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'Time to move on': Mark Zuckerberg calls off cage fight with Elon Musk

Musk vs Zuckerberg: Last week, Musk said that the fight would take place at an 'epic location' in Italy

Tech making battlespace more complex: Army Chief Gen Pande at UK parade

Disruptive technologies and innovations enhancing the capabilities of the instruments of war are making the present-day battlespace more complex and lethal, Army Chief General Manoj Pande said during his UK visit on Thursday. In his historic address as the first Indian to represent King Charles III at the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Gen. Pande said it is the unwavering resolve, courage and valour of soldiers on the battlefield that will determine the ultimate victory. In a motivational speech for the 185 Officer Cadets of Commissioning Course No. 223 who pass out from the prestigious academy with the customary parade, the army chief called on them to lead by example as they don the mantle of a military leader and hone their ability to adapt to change. While the character of warfare is undergoing a change, the potential of the disruptive technologies, advancements in cyber, space and innovation domains and progression in the capabilities of the ...

Verizon Business inks technology deal with HCLTech valued at $2.1 bn

Verizon Business on Thursday announced a strategic global partnership making HCLTech its primary managed network services collaborator in all networking deployments for enterprise customers in a mega deal valued at USD 2.1 billion over six years. In order "to execute the tightly-coordinated balance of responsibilities at enterprise scale", a select group of Verizon Business Global Customer Operations staff will transition to HCLTech, a release said. "HCLTech is pleased to announce the signing of a new mega deal with a Global 100 corporation today. We expect this deal to have a positive revenue impact over the next six years beginning in November 2023 with an estimated new total contract value of USD 2.1 billion over the term," HCLTech said in a separate filing. Meanwhile, the joint release said that the partnership combines Verizon's networking prowess, solutioning, and scale with HCLTech's Managed Service capabilities "to usher in a new era of large-scale wireline service delivery

Coupang to set up technology centre in India, begins recruitment drive

The Indian team will support the company's global technology team, sources said

You may soon be able to make UPI payments by talking or just tapping phone

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das in the MPC decision announcement on Thursday, proposed to enable 'conversational' payments on UPI using AI

Gmail app for Android, iOS to get native translation feature soon: Details

Gmail app for Android will get the translation feature in two weeks, and it will be available for iOS devices on August 21

Samsung Freedom Fest Sale 2023 is live now on Samsung's official website

Samsung has announced Freedom Fest Sale 2023 where the company is offering exciting deals on big-screen televisions, giving Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G 256GB/12GB variant for free

iOPEX Technologies launches new AI framework to support businesses

Digital transformation and technology services company iOPEX Technologies on Tuesday said it has launched an advanced enterprise artificial intelligence framework -- iOPEX.AI -- aimed at making enterprises deliver transformative solutions. The comprehensive solution offered by iOPEX Technologies would aid companies in making intelligent decisions, enhance customer experiences and fuel business growth, the company said in a statement. "Digital advancements and innovations had led to the extraordinary growth of the Indian tech industry. Generative AI has the potential to transform software development but, at the same time, software developers must leverage this technology," company Chief Executive Officer Shiva Ramani said.

Samsung to rollout Android 14 operating system-based OneUI 6.0 beta soon

OneUI 6.0 would bring changes to the skin's user interface as well as built-in apps and some customisation features too

Laptop, tablet sales surge amid concerns over shortage, price rise

On August 3, the government had announced that a licence will be required for import of laptops, tablets, all-in-one-personal computers, ultra-small factor computers and servers

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: Will Samsung be able to revive era of foldables?

