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Swiss-Indian Memorandum of Understanding Signing CeremonyNew Delhi: Hyperloop pioneers Swisspod Technologies (Switzerland), and TuTr Hyperloop (India) have come together with the governments of Switzerland and India to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at advancing sustainable, high-speed transportation solutions in India.Held at the Swiss Residence in New Delhi, the signing ceremony was hosted by Dr. Ralf Heckner, the Swiss Ambassador to India and Bhutan,…

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said the foundation is proud to be a partner in India’s unique effort in promoting women’s empowerment and gender equality with the Alliance for Global Good – Gender Equity and Equality.The alliance was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year and its logo and website were unveiled in Delhi on Wednesday. The Gates Foundation was an early partner in the alliance.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Twenty top technology companies and social media platforms on February 16 signed an accord at the Munich Security Conference to work together to curb harmful artificial intelligence-generated content that could interfere in elections worldwide in 2024. More than 4 billion people in over 40 countries — including India and the US — will vote this year to elect new governments.“The accord is one important step to safeguard online communities against harmful AI content, and builds on the individual companies’ ongoing work,”…

Amazon.com Inc. is being added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, joining Apple, Walt Disney, Walmart and other companies that make up the 30-stock average. The ecommerce giant will replace drugstore operator Walgreens Boots Alliance in the Dow before the open of trading on Monday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said Tuesday.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in…

The Misinformation Combat Alliance and Meta on Monday said they will be launching a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp to combat artificial intelligence-generated media (deepfakes), which may deceive people on matters of public importance, and help people connect with verified and credible information. The helpline will be available for the public to use starting March 2024. The initiative will allow the alliance and its associated network of independent fact-checkers and research organisations to address viral…

Tata Sons has allocated over USD 2 billion to Tata Neu. Tata Digital pegs installs at 60 million and NeuPass members at 75 million.The Tata Group has initiated discussions with Uber Technologies to forge a strategic partnership with an aim to bump up traffic volumes and engagement on Tata's digital platform, said people with knowledge of the matter. The collaboration could entail integrating Uber's services as an ‘anchor app’ within that ecosystem. Tata Neu, positioned as…

Recently, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, along with IBM and over 50 other founding members, announced an AI Alliance to “advance open, safe, responsible AI.” The group would be committed to “open science and open technologies,” promoting standards and benchmarks to reduce the risk of harm that advanced models might cause.These are critically important goals, as many tech companies, driven by the breakneck AI arms race, have come out with products that could upend the lives and livelihoods of many, and pose an…

A few days ago TENAA certified the Samsung SM-C5560, which will likely be sold as the Galaxy C55. Now the Wi-Fi Alliance has issued a certificate for this same model number, indicating that a global launch is near. It’s not just that, the SM-E555B/DS was also certified, this one should be the Galaxy F55. Both phones support dual-band Wi-Fi 6, which has been the standard for a while now (Wi-Fi 7 is too new to debut on a mid-ranger). The Galaxy F55 will likely be a localized version of the Galaxy M55. A few months ago…

The countdown to launch is on. United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of its early Monday morning launch, a mission that could end with the first fully private spacecraft landing on the moon. Vulcan’s primary payload is Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. If all goes to plan, Peregrine will embark on a journey to the moon over the span of around 1.5 months, before attempting to land on the surface on February 23. The two companies…

Towards the end of a chapter on a Bertrand Tavernier movie set just after the first world war, David Thomson writes: “I doubt there is any such thing as an anti-war film.” In its context it seems hardly more than a passing observation, but in fact the thought is fundamental to Thomson’s project. For what the eminent British film critic is writing about, at some length and in compelling and often limpidly beautiful prose, is war itself and our ambiguous relation to it, or at least to its representation in moving images –…