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Industry News: Information and Communications
Tech 2030: Is India ready for what’s next?edit
Touchscreens and voice control rule our lives. Automation and AI are common place technologies. Not just people, the internet of things allows billions of inanimate objects to now talk to each other. Facial recognition and biometrics may soon make all forms of identity documents redundant. Every breath we take and every move we make is already leaving a data trail for someone to profit from.
AIAutomationEmerging TechnologyTelcos, busy with financial woes, likely to put 5G on holdedit
By Navadha Pandey
Demand for 5G spectrum will also be restricted because of limited use of even faster internet by consumers and the undeveloped ecosystem around the next generation wireless technology. Given the current uncertainty in the telecom sector, after the Supreme Court ruling on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) definition, operators would have little appetite for spectrum, analysts said.
5GTelecommunicationFlashback 2019: Top Cybersecurity News That Made Headlinesedit
By Yeshey Rabzyor Yolmo
India is no stranger to cybersecurity threats and attacks. The steady growth of the Indian tech sector has led to the massive growth of digital data inventory. This data accumulation has, in turn, spurred frequent cyberattacks across the country.
cyber attacksCyberSecurityBuilding an IoT Immune Systemedit
By Caleb Fenton
Billions of moving parts constantly talking to one another; a living network open to foreign invaders and viruses, all connected to a supercomputer housing a wealth of information. I’m referring to the human body, although you’d be forgiven for seeing the obvious parallels with the Internet of Things (IoT).
CyberSecurityIoTIoT attacksArtificial intelligence tracks down acute myeloid leukaemiaedit
“The transcriptome holds important information about the condition of cells. However, classical diagnostics is based on different data. We, therefore, wanted to find out what an analysis of the transcriptome can achieve using artificial intelligence, that is to say, trainable algorithms,” Schultze said.
AIHealthcare5G Adoption to Push Edge Computing, IoT Usage in India in 2020edit
“With legacy three-tier architectures already struggling to cope with high volumes of data generated by today’s enterprises, 5G will be the catalyst that drives edge computing and IoT,” Balakrishnan Anantharaman, VP and MD-Sales, India and SAARC, Nutanix, told IANS.
5G TechnologyEdge ComputingIoT2019 tech that may help shape the decade ahead for gadgetsedit
By Abhijit Ahaskar
The new standard will play an important role in the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) by allowing multiple devices connected to one single network to deliver peak performance simultaneously. Devices with the new started are still very limited but that is expected to change in 2020.
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Top Electric Vehicle news in 2019edit
By Nikhil Puthran
Growing environmental concerns have encouraged car manufacturers to work on electric vehicle development. Hyundai introduced the Kona electric vehicle in the country earlier this year, while leading car manufacturers like Volkswagen, Maruti Suzuki, Kia and others have been working on electric vehicle development.
Electric VehcilesFuture of MobilityElectric vehicle firms use fear of fines as a USP for selling ebikesedit
By Madhusudan Sahoo
Some domestic electric vehicle (EV) makers have a unique selling point (USP) for their product — that it doesn’t require a driving licence, motor insurance, helmet or even registration to ride their vehicles on the roads, if the vehicle was powdered with 350-watt batteries and the speed limit does not cross 25 kmph.
EVFuture of MobilityElectric 3-wheeler market hots up as cos look at alternate mobilityedit
By Nandini Sengupta
First, Chetan Maini co-founded Sun Mobility announced its tieup with Piaggio to launch electric Ape three wheeler variants on their swappable battery architecture. Now Bengaluru-based Altigreen is all set to roll out cargo and passenger three-wheelers based on their own patented drivetrain platform through ‘multiple’ OEM partnerships.
e-mobilityEVFuture of MobilityAuto Sector Applauds Delhi’s New EV Policyedit
By Arshad Khan
We appreciate the purchase incentives provided by the government along with subsidised interest rates and open permit systems for three-wheelers,” Mahesh Babu, CEO, Mahindra Electric, said.
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Decoding HR’s Focus in 2020edit
Personalized L&D experience Keeping in mind the growing demand for upskilling and reskilling, HR managers have now started emphasizing more on providing personalized L&D experiences to the employees that are uniquely tailored to their interests, behaviors, and goals
HRReskillingUpskillingSurvey: AI workforce doubled in 2019, but vacancies remainedit
Even though the number of artificial intelligence (AI) professionals nearly doubled in 2019, there is still a dearth or of quality talent, with about 2,500 Ai-related jobs remaining unfulfilled, said education technology firm Great learning
AIFuture of JobsHiringHR and Hiring trends in IoT industryedit
The internet of things (IoT) industry is a unique juxtaposition of two fundamentally different industries – mechanical and connectivity. While the gestation period of projects in the mechanical industry might range from months to years, the connectivity industry has micro-sized projects with the gestation period in days and skill requirements transforming dramatically
HiringHRIoTEngineering students trained in AI get better pay: Studyedit
The core skills that companies are seeking include Statistics, Machine-Learning basics, Python, SQL and Tableau. The State government is all set to officially declare 2020 as the ‘Year of AI’ on January 2, with officials stating that facilities such as Centre of Excellence on Artificial Intelligence are on the anvil as part of the initiative.
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HRD minister launches 5 documents covering 5 verticals of quality mandate in higher education institutionsedit
The release said that quality mandate aims at evolving higher education system to equip country’s next-generation with vital skills, knowledge and ethics for leading a rewarding life. The minister said that student evaluation plays a crucial role in improving the quality of higher education in the country.
Higher EducationHRDAI, Blockchain to Reshape Education Sector in 2020edit
With the increased usage of data across the enterprise, the chief data officer’s (CDO) mindset needs to shift from focusing on data and analytics projects and programs to driving a product-centric organization, advises a new Gartner research report. This new CDO, according to Gartner can be called CDO 4.0.
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