Amazon’s palm print recognition system called Amazon One lets customers link a credit card to their palm print. And some US senators have written a letter to Amazon expressing concern.Read More
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A federal judge dismissed Amazon’s lawsuit to block New York’s attorney general from investigating the online retailer’s ability to protect warehouse workers from COVID-19.Read More
Google is extending its voluntary return-to-office policy through January next year, CEO Sundar Pichai said, citing uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in many parts of the world.Read More
Silicon Valley has a new pitch to persuade small companies to automate: rent-a-robot. Better technology and the need to pay higher wages to humans have produced a surge in sales of robots to big companies all across America. But few of these automatons are making it into smaller factories, which are wary of big upfront…
The Centre issued fresh norms for the usage of drones in the country. The relaxation in rules stipulate no security clearance is now required before any registration or licence issuance for the operation of drones.Read More
Apple is reportedly asking its US employees to report their vaccination status as COVID-19 cases spike in the country.Read More
Google aims to replenish 20 percent more water than its offices and data centres use by 2030, the company said, addressing concerns about water-guzzling tech facilities amid record droughts.Read More
Microsoft said it will no longer target a specific date for reopening all of its US offices and instead will reopen each site based on whether it meets a set of company criteria and local health guidelines.Read More
Apple will pay one-time bonuses of as much as $1,000 (roughly Rs. 73,710) to store employees next month, Bloomberg News reported citing people familiar with the matter.Read More
Iron Ox, a Silicon Valley startup that believes robots can grow produce more sustainably, said it raised $50 million (roughly Rs. 370 crores) in a funding round led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures.Read More