L&T says audit panel to seek external expert's help on Cognizant bribery case

The SEC also alleged that Cognizant authorised the construction firm to make two additional bribes totalling more than USD 1.6 million.

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OnePlus bets big on India, hopes govt policies don’t hurt ecommerce

Ecommerce represents the forefront of online retail and (hope that) India will not erode where it has a significant advantage,” Lau said.

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Huawei alleges US lobbying against it in India

The US has asked its allies to ban 5G gear from Huawei. Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia have acquiesced.

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Xiaomi exploring new products for Indian market

Xiaomi, which competes with players like Samsung, vivo and Oppo in the Indian smartphone market launched its latest device Redmi Note 7 Pro, priced Rs 13,999 onwards.

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HMD in talks with parts companies for India operations

The company’s country head for India, Ajey Mehta, said the plan is to finalise an agreement to this effect as soon as possible.

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Fake news & misinformation on Indo-Pak tension flood the social media

Videos of previous air-shows and photos of crashing fighter jets were being peddled as the latest from both the countries on various platforms.

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OnePlus, Qualcomm plan to start 5G trials in India

OnePlus said it began research on the new-age 5G technology in 2016 and a year later, it started working with Qualcomm on OnePlus' 5G device development.

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Technopark ties up with Brigade group for second WTC in Kerala

Technopark has allotted 12 acres of land to Brigade group to build the world trade centre at Technocity.

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Wipro to sell Workday and Cornerstone OnDemand to Alight for $110 million

Wipro said in a press release that a definitive agreement between the company and Alight Solutions has been signed to divest this business to Alight for cash consideration of up to $110 million.

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Facebook admits it needs to do more for content reviewers

Facebook said its agreements with partners explicitly require good facilities, wellness breaks for employees and resiliency support.

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India must manufacture chips for data security: Telecom Secretary

She was speaking after the unveiling of India's first indigenous semiconductor chips by a Bengaluru based company, Signalchip.

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Signalchip launches India’s first indigenous semiconductor chips for 4G LTE, 5G NR modems

The company launched four chips as part of its SCBM34XX and SCRF34XX/45XX series, code-named ‘Agumbe’.

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OnePlus, Qualcomm to start 5G trials in India

The firm recently displayed its first 5G prototype smartphone powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 855 processor at MWC Barcelona (Mobile World Congress) in Spain.

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Cognizant plans 'wellness practices' for traumatised staff on Facebook duty

Reacting to the report, Cognizant told CRN late Tuesday that it has investigated the specific workplace issues raised in a recent report.

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How Samsung is looking to fold Apple iPhone’s golden run

It took Apple four years to catch up with Samsung when the latter began setting the pace in large screens.

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Capgemini to strengthen global senior talent pool from India

The company said expanding the senior talent pool from India is one of the three key priorities of India chief executive officer Ashwin Yardi.

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India telcos seek clarity on Huawei, ZTE from global peers, groups

The closed door meeting in Barcelona had members of EU, data protection lobbying bodies , members from Vodafone Group, Huawei ,ZTE amongst others.

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Trai to decide on rules for Internet calling, messaging firms soon

The telecom sector at MWC has been displaying technology and sharing their plans around 5G services.

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Most laptops vulnerable to attacks via plug-in devices: Study

Vulnerabilities were found in computers with Thunderbolt ports running Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD.

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Indian IT looks at a bigger digital play: HDFC Securities

The key positives for the sector include the pivot to digital which has grown 32% year-on-year in the December quarter.

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IT sector may miss Nasscom’s $225 bn revenue goal for 2020

Nasscom, over the past two decades helped establish India’s credentials as the leader in global outsourcing.

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Ready when you are, Facebook tells House Committee

Both Twitter & Facebook had announced measures undertaken by them to products and policies over the past few months ahead of general elections in India.

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Income Tax department again seeks bribery documents from Cognizant

The Indian income tax department had sought records relating to the bribe payments after Cognizant reported them to the US authorities in 2016.

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Twitter to appoint nodal officer to work with EC to address issues on real-time basis

Sources said the panel asked Twitter to ensure that Indian elections are not undermined and influenced by foreign entities.

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Realme set to collaborate with one of the biggest retail chain in South India: CEO Madhav Sheth

Several large retail chains have refused to stock the products of Realme due to low margin.

