San Francisco, Feb 23 (IANS) SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has quit the board of OpenAI, a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company he co-founded that aims to promote and develop friendly AI that…
San Francisco, Feb 23 (IANS) Popular photo-sharing app Instagram is terminating its veteran Global Community Team that worked to build deep ties with photographers and promote the service around the world as part of restructuring…
San Francisco, Feb 23 (IANS) To give businesses more insight into a company’s measurement tools to calculate the impact of advertisements on its platforms, Facebook has introduced new labels on some of its metrics. “Starting…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) An LED waterfall, a digital lake, an indoor “mountain” and a “DreamSpace” for teaching the next generation about technology: This is what Microsoft’s new office “One Microsoft Place” in Dublin houses….
Barcelona, Feb 23 (IANS) In a first, Huawei has unveiled a technology that uses Artificial Intelligence-enabled smartphone to drive a car that can not only identify objects on the road but take smart decisions to…
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Expanding its fruit based beverage offerings, frozen fruit dessert, getting into dairy based value added products and also exporting those products developed in India, are some of the plans of Coca-Cola…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Community-driven online hospitality platform Airbnb on Friday announced to foray into new tiers aimed at high-end customers that include properties like vacation homes and luxury spots. Called “Airbnb Plus” and…
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices on Friday opened on a higher note with healthy buying in metals, consumer durables, banking and auto stocks. Around 9.17 a.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) The US dollar has declined against most major currencies after reaching a 10-day high in the earlier session. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell…
Athens, Feb 23 (IANS) The Greek Finance Ministry has welcomed the new upgrade of Greece’s credit rating by Moody’s as one more sign that Greek economy is recovering from the debt crisis. The credit ratings…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) US stocks closed mixed on Thursday, as investors digested the latest economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 164.70 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 24,962.48. The S&P 500…
Rome, Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday voiced support for his Industry Minister Carlo Calenda’s “robust” challenge to Whirlpool unit Embraco’s plan to shift production to Slovakia with the loss of…
By Arul Louis New York, Feb 23 (IANS) A top-level Indian-origin executive who was in-charge of auto-maker Ford Motor’s North American operations, Raj Nair, has left under a cloud and has been replaced by another,…
Khartoum, Feb 22 (IANS/AKI) Africa must, in coming decades, explore the entire food chain to create adequate jobs for young people, especially in rural areas, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation…
Geneva, Feb 22 (IANS/AKI) United Nations refugee agency UNHCR on Thursday said it had received “worrying” reports of a refugee protest over food rations turning violent in Rwandas sprawling Kiziba refugee camp, and urged “calm…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Pitching for a preferential tea trade agreement between India and China, Tea Board Chairman P.K. Bezbaruah on Thursday said both the countries were not competitors. “India and China were not competitors…
Lucknow, Feb 22 (IANS) The two-day Investors Summit organized by the Uttar Pradesh government drew to a close on Thursday evening with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind, who said that the state had…
Hyderabad, Feb 22 (IANS) The Telangana government aims to double the valuation of life sciences ecosystem in the state to $100 billion in 10 years, state Industry Minister K. T. Rama Rao said on Thursday….
Bengaluru, Feb 22 (IANS) Indian scientists have developed a supercritical Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Brayton test facility at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here to generate clean energy from power plants, including solar thermal, the…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) A day after US President Donald Trump eldest son, Donald Trump Jr visited the city, the income tax officials on Thursday conducted a “search operation” in the offices of RDB Group,…