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UP to promote Noida region as electronic hub
To promote Uttar Pradesh as an ideal investment destination, the state government plans to promote Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway on Delhi's outskirts as electronics manufacturing zone. "The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to promote Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway as electronic manufacturing zone. Country-specific industrial parks will be set up, which will virtually act as a home away from home for the foreign companies," additional chief secretary (IT and Electronics) Sanjiv Saran told PTI. Uttar Pradesh, especially Noida and Greater Noida, enjoys advantage as a manufacturing hub owing to its large pool of skilled labour and proximity to the national capital. "India's software export is to the tune of USD 160 billion. Of this, Noida and Greater Noida alone account for 6 per cent," Saran said. He also said that the state is already home to 45 per cent of the mobile manufacturing in India. "Out of the 38 manufacturing units of mobile phones in the .
Social media algorithms discriminating against women: study
Social media algorithms on platforms like Instagram may be discriminating against women by making them less visible, and causing a reduction in their popularity. Social media and the sharing economy have created new opportunities by leveraging online networks to build trust and remove marketplace barriers. However, a growing body of research suggests that old gender and racial biases persist, from men's greater popularity on Twitter to African Americans' lower acceptance rates on Airbnb. Using the photo-sharing site Instagram as a test case, researchers from Columbia University in the US showed how two common recommendation algorithms amplify a network effect known as homophily in which similar or like-minded people cluster together. They further show how algorithms turned loose on a network with homophily effectively make women less visible; they found that the women in their dataset, whose photos were slightly less likely to be 'liked' or commented on, became even less popular once
Trai views on data privacy, security in telecom sector by month-end: Sharma
Trai will finalise its recommendation on privacy, security and ownership of data in telecom sector by the month-end, its Chairman R S Sharma has said asserting that the regulator intends to give the issue its due importance. The comments by the sector regulator assume significance as issues around data protection have come under the spotlight, and privacy concerns have amplified in the wake of the recent Facebook data leak fiasco. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had floated a consultation paper on the privacy, security and ownership of data in telecom sector last year and followed it up with an open house discussion in February this year. "Our recommendation on data privacy, security and ownership of data in the sector will come by the end of this month," Sharma told PTI in an interview. Trai will also share the views with the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee, which is working on a detailed data protection framework for the country. "We will be making the ...
Maha govt pulls down 11 websites for pirated content
The Maharashtra government has pulled 11 websites down after receiving complaints from the entertainment industry that pirated content was displayed. The Maharashtra Cyber Digital Crime Unit (MCDCU), started last August for systematically eliminating websites that upload pirated content, pulled down these websites. Brijesh Singh, special Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra cyber cell, said the collective viewership of these websites was over 80 million. The initiative, the first of its kind in the country, was launched by the Cyber Cell of Maharashtra Police following directions from the Home Department. Laxman Kamble, the lone police inspector attached to the state government's Cyber Cell, said in a bid to contain piracy, a multi-stakeholder model has been created on a pilot basis. Industry stakeholders and officers of the Cyber Cell are members, he told PTI. Kamble said the pilot project was started after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis received complaints from media ...
App to help donate excess food to the needy
Restaurants, caterers and others will be able to easily donate excess food to the needy through a new mobile application developed by students of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi. The app called Zero provides an interface between caterers/restaurant owners and NGOs involved in distributing excess food from eateries and will help prevent wastage, according to its makers. "A donor can register on the app and generate a request to pick up the leftover food. A notification on it then goes to the volunteers of the NGOs who can distribute food," IIIT-D M. Tech student Chetna Wadhwa said. The idea was incepted and developed early this year by a group of M Tech students including Mallika Gupta, Akshara Rai, Ruchika Lakhina, Pallavi Rawat and V N Dawarka apart from Wadhwa who have experience of working with an NGO for a similar cause. "Struck by the fact that tonnes of food was being wasted everyday when millions were starving prompted us to build the interface. We ...
JK govt employees' salaries stopped for not having toilets at home
Sending out a strong message against open defecation, salaries of around 6oo government employees in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir were stopped for not constructing toilets at their houses, an official said today. Angrez Singh Rana, district development commissioner, Kishtwar passed the order yesterday on receipt of a report submitted by Anil Kumar Chandail, assistant commissioner development, regarding non-availability of toilets in the houses of 616 state employees of Padder block, he said. Jammu and Kashmir has achieved a target of 71.95 per cent with respect to the construction of Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs), verification and geo-tagging of units under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Kishtwar has registered 57.23 per cent success in this regard.Leh and Kargil districts in Ladakh, Shopian in south Kashmir and Srinagar have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), while Anantnag and Pulwama, also in south Kashmir, are likely to achieve the ODF status by the end of ...
