Maharashtra forms panel to frame rules for app-based taxi services

IAS officer Sudhirkumar Shrivastava (retd) will be the chairman of the committee which will have to submit its report in the next three months, the order stated.

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I&B ministry, Amazon India ink pact to showcase Indian content to global audiences

Under the agreement, content from National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), International Film Festival of India (IFFI), and Doordarshan will be screened on Amazon's streaming platforms Amazon Prime and Amazon miniTV.

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Google says its AI supercomputer is faster, greener than Nvidia

Google has designed its own custom chip called the Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU. It uses those chips for more than 90% of the company's work on artificial intelligence training, the process of feeding data through models to make them useful at tasks like responding to queries with human-like text or generating images.

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Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs

The proposed class action, filed in San Francisco federal court, claims Twitter in November laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems Inc without the 60 days of advance notice required by US and California law.

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More wearables, hearables get India-made printed circuit boards

The wearables segment has seen rapid growth, clocking 46.9% year-on-year growth in 2022 as shipments reached 100 million, as per IDC India.

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Soaring staff costs may trim FY24 IT pay hikes to 8-­10%

Majority of the employees are expected to get the lower end of the range with stringent checks on contribution to business, experts added.

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Amazon lays off about 100 employees in its gaming divisions

Amazon has struggled to capitalize on its resources in gaming, including through its Crown channel, an entertainment show on the Twitch streaming service.

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