Microsoft invests $1 bn in OpenAI startup
San Francisco-- Microsoft on Monday announced to invest $1 billion in Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up called OpenAI. The multi-year partnership will jointly develop new...
Udacity partners AWS for tech scholarship programme
New Delhi-- Global learning platform Udacity on Friday announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch the "DeepRacer Scholarship Challenge", to help...
Google removes stalker apps that may have spied on you
New Delhi-- Google has removed seven stalker apps that were available on its Play Store as apps for children's safety or finding stolen phones...
Indian bug hunter finds flaw in Instagram, wins $30,000
New Delhi-- Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah has won $30,000 as a part of a bug bounty programme after he spotted a flaw in...
He created an app to help Muslims with their prayers
By Irvin Zhang
News at Northeastern
Eight months ago, Anas Abou Allaban was attending Muslim Hacks, an event in California where participants share technology and solutions to...
$10mn Microsoft project focuses on AI for cultural heritage
San Francisco-- Following multi-million programmes that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth, accessibility and humanitarian action, technology giant Microsoft will now channel $10 million...
Will take action on those listening to your conversations: Google
San Francisco-- After facing widespread criticism for eavesdropping on users' conversations via its Assistant to improve speech recognition technology, Google said that it was...
President Trump Announces Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers,...
WASHINGTON, DC--President Trump announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) earlier this month. Indian-Americans dominated the list...
Instagram to let you restrict bullies without notifying them
San Francisco-- To curb online bullying, Facebook-owned Instagram has announced a unique feature where a user can "shadow ban" or "restrict" a bully from...
Over 1k Android apps gain your data even if denied permission
San Francisco-- Researchers from the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in the US identified 1,325 Android apps that were gathering data from devices even...
