Big Data

Big tech data centres spark worry over water scarcity in the US

As demand for cloud computing grows, the world's biggest tech companies are building more data centers, including in arid regions even though they use vast amounts of water per day

'Chinese surveillance state's depth can't be underestimated': Prof behind revelations on tracking of top leaders

Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co. Limited, a Shenzen-based company, is monitoring over 10,000 prominent people and organisations in India, a report in The Indian Express said

Exclusive: Govt wants unrestricted access to non-personal data of citizens from e-commerce, social media companies

Looks to peek into data with internet and brick-and-mortar firms on demand.

Narendra Modi asks CAG to develop innovative methods to check frauds in govt departments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked auditor CAG to develop technical tools to check fraud in government departments and play a role in making India a $5 trillion economy

Exponential technologies such as AI, ML, Industry 4.0 critical for transforming businesses

India is becoming an integral part of the global digital value chain and is also emerging as one of the largest suppliers of digital talent

Growing adoption of big Data, analytics and artificial intelligence to push India's cloud market to $7 bn by 2022: Nasscom

The report titled 'Cloud – Next Wave of Growth in India', said cloud spending in 2018 was estimated to be about six percent of the total IT spending

India is likely to generate over 14 lakh new IT jobs by 2027: Report

Apparently, there will be a whopping 46% growth in jobs primarily driven by essential digital transformation skills.

Does a machine-colonised future await Indian youth in the era of Industry 4.0?

Industry 4.0 moves brusquely into India without moderation and qualification by academic reflection.

Indian student in US creates a space-detecting algorithm to tackle parking issues

Sai Nikhil Reddy Mettupally at University of Alabama used big data analytics to tackle parking issues.

Police arrest 24 people for duping several US citizens posing as Microsoft staff

This was possible with the real-time monitoring of cyber crimes by Microsoft's Digital Crime.