This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside Chicago’s surveillance panopticon Chicago has tens of thousands of surveillance cameras—up to 45,000, by some estimates. That’s…
Calling AI “probably the single biggest opportunity” for the industry and comparable to the discovery of electricity or the internet, he said current debates focus too narrowly on automation while missing a broader structural shift. Shetty argued that, much like…
The Supreme Court of India has issued notice to Meta over a proposed five-year advertising ban on WhatsApp, following a recommendation by the Competition Commission of India. Earlier this month, the court criticised data-sharing practices under the 2021 privacy policy…
Early on the morning of September 2, 2024, a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train was the scene of a random and horrific mass shooting. Four people were shot and killed on a westbound train as it approached the suburb…
Jefferies in its latest report has revised downward its earnings estimates for the IT sector, citing structural changes driven by artificial intelligence (AI), which may significantly alter the traditional business mix of IT companies.
Addressing a town hall interaction with cab and auto drivers from Delhi-NCR and Gujarat, Shah said the cooperative ride-hailing platform would return 80 per cent of profits to drivers based on kilometres driven, with the remaining 20 per cent retained…
Everyone at last week’s India AI Impact Summit was debating power, water, and capital. Those are necessary conversations. But India’s AI infrastructure story has two other protagonists that nobody is talking about and without them, the puzzle never gets finished.
In his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat, Modi also asked people to remain vigilant against online financial fraud and digital arrest, and appealed to all to comply with requests from banks for doing KYC (know your customer) as it…
Erik Ekudden told PTI that the evolution of networks will be central to the AI journey. While AI is already being used to optimise 5G networks today, the future will see the rise of agentic AI or AI agents, and…
The artificial intelligence revolution sweeping through the entertainment sector was at first glance not evident at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, but the potential for widespread changes was still on people’s minds. The tools have the potential to help the…