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Birlasoft is eyeing large clients in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) space as the mid-size information technology services company aims to mark its place in the top quadrant of the industry, its chief executive told ET.“Our endeavour is to start serving the top banks, or the top insurance companies and asset management companies. In fact, we have a large number of conversations that are going on with them,” Angan Guha said. “In BFSI, we (currently) don’t serve the top banks or insurance companies, but…

After a half decade of Californians moving to places like Texas and Florida, an unlikely state has been supplying California with new residents.New Jersey, a similarly expensive and densely populated state, saw more residents move to California than the other way around in 2022 — a rarity amid the state’s population exodus. It was one of only eight states to be part of a reverse exodus phenomenon, and the state with the largest net number of transplants to California. Among those moving from the Garden State to the…

Last Updated: March 01, 2024, 12:00 ISTKia Seltos & Carens Lead the Pack With Lowest Maintenance Costs, Reveals Frost & Sullivan. (Photo: Kia)In December 2023, Frost & Sullivan acknowledged the Sonet for its outstanding maintenance costs in the Compact SUV segment. In a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, India’s premier Growth Advisory Company, Kia has emerged as a frontrunner in providing the most budget-friendly maintenance for its popular models – Seltos and Carens.The analysis highlights that these…

Tesla has lost its lead interior designer behind the interior design of some of its most popular vehicles, like Model 3 and Model Y. Skyryse, a startup building next-gen helicopters, announced today that it poached Peter Blades from Tesla. Blades had been at Tesla for almost a decade, and he was a big influence on Tesla’s interior design over that period of time. He was the principal design lead on the Model 3’s interior design. He was the creative design lead for both the Tesla Semi and next-gen…

Stellantis, the owner of Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, and others, appointed Carlos Zarlenga to lead North American operations. Zarlenga, a former GM executive, is tasked with launching eight EVs as the brand begins its electric offensive in the US. Zarlenga was hired as Chief Operating Officer for Stellantis North America earlier this month. Previously serving as President of Stellantis Mexico, Zarlenga played a key role in the brand’s turnaround in the region. There, he led the company to record…

It's been a bleak year so far for the gaming industry, between , projects getting canceled and . There are some specks of light in the darkness, though, thanks to a few surprise hits like Palworld and Helldivers 2, while there are still some studios opening up. One of those is BulletFarm, a nascent NetEase studio led by a former Call of Duty multiplayer designer.Studio head David Vonderhaar will draw from his experience of working on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series for his latest project, a co-op game set in an…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have discovered that increased meltwater in the North Atlantic can trigger a chain of events leading to hotter and drier European summers. The paper, which is published in the open access journal Weather and Climate Dynamics, suggests that European summer weather is predictable…

Photo: EDF Renewables North America Renewables provided over 22.7% of US electrical generation in 2023, according to newly released end-of-year US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. EIA’s latest “Electric Power Monthly” (with data through December 31, 2023) reports that the combination of utility-scale and small-scale (e.g., rooftop) solar increased by 16.1% last year. Small-scale solar alone grew by 20.1% – faster than any other energy source. In December alone, small-scale…

Total Dictionary Mentions by News versus Non-News Organizations. Credit: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2024). DOI: 10.1177/00027162231214398 As media organizations across the country fold and news deserts grow, it remains to be seen who will tell the tough stories and ask difficult questions traditionally posed by journalists. …

The first private spacecraft to softly land on the moon carries a Canadian instrument that will test the possibility of building an observatory at the Lunar south pole.The phone booth-sized lander by Intuitive Machines, named Odysseus, launched on Feb. 15 and touched down on Thursday near a small impact crater about 300 kilometers from the moon's south pole.It was a stressful event with navigation and communication issues, but 15 nail-biting minutes after it landed, mission control confirmed that they were receiving a…