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 getting good reviews from across the world. The device is available for Rs 99,999 at Samsung's official website and Amazon

Airtel launches Xstream AirFiber fixed wireless access device: Details here

Airtel Xstream AirFiber is a plug-and-play device with in-built Wi-Fi 6 technology, which can hold connections with up to 64 devices simultaneously

ISRO transfers satellite bus tech to Alpha Design to boost private sector

ISRO on Saturday said it has transferred the IMS-1 Satellite Bus Technology to Alpha Design Technologies Pvt. Ltd in a step towards enhancing private industry participation in the country's space sector. NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO, facilitated the technology transfer through an agreement signed during an event held at the NSIL headquarters on August 2, the space agency said on its website. The technology transfer documents were formally handed over by D Radhakrishnan, Chairman and Managing Director of NSIL to Col. H S Shankar (Retd.), Chairman and Managing Director of ADTL. ADTL is one of the two private players identified to receive the transfer of this technology through Interest Exploratory Note (IEN) published by NSIL, it said. This transfer marks the beginning of satellite bus technologies developed by ISRO being transferred to private industries. Further, the PSLV is under productionisation by a consortium of industries. ISRO has been enabling

India hands over Rs 45 cr to Sri Lanka to fund digital identity project

India has handed over INR 450 million in advance to Sri Lanka to fund its unique digital identity project, the most crucial step in the island nation's digitalisation programme being implemented through the Indian grant assistance. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe's office here said that the fund from the government of India was given on Friday. During a meeting at the Presidential Secretariat, key stakeholders, including Presidential Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff, Sagala Ratnayaka, State Minister of Technology, Kanaka Herath, Indian High Commissioner, Gopal Bagley, and First Secretary of the Indian High Commission, Eldos Mathew and others engaged in extensive discussions on the project's execution. Signifying the Indian government's commitment to the initiative, the Indian High Commissioner handed over a significant contribution of Indian Rs 450 million to Minister Kanaka Herath (State Minister of Technology), constituting 15 per cent

NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after weeks of silence

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was back chatting it up Friday after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space billions of miles away, Voyager 2 stopped communicating two weeks ago. Controllers sent the wrong command to the 46-year-old spacecraft and tilted its antenna away from Earth. On Wednesday, NASA's Deep Space Network sent a new command in hopes of repointing the antenna, using the highest powered transmitter at the huge radio dish antenna in Australia. Voyager 2's antenna needed to be shifted a mere 2 per cent. It took more than 18 hours for the command to reach Voyager 2 -- more than 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometres) away -- and another 18 hours to hear back. The long shot paid off. On Friday, the spacecraft started returning data again, according to officials at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Voyager 2 has been hurtling through space since its launch in 1977 to explore the outer solar

Carl Pei's Nothing to launch smartwatches, earbuds under new sub-brand CMF

Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei said this will be a more affordable brand than Nothing, focused on providing timeless designs at great prices

Cyber attacks surge over 2-fold in India in first half of 2023: Report

India saw a huge surge in ransomware and IoT cyber attacks in the first half of 2023, as criminals shifted to stealthier means of malicious activities, according to a report by SonicWall. While major economies like the US and the UK witnessed a decline in ransomware attacks, India (up 133 per cent) and Germany (52 per cent) are among the countries that saw a huge surge in such attacks, the 2023 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report for the January-June period stated. At the global level, a variety of other attacks have trended up, including cryptojacking (399 per cent), IoT malware (37 per cent) and encrypted threats (22 per cent), the report said. At the global level, there was a decline of 41 per cent in ransomware attacks. Cybercriminals are diversifying and expanding their skill sets to attack critical infrastructure, making the threat landscape even more complex and forcing organizations to reconsider their security needs, the report mentioned. "While India saw a lesser rise

Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2023: Top Smartphone brands to buy in sale

Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2023 begins today at 12 pm. Top smartphone brands available at heavily discounted prices along with other accessories

What are room-temperature superconductors and what's the LK-99 controversy?

The claims made by South Korean researchers about LK-99, a lead-based compound, led to unprecedented excitement among experts in the field and also triggered scepticism in the scientific community

Google illegally cut contract staffers who worked on AI, alleges union

The Alphabet Workers Union accused the internet giant of violating federal labor law, which prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing