From a buzz to biz lever: How new technology is becoming central in a post-Covid world

From a buzz to biz lever: How new technology is becoming central in a post-Covid world

Industry 4.0, robotics, artificial intelligence — all were thought of more as buzzwords than necessary business interventions until recently. But the coronavirus pandemic has forced us to reconsider not just how we consume things but also how we produce them. The Economic Times got together the leaders of four companies at the forefront of the … Read more

Big Tech’s domination of business and our lives reaches new heights

Big Tech’s domination of business and our lives reaches new heights

By Peter Eavis and Steve Lohr U.S. tech titans flew high before the coronavirus pandemic, making billions of dollars a year. Now the upheaval has lifted them to new heights, putting the industry in a position to dominate U.S. business in a way unseen since the days of railroads. A rally in technology stocks elevated … Read more

India, Bangladesh explore new areas of cooperation in advanced tech, AI, ecology & vaccines

India, Bangladesh explore new areas of cooperation in advanced tech, AI, ecology & vaccines

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh have decided to explore new areas of cooperation including latest technologies, disaster management, artificial intelligence, ecology and conservation and greater youth to youth engagement to give further momentum to their burgeoning ties. In keeping with India’s Neighbourhood First Policy Bangladesh will also be accorded priority in the areas of vaccines … Read more

As Covid-19 hounds the world, AI and IoT lead the charge in Healthcare 4.0 – ET HealthWorld

As Covid-19 hounds the world, AI and IoT lead the charge in Healthcare 4.0 – ET HealthWorld

By Pradeep Kolankari, Senior Director, Medical Devices and Healthcare, CapgeminiAt a hospital in Wuhan in China, robots and IoT devices were used to check patients’ temperatures, as well as monitor their heart rates and sugar levels through a smart bracelet worn by patients. They also cleaned and disinfected the area, apart from providing food and … Read more

When machines pick stocks for you: Do quant funds suit you?

When machines pick stocks for you: Do quant funds suit you?

By DK Aggarwal With the advancement of technology, automation is taking over the world, and money management may be no exception. Many believe unbiased stock picking by machines is the future of investment. Few fund houses have experimented with quant funds, where algorithms pick the stocks. Or we can say, a quant fund is one … Read more

View: The bad, the ugly & the questionable about regulating non-personal data

View: The  bad, the ugly & the questionable about regulating non-personal data

By Nikhil PahwaIt’s 2025, and for seven years, you’ve been running a company at the forefront of innovation in healthcare. Millions have bought your fitness trackers, and used them to measure their heart rate, body temperature, sleep patterns, physical activity, blood pressure, dietary habits and nutrition intake, apart from also storing their medical reportswith you.Your … Read more

How AI computational model is being used to fight Covid-19 – ET HealthWorld

How AI computational model is being used to fight Covid-19 – ET HealthWorld

In their efforts to fight the pandemic, academic institutions have been working overtime on various innovative strategies. A team of researchers at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi comprising Angshul Majumdar, professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and PhD scholar Aanchal Mongia has worked on an AI-based computational model for … Read more

MNCs to gain tremendously from sharing of non-personal data: Kris Gopalakrishnan

MNCs to gain tremendously from sharing of non-personal data: Kris Gopalakrishnan

Gopalakrishnan, however, said that there are no contradictions between the recommendations, as the context in which they had discussed sharing of algorithmic data was different. SynopsisAn authority which will be set-up to regulate NPD will decide what constitutes a fair or an unfair request for data from a competing company, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan said … Read more

Wipro to launch 5G edge services solutions suite built with IBM Edge Ecosystem & TRIRIGA

Wipro to launch 5G edge services solutions suite built with IBM Edge Ecosystem & TRIRIGA

Bengaluru: Wipro said it would launch its 5G (fifth generation) edge services solutions suite built with IBM TRIRIGA and IBM Edge Application Manager. The edge-compute-enabled offering allows communications service providers and mobile tower operators to deploy their applications into dispersed edge devices, said the company in a press release. While the advanced artificial intelligence and … Read more