Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Safety and hygiene have emerged as the top priorities for startups in the services space as they seek to win the trust of consumers and partners. Ola, Urban Company, Grofers, Flipkart, Zomato, Swiggy, Amazon and Uber, among others, are investing significant capital in such measures, at a time when the fight against […]
Archives for June 2020
Three questions network operators should ask about IoT security
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic put the reliability and security of communications networks under the spotlight as millions of people reverted to work, care, and learn from home, says Steve Buck, SVP product and operations, security business unit at Mobileum. Many have commented that out of necessity, the digital transformation of many industries […]
Tech Giants Back Off Selling Facial Recognition AI to Police
Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft have all taken steps to stop making their facial recognition AI software available to the police. Now it’s time for lawmakers to set some rules. Artificial intelligence technologies offer a lot of potential to improve the world. Simulations could speed up disease and drug research, autonomous vehicles could cut energy use […]
Be prepared for what’s next: Accelerate cloud migration
We are in the midst of unprecedented times with far-reaching implications of the global health crisis to healthcare, public policy, and the economy. Organizations are fundamentally changing how they run their businesses, ensure the safety of their workforce, and keep their IT operations running. Most IT leaders that we have had the opportunity to speak […]
The economy is reeling. The tech giants spy opportunity
By Mike Isaac Even as Facebook grappled this month with an internal revolt and a cascade of criticism over its refusal to take action on President Donald Trump’s inflammatory posts, the social network was actively making other bets behind the scenes. Late one Tuesday, as attention was focused on how Facebook might handle Trump, the […]
Republican senator on police reform: ‘We’re going to get to a bill that actually becomes law’
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the only African-American Republican senator, talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 09, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the Republican leading a group of GOP senators on police reform amid […]
Sudan to introduce direct cash payments to its neediest citizens
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan will begin rolling out an experimental programme of direct cash transfers to its neediest citizens next week as it tries to wean the country off costly subsidies. Khartoum has been struggling to reorganise its floundering economy. Inflation has been running at nearly 100% and the currency tumbling as the government prints […]
Man’s death after police shooting outside Wendy’s in Atlanta sparks investigation and protests
Protestors gather on University Ave near a Wendy’s restaurant, Saturday, June 13, 2020 in Atlanta. Steve Schaefer | Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP The death of a 27-year-old man who died following a police shooting Friday night in the parking lot of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta has sparked an investigation and protests. The shooting occurred […]
Colombian businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro arrested
(Reuters) – Authorities in Cape Verde have arrested Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman close to socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who was charged by the United States with alleged money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Saturday. Department of Justice spokeswoman Nicole Navas Oxman said in a statement that Saab was arrested pursuant […]
Jio Platforms to raise another Rs 6,441.3 crore by selling stakes to TPG, L Catterton
Jio Platforms is set to raise another Rs 6,441.3 crore by selling a combined 1.32% to US private equity firms TPG and L Catterton. These are the eighth and ninth investors, respectively, to announce picking up stake in the Reliance Industries‘ (RIL) telecom and digital business in seven weeks. While TPG is set to invest […]