Edtech firm LittleMore Innovation Labs has announced the launch of PEXA Lite has announced the launch of PEXA Lite, which will offer an “exam – from – home” service to overcome the impact of Covid-19 lockdown on educational institutions. “PEXA Lite is being introduced in India first, followed by UAE, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore. We […]
Archives for April 2020
DCsv2-series VM now generally available from Azure confidential computing
Security and privacy are critically important when storing and processing sensitive information in the cloud, from payment transactions, to financial records, personal health data, and more. With the general availability of DCsv2-series VMs, we are ushering in the start of a new level of data protection in Azure. With more workloads moving to the cloud […]
Zoom’s biggest rivals are coming for it
By Mike Isaac and Sheera FrenkelAs people turned in droves to video chatting app Zoom in recent weeks, the buzz caught Facebook’s attention. Inside the social network, that immediately set off a scramble. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, ordered employees to ramp up and focus on the company’s own video chat projects, especially as use […]
One Size Doesn’t Fit All for AI Regulation
The sheer scope of AI’s impact on society does require some regulation. It will be essential to ensure that AI regulation is fair and ethical while not impeding innovation. There are heated debates across business and government sectors about the profound impact of artificial intelligence on the world. Several of these AI use cases have […]
Rays of sun are brightening the tech sector’s gloom
A WEEK IN IoT – The news hasn’t improved much lately, and it’s tough to digest a diet of disaster in the media, says Jeremy Cowan. We have to hold our hands up here for sharing tough news in www.TheEE.io , www.IoT-Now.com , and www.VanillaPlus.com ). So, don’t think I’m in denial when I try to lift the spirits a little […]
Facebook rolls out video conferencing upgrades to take on Zoom
Facebook will update its ecosystem of messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Portal, with a set of features aimed at capitalising on the heightened demand for video conferencing. Messenger Rooms, which largely resembles the features included in video conferencing app Zoom, is set to be rolled out to Facebook and Messenger this week. The free service […]
Single Malicious GIF Opened Microsoft Teams to Nasty Attack
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Brewers seek nod for home delivery
A national association of beer companies has approached chief minsters of eight states this weekend seeking partial resumption of brewing facilities and sale of beer through ecommerce and home delivery platforms. “Covid-19 has the potential to disrupt business for the rest of the year. It is imperative that state excise departments introduce policies that facilitate […]
Most SMEs have run out of cash: Survey
Nearly half of the country’s small businesses have either exhausted their funds or are close to doing so, as the unprecedented demand crash due to the extended coronavirus-led lockdown forces them to dig into their own reserves, a recent survey shows. The survey by community platform LocalCircles, which covered around 7,000 businesses–including startups, small and […]
Non-essentials sales curb could pinch ecomm firms hard
From expecting the Indian ecommerce firms to benefit from the lockdown just as they have in the US and China, analysts and industry watchers are now expecting overall growth in the sector to be in the mid-single-digits this year, down from almost 35% in 2019. For the two largest players in the space, Walmart-owned Flipkart […]