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‘Why me? Why now?’: Google fires manager who is 8-months pregnant

Businesses all over the world have resorted to layoffs in order to restructure their operations. The sudden disruption – especially in tech firms – is leaving employees in a very uncertain situation. Many of them are sharing their experiences on social media. The massive retrenchment exercises have been linked to recruitments made during the pandemic … Read more

Amazon starts air freight services in these Indian cities. Check details

Bloomberg | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar Amazon.com Inc. is beginning air freight services in India, expanding in Asia even as global online sales growth stalls following a pandemic-era boom. The e-commerce retail giant will use cargo capacity in a Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by partner Quikjet Cargo Airlines Pvt to begin shipments in … Read more

How Avatar suits are being used for research on diseases impairing movement

Motion capture suits (mo-cap suits), which are used to create realistic animation in movies like Avatar, are used by researchers to track the beginning of diseases which impair movement. They have analysed body movements using artificial intelligence models to estimate the seriousness of two genetic illnesses. Experts say, according to a report by BBC, that … Read more

‘Any big tech hiring?’ asks Techie laid-off by Google, Snap, Amazon in 4 months

Riding on the tide of layoff, many companies have downsized their workforce in recent times. All top companies including Amazon, Google and Facebook has undertaken mass layoff as they struggle to maintain the demand which got inflated during Covid. Laid-off employees are taking to social media platforms to express their experience and in search of … Read more

This deepfake tool helps presenters maintain eye contact while reading script

Eye contact between the presenter and the audience is important to sustain a personal connect. But when the presenter and the audience are divided by screens in a virtual world, this becomes a challenge. While reading from a script, video content creators often struggle to orient themselves towards the camera to ensure maximum engagement. To … Read more

Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet flaw, breach targeted networks for spying

Chinese hackers are exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in networking devices, followed by the installation of custom implants, reported The Hacker News. A suspected China-nexus threat actor exploited a recently patched vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN as a zero-day attack targeting a European government entity and a managed service provider (MSP) located in Africa. The latest findings … Read more

Elon Musk to fix ‘too frequent’ and ‘too big’ Twitter ads

Soon, advertisements on Twitter may not be ‘too frequent’ and ‘too big.’ This is because Twitter owner Elon Musk said he finds these ‘too frequent’ and ‘too big,’ and promised steps to address both issues in the coming weeks. Musk further said a higher priced subscription of the microblogging website will not allow ads. Also … Read more

ChatGPT co-authors research papers; Is it even ethical, academia debates

ChatGPT has astounded netizens with its ability to provide detailed answers to even complex questions for the human brain. However, several instances are now surfacing that call into question whether the use of the AI tool is ethical. In one such case, this disruptive AI tool has been cited as the author in a number … Read more

T-Mobile data theft: 37 million users’ account compromised

Reuters | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar US wireless carrier T-Mobile said on Thursday it was investigating a data breach that may have exposed 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts, and hinted at incurring significant costs related to the incident. It’s the second major cyberattack in less than two years and comes months after … Read more

BharOS India’s indigenous mobile operating system by IIT Madras: 6 key points

With the goal of creating a “self-reliant India,” a company that was incubated at IIT Madras has build a mobile operating system. The developers have dubbed it “BharOS” and claim that it would help the nation’s 100 crore mobile phone subscribers. Here we have chalked out the key points to understand more about the indigenous … Read more