Captain Zoya Agarwal, 1st First Indian Woman Fly Aircraft Above North Pole
In 2021, Captain Zoya, an Air India pilot of aircraft Boeing-777, led the first all-women pilot team over the world’s longest…
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Apple Reaches $2 Trillion, Punctuating Big Tech’s Grip
It took Apple 42 years to reach $1 trillion in value. It took it just two more years to get to $2…
Don’t Dawdle With Latest Iphone Update. Here’s Why And How
(AP) — Apple regularly issues updates to the software powering the iPhone, and sometimes it’s OK to dawdle when it…
India Plans 1,000 Routes, 220 Airports By 2026
People will have more options to fly from one city to another as nearly 220 destinations including airports, heliports and…
Technology Promises To Change The Meaning Of Death — At Least For Some
When artificial kidneys were first used as a medical tool in 1945, it became unnervingly clear that human organs, until…
Dr. Anthony Fauci To Step Down In December After More Than 50 Years Of Public Service
Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the president and longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…
India Ranks Seventh In Digital Currency Ownership Worldwide: UN
The United Nations announced that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented rise in According to a report by the…
India Top Country Of Origin For Immigrant Founders Of US Unicorns
Over half of America’s start-ups (319 out of 582 or 55 per cent) valued at $1 billion or more have…
A Proactive Approach Toward Addressing The Challenges Of The Metaverse
The metaverse promises to connect devices to humans and humans to each other in ways that threatens to transform economic and social…
TiE-Boston Elects Tech Entrepreneur Yash Shah As 13th President
TiE Boston, one of the region’s largest and leading-edge organizations supporting the Massachusetts entrepreneurial ecosystem and connecting entrepreneurs, executives, and…
TiE-Boston Elects Tech Entrepreneur Yash Shah As 13th President
TiE Boston, one of the region’s largest and leading-edge organizations supporting the Massachusetts entrepreneurial ecosystem and connecting entrepreneurs, executives, and…
A Digital News Policy Overhaul In India
The government of India wants Big Tech majors Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian publishers and…
India Uniquely Placed To Take Advantage Of Phenomenal Changes In Tech, Trade, Skilled Manpower: Bimal Jalan
Very few developing countries are as well placed as India to take advantage of the phenomenal changes that have occurred…
Intel Offers Tech-Based Solutions To Tackle Road Safety Issues In India
Intel has partnered with leading technology and transportation providers, vehicle makers, academia, and government to collaborate and bring solutions to…
AI System May Have Its Own Feelings, Google Engineer Says
A Google engineer says one of the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems might have its own feelings and says its…
Amandeep Singh Gill Appointed As UN Envoy On Technology By Guterres
Former Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill has been named by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his envoy on technology to…
No New Petrol And Diesel Cars In Europe After 2035
Come 2035 and no new cars that run either on petrol or diesel will be allowed to be sold in…
Salil Parekh Reappointed As CEO and MD Of Infosys
In a major development, IT giant Infosys has reappointed Salil Parekh as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of…
Nand Mulchandani Named Chief Technology Officer Of CIA
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William J. Burns has announced the appointment of Nand Mulchandani to serve as the US…
India’s Attempt To Marry Biometric And Voter ID Databases
Over the past decade, the Indian government has assembled a sprawling biometric database designed to improve the delivery of social…
Biden Plans $3.1 Billion Investment For Electric Car Batteries
The Biden administration has announced it will begin a $3.1 billion plan to boost domestic manufacturing of batteries, in a…
Toyota To Invest $ 624 Million In India
Toyota Group plans to invest 48 billion Indian rupees ($624 million) to make electric vehicle components in India, as the…
Google Picks Archana Gulati As India Policy Head
Alphabet Inc’s Google has hired a new public policy head in India, Archana Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister…
Five Ways Elon Musk Can Transform Twitter
News that Elon Musk bought Twitter could usher in substantial changes for the social media platform. Given its influential role…
Nuclear Expert Cautions Against Unfamiliar New Nuclear Age
