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Urban Indians Want Govt To Invest In Ai And Other Emerging Techs: Survey

With the growing awareness of emerging technologies among Indian citizens, more than 80% of urban Indians believe that the government should invest in technologies such as artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D printing and quantum computing, for the benefit of the society, according to a recent survey, conducted by market research and opinion polling firm, YouGov. Interestingly, 70% of the respondents also think that autonomous cars will have a positive impact on society, even though…

Nvidia turns to liquid cooling to reduce big tech’s energy use

Nvidia has announced its new plan for reducing the energy use of data centers crunching massive amounts of data or training AI models: liquid-cooled graphics cards. The company announced at Computex that it’s introducing a liquid-cooled version of its A100 compute card, and says that it consumes 30 percent less power than the air-cooled version. Nvidia’s also pledging that this isn’t just a one-off, it’s already got more liquid-cooled server cards on its roadmap, and hints at bringing the tech to other applications…

Tech’s latest IPOs fall, with Robinhood, Rivian, UiPath down over 70%

Rivian electric trucks are seen parked near the Nasdaq MarketSite building in Times Square on November 10, 2021 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesTech stocks have gotten hammered across the board in 2022. The downdraft has been particularly brutal for companies that held their market debuts in 2021.Of 53 tech-related companies tracked by CNBC that went public last year through an IPO or direct listing, all but three are now trading below their offer price (for IPOs) or opening price (for direct…

How Ireland lost its chance to become Big Tech’s ‘super regulator’

Many of the largest U.S. tech firms hold their European headquarters in Dublin.Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesIncoming EU rules forcing Big Tech to police content on the internet more aggressively will be enforced directly by the European Commission, a move experts say will diminish the role Ireland has played so far in supervising digital giants in the region.Since 2018, Ireland's Data Protection Commission has been the main privacy watchdog supervising the likes of Facebook parent company Meta and Google under the…