Tech News Today in India: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that its first mission to study the sun – Aditya L1 has passed the Lagrange 1 (L1) point. In other news, Apple has finally started sending out payments to iPhone users in the United States for the infamous Batterygate scandal. 01 ISRO’s Aditya L-1 crosses Lagrange 1 point ISRO’s first mission to the Sun – Aditya L-1 has successfully crossed the Lagrange 1 point, a location where the spacecraft will stay for the next five years to observe the Sun. It is carrying seven payloads that will be…
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Tech News Today: Ather 450 Apex scooter launch, OpenAI sued by writers, and more | Technology News
Tech News Today in India: Technology is advancing at lightning speed, but it’s not without its growing pains. From the launch of new devices to high-stakes legal battles, this Saturday’s top tech headlines provide a snapshot of the sector’s currents – greater connectivity through 5G, intensifying debates around AI ethics, and nostalgia for the tools of yesteryear. Let’s take a look. 01 Motorola launches budget 5G phone Moto G34 in India The budget segment is gaining another affordable 5G option with Motorola set to launch the Moto G34 in India on January 9 for Rs 10,999. It promises snappy performance…
Amazon Web Services lays off several hundred tech, sales staff | Technology News
Amazon Web Services has eliminated several hundred sales, marketing and tech roles, it said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of job cuts by its parent Amazon.com. The impacted staff include several hundred each at AWS’ sales, marketing and global services division and the physical stores technology team, the cloud-computing arm of Amazon said. “We’ve identified a few targeted areas of the organization we need to streamline,” an AWS spokesperson said in the mail. Amazon has over the past months laid off hundreds of staff in divisions, including its Prime Video service, healthcare business and Alexa voice assistant unit,…
Microsoft’s AI lead puts Amazon cloud dominance on watch | Technology News
Upcoming quarterly reports from US tech giants may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com as more businesses switch to its services, attracted by a clutch of generative AI features that are powered by OpenAI’s technology. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant has beaten rivals Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet to the market with AI services including the Copilot, a set of genAI tools that work in Microsoft’s business apps, which was rolled out in November for $30 a month. Its earnings on Thursday will be an indicator of AI adoption and could influence the movement of technology…
One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images
LONDON (AP) — AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real from what’s not. Video and image generators like DALL-E, Midjourney and OpenAI’s Sora make it easy for people without any technical skills to create deepfakes — just type a request and the system spits it out. These fake images might seem…
Read McDonald’s message to employees, partners on global “technology outage”
McDonald’s is back online after a “technology outage” that forced the fast food chain to temporarily close some restaurants in multiple countries, including Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and the UK. At that time, McDonald’s said the issue was unrelated to cyber-security and shared an update via its social media handles.The company has issued a fresh statement and sent it to global employees, franchisees and DL partners. The message was sent by Brian RiceEVP, global chief information officer.Read his message: At approximately midnight CDT on Friday, McDonald’s experienced a global technology system outage, which was quickly identified and corrected.…
Indian govt to frame new AI law to protect rights of news publishers, content creators: Report
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has disclosed that the government is considering a new law on artificial intelligence (AI). The proposed law aims to safeguard the interests of news publishers and content creators, while also reducing user harm, according to a report by The Economic Times. The law could either be a standalone legislation or part of the upcoming Digital India Bill, which will supersede the Information Technology Act of 2000. The minister emphasized the need for respect for creativity in terms of intellectual property and financial implications. He also suggested that a legislative approach to…
AI Alliance Launches as an International Community of Leading Technology Developers, Researchers, and Adopters Collaborating Together to Advance Open, Safe, Responsible AI
AI advancements are leading to new opportunities that can improve how we work, live, learn and interact with one another. Open and transparent innovation is essential to empower a broad spectrum of AI researchers, builders, and adopters with the information and tools needed to harness these advancements in ways that prioritize safety, diversity, economic opportunity and benefits to all. While there are many individual companies, start-ups, researchers, governments, and others who are committed to open science and open technologies and want to participate in the new wave of AI innovation, more collaboration and information sharing will help the community innovate…