Amazon is testing its front-line staff in Britain for coronavirus variants and feeding the data to public health officials, including in hotspots where a strain first found in India is spreading fast.Read More
The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official said.Read More
Among the 350 winners from 35 different countries of the WWDC21 Swift Student Challenge were a few students from India. We caught up with few of them who shared their experience participating in the challenge, their love for Apple (or otherwise), and their hopes for the future.Read More
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is developing an IT system to help schools in the preparation of Class 12 results. Class 12 board exams for 2021 were cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
Professors from top universities and research institutes are together demanding a ban on the use of lethal autonomous weapons against humans. In their appeal to the world governments, they cited a recent UN report of a drone airstrike in Libya by a devious Turkish-made weapons system, STM Kargu-2, that needed no human oversight.Read More
Kavyiat India is planning to launch Boschung S2.0 Electric Road Sweeper in India and is in the process of seeking approval from the New Delhi Municipal Council. The urban road sweeper claims to be a much more energy efficient option as compared to currently running diesel-based road sweepers, and is expected to bring down the…
Reliance will invest Rs. 75,000 crores in clean energy and set up Giga factories to make solar photovoltaic cells, green hydrogen, batteries, and fuel cells over the next three years, CEO Mukesh Ambani announced on Thursday, June 24 at the Reliance AGM 2021.Read More
The US Department of Defense said it has launched a new programme to better curate AI data for boosting warfighting capabilities, as the Chinese army is closing the gap with the US militarily and may soon surpass it.Read More
Global chip shortage is hitting the payment card industry next, a trade body has warned. The Smart Payment Association has said that it could lead to a shortage of credit/ debit card supplies and disrupt the online payment ecosystem.Read More
Boston Dynamics has shared a new video on its YouTube channel of its robots dancing to the tune of BTS’ IONIQ: I’m On It in perfect sync.Read More