High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of ‘great power nuclear politics’, risk the world ‘sleepwalking’ into a nuclear…
Data Security: More Privacy On The Smartphone
Privacy on the smartphone is possible, as is shown by the Privacy Friendly Apps (PFAs) for Android: Together with students,…
Indians Continue Their Hold On H-1B Visas
Indians cornered nearly three-fourths of H-1B visas issued by the US to speciality foreign workers in 2021, continuing their stranglehold…
Sundar Pichai Announces $9.5 Bn For New Offices, Data Centres In US
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday announced to invest approximately $9.5 billion for new offices and data centres…
Hacking Attempts By Russian Spies Found By Microsoft
US tech giant Microsoft on Apr 8 said that it has disrupted Russian hackers who attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian media…
KTR, Telengana Minister Woos U.S. Life Sciences Companies, Ready To ‘Beat Any Offer’
Representatives of 18 biotechnology companies attended the roundtable meeting chaired by KT Rama Rao, Telangana information technology and industries minister,…
You Do Not Need Biopsies Anymore
Newswise — A Columbia Engineering team has developed a technology that could replace conventional biopsies and histology with real-time imaging within the…
Taking A Break From The Digital World Is Healthy
Technology has connected us in ways we never anticipated and made our lives more convenient. While technology definitely comes with…
Lenovo Appoints Ajay Sehgal To Lead India Commercial Business
Global PC brand Lenovo has appointed Ajay Sehgal as the Executive Director for India commercial business. Based in Mumbai, Sehgal0…
Indian American Kids-Led Trumbull Robotics Team Makes it to World Championship
Robolution 18366 is going to worlds! Team Robolution 18366 from Trumbull, CT is a robotics team is now all set…
Boditech Med, Global Point-Of-Care Testing Leader Expands Operations To North America
Boditech Med, a global leader in point-of-care testing with more than 90 biomarker products, has announced its plans to expand…
Microsoft To Invest Rs 15,000 Crore In Hyderabad Data Center
Software giant Microsoft will set up its largest data centre in India at Hyderabad with an investment of Rs 15,000…
Engineers’ Organization And Northwestern University Host Event For Students
Northwestern University’s Master of Engineering Management Student Advisory Board (SAB) and the American Association of Engineers of India Origin (AAEIO)…
TiE Boston Turns 25
TiE Boston, one of the region’s largest organizations supporting the Massachusetts entrepreneurial ecosystem and connecting entrepreneurs, executives, and venture capitalists,…
Sundar Pichai Unveils $100 Million Google Career Certificates Fund
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced a new $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund to prepare a skilled…
ASEI To Honor Engineers, Scientists And Community Leaders At Its 34th National Convention Finale Awards Event
American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) is hosting the awards event for its 34th Annual National Convention focusing…
Dignity In A Digital Age: Making Tech Work For All Of Us
Digital technology has transformed virtually every aspect of human existence. We have online education, telemedicine, remote work, and e-commerce. Many…
ASEI’s 34th National Convention On Sustainable Technology Innovations Held
Fremont, California: The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) hosted its 34th National Convention focusing on Sustainable Technology…
Indian Union Budget Reveals Importance Of Cryptocurrency
At last, it is a piece of surprising news that Digital currency is also being introduced in the Indian fiduciary…
Satya Nadella Ranked Top Among CEOs In Brand Finance List
The Brand Finance Brand Guardianship Index has ranked Microsoft boss, Satya Nadella, as the top CEO in the world. Nadella,…
Hitting Net-Zero Without Stopping Flying
One of the largest producers of carbon emissions is air travel, yet many view flying as a necessary enabler of…
US Embassy Greets Jaffrey, Nadella And Pichai For Padma Awards
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who were recently named for Padma Bhushan, responded to the development…
India Now 2nd Largest Mobile Handset Manufacturer In The World
Amitabh Kant, CEO at NITI Aayog has informed that India has emerged as the second largest manufacturer of mobile handsets…
Expert CEO Forum at 15th AAPI Global Healthcare Summit 2022 in Hyderabad Urges Modi Govt. to Appoint an Indian Preventive Task Force (IPTF) and Conduct Annual Preventive Healthcare Screenings Nationwide.
