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How Indian companies say aye to AI As 2024 ends, ET engages top Indian corporate leaders to share insights on their use of AI tools in personal and professional spheres. Reflecting on AI's rapid growth since ChatGPT's 2022 launch, they discuss its impact on businesses and everyday li...
31 Dec, 2024, 06.04 PM ISTWhy a Bengaluru techie doesn’t mind half the salary in Canada as compared to the US An Indian tech professional in Canada earning $140,000 annually explains his contentment despite lower pay compared to US counterparts. He prioritizes work-life balance and a supportive team while acknowledging higher US salaries. Limited by a close...
26 Nov, 2024, 01.25 PM ISTEconomy and effects of Covid may delay India’s developer growth pace: GitHub CEO GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has deferred the forecast of India surpassing the US as the world’s largest software developer base to 2028, citing factors like economic conditions, US AI growth, and India’s education pipeline. India, with 17 million devel...
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GitHub’s India developers rise 28% to 17 million India will surpass the US to become the world’s largest developer community by 2028, from earlier forecast of 2027.
30 Oct, 2024, 04.00 PM ISTHow Microsoft's Satya Nadella became tech's steely-eyed AI gambler Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, had his eyes on a Silicon Valley startup called Inflection AI. The company's CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, was one of the founders of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind.
13 Jul, 2024, 09.47 AM ISTSequoia backs AI startup that automates engineering tasks Matan Grinberg, a former physics PhD student, founded Factory, an AI startup valued at over $100 million.
20 Jun, 2024, 09.52 AM ISTChinese journalist who promoted #MeToo movement sentenced to 5 years in prison Chinese journalist Huang Xueqin, known for her role in China's #MeToo movement, was sentenced to five years for incitement to subvert state authority. Her co-defendant, Wang Jianbing, received three and a half years. Both faced charges highlighting ...
14 Jun, 2024, 03.41 PM ISTIndia leads the world in AI’s skill penetration; lags on investments India is number one in the world in terms of relative AI skill penetration, and is in the top four globally when it comes to relative AI hiring rate.
21 Apr, 2024, 04.01 PM ISTGenerative AI still mostly experimental, say executives While ChatGPT has enchanted consumers with its ability to generate everything from Shakespeare-style sonnets to student term papers, its propensity to "hallucinate" erroneous information has kept it from revolutionizing most areas of industry so far...
10 Nov, 2023, 10.15 AM ISTBoston University, UNSW researchers develop AI tool to predict Parkinson's disease As Parkinson's disease remains a rapidly increasing neurological disorder globally, now researchers from Boston University and the University of New South Wales have taken a step further to minimize it by developing an AI tool.
19 May, 2023, 01.35 AM ISTView: Software development is democratising and it's a win-win for all The focus has shifted from pure-play development to integration of LCNC elements, breaking free from conventional thinking while increasing productivity by around three times. Gartner forecasts that by 2025, 70% of new apps that enterprises build wi...
06 Mar, 2023, 12.31 AM IST'Bulli Bai' accused Bishnoi tells police he hacked websites, was in touch with 'Sulli Deals' maker The Delhi police had arrested 21-year-old Bishnoi from Assam and claimed that it has solved the case which relates to hundreds of Muslim women being listed for "auction" on the "Bulli Bai" app on the Github platform.
08 Jan, 2022, 09.24 PM ISTIndia emerges as the fastest growing country in the world by open source contribution The community has 5.8 million developers in India, with 1.8 million having joined in the past year and is projected to grow to 10 million by 2023.
26 Mar, 2021, 05.31 PM ISTStudents forced to return due to ICE directive are unlikely to return, warn US tech companies Their comments, in an Amicus Curiae brief to a Massachusetts court, come even as US-based think tank, the National Foundation for American Policy, warned recently that foreign student enrolment in American universities could touch the lowest since W...
14 Jul, 2020, 07.53 PM ISTUS tech firms file amicus curiae brief against ICE decision on international students “The amici from the tech companies focused first on raw economic arguments. The 1 million international students are customers and potential employees of these companies. They argue that the changes will have a serious adverse economic impact on the...
14 Jul, 2020, 10.49 AM ISTCovid-19: Supernova 2X as we re-invent businesses and re-define teamwork The Covid-19 pandemic has brought us yet another, and what I believe, a far bigger Supernova moment – a massive explosion that has nudged us towards a transformation we never knew could be achieved in such a short span of time.
23 Jun, 2020, 05.28 PM ISTPaytm looks for the next big thing in its startup incubator ALL HANDS ON DECK: Paytm to bring together students & professionals to create open source tech solutions through its incubator programme.
26 Dec, 2017, 08.56 AM ISTUber-like bad behavior thrives in absence of human resources Uber Technologies now joins a growing list of Silicon Valley companies that seem unable – or unwilling – to address bad behavior in the workplace, particularly if it's directed at women.
28 Feb, 2017, 10.20 AM ISTAndroid developers are 72% of mobile talent pool: Survey “As businesses race to capitalise on the opportunities of the new mobile economy, there is intense competition for skilled Android and iOS developers."
24 May, 2016, 06.00 AM ISTTechnology and corporatisation in healthsector gives rise to the new docpreneurs About 75,000 doctors in India currently use the app, which raised Rs 3 crore from Kae Capital, Teruhide Sato and GSF in March.
08 Jul, 2015, 08.52 AM IST