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24 Jul

IIT-Madras’ Team Avishkar Reaches The Final Round In SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition

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IIT-Madras’ team Avishkar, the only Asian participants to the Hyperloop Pod Competition hosted by space transportation and exploration company SpaceX, have now made it all the way to the finals. The noted competition which is closely fought by students from all over the world saw a total participation of about 1,500 teams globally. Their goal…

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24 Jul

IIT-Madras’ Team Avishkar Reaches The Final Round In SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition

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IIT-Madras’ team Avishkar, the only Asian participants to the Hyperloop Pod Competition hosted by space transportation and exploration company SpaceX, have now made it all the way to the finals. The noted competition which is closely fought by students from all over the world saw a total participation of about 1,500 teams globally. Their goal…

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24 Jul

India’s First AI-Powered Electric Bike RV 400 To Be Launched In August

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The Revolt RV 400, claimed to be India’s first artificial intelligence-enabled bike, is set to be launched across the country come August. The bike also has the advantage of being an electric vehicle, with reportedly swift charging. Reports have suggested that as of 10 July, more than 2,500 units of Revolt RV 400 were booked.…

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23 Jul

Indian-Origin Scientists Develop New AI System To Stop Deepfake Videos

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With advanced image journaling tools, one can now easily alter the semantic meaning of images by using manipulation techniques like copy clone, object splicing/removal, which can mislead the viewers. One of the gravest and notorious examples of this sort of tampering is deepfakes. At a time when these videos are threatening the privacy of users,…

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23 Jul

TVS Motor Invests $7 Million In AI-Powered Decision Platform Scienaptic Systems

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TVS Motor Singapore is set to invest $7 million in US-based Scienaptic Systems Inc, in Series A funding. The closing of the investment is subject to obtaining appropriate regulatory approvals, said the company in a statement. Scienaptic has combined the latest big data technologies and proprietary machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms on its decision…

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22 Jul

TikTok Parent Company ByteDance To Set Up New Data Centre In India

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ByteDance, the parent company of popular video app TikTok has announced the setting up of a new data centre in India. The Chinese company will be one of the first social media companies to localise their data for India. According to a statement shared by ByteDance, the company has taken this step to abide by…

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12 Jul

Mumbai University To Offer A Course In BSE Actuarial & Data Science

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Mumbai University is now set to offer an international course in BSE actuarial and data science for students who are interested in working in the fintech sector. A Mumbai-based institute Rahul Education said in a statement that it has tied up with Mumbai University to offer specialised courses in actuarial science and data science sectors.…

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11 Jul

AI Is The ‘Holy Grail’ For Enhanced Sports Viewing Experience: Study

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Despite the result of the India vs New Zealand match at the ICC World Cup semi-final, millennials from across the world are still willing to go that extra mile when it goes to watching sports. According to a new report by NTT, a noted tech and managed services company, the sporting organisations need put in…

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11 Jul

Why Data Science & Programming Always Go Hand-In-Hand

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Priya, a budding data scientist, was upset when she was bombarded with programming-related questions in her recent job interview. “I spent the last two years working on various modelling techniques, but now I am being asked questions about Python? I would like to build my career in data science and not in application development,” she…

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11 Jul

YES BANK Issues Commercial Paper Using Blockchain For The First Time In Asia

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In an interesting move, YES BANK recently facilitated the issuance of a Commercial Paper (CP) of INR 100 crore using Blockchain technology for Vedanta Limited, a natural resources conglomerate. This is the first time in Asia that a CP has been digitally issued using Blockchain technology. This transaction was completed in partnership with MonetaGo, a…

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