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India top choice for digital pursuit; firms to boost investments in AI, big data, cybersecurity: nasscom

15Apr

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India top choice for digital pursuit; firms to boost investments in AI, big data, cybersecurity: nasscom

[ad_1] India remains the top choice for enterprises looking to expand digital services portfolio and companies are expected to increase spending on AI, data analytics and cybersecurity, industry body nasscom said in a report on Monday.The report 'Digital Enterprise Maturity 5.0: Digital Readiness in the Era of AI' is based on a survey of 550 enterprises across 11 major sectors and seven major geographical regions. The survey found that 71 per cent of enterprises in India spent over 20 per cent of their tech spends on digital in 2023. "Nearly 90 per cent of companies have signalled plans to boost investments in key digital technology areas in 2024, including artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (AI/ML), big data analytics, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and intelligent automati...

From entertainment to enterprise, how AI could change the way we communicate at work

17Dec

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From entertainment to enterprise, how AI could change the way we communicate at work

[ad_1] In the fast-paced world of communication, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of revolutionary. As we mark the one-year milestone of AI's pervasive influence, it is imperative to explore the ways in which this technology has reshaped the landscape, from entertainment to enterprise communication.How significant can technology like AI be for communication?“Our storytelling is a big part of what makes us human. AI will make everyone a storytelling and communication superhero,” says Rajat Mishra, Founder and CEO of Prezent, a leading communication productivity platform that makes use of AI. “Communication has been considered a right-brain creative activity in the past with creatives, writers and agencies being experts. The contention has been that g...

30Sep

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Netflix sends out last DVD

[ad_1] Streaming powerhouse Netflix mailed out its last DVD on Friday, ending a service after 25 years that helped the company grow into an entertainment behemoth.Founder Reed Hastings has often said that he started the company in a pique of frustration with the Blockbuster rental store that charged him $40 for returning the movie Apollo 13 six weeks late. Out of that eventually came the idea for a subscription based DVD-by-mail service that let the customer hold onto the title as long as they wanted. Once viewed, the DVD was slipped into a prepaid envelope and sent back to the company, with the subscriber's next choice sent on its way in exchange."In 1998, we delivered our first DVD. This morning, we shipped our last," the company said on its website on Friday."For 25 years, we redefin...

Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip

29Sep

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Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip

[ad_1] The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs came up with a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into video streaming that has transformed entertainment.The DVD service that has been steadily shrinking in the shadow of Netflix's video streaming service will shut down after its five remaining distribution centers in California, Texas, Georgia and New Jersey mail out their final discs Friday. The fewer than 1 million recipients who still subscribe to the DVD service will be able to keep the final discs that land in their mailboxes. Some of the remaining DVD diehards will get up to 10 discs as a going away present from a service that boasted as many...

BGMI maker Krafton India seeks govt support measures to promote online gaming

25Aug

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BGMI maker Krafton India seeks govt support measures to promote online gaming

[ad_1] Krafton India, makers of the popular online game BGMI, on Thursday pitched for government support measures to promote the online gaming industry in the country.Krafton India CEO Sean Hyunil Sohn highlighted subsidies given to gaming companies for labour costs by countries like the UAE and Canada and stated that innovative ways can be found to promote the industry in the country. "Data shows actually how governments around the world regard gaming business as one of the future growth drivers for job creation...we all know that India needs more tax revenue to develop the country, but at the same time, I hope that the Indian government can find creative ways to promote the industry," he said while addressing a CII event on digital gaming here. The GST Council has imposed a 28 per cen...

Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation

24Aug

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Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation

[ad_1] Kazutaka Yonekura dreams of a world where everyone will have their very own digital “clone” — an online avatar that could take on some of our work and daily tasks, such as appearing in Zoom meetings in our place.Yonekura, chief executive of Tokyo startup Alt Inc., believes it could make our lives easier and more efficient. His company is developing a digital double, an animated image that looks and talks just like its owner. The digital clone can be used, for example, by a recruiter to carry out preliminary job interviews, or by a physician to screen patients ahead of checkups. “This liberates you from all the routine (tasks) that you must do tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and the day after that,” he told The Associated Press as he showed off his double — a thumbnail video imag...