Microsoft is ramping up its AI efforts with a new London research and development office. The company's AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, promises to attract "exceptional individuals" with upcoming job postings. Regrettably, the top executive did not reveal how many jobs will be created.This London hub announcement follows Microsoft's recent formation of Microsoft AI, a dedicated organisation focusing on consumer AI advancement, including products like Copilot. The hub will focus on developing...
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Tech reporter for the Washington Post and curator of Tech Friend Newsletter Shira Ovide joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss the necessity of ‘nutrition labels’ for internet services, what information will be included on the labels, and how Broadband Consumer Labels will empower consumers with clearer insights into their fees, pricing, and more.
Scientists at KAIST have come up with an ultra-low-power phase change memory device that could replace NAND and DRAM.
After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business.Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split...
IIT alumni and veteran investors Ruchira Shukla and Karthik Chandrasekar have launched Synapses, a venture capital firm aiming to invest in climate tech and health tech startups.While Shukla earlier led South Asia investments for World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), Chandrasekar had founded early-stage climate fund Sangam, backed by Shell Foundation and USAID.With a fund size of $125 million (about Rs 1,040 crore), Synapses aims to support science, technology, engineering...
Women's participation in technology roles in non-tech businesses is expected to grow by nearly a quarter by 2027 across all levels, including freshers, junior, mid-senior, leadership, and C-Suite levels, a report said on Wednesday. The tech women's participation rate in non-tech industries stood at 19.4 lakh workforce in 2023, which is expected to grow by 24.3% to 24.1 lakh employees by 2027, TeamLease Digital's report - Women at the Heart of India's Digital Evolution, has revealed. With only...
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