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Hedge fund Blackwells Capital, which owns about $5 million worth of Disney stock (a drop in the bucket compared to Trian’s $3 billion), is pressing Disney to create a CTO position that oversees all technology and innovation at the company, arguing that without someone in that role, the company will never be valued as high as a technology firm.Right now, Disney essentially has two CTOs on staff—Aaron LaBerge, president and CTO of Disney entertainment and ESPN; and Gail Evans, EVP and chief digital and technology officer…

What Deckelmann means by “sustainability” is a pressing concern in the open-source space more broadly. When complex services or entire platforms like Wikipedia depend on the time and labor of volunteers, contributors may not get the support they need to keep going—and keep those projects afloat. Building sustainable pathways for the people who make the internet has been Deckelmann’s personal passion for years. In addition to working as an engineering and product leader at places like Intel and Mozilla and contributing to…

Patuschka advocated for a focus on quality integration rather than a sheer number of features.New Delhi: “Connected vehicles have evolved into intelligent network entities, often referred to as "mobile phones on wheels," according to Sven Patuschka, CTO of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicle & Tata Passenger Electric Mobility. At the 4th edition of the ETAuto Connected Vehicle Summit, Patuschka, highlighted the pivotal role of connected vehicles in shaping the future of the…

Financial technology startup Carta was hit with a fiery lawsuit by its former chief technology officer, adding to an already chaotic month for the company. Ex-CTO Jerry Talton accused chief executive officer Henry Ward in a suit filed Friday of misusing Carta resources and called Ward “charismatic, but insecure and narcissistic,” also comparing him to Don Corleone from The Godfather.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For…

Jobs in the Age of AI:Daniel Shapero has been at LinkedIn since 2008, when the Great Recession rocked the labor market. He's since risen through the ranks to become the company's chief operating officer, guiding the platform through significant strategic shifts. Now owned by Microsoft Corp., the professional networking site is taking on its next big transformation: artificial intelligence.We'll start with AI, the topic du jour. What have you been hearing?The biggest unknown, and probably the biggest change, is that…

Baidu's ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has reached over 100 million users, the chief technology officer of the Chinese internet giant said on Thursday. Baidu's ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has reached over 100 million users, the chief technology officer of the Chinese internet giant said on Thursday. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All…

Organisations across sectors in India are having mature conversations on cybersecurity and want a multi-layered and comprehensive “secure-by-design kind of model to be put in place”, the chief technology officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise India said.“Earlier it was more like a support mode kind where you had some peripheral security, cybersecurity elements being placed. Today we are having very mature conversations with customers. Organisations are now thinking how to put people, processes and technology together and…

Sophos, a cybersecurity service provider, has released a report titled "The State of Ransomware in Retail 2023". The report found that only 26% of retail organizations could disrupt ransomware attacks before their data was encrypted, marking a three-year low for the sector. This indicates that the industry is increasingly unable to halt ransomware attacks that are already in progress. The report also revealed that the recovery costs for retail organizations that paid the ransom were four times higher than those that used…

Anil Goel, the CTO of Byju’s, is leaving the edtech giant, he informed some colleagues amid a broader restructuring at the Bengaluru-headquartered startup as it looks to pare down costs and unify many of its businesses. Jiny Thattil is replacing Goel as the CTO, according to an internal communication. Goel, a former Amazon executive, was one of the highest paid CTOs in the country, according to people familiar with the matter. He and Byju’s mutually decided to part ways, according to one person…

Enterprise cloud computing company Servicenow's India team accounts for almost 15% of its global workforce and has been pivotal in building its new offerings across generative artificial intelligence solutions, its chief technology officer told ET.The company has more than 20,000 employees globally.“The new generative artificial intelligence product (which has been integrated with ChatGPT) on our App Store was ideated here in India,” Pat Casey said.While two members of the engineering team in India initiated the…