Category: Technology
ev tech deal: Lucid CEO says Aston Martin EV tech deal is just the beginning
[ad_1] Lucid will pursue more deals to sell its luxury electric vehicle (EV) equipment as it looks to grow its technology supply business, its top executive said on Wednesday, adding its recent deal with Aston Martin is just the start. The U.S. EV firm will provide Aston with technology including a rear drive unit with ...
google open source: Google open-sources Indian speech data, location information
[ad_1] Alphabet-owned tech giant Google has open-sourced research models and datasets to help developers build solutions with India-focused speech data and location information, Manish Gupta, head of Google Research India told ET. Through its collaboration with Google as part of Project Vaani, Bengaluru’s research university Indian Institute of Science is now open sourcing the first ...
microsoft activision deal: Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick defends Microsoft’s takeover of the video game-maker
[ad_1] Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick was in court Wednesday defending Microsoft‘s proposed $69 billion takeover of his video game company against an attempt by federal regulators to block the deal. Kotick told a federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday that there’s no incentive to deprive Microsoft gaming rivals like Sony of the popular ...
blackrock investment institute: BlackRock Investment Institute sees AI as major driver of equity returns
[ad_1] Shares of AI-focused companies will be a major driver of returns for developed markets in a tough economic environment, BlackRock Investment Institute said, citing a current rally that is concentrated in a handful of technology stocks. “S&P 500 gains have become increasingly concentrated in a handful of tech stocks, surpassing levels seen in the ...
vedanta group y j chen: Vedanta Group appoints Y J Chen as chief of display business
[ad_1] The Vedanta Group has appointed Y J Chen as the chief executive officer of its display business, the company said in a release on Wednesday. Chen, who has held senior positions at Innolux, Xiamen and GIP over a career spanning 23 years, joins the Vedanta group from Chinese display company HKC Corp, where he ...
australia: Australia urged to ban online gambling ads to curb growing addiction
[ad_1] Australia should phase out advertising for online gambling in three years, a parliamentary committee of inquiry recommended on Wednesday as it looked to limit the “havoc” it caused in one of the world’s biggest betting market. The committee made 31 recommendations on how online gambling, which it said was changing the culture of sport, ...
gender funding gap: In depth: How can India’s women-led startups beat gender funding gap?
[ad_1] When Indian businesswoman Aditi Bhutia Madan recalls her childhood in Darjeeling, she remembers pine forests, Himalayan sunrises and her grandmother’s momos – the savoury dumplings that years later inspired her to launch her own company. A former MasterChef India contestant, Madan was confident of her cooking skills but she did not know how to ...
oben electric funding: EV startup Oben Electric raises $4.9 million in funding
[ad_1] Oben Electric, a Bengaluru-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 40 crore ($4.9 million) in equity and debt in an extended pre-series A round, bringing the total round to Rs 72 crore ($8.9 million). The company has raised a total of Rs 88 crore since inception. The debt investors ...
chandrasekhar: Pacts signed with US during PM Modi’s visit to shape the future of tech: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
[ad_1] The partnership agreements signed between India and the US during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Washington visit last week will shape the future of technologies such as OpenRAN wireless systems, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and high-performance, the minister of state for electronics and information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. In an interview with a news wire, Chandrasekhar ...
cii vedanta tech startups: CII, Vedanta collaborate to support technology-based startups
[ad_1] Industry body CII’s Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startups on Tuesday announced its strategic partnership with Vedanta Limited to promote corporate-startup connect and provide support to technology-based startups through CII CIES’s Corporate Accelerator program. As part of this programme, startups have the opportunity to present their minimal viable products (MVPs) on demo ...