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Global cellular IoT module shipments market grows only 2% in Q3 2022

Global cellular internet of things (IoT) module shipments grew by only 2 per cent (on-year) in Q3 2022, as China led the market followed by North America and Europe

Tech beyond AI

From moon missions to resurrecting the dead - emerging technology trends to watch in 2023

Good, bad and intelligent

ChatGPT is at the cutting edge of AI research. Its use cases are endless. But it is also not hard to see how AI could potentially cause a global catastrophe

Not afraid of recession, demand for automation will go up: Verint CEO

Dan Bodner, Verint founder and CEO said that India has been amongst the top two contributors to the Asia-Pacific revenue of the New York-based analytics company and will continue to expand

Ukraine aims to develop combat unmanned aerial vehicle, says minister

Ukraine has bought some 1,400 drones, mostly for reconnaissance, and plans to develop combat models that can attack the exploding drones Russia has used during its invasion of the country, according to the Ukrainian government minister in charge of technology. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov described Russia's war in Ukraine as the first major war of the internet age. He credited drones and satellite internet systems like Elon Musk's Starlink with having transformed the conflict. Ukraine has purchased drones like the Fly Eye, a small used for intelligence, battlefield surveillance and reconnaissance. And the next stage, now that we are more or less equipped with reconnaissance drones, is strike drones, Federov said. These are both exploding drones and drones that fly up to three to 10 kilometres and hit targets. He predicted more missions with strike drones in the future, but would not elaborate. We are talking th

LG to develop next-gen smart home appliances that can track sleep

Asleep diagnoses sleep stages through breathing sounds during sleep and provide various sleep services based on AI technology

Cipla's higher automation spends to continue for 3 more yrs: CTO Malhotra

Cipla expects elevated capital expenditure on automation to continue for three more years, a senior official has said. The city-headquartered company started its investment journey on the automation front two years ago and has already been recognised for its work by multiple bodies, Geena Malhotra, the chief technology officer for the company, told PTI recently. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognised one of its four manufacturing units as a 'lighthouse' project for being replicated across the world, Malhotra said, adding that the company will be implementing the same across all of its 42 plants. "On investments, we have done both regular capital expenditure and also additional investments. We have made a good amount of investments in the last two years and will be investing for about 3-4 years more in this journey," Malhotra said. The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of its automation spends. The journey on automation has its roots in a decision Cipl

Groundwork laid, here are the tech developments we will see in 2023

From common charging port to Right to Repair, the focus would be on consumer convenience

Transformative reforms in last 8 years brought transparency: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the transformative reforms undertaken in the last eight years has brought increased transparency, accountability and technology-driven changes. He said the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is fast emerging as key human resources nucleus for the government. Delivering a keynote address on culmination of good governance week (19-25 December), Singh said the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has become a "facilitatory ministry" in the last eight years of the Modi government dedicated to the service of both the personnel and common man. The minister said the transformative reforms undertaken by DoPT, departments of pensions, administrative reforms and public grievances in the last eight years brought increased transparency, accountability and technology-driven changes moving from timeline to real time through dashboard mechanism to follow the ultimate goal of Prime Minister's Mantra of ...

Chatbots will do more than just chatting

Chatbots can be found on websites, messaging apps, and other platforms, and are used to provide information, answer questions, and perform tasks such as booking tickets or making reservations

5G to digital rupee, India made great strides in digital domain in 2022

2022 has seen India make great strides in the digital domain

Microsoft employee mistakenly leaks new version of Notepad with tabs

An employee of the American tech giant Microsoft has accidentally announced that Windows 11's Notepad app is getting a tabs feature.According to The Verge, an American technology news website, a photo of a version of Notepad with tabs was shared by the employee, a senior product manager at Microsoft."Notepad in Windows 11 now has tabs!" he enthusiastically announced with a loudspeaker emoji.The screenshot included a Microsoft internal warning: "Confidential Don't discuss features or take screenshots." It suggested that Microsoft's tabs feature is still in early internal testing.Minutes later the tweet was deleted but not before Windows Central and several Windows enthusiast Twitter accounts had spotted it.If Microsoft does implement tabs for Notepad, it will be the first built-in tool to have a tabbed interface, following the addition of tabs to File Explorer earlier this year, reported The Verge.Microsoft first tried tabs across all Windows 10 apps in a feature called Sets four years

YouTube tests 'play last in queue' feature for videos in iOS, Android apps

Video-streaming platform YouTube is reportedly testing its Queue system feature for iOS and Android apps

Indian smartwatch players gear up to beat Chinese, global rivals in 2023

The Indian smartwatch market has not only grown exponentially on the home turf, but also performed exceptionally well at the global level and the domestic players expect to repeat the feat in 2023

Year in review: From metaverse to 5G, here're tech trends that defined 2022

From 5G launch in India to ChatGPT's inception in November, take a look at the top technology trends that defined the year 2022.

Ecovacs Deebot N8 Plus review: Smart robot vacuum cleaner with mop function

The Ecovacs Deebot N8+ is a disc-shaped robot cleaner that is technology-rich, yet easy to use and manage

Blaupunkt launches soundbar-shaped portable wireless speakers in India

Dubbed as Blaupunkt SBA15 and SBA15GM, the soundbars are priced at Rs 1,099 and Rs 1,399. Both the wireless speakers are available for purchase on Blaupunkt online store

What is Matter, the new standard for smart home IoT devices?

The Connectivity Standard Alliance, in consultation with tech majors, has introduced Matter - a common standard for the interoperability of IoT devices. Find out how the interoperability will work

Google changes release schedule for Chrome 110 to monitor release

The company said that by releasing stable to a small percentage of users early, we get a chance to monitor the release before it rolls out to all of our users

Tech's tectonic talent tussle

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