Facebook unveils three-pronged strategy to fight fake news
San Francisco-- To stop false news from spreading on its platform, Facebook has said it put in place a three-pronged strategy that constitutes removing...
Committed to fostering innovation in India: Microsoft
Hyderabad-- An automated traffic navigation system, a crowdsourced risk analysis platform to curb depression and a smart video player that understands a user's preference...
Most Russian ads on Facebook divided Americans on race: Report
Washington-- Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA), charged with meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, focused on dividing the Americans over race via its...
$25mn Microsoft AI initiative to empower people with disabilities
By Nishant Arora
Seattle (Washington)-- Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help people with disabilities, Microsoft has announced "AI for Accessibility" -- a...
Google.org expands grant pool to support education in India
New Delhi-- In an effort to further support education and learning efforts in India, Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, on Thursday announced additional...
AI real winner at Microsoft’s India talent hunt competition
New Delhi-- A software that features a Virtual Reality (VR)-based immersive view inside a CT or MRI scan where a user can navigate the...
MIT researchers develop a device that transcribes words spoken in your head
CAMBRIDGE, MA--Researchers including two of Indian origin at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the...
Microsoft to hardsell AI to transform Indian businesses
Bengaluru-- Microsoft on Wednesday said it would work with 650 Indian vendors to deploy its Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions for improving and transforming Indian...
80% Indian internet users browse YouTube: Google
Mumbai-- With the increasing penetration of smartphones, data becoming affordable and ever-growing availability of content, 80 per cent of internet users across all age-groups...
India warns Facebook, Zuckerberg of action over data breach
New Delhi-- India on Wednesday warned social media giant Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg of "stringent action" including summoning him over "misuse" of...
