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Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Tech giants partner with US govt to provide resources for COVID-19 research

3:28 pm March 23, 2020

Washington: US-based global tech giants, including IBM, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have partnered with the White House to “unleash the power of American supercomputing resources” for combating the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said. From volunteering to manufacturing masks and ventilators to ramping up production of essential medical supplies and general items, the country’s […]

3 IIT-R students get Rs 1.54 cr job offer from US firm

6:48 pm December 2, 2019

Roorkee (U’khand): Three students from IIT Roorkee have got job offers of Rs 1.54 crore per annum each from an American multinational company, the highest ever for any student at the premier engineering institute, officials said on Tuesday. The three B.Tech final year students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here are from the […]

Gmail, other Google services face outage

Google enters battle for cloud gaming market

11:20 am November 17, 2019

San Francisco: Ever-expanding Google becomes a gaming company Tuesday with the launch of its Stadia cloud service that lets people play console-quality video games on a web browser or smartphone. The internet giant hopes to break into the global video game industry expected to top USD 150 billion this year, with cloud technology that could […]

US, France to lead talks on a global digital tax

11:38 pm August 29, 2019

Paris: France and the United States agreed to take leading roles in talks aimed at reaching a deal on a global digital tax by mid-2020. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday that both countries will be working in a task force with the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Le Maire will […]

Brussels probes Google job search tool

8:15 pm August 28, 2019

Brussels: The European Commission said Wednesday it had begun a preliminary investigation into Google’s job search tool on competition grounds, having identified a conflict of interest. “With respect to Google Jobs, our preliminary investigation is ongoing,” a Commission spokesperson said, adding: “We cannot comment on or predict its timing or outcome. On Tuesday, Competition Commissioner […]