Tag: Technology

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella receives 63% pay increase for 2024

Satya Nadella's impressive stock awards highlight Microsoft's robust position in the burgeoning generative artificial intelligence sector, notably bolstered by its investment in OpenAI. (Image source: Stanford Graduate School of Business)

As Microsoft’s market value soars past $3 trillion, Nadella’s stock awards significantly boost his earnings, despite a dip in cash incentives linked to cybersecurity concerns.

TCS unveils NVIDIA Business Unit to drive AI adoption across industries

The company’s marketing excellence has also been a significant contributor to its brand value. TCS sponsors 14 major endurance running races worldwide, engaging over 600,000 runners annually.

The new division will utilize TCS’s global centers of excellence and investments in the NVIDIA AI platform, including NVIDIA AI Enterprise and NVIDIA Omniverse. It will provide tailored solutions for the manufacturing, BFSI, telecom, retail, and automotive sectors, supported by skilled professionals.

Google accuses Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud practices, files complaint to EU

Google further alleges that Microsoft has engaged in similar tactics with its collaboration application, Teams, effectively locking customers into using the application even when they prefer alternatives.

Google, whose cloud computing business competes directly with Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon Web Services, alleges that Microsoft is leveraging its dominant position in the Windows Server operating system to stifle competition.

GenAI demand skyrockets 411% globally since 2019; India leads in AI/ML job postings

This session will lead the discussion on the impact of AI-powered algorithms on news consumption and platform prioritization; the influence of AI on revenue models, personalized ad targeting and content recommendation systems.

As per Cornerstone’s SkyHive data, India led with 4.1 percent of its job postings focused on AI/ML and nearly 18 percent of data analytics jobs, reflecting its growing role in the global AI landscape between January and July 2024.

Simply Speaking: Shorts #2 – Cassandra revisited

Before the Trojan War, Cassandra warned that the Greeks would invade through a wooden horse and sack the city. Her warnings were ignored. Troy was gutted. (Image: diogo-nunes via Unsplash)

Being a Cassandra means possessing a keen insight or intuition about future events. Having the ability and gumption to issue warnings yet being ignored, dismissed, or disbelieved by others.

Leverage AI to Secure e-Services

The Delhi HC said that Wikipedia’s disclaimer that its content is based on secondary sources could not absolve it from the responsibility for what the users write on its pages. (Image: steve-johnson via Unsplash)

Public policy expert Deepak Maheshwari writes, enabling policy instruments, well-resourced public institutions and world-class infrastructure are essential for India’s transformation to ‘Viksit Bharat’.