Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in $6.75 billion deal

Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in .75 billion deal

Bengaluru: AI-powered customer survey software maker Qualtrics has agreed to buy healthcare market research company Press Ganey Forsta in a $6.75 billion deal, both companies said on Monday. The deal comes at a time when tech giants are racing to secure proprietary datasets to train their artificial intelligence models. The deal would give Qualtrics access … Read more

Explained: Why Intel shares jumped 22% after Nvidia’s $5 billion investment

Explained: Why Intel shares jumped 22% after Nvidia’s  billion investment

Shares of Intel jumped 22% on Thursday following news of a $5 billion investment by Nvidia and a strategic deal between the two chipmakers, news agency Reuters reported. Analysts said the agreement could strengthen Intel’s next-generation manufacturing technology, even without a direct commitment from Nvidia to use it for its own chips. Under the deal, … Read more

Jyotiraditya Scindia interview: ‘India will have 1 billion Internet users by this fiscal’

Jyotiraditya Scindia interview: ‘India will have 1 billion Internet users by this fiscal’

With increasing data usage, the Internet market has grown from around 250 million to 974 million subscribers, says Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) Jyotiraditya Scindia. Stressing on the role of innovation and investment, Mr. Scindia discusses the potential of India’s telecom industry and the way ahead for improving connectivity. Edited … Read more

India eyes tariff cut on $23 billion of U.S. imports, to shield $66 billion in exports, say sources

India eyes tariff cut on  billion of U.S. imports, to shield  billion in exports, say sources

A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of U.S. imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating, two government sources with knowledge of the matter said, the biggest cut in … Read more

India singles out Volkswagen in $1.4 billion tax dispute, says Kia corrected course

India singles out Volkswagen in .4 billion tax dispute, says Kia corrected course

Representational image of a Volkswagen car | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian tax authorities have singled out Volkswagen as the only automaker to wrongly classify its car imports for 12 years to evade $1.4 billion in taxes, even as rival Kia changed its practice after being pulled up, court papers show. Volkswagen is a tiny player … Read more

Former BharatPe CPO Ankur Jain develops AI doctor to serve 8 billion people – ET HealthWorld

Former BharatPe CPO Ankur Jain develops AI doctor to serve 8 billion people – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Ankur Jain, the former Chief Product Officer of BharatPe, ventured into the fields of AI and healthcare after leaving the fintech giant last year. Together with G V Sanjay Reddy, Chairman of Reddy Ventures, Jain co-founded Jivi.ai, marking his second entrepreneurial venture. Jain’s background in AI and machine learning has fueled the creation … Read more

CRISPR-based innovations drove $21 billion in pharmaceutical licensing deals over five years: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

CRISPR-based innovations drove  billion in pharmaceutical licensing deals over five years: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

London: The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a notable uptick in licensing agreements for innovator drugs incorporating clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based technology over the past five years. These agreements, primarily concentrated in oncology, immunology, and central nervous system therapeutics, have collectively accumulated an impressive $21 billion in deal value. Furthermore, the period from … Read more

Medical devices cybersecurity market expected to reach $1.1 billion by 2027: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

Medical devices cybersecurity market expected to reach .1 billion by 2027: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

London: The rapid integration of new technology and digital health devices into healthcare systems has revolutionised patient care and diagnostic processes. However, the increased reliance on these devices has also exposed the healthcare industry to cybersecurity threats. According to the recent report, Cybersecurity in Medical Devices, the market for cybersecurity in medical devices is expected … Read more