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Facebook senior officials to appear before parliamentary panel on March 6

​​The development comes amid concerns being raised over any possible misuse of social media tools to interfere in the upcoming polls.

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Infosys launches solutions focused on 5G

Infosys’ newly established 5G Living Labs in five global locations – Bengaluru, Richardson, Indianapolis, Frankfurt and Melbourne - will facilitate in execution of these services.

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TechGig Code Gladiators 2019 Launched; Offers Prizes Worth Rs1 Crore

At a time when finding the right talent is like looking for a needle in a haystack, recruiters are trying out all available methods in a bid to find the best...

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Facebook: Fighting problem of misinformation

Facebook has a three-pronged agenda which revolves around partnership, transparency and co-regulation, besides involving the civil society.

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Says client budgets are reasonably good & digital demand is certainly good: Paul Hermelin, Capgemini chairman

Capgemini chairman Paul Hermelin said that client budgets continue to be reasonably good, with focus on digital spending.

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Shipping talent is a dead model for IT: Sandeep Kishore

IT services firms need a hybrid model of Indian & US experts to solve complex issues," said Sandeep Kishore.

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Offline retailers begin to hang up on low-margin Realme

This is one of the first fallouts of the margin war between big retail and the consumer electronics industry in India.

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China's Huawei unveils 5G phone with foldable screen

Several other smaller companies are rumoured to present their first foldable phones at the trade fair in Barcelona this week.

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Automation has SBI leaving 25% retirement vacancies open for tech

Banks globally are re-aligning to changing realities due to the advent of automation technology.

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Virtual ATM skimming new threat to businesses: Symantec

Formjacking attacks are essentially virtual ATM skimming where cyber criminals inject malicious code into retailers' websites to steal shoppers' payment card details.

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Companies shouldn’t be allowed to colonise data: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Government will trace only those social media messages that promote terrorism and radicalisation, says Prasad.

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With information comes responsibility, Facebook has taken down a billion fake accounts: Shivnath Thukral, public policy director Facebook

Linking bad actors to fake accounts, Thukral said over the past six months, Facebook has taken down a billion fake accounts.

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Regulate cross border data flows localisation, setup data authority: Draft e-commerce policy

In its draft National e-Commerce Policy, India has said that the data generated in the country is a national asset.

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'Nations protesting India's data localisation plans are implementing stricter policies in their own country'

The country favours data localisation to protect its data resources that is more valuable than oil as it is mobile and can be reused in different ways.

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DNS server to be launched soon to protect users from malware

The govt plans a new and robust platform in the wake of critical digital services being delivered online.

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DARQ is the post-digital tech stack: Paul Daugherty of Accenture

About 94% of organisations say they are doing digital and $1.1 trillion is spent on digital transformation.

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Crippling data rules may hit India’s global analytics dreams

Many in the technology industry have raised concerns over the amendments that India has proposed to the Information Technology Act’s Intermediary Guidelines.

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Nokia expects 5G field trials in India later this year

Nokia is currently working with Airtel and BSNL to test 5G technology, and define the new technology roadmap as part of separate agreements.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey unlikely to attend February 25 house panel meet

The company’s head of global public policy and philanthropy, Colin Crowell, is expected to represent the microblogging platform.

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Can YouTube’s conspiracy theory boom be checked?

What if stemming the tide of misinformation means punishing some of its biggest stars?

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Reckless innovation bigger threat to tech companies than rules

Accenture’s laboratory in India works on artificial intelligence solutions and Daugherty said the country has an opportunity in AI.

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End bad practices in Data Privacy: IAA Congress speakers

A top-of-mind topic at the Congress this year is ‘data privacy’ with marketing experts and business leaders across companies

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How desi tech lobby is giving Silicon Valley giants a run for its money

Home-grown lobbyists. Indian technology companies’ fight against global internet firms is being led by

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Google to host training sessions in 30 Indian cities on online verification, fact-checking

Google's training will focus on areas like online verification and fact-checking, journalist digital safety and security, using YouTube for election coverage and data visualisation for elections.

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Facebook deeply committed to people: Mark D'Arcy

"Give responsibility to businesses and individuals and open the platform for as many people as possible removing the barriers," Mark D' Arcy asserted.

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