Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Social media to join hands to fight fake news, hate speech

The proposed alliance — to be named the Information Trust Alliance (ITA) — will be a grouping of digital platforms and publishers, fact checkers, civil society and academia that will aim to control the spread of harmful content, including fake news and hate speech. So far, discussions have taken place among Facebook, Google, Twitter, Byte-Dance, ShareChat and YY Inc.

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India to have more than 907 internet users by 2023: report

As per the CISCO report, devices and connections are growing faster (7% CAGR) than the population (1% CAGR) in the country. This trend has been boosting the growth in the average number of devices and connections per household and per capita. There would be 2.1 billion networked devices by 2023, the report said.

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Dell likely to sell RSA Security to PE firm STG Partners for $2 bn

RSA, which was founded as a boutique cybersecurity firm in 1982, was bought over by EMC Corporation in 2006 for USD 2.1 billion. It then operated as a subsidiary of EMC until the latter was acquired by Dell Technologies in 2016. RSA then came under the Dell umbrella of brands.

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HCL Tech bags IT deal from New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative

The multi-year partnership with HCL Technologies will consolidate Fonterra's technology suppliers and bring together the co-operative's IT infrastructure services under one umbrella, HCL Technologies said in a statement. It, however, did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.

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Monday, 17 February 2020

Cognizant sees Data Protection Bill increasing costs, obligations

Firm says compliance may require changes in business practices. The Bill was recently cleared for introduction in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament. A company may have to pay a penalty of up to Rs 15 crore or 4% of its global turnover if found violating norms under the Bill.

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National Cyber Security Strategy to go for cabinet nod soon: Rajesh Pant

He said that there is need to create separate cadre of cyber security specialists from IT personnel because those who roll out IT infrastructure are generally unable to detect the flaws.

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Center of Excellence for IPs in gaming inaugurated, MoUs signed

The CoE signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with 5 partners TVAGA (Telangana VFX, Animation and Gaming Association), Hyderabad Angles, HYSEA, and IIIT- Hyderabad to provide resources like mentoring, technology support, infrastructure and funding.

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HPBOSE 10th Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Himachal Board HP 10th result today at 11, check details here

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