Toshiba is considering splitting in half instead of three and offloading its air conditioning business, the Japanese industrial conglomerate said on Friday, in an attempt to overcome shareholder opposition to its turnaround plan. The changes would mark the latest twist in Toshiba’s drawn out battle with foreign shareholders, many of them activists and hedge funds,
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The US antitrust review of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion (roughly Rs. 5,10,990 crore) proposed acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard Inc will be handled by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Bloomberg News reported late on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The FTC, instead of the Justice Department, will investigate whether the takeover will
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. In August 2015, around the height of the chatbot craze, Meta (formerly Facebook) launched an AI-and-human-powered virtual assistant called M. The promise of M — which select Facebook users could access through Facebook Messenger — was a “next-generation” assistant that would
Increase in data rates in India limited the user growth of Meta (formerly Facebook) in the December 2021 quarter, the social media major said. Telecom companies Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio had increased their mobile service rates in the range of 18 to 25 percent in the December quarter. The profit of Meta
Tecno Pova 5G India launch is set for Tuesday, February 8. It was introduced in Nigeria in December as the brand’s first 5G phone. Tecno Pova 5G comes with features including a 120Hz display and triple rear cameras. The smartphone also carries 18W fast charging. Additionally, Tecno is teasing that Pova 5G will come to
Users of the Argo continuous deployment (CD) tool for Kubernetes are being urged to push through updates after a zero-day vulnerability was found that could allow an attacker to extract sensitive information such as passwords and API keys. The flaw, tagged as CVE-2022-24348 (CVSS score: 7.7), affects all versions and has been addressed in versions
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. By Simon Moss, CEO of AyasdiAI. Organizations’ efforts on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) have created mixed results. Companies have tended to put a stronger emphasis on the environment than on social issues. Meanwhile, the wealth gap — or wealth inequality
NASA has shared a set of three images from the universe on social media, highlighting the collaboration between its two observatories. The collaboration showed what kind of images could be produced when you look at the same object in two wavelengths of light. NASA said the images were created by combining the data from its
Union Minister for Information and Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday stated the in Rajya Sabha that it was important to make social media accountable to ensure that women were made safe everywhere, including cyberspace. While giving a reply to BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi’s question on the Bulli Bai app in Rajya Sabha, the Union
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With BharatPe’s co-founder Ashneer Grover launching an offensive against the firm’s investors after facing a probe over alleged fraud, abrasive behaviour, and corporate governance issues, the company on Friday said questioning the integrity of board members and misrepresentation of facts is painful. “The (company) board in all its actions has followed due process in the
Sony upgraded its full-year net profit forecast on Wednesday, buoyed by the success of its latest Spider-Man movie and strong results in the gaming sector despite the global chip shortage. It comes as the Japanese tech giant battles for gaming supremacy with US rival Microsoft after its blockbuster acquisition of Activision. Sony already logged a
Democrats on Friday muscled legislation through the House that they say positions the United States to better compete with China economically and on the global stage by strengthening the domestic semiconductor industry and shoring up strained supply chains. The bill passed by a vote of 222-210. It marks an important step for a top Biden
Most security practitioners are now aware of the Log4Shell vulnerability discovered toward the end of 2021. No one knows how long the vulnerability existed before it was discovered. The past couple of months have had security teams scrambling to patch the Log4Shell vulnerability found in Apache Log4j, a Java library widely used to log error
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. By Adam Burden, North America lead of technology and chief software engineer of Accenture. John Lennon and Paul McCartney are two of the greatest songwriters in music’s history. Without their talents, pop music as we know it wouldn’t exist. This makes
A giant asteroid, estimated to be up to 1.3km in diameter, is heading towards us and will make a close pass by next month. The potentially hazardous asteroid, called 138971 (2001 CB21), will come as close as 4.5 million km. But scientists say there is no need to worry as the asteroid will be about
Multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat has launched several AR experiences to mark Vasant Panchami (also called Basant Panchami) or Saraswati Puja, as India prepares for the onset of spring. These new localised lenses along with special themed Bitmojis will help to capture the joy of this festive period and pay tribute to Goddess Saraswati. The
A US appeals court on Friday threw out a jury verdict ordering Apple and Broadcom to pay $1.1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,210 crore) to the California Institute of Technology for infringing its Wi-Fi technology patents, and ordered a new trial on damages. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the January 2020