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Two solutions to trace the WhatsApp message origin: IIT-M professor
One of the most popular messenger app – WhatsApp, which is under pressure from the central government to enable messages traceability on its platform got two suggestions from IIT-M professor. In a report submitted to the Madras High Court, V
Nirmala Sitharaman and Nitin Gadkari to solve MSMEs loan issues
In the second term, the Modi government has numerous plans to boost the economy and create jobs. However, according to a report, India is struggling to create jobs. The unemployment rate is about 6.1%, which is highest since 1972-73. MSME
AU Bank launches Account Opening on WhatsApp
AU Small Finance Bank has announced the rollout of their Savings Bank Account opening process initiated with WhatsApp. This service is powered by Karix Mobile using an advanced multi-channel conversational and compute platform. Using Karix’s versatile platform, AU Bank’s interested
HSBC CEO John Flint resigns, Noel Quinn named interim CEO
HSBC announced its Group Chief Executive John Flint had resigned today, in less than two years of holding the CEO role in the company. It was a surprise as the banking giant revealed decent first-half profits. John Flint said that
Tata Motors cuts Tigor EV prices by up to 80K: Will it boost the sale?
Yesterday, 1st August, Tata Motors announced prices reduction of its electric vehicles (EVs) by up to Rs 80,000 following government’s decision to bring down the GST on electric vehicles from 12 to 5 per cent. The steep reduction in the
Seagate enters pilot stage for Blockchain Supply Chain Project to trach HDD supply
Seagate and IBM has culminated into running a pilot project to track hard drive supply counterfeit. In late 2018, Seagate initiated the project utilizing IBM’s blockchain platform aimed to track the origin of HDDs. “Last year, we started a proof-of-concept
Who is going to be CEO of Mindtree: Rajeev Mehta or Debashis Chatterjee
Yesterday, CNBC-TV18 reported that Debashis Chatterjee, former Cognizant executive is expected to be new CEO of Mindtree. Now today, TOI reported that Rajeev Mehta, former Cognizant president is taking charge as the new CEO. News Update: Mindtree appointed Debashis as new
AS Lakshminarayanan expected to head Tata Communications
Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan, who is currently president and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, Japan, is going to head Tata Communications. According to the Economic Times report, top officials said the AS Lakshminarayanan is set to take the place of Vinod
Former Cognizant exec Debashis Chatterjee to join Mindtree as new CEO
Larsen & Toubro, which recently took over Mindtree, had said it would announce a new CEO for the company on August 1. News Update: Mindtree appointed Debshsis as new CEO Mindtree CEO Rostow Ravanan had resigned after L&T took 60
WhatsApp Upgrade: Access same account across platforms
WhatsApp is going to give you freedom to access your account from multiple platforms. However, since inception, WhatsApp has never been a true multi-platform chat app and linked to one’s phone number. It’s desktop version, allowed users to access chats
Capital One reported data breach of over 100 million individuals
Capital One Financial Corp, the US bank, said about a massive data breach where personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers and credit scores of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were
Google’s CEO job opening on LinkedIn: Is Sundar Pichai Planning to move out?
Is Google looking for a new CEO as its LinkedIn page posted a job opening for the post of CEO? Actually not, it’s a fake job opening on the company page. This and some other fake job opening appeared on
Apple Acquires Intel’s Modem Business but not getting out of modem business
Yesterday on 25th July 2019, Intel and Apple signed an agreement for the acquisition of the majority of Intel’s modem business. The acquisition valued at $1 billion and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019, subject to regulatory
TikTok and Helo apps can face ban in India
TikTok, a short video platform and Helo, a social media portal, both can face the risk of ban in India. Government of India asked 24 questions to both platforms owned by Chinese tech major Bytedance, and expect answers by 22nd
IOCL Recruitment 2019: 413 Trade and Technician Apprenticeship, Apply online
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) shared official notification for hiring 413 Technical and Non-Technical Trade & Technician Apprentice at its Locations in Southern India (Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh). Candidates interested for IOCL apprenticeship can
Hackers can manipulate WhatsApp and Telegram Media Files
WhatsApp and Telegram both have end-to-end protection and encryption to keep your media files safe against hackers. Yet Symantec Research has found a flaw, dubbed “Media File Jacking”, that could expose your media files to hackers. Symantec’s Modern OS Security
Leading Organizations Expect to Double the Number of AI Projects In Place Within the Next Year: Gartner
Organizations that are working with artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) have, on average, four AI/ML projects in place, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. Of all respondents, 59% said that they have AI deployed today. The
IOCL Recruitment 2019: How to Apply online for JE Assistant, Jr QC Analyst jobs, Important Instructions
IOCL Recruitment 2019: A few days ago, IOCL shared official notification for multiple vacancies such as IV grade Junior Engineering Assistant and Junior Quality Control Analyst for its Haldia, West Bengal refinery. There are 129 jobs in IOCL for various
Capgemini’s World Wealth Report 2019: Loss of 2 trillion USD, 3% global decrease in HNWI wealth
The World Wealth Report 2019 (WWR), published today by Capgemini, found that after seven years of continuous growth, overall global high net worth individual (HNWI) wealth declined by 3% in 2018. Largely due to a drop in wealth in the
Rise in Cyber Attacks designed to target SCADA and other ICS: Fortinet
Fortinet announced the findings of its 2019 Operational Technology Security Trends Report, analyzing data gathered from millions of Fortinet devices to discern the state of cybersecurity for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and other industrial control systems (ICS). The