Hyderabad: January 18th, 2022: The Healthcare industry in India and worldwide is rapidly changing, leading to many describing the healthcare…
Apple Helping Indian Kids Learn Art Of Storytelling Via Iphone Camera
Storytelling via photography is an art mastered over the ages and now, young children are being empowered with art by…
Raghavendra Rathore, First Designer To Use NFTS For A Cause
Few people are aware that Raghavendra Rathore studied robotics and created electrical circuits with sensors that mirrored human behaviour. A…
Who’s Got Your Mail? Google And Microsoft, Mostly
Top providers and the number and percentage of domains using these companies in different sets of domain names Newswise —…
Why Indian-Born CEOs Dominate Silicon Valley
Parag Agrawal, who was appointed this week as Twitter’s CEO, has joined at least a dozen other Indian-born techies in…
Youngest CEO of Fortune 500 Company, Parag Agrawal To Lead Twitter
On Day 1 of Parag Agrawal’s new job as CEO of Twitter, congressional Republicans took a tweet he had posted…
Indian Army’s ‘STRIKE’ For Ladakh-Like High-Altitude Areas
The Indian Army is on the lookout for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) to assist infantry troops in high-altitude areas with…
Fisker Unveils ‘World’s Most Sustainable Vehicle’ As Electric Vehicle Competition Heats Up
It seems among the investor community, all everyone talks about are the EV (electric vehicle) stocks – and only the…
Web3: Is it the Internet of the future or just a buzzword?
There’s a buzzword that tech, crypto and venture-capital types have become infatuated with lately. Conversations are now peppered with it,…
Indian American Hotmail Founder Launches A New Social Video App – Showreel
Sabeer Bhatia, the man who played a significant role in making email the default communication medium it is now, wants…
Apple’s Autonomous Car Could Debut In 2025
Apple is accelerating the development of its electric car and is refocusing the project around full autonomous capabilities, Bloomberg reported….
Building Road At 19,024 Feet In Ladakh Gets Guinness Recognition
Construction and black topping the world’s highest motorable road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla Pass in Ladakh has earned the…
AAEIO To Host A Technical And Start-Up Business Conference In April 2022
American Association of Engineers of Indian Origin (AAEIO) will host a Technical and Start-up Business conference in April 2022 to…
Artificial Intelligence – Friend or Foe?
Artificial Intelligence(AI) is an overused term today and as with any ubiquitous technology it is either loved or feared. Why…
Artificial Intelligence Can Predict The Future Of The Earth
Newswise — AI offers additional possibilities, greater accuracy for climate models. Computer simulations that scientists use to understand the evolution of…
The Golden Temple Goes Solar Powered
With the financial assistance of the US-based United Sikh Mission, a 525 KW capacity solar power plant was commissioned in…
APPLE Showcases Women Techies Of Indian Origin On World Stage
It was Indian-origin women techies’ turn to take the centre-stage as Apple unveiled its next line-up of products, including an…
Design Thinking And User Experience Design For Innovation Highlighted At ASEI’s Design Summit
The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) convened a Design Summit with several academics, authors, speakers and practitioners…
Astronaut Raja Chari Led Crew-3 Mission To Launch On Oct 31
Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari is in the thick of training for a mission to space launching at the end of…
TiECON East Hosts a Successful In-Person Business Conference
TiECON East, the largest entrepreneurial conference in New England, broke the COVID-19 pandemic spell in Boston and successfully held a…
Do You Know The Number Of Nuclear Weapons In US Stockpile?
In a reversal from the Trump administration, the State Department revealed the number of nuclear weapons in the US stockpile…
Making Self-Driving Cars Human-Friendly
Newswise — Automated vehicles could be made more pedestrian-friendly thanks to new research which could help them predict when people…
Are You Addicted To Technology?
