August 9, 2019

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Use latest technologies to provide high quality power supply: Himachal CMedit

Punjab News Express

By Vijyender Sharma

In order to provide high quality twenty four hour power supply to the people of the State, it was important to ensure use of latest technologies and modernise the grid to make it more reliable and efficient. This was stated by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while addressing the workshop of Institution of Engineers (India) Himachal Pradesh State Centre and NSDF in collaboration with GE T&D India Ltd. on Modernising Himachal Grid here today.

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Robotic cane developed for stable walkingedit

The Morning Standard

The support is like one might experience while lightly touching a companion’s arm to maintain balance while walking, according to the study published in the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. “Often, elderly people benefit from light hand-holding for support,” said Agrawal, also a member of Columbia University’s Data Science Institute

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Hackers Love to See You on WiFi, Home or Publicedit

Sentinel Assam

According to Finnish cybersecurity firm FSecure, for very little money, a hacker can rent a Cloudenabled computer and guess your networks password in minutes by brute force or using the powerful computer to try many combinations of your password.

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The promise of 5G and edge data centres of tomorrowedit

The Economic Times

Commercial deployment of 5G networks will unleash the power of Internet of Things (IoT), enabling connections by more than a million devices per square mile. It will bring about a fundamental shift in how industries use networks and leverage data while also fuelling widespread adoption of futuristic technologies such as connected cars and intelligent retail.

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Phishing emails impacted 1 in 2 Indian organizations that were hit by a cyberattackedit

Technuter

Sophos announced the findings of its global survey, The Impossible Puzzle of Cybersecurity, which reveals IT managers are inundated with cyberattacks coming from all directions and are struggling to keep up due to a lack of security expertise, budget and up to date technology.

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Online frauds a headache for Delhi cyber celledit

Telangana Today

Cracking cases of online cheating and cyber frauds are proving to be the biggest challenge for Delhi Police despite advanced software available in the market. More than 75 per cent of cases registered with the cyber cell last year remain unsolved while criminals in the field seem to be making better use of these software to hoodwink cops.

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Microsoft Predicts 94 Percent Enterprises Will Employ IoT By End 2021edit

Analytics Insight

By Smriti Srivastava

Another complexity which concerns the IoT adopters is lack of Internet of Things talents. Around 47 percent of respondents say that there is not sufficient amount of skilled employees available and 38 percent of IoT adopters stated the technical challenges to deploy Internet of Things technology which further develop into a barrier in Internet of Things adoption.

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How Industry Experts Adjudge The Automation-AI Adoption And Challenges?edit

Analytics Insight

By Smriti Srivastava

The time has finally arrived when AI and automation technologies have attained the power and are impacting real-world applications – facial recognition, intelligence in robots, language translations, to name a few. Meanwhile, companies are harnessing AI advents in their business operations.

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Global Diagnostics Australia Incorporates AI into Radiology Applicationsedit

Biospectrum Asia

Global Diagnostics Australia (GDA), a subsidiary of the Integral Diagnostics Group (IDX), has announced that it has adopted artificial intelligence (AI) applications into its radiology workflow, and is one of the first diagnostic imaging companies in Australia to do so.

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Karnataka government shuts procurement portal after cyber attack | Bengaluru Newsedit

 The Karnataka government has taken down its procurement portal an online platform used to float and award government tenders after a cyber attack last week. The egovernance department and the cybercrime police are investigating the hack that breached the refund section of the portal.

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Cybersecurity Experts Warn About Emerging Cybersecurity Threats, as More FinTech Services Become Integrated With Modern Lifeedit

IT News Online

As FinTech solutions become more and more integrated with our modern lives, different cybersecurity issues and vulnerabilities continue to appear from data breaches to money theft, and more complex phishing attacks, warn CyBourns cyber security experts.

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Chatbots leading the way for marketers in digital spaceedit

Exchange 4 Media

By Shikha Paliwal

This effort of ours is reflected in our investments in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions and Natural Language Processing which help us create an array of options for our customers from personalised videos to different listing orders, and hotel and flight recommendations.”

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Automations boon is better customer service, lesser cost says Shiju Rawther of IIFLedit

The Economic Times

At IIFL we look at AI and ML as business enhancement tools. We discuss and deliberate internally to see whether we are utilizing every bit of data that we possess, to enhance our business. Our philosophy is, every data that is saved should eventually give some insight back to business, which can further be used to enhance business & customer experience.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Tough FAME II norms see only 70EMs qualifyedit

Auto Car Professional

By Nilesh Wadhwa

As is known, lie second phase of the FAME (Faster Adoption Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India) India Scheme kicked in on March 1, 2019 and saw the government earmark a bigger budget outlay of Rs 10,000 crore to accelerate adoption of EVs. Exactly four months since then, the FAME II norms are turning out to he challenging for most companies, which were earlier benefitting from incentives under the first phase of the FAME Scheme.

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KMC sets up its first EV charging stationsedit

UNI India

Two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, inaugurated recently by the Mayor in Dhakuria, are the first EV charging stations built at the Kolkata Municipal Corporations (KMC) initiative in collaboration with the CESC.

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Incentives fail to accelerate sale of electric vehiclesedit

Deccan Herald

By Akram Mohammed

As on July 31,the number of electric vehicles was only 30,819,compared to non-electric vehicles (around 2.14 crore). Officials say that the growth in sales of electric vehicles was below par, affecting the ambitious target of the union government to put six to seven million such vehicles on the road by 2020

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Hurdles in B’luru public places keep electric kick scooters at bayedit

The Times of India

The models, weighing around 150kg and with a speed of 30kmph, are available in the range of Rs 30,000-Rs 50,000. Once fully charged, they can run up to 20km. The firms will allow users to lock the vehicles, switch ride modes and plan trips with GPS through an app.

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EV push slowing down demand for petrol, diesel cars: Auto companies to finance ministeredit

The Times of India

By Pankaj Doval

The beleaguered auto industry met FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday and said too much focus on electric vehicles (EVs) pushed aggressively by Niti Aayog is distracting buyers from petrol and diesel vehicles at a time when companies are struggling to generate demand

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Centre sanctions 50 electric buses for Odishaedit

Orissa Post

The Union government Thursday sanctioned a fleet of 50 electric buses for Smart City Bhubaneswar for intracity and intercity operation under FAME India scheme Phase II in order to give a fillip to clean mobility in public transport system. (Electric Vehicles)

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300 electric buses for cityedit

The Hindu

By Syed Mohammed

In a major shot in the arm to public transport in the State, the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI), under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) Phase – II, on Thursday approved the proposal for of 335 electric buses.

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Industry News: Future of Work

How to Stay Relevant in Futures Workplace Dominated by Robots and AIedit

Tech Story

The World Economic Forum estimates that over 33 percent of the work skills we value today will change five years from now and that, between today and the year 2030, there will be approximately 800 million workers globally at risk of losing their jobs.

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Biggest CyberBlind Spot for Small Business Owners Remote Workersedit

IT News Online

As worklife and technology continue to evolve, a growing number of small business owners find themselves adopting remote work policies or WFH perks. However, their employees, who use company platforms and networks in popular locations such as coffee shops and airports, are more susceptible to the risk of an online attack

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