Users' data transmitted over 'HTTP' at great hacking risk: Kaspersky
As the Facebook data scandal refuses to die down, researchers at Russia-based Kaspersky Labs have revealed that unencrypted user data transmitted over insecure "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)" is at heightened risk of hacking.
Apple loses $60bn over reports of weak smartphone demand in 2018
Apple lost over $60 billion in market cap in two days after Taiwan Semiconductor, Apple's biggest supplier, said in an earnings update that second-quarter revenues would be hit by "weak demand from the mobile sector".
Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks
An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users raising questions about the usefulness of such audits. Facebook agreed to outside audits every two years as part of a 2011 settlement with the FTC over its privacy practices. It is not clear from the report whether the company informed PricewaterhouseCoopers, which performed the audit, of the Cambridge Analytica data grab that would put Facebook in the crosshairs of Congress. The heavily redacted audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers is available on the FTC's website. It covers February 12, 2015 to February 11, 2017. PwC declined to comment, but Facebook said today that keeping data secure is a priority. "We remain strongly committed to protecting people's information, said Rob Sherman, Facebook's deputy chief privacy officer, in a statement. "We appreciate the opportunity to ...
Puranic period people had superhuman imagination or prototypes: Tripura Governor
Amid controversy over Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deba's claim that internet and satellite communication existed in Mahabharata's time, state Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday said people in the Puranic period either had superhuman imagination or some kind of prototypes otherwise they could not have conceived such ideas.
AI real winner at Microsoft's India talent hunt competition
A software that features a Virtual Reality (VR)-based immersive view inside a CT or MRI scan where a user can navigate the 3D scan of a human body was the best Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solution at a Microsoft talent hunt competition here on Friday.
Panasonic launches new smartphone with 'Big View' Display
Expanding its "Big View" display series, Panasonic India on Friday unveiled an affordable "Eluga I7" smartphone with the 18:9 aspect ratio for an immersive experience.
LAVA launches first all-women operated service centre in India
Domestic handset maker LAVA on Friday launched its first all-women operated mobile handset service centre in India where customers will be able to view and experience the repair of their mobile handsets in front of them.
Scientists find way to bend, stretch diamond
In a first, scientists have found that diamond can bend and stretch much like rubber, and snap back to its original form when grown in extremely tiny, needle-like shapes. Diamond is well-known as the strongest of all natural materials, and with that strength comes another tightly linked property: brittleness. The finding by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US could open the door to a variety of diamond-based devices for applications such as sensing, data storage, actuation, biocompatible in vivo imaging, optoelectronics, and drug delivery. For example, diamond has been explored as a possible biocompatible carrier for delivering drugs into cancer cells. Published in the journal Science, the research shows that the narrow diamond needles, similar in shape to the rubber tips on the end of some toothbrushes but just a few hundred nanometers across, could flex and stretch by as much as nine per cent without breaking, then return to their original ...
Intel kills 'Vaunt' smart glass project
Global chip-maker Intel has shut down its "New Devices Group" (NDG) and ceased the development of "Vaunt" smart glasses who were like the eye-mounted wearables like Google Glass, the media reported.
Dell unveils AMD Ryzen-powered Inspiron 15
Computer technology firm, Dell, announced, the launch of the revamped Inspiron series, now equipped with AMD Ryzen processor with Radeon RX Vega Graphics.The Inspiron 15 (5575), which is the latest addition to the Inspiron portfolio, is powered by AMD Ryzen to deliver split-second responsiveness and fast performance.The machine incorporates features of Dell Cinema - with built-in speakers tuned with Waves MaxxAudio Pro software and advanced processing to deliver studio-quality sound as well as a lag-free video streaming experience with SmartByte, a connection optimiser solution that prioritises video streaming ahead of other network traffic for uninterrupted entertainment."The combination of Dell and AMD Ryzen will be a game changer in the category of mainstream notebooks. AMD brings a legacy of high performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies and with this league of Ryzen's powerful processing capabilities, personal computing will be more enjoyable," said Alen Joe
Dell brings AMD Ryzen processors to its 'Inspiron' series
To elevate the entertainment experience for its users, Dell on Friday announced that it is bringing AMD Ryzen processor with "Radeon RX Vega Graphics" to its "Inspiron" portfolio.
Apple to donate to mark Earth Day
In its mission to create a healthier planet through innovation, Apple on Friday announced a donation programme and debuted a disassembly robot "Daisy" as a part of its ongoing recycling effort.
Less data requests from cops: Microsoft
Microsoft received 22,939 legal requests for customer information from law enforcement agencies during the second half of 2017, which is a slight decrease from the previous six-month period, the company has said.
Scientists find way to bend, stretch diamond
An international team of researchers has found that diamond, the strongest of all natural materials, can bend and stretch much like rubber and snap back to its original shape.