post-millennials -- born from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s -- agree on working with machines as integrated teams, a survey hs revealed.
