Indian IT firms look forward to benefits from Trump’s return to the White House

Indian IT firms look forward to benefits from Trump’s return to the White House

He wants his company’s US earnings to make up the lion’s share in three years’ time. Other firms are also optimistic about Trump 2.0.  Rishad Premji, executive chairman of Wipro – one of India’s biggest IT companies – has said that the incoming president will be “pro-business and pro-growth”, and that this will benefit India’s … Read more

karnataka jobs quota: Karnataka’s Jobs for Locals Bill: Will clear confusion in coming days, says CM as BJP urges govt to pass the law in current session

karnataka jobs quota: Karnataka’s Jobs for Locals Bill: Will clear confusion in coming days, says CM as BJP urges govt to pass the law in current session

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the bill mandating jobs for local Kannadigas in private companies has not yet been discussed in detail in the Cabinet as he came under pressure from the Opposition BJP to present the draft law in the ongoing legislature session itself. “There was some confusion (over the bill). We … Read more

Alibaba says new AI model Qwen2 bests Meta’s Llama 3 in tasks like maths and coding

Alibaba says new AI model Qwen2 bests Meta’s Llama 3 in tasks like maths and coding

Alibaba Cloud on Friday launched Qwen2 – the second iteration of its open-source Tongyi Qianwen family of large language models (LLM), the technology behind chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT – with a series of updates including multilingual pre-training and an expanded the context window. That means it now allows for much longer queries and answers, … Read more

Baidu’s public relations head steps down after eye-popping remarks on work culture spark controversy in China

Baidu’s public relations head steps down after eye-popping remarks on work culture spark controversy in China

Baidu’s public relations chief Qu Jing has left the Chinese internet search giant after her comments endorsing an intense workplace culture sparked a public backlash, according to people familiar with the matter and local media reports. The firm’s internal system shows that Qu, a vice-president, has departed from her position, according to employees who declined … Read more

AI to touch every aspect of Indian tech industry in 2024: Top leaders

AI to touch every aspect of Indian tech industry in 2024: Top leaders

New Delhi: Leading Indian tech industry leaders said on Saturday that the coming year presents an exciting opportunity for purpose-driven organisations to better serve their communities as we advance in ways of using AI which will require more funding and expertise. In the next year, businesses will transform the way they measure performance and productivity … Read more