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US President Donald Trump has revealed that he has shelved plans to deploy federal forces, including the National Guard, in San Francisco. He cited calls from tech leaders, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, for the decision which can be seen as a political victory for San Francisco’s newly-elected Democratic Mayor…
IITs and IIMs are considered sobriquets of golden job opportunities. Not wrong though. But a recent survey by Blind, an anonymous community app for verified professionals, is turning that assumption on its head. The obsession and fascination with Tier 1 and 2 colleges is not unfounded. However, if a student ended up in a Tier…
When Meta announced that around 600 employees from its artificial intelligence division would be leaving, it drew attention across the tech world, reports CNBC. The cuts affected teams within Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) and Meta Superintelligence Labs, two groups that sit at the center of Meta’s AI efforts.The decision came as part of a…
BENGALURU: Over one-third of employees at leading tech firms come from tier-3 colleges, according to a survey by Blind, the anonymous community app for verified professionals.The survey polled 1,602 Indian professionals between Sept 17 and 24. Colleges were classified into four tiers based on the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025. Blind’s methodology defines tier-1…
We are still a year away from the release of Nitesh Tiwari‘s big screen epic ‘Ramayana‘, and to make that wait a little more bearable, Namit Malhotra’s production company, DNEG, has released a special video for fans. Unlike the usual clips, teasers and posters, this one features the first-ever video demonstrating how AI tech will…
The global economy is slowing down and trade dynamics are undergoing a change.At a time like this, India needs to evaluate its export strategies, with focus on long-term competitiveness through technology, cost efficiency, and domestic production, Ajay Srivastava, founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) explainedSpeaking to ANI, Srivastava said, “The focus should be…
US Senator Elizabeth Warren has renewed her call to break up Big Tech – a term collectively used for the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and others – after a major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) that disrupted access to several major online platforms and government websites. The AWS outage which lasted…
Apple is about to touch $4 trillion market valuation as the tech giant’s shares soared to lifetime highs on Monday. This lift came on the back of early sales of its new iPhone 17 series, which exceeded expectations in major markets.According to research firm Counterpoint, the latest iPhone 17 outsold the iPhone 16 series by…
The relentless march of artificial intelligence is no longer a distant forecast; it is actively rewriting the rules of employment. Across sectors, tasks once safeguarded by human oversight, from basic data processing to first-line technical support, are increasingly ceded to algorithms, leaving traditional roles exposed. Accenture recently laid off thousands of employees globally over the…
Diwali celebrations were disrupted for hundreds of passengers hoping to reunite with family in India, after an Air India Dreamliner faced a technical snag at Milan airport on Friday.Flight AI138 from Milan to Delhi, scheduled for October 17, was cancelled due to an extended technical requirement on the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Most of the 250…