Newswise — During the COVID-19 shutdown, many people increasingly turned to technology for entertainment and information, a trend that raises…
India’s Digital Health ID And You
The newly launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will involve a unique health ID for every citizen. How will it help…
Nita Patel Elected President of IEEE Computer Society
Nita Patel, P.E, senior director at the Engineering Lead Design Center-Farmington at Otis, an IEEE Foundation director, and a mentor…
AAEIO Inaugural Gala Held In Chicago
American Association of Engineers of Indian Origin (AAEIO) organized its inaugural gala to celebrate its official launch on September 26,…
Whatsapp CEO Says, India’s New IT Guidelines Are Regressive
As India tightens its stand on the social media platforms, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp’s CEO Will Cathcart has said that…
Facial Recognition Expanded In India While Concerns Over Lack Of Law Protecting Data Grows
Recently across some of India’s busiest airports and train stations, facial recognition technology (FRT) software systems are being hooked up…
2 Billion Google Chrome Users Accounts Potential For Hacks
Google Chrome has over two billion users worldwide and dominates the web browser market. But this also makes it the prime…
In Efforts To Control Media, India Considers Single Law To Supervise All Media
The Union government is considering a super legislation for all traditional and digital media companies so as to ensure a…
Why Hospitals And Healthcare Organizations Need To Take Cybersecurity More Seriously
The fuel shortages and rising gas prices generated by the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in May foreshadow the disastrous and…
Biden’s New Policy Will Ensure 50% Of Vehicles Sold In US By 2030 Are Electric
President Biden announced on August 5th a multistep strategy aimed at rapidly shifting Americans from gasoline-powered cars and trucks toward…
India’s Chennai Turning into a Data Center Hub
Tamil Nadu’s capital city Chennai after being the ‘Detroit’ of India for housing several automobile makers is turning out to…
Apple To Scan U.S. iPhones For Images Of Child Sexual Abuse
Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but…
Facebook Has New Redesigned Settings Page On Mobile
Facebook is changing its Settings page on the mobile app. The new layout will help people easily find tools they…
India Has 52,391 Startups And 53 Unicorns
India’s startup ecosystem, which is widely considered as the third largest globally, has a total of 52,391 recognised entities as…
Ayurveda Tech Platform Nirogstreet Secures Funding Of $2.5 Million
NirogStreet, India’s first technology-led Ayurveda doctor platform, has secured $2.5 million in Series A funding from a series of investors…
Immunovant Receives $200 Million Strategic Investment from Roivant Sciences Proceeds will fund continued development of IMVT-1401 in multiple indications
Immunovant, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMVT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on enabling normal lives for people with autoimmune diseases, today announced…
Elon Musk Blames India’s High Import Duties As A Challenge To Bring Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that its electric vehicle (EV) company wants to launch cars in India, but the country’s…
India Among Top 10 Countries In Pharma, Healthcare
India is among the top 10 countries in pharma and healthcare sector with exponential growth recorded in the last five…
New Type Of Wireless Charger Can Charge Multiple Devices Simultaneously
Newswise — Mobile phones and tablets have allowed us to stay in touch regardless of our location, yet they still…
Andy Jassy To Be Amazon CEO As Jeff Bezos Steps Down
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will leave his post later this year, turning the helm over to the company’s top cloud…
Ransomware By Hackers Impacts Hundreds of US Companies
A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose…
Bipartisan Senators Reach $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Deal
President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators announced last week they had reached a framework $1.2 trillion infrastructure…
Anant Agarwal Founded & Harvard-MIT Venture Edx, Acquired By 2U For $800 Million In Cash
2U, Inc., a global leader in education technology, and edX, a leading online learning platform and education marketplace, announced they…
Web Resources To Prevent Youth Radicalization
Newswise — New tools to help parents and educators protect vulnerable young people from online radicalization were released today by…
Google’s First Transparency Report Under The New IT Rules In India
Google has published its first transparency report under the new Information Technology (IT) Rules 2021. It has published the report…
US Court Dismisses FTC Lawsuit Against Facebook
Just two weeks into her tenure as chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan has been handed her…
CEO Satya Nadella Elected Chair Of Microsoft Board of Trustees
Microsoft has elected Satya Nadella as Chairman of the tech giant, the first in two decades when Microsoft’s chairman will…
Modi Delivers Keynote Address At The 5th Edition Of Vivatech
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered the keynote address at the 5th edition of VivaTech today via video conference….
While Jeff Bezos Plans Trip To Space, 59,000 People Sign Petition To Stop Him From Returning To Earth
Days after billionaire Jeff Bezos announced he would be flying to space, multiple petitions have been launched to prevent the…
Facebook To Help Affordable, Fast Internet Access In India
In a bid to expand affordable internet access for the public, Facebook India on Tuesday announced new partnerships with internet…
Colonial Pipeline CEO Defends Paying Ransom Amid Cyberattack
Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount made no apologies for his decisions to abruptly halt fuel distribution for much of the…