As part of its efforts toward building machines that learn like humans do, Facebook has announced a new project designed to automatically learn audio, textual, and visual representations from the data in publicly available videos…
White House acknowledges reports of cyberattack on U.S.…
Annette Riedl | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON – The Trump administration acknowledged reports on Sunday that a group backed by a foreign government carried out a cyberattack on the U.S. Treasury Department and a section of…
Amid pressure to catch up with Myntra &…
NEW DELHI: Saurabh Srivastava has taken over as the head of Amazon Fashion India after Arun Sirdeshmukh quit the company. “We confirm that Arun Sirdeshmukh, business head - Amazon Fashion India, has decided to move…
In a first, India located-jobs get higher pay…
Kolkata | New Delhi: India is beating the world at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this placement season. For the first time, final placements are seeing top salaries offered for India-located jobs shoot up 30-35…
SBI will prefer co-origination models of lending to…
New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI) will prefer the co-origination model to cater to the financing needs of MSMEs and collaboration with fintechs is a good idea as it helps in assessing the risk…
Tesla tells employees Model S and X production…
Kuka robots work on Tesla Model X in the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, on Thursday, July 26, 2018.Mason Trinca | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesTesla informed employees in its Fremont, California, factory on…
India offers ‘compelling investment opportunities’ says Canadian pension…
MUMBAI: Canadian pension funds are expected to increase their India allocation significantly in the next few years as the country offers many ‘compelling’ investment opportunities, says Mark Machin, president of Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board(CPPIB).…
Jeff Ubben bets on underperforming for-profit education stock
Jeffrey UbbenSource: BusinessWireActivist Jeff Ubben thinks the market is mistakenly underappreciating Strategic Education because it is a for-profit education company.His firm, Inclusive Capital, has a more than 5% stake in Strategic Education. Since early June,…
Investors look for long-term plan from Vedanta after…
Investors in Vedanta Resources Ltd. are turning their attention to the miner’s longer-term plan to streamline a complex group structure that has kept the parent from easily accessing cash at its units. Vedanta Resources, controlled…