As Srinivas Pallia completed one month as CEO of fourth largest software services firm Wipro, which has been trailing its peers on growth and profitability, he has been travelling across the globe to meet employees and stakeholders. Last week, he did a town hall in London, a geography on the other side of the Atlantic -- where he has been focussed till recently as CEO of Americas 1. Pallia was elevated as CEO of Wipro, after Thierry Delaporte's sudden exit from the firm 15 months before the...
Wipro has completed 2,000 proof of concepts (POCs) for clients on Generative AI and 300 are in the pipeline, new Wipro chief executive, Srinivas Pallia, said in a staff email that was seen by ET.In what might also be considered crowdsourcing of ideas, the new CEO will moderate a virtual session for Wipro employees on June 12 on ways to develop strategies to help clients in Artificial Intelligence.“On June 12, I will moderate a virtual panel discussion on Al with Nagendra Bandaru (Nag), Subha...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Around New Mexico, 11 communities are getting a share of $28 million to boost wildfire defenses. The funds come from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “Our congratulations go out to the local agencies and their community partners who are helping to increase wildfire prevention and mitigation practices in this state,” State Forester Laura []
MORNING HEADLINES | The Charleston County School District (CCSD) board of trustees is advancing a proposed $848 million district budget for 2024-25 that prioritizes a $7,500 increase for teacher salaries. If approved, the district would have the highest pay for teachers in the state. The total proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year is $847.5 […]
Microsoft has released a new firmware update for the Surface Pro 7. It brings security updates and under-the-hood improvements that should prevent the tablet from overheating issues.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that the iPhone 16 Pro Max will get a new battery that has a greater energy density than before, which means a longer life if Apple keeps the battery to the same size. A battery being taken out of an iPhone (Source: Apple) As the iPhone 16 range is believed to be starting mass production ahead of its September launch, most rumors have concentrated on the screen sizes and camera bumps in the range. However, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that there is to be a...
Sony has named two PlayStation CEOs that will jointly succeed Jim Ryan: Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino. Hulst will become CEO of the new Studio Business Group, while Nishino will head up the Platform Business Group.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The federal government is giving New Mexico $25 million to address pollution and orphaned oil and gas wells in the state. “President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is empowering communities across the country to confront long-standing environmental injustices by making a historic investment to plug orphaned oil and gas wells,” Acting Deputy Secretary []
SOUTHERN TIER, N.Y. (WETM) -- New York State is spending $7.1 million to replace two bridges in Steuben County and a bridge in Schuyler County. According to Governor Hochul's Office, the New York State Department of Transportation is using $4.8 million on a bridge replacement project in the Town of Canisteo and $2.3 million on []
Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. Police officers have racked up hundreds of thousands of hours of overtime, according to NYPD...
With a little over two weeks to go until Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga arrives in cinemas, Warner Bros. has shared a new trailer and posters for George Miller’s hotly-anticipated prequel to announce that tickets are now on sale for the post-apocalyptic action epic; check them out here… As the world fell, young Furiosa is […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga gets a new trailer and...
Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen took an 18% pay cut in 2023, but he still made 502 times the median pay of Kroger employees.