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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Topic: technology

How AR, VR and AI technology is making education more accessible post-Covid

Educational technology, or edtech, entered public consciousness as Covid-19 moved learners out of the classroom and into the virtual world of remote education.

Three lessons to ensure self-driving cars have a safe, efficient future

Maximising the promise of self-driving cars will require a collaboration with technologists and regulators.

How can tech giants top a year like 2020? They can’t

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google parent Alphabet thrived in 2020 with profits that sent their stock prices soaring, leaving them more powerful and valuable than ever.

Farmers adopt advanced tech, raise productivity when they have mobile phones: Study

Researchers looked at data from two programmes launched by the Indian government in mid-2000s to find a positive impact from increased access to information.

WEF brings together 37 initiatives as part of global action plan to promote smart technology

According to the World Economic Forum, internet of things will play a crucial role in public health, especially distribution of Covid vaccine.

Why we may be exactly wrong about technology and inequality

It’s easy for this kind of apprehension to lead to a sort of neo-Luddism in which technology is viewed as the enemy. The new technology could actually help reduce inequality.

Singapore makes another plea to attract foreign talent to become a global tech hub

PM Lee Hsien Loong says Singapore must place technology at the heart of its future development, and invite talent from around the world to join in.

What India’s military commentators don’t get about drones — AI can’t just be unboxed and used

Lt Gen H.S. Panag (retd) lamented India’s lack of drones when China and Pakistan already have it. But AI can’t just be deployed in a battlefield.

China set to pass law to protect vital tech from US over ‘national security’ concerns

Legislators had suggested that China should set up some restrictions on exporting technologies on which Beijing has a competitive edge, such as 5G and quantum communications.

US-China tension can give way to India-Australia partnerships on critical technology

Nowhere is there more opportunity in the expanding and evolving India-Australia relationship than in the area of technology.

On Camera

LK Jha to PN Haksar & PK Mishra, how PMO became India’s power hub

It’s ironic that the PMO, often accused of giving India a de facto presidential form of governance, was created by one of the most consultative prime ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Advocate on behalf of India & ‘Global South’ — what upcoming Adani-funded think tank aims to do

While the Chintan Research Foundation is not yet officially launched, ThePrint has learnt the Adani Group will be providing Rs 100 crore for it. Its initial focus will be on climate, strategic affairs & economy.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.