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Google to help 1 mn Europeans find jobs by 2020

Launched in 2015 the "Grow with Google" project, has until now trained three million Europeans and more than two million people in Africa in digital skills.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Hackers can harm patients by attacking 'connected' pacemakers: Report

The reports highlighted that digitally connected systems need to be designed with safety and resilience in mind to minimise future risk.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

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Microsoft AI translates Chinese to English like humans

Researchers from the company's Asia and US labs said their system achieved human parity on a commonly-used test set of news stories -- called "newstest2017".

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Artificial intelligence

Social media to maneuvre ransomware attacks

WhatsApp not to share British users' data with Facebook

Facebook-owned WhatsApp signed an "undertaking" wherein they have given a public commitment not to share personal data with Facebook.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Facebook

Namaste! Google Assistant now speaks in Hindi

Google Assistant to be available in Hindi from today, is already available in Hindi in the instant-messaging platform Allo and in a special version on Reliance Jio feature phones.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Hacked Air India Twitter restored, probe ordered

Hacked Air India twitter account has been restored and a probe has been ordered as Turkish hand is seen behind it

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Google celebrates 30th anniversary of Pi Day with tasty pie doodle

Google asked Cronut inventor Dominique Ansell to create the doodle for Pi Day which was first recognised by physicist Larry Shaw.

Mar 14, 2018

By IANS

France to sue Google, Apple over 'abusive trade practices'

Bruno Le Maire expected the Paris commercial court to impose sanctions that would likely cost Google and Apple millions of euros.

Mar 14, 2018

By IANS

77% firms lack proper cyber security measures globally: Report

60 percent of respondents consider a lack of investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) as the biggest barrier to cyber resilience.

Mar 14, 2018

By IANS

Cybersecurity

Android 8.1 Oreo rolling out to Essential Phone

A new variant of Essential Phone with built-in Alexa, offering an alternative to Google Assistant was launched in February.

Mar 14, 2018

By IANS

After Facebook, Google to ban ads promoting cryptocurrency from June

The new policy prohibits ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.

Mar 14, 2018

By IANS

Google India makes address search, navigation easy on Maps

"Plus Codes", an open sourced solution that represents a simple and consistent addressing system and works not only in India but globally, makes it easier to zero in on an area now through Google Maps

Mar 13, 2018

By IANS