Hackers are stealing digital data and selling it in underground markets. Identity theft is carried out by planting malware in the victim’s computer. AIIMS Delhi recently faced a cyber-attack that compromised the sensitive information of millions of patients. Sensitive data from at least five million people worldwide, including 6 lakh Indians, was hacked and sold on the bot market. According to reports, nearly 12% of all data sold in bot markets so far belongs to Indian users, making India one of the worst affected countries by cyber identity theft. According…
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Top 5 Advanced Humanoid robots
Humanoid robotics is a new and challenging research field that has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Humanoid robots, despite being one of the smallest groups on the market today, have the greatest potential to become the future industrial tool and will continue to play a central role in robotics research and many 21st-century applications. Understanding human-like information processing and the human brain’s underlying mechanisms in dealing with the real world is one of the common issues addressed in humanoid robotics. They are currently expected to serve as…
Read MoreLegal-tech startup Amikus AI raises over Rs 96 lakh in a pre-Seed round
AI-powered legal-tech startup Amikus AI said it has raised over Rs 96 lakh in a Pre-Seed funding round The funds raised will be utilized to expand the product team, including employing more front-end, back-end, and machine-learning developers. AI-powered legal-tech startup Amikus AI said it has raised over Rs 96 lakh in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), a Gurugram-based angel investment firm. According to the startup, The funds raised will be utilized to expand the product team, including employing more front-end, back-end, and machine-learning developers. Founded…
Read MoreEd-tech startup Vedantu fires 385 more employees, sacks over 1000 in 2022
Vedantu has reportedly laid off 385 employees. Vedantu is conducting fourth round of layoffs this year. Vedantu’s current workforce stands at slightly over 3300. The Indian ed-tech startup picture is currently facing challenges, with layoffs occurring on a regular basis. The most recent one comes from Vedantu, a well-known educational technology company. According to reports, the company has laid off 385 employees, or slightly more than 11% of its workforce, in the fourth round of layoffs this year. This brings the total number of layoffs at the ed-tech firm this…
Read MoreTelegram now lets new users sign up with anonymous number
WhatsApp and Signal require personal mobile numbers to log into the platform. Telegram says users can log in without their numbers. But they’ll need to purchase an anonymous phone number on Fragment. Telegram, WhatsApp’s rival, has announced an update that will allow new users to sign up without a SIM card. According to the company, the feature prioritises privacy, and users can log in with a blockchain-powered anonymous number available on the Fragment platform. If users are not comfortable sharing their own phone numbers, they will need to purchase an…
Read MoreHealthKart raises $135M in a funding round led by Temasek
Health tech startup HealthKart has raised $135 million in a funding round led by Temasek, along with the participation from A91 Partners and Kae Capital. According to HealthKart, the raised capital will be used to build its direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, increase its offline distribution, expand international operations, and acquisitions. Last fortnight, the startup raised $65 million in a funding round from Temasek with the participation of A91 Partners, according to its regulatory filings. Founded in 2011 by Sameer Maheshwari and Prashant Tandon, Healthkart offers a variety of fitness products and…
Read MoreGoogle Is Shutting Down Duplex on the Web AI Service
Google is pulling the plug on its Duplex on the Web AI service The service Google is pulling the plug on its Duplex on the Web AI service Google has announced the closing of its Duplex on the Web service, an AI-powered tool launched in 2019 to assist customers with a variety of online tasks such as buying airline tickets or streamlining the check-in process for flights on airline websites. As originally reported by TechCrunch, Google has updated the Duplex on its Web support page. According to the page’s current…
Read MoreAdobe is the latest tech giant to cut jobs to reduce expenses
Adobe employed nearly 28,700 workers, as per the company’s Q3 2022. The company has fired nearly 100 employees, mainly from the sales team. Adobe says it is not doing companywide layoffs and it is still hiring for critical roles. Adobe reportedly laid off nearly 100 employees, the majority of whom worked in sales. The cuts were made to cut costs, though the magnitude is much smaller than the thousands of job losses at Amazon, Meta, and Twitter. According to the company’s financial report for the third quarter of 2022, it…
Read MoreHow to use ChatGPT AI chatbot on smartphones?
ChatGPT is built on the GPT-3 API and it can be used only via the OpenAI website. While many users are trying to integrate AI with other platforms, there hasn’t been any significant success in that regard. OpenAI has released a new AI called ChatGPT, which has gone viral around the world. The AI is designed in the form of a conversation. It can assist with a variety of tasks, including complex ones such as writing code and answering complex philosophical and emotional questions. The ChatGPT has yet to be…
Read MoreWill AI take over the world?
The year is 2035 and humanoid robots, powered by Artificial Intelligence, are part of everyday life. Detective Del Spooner hates robots because he was in a car accident and a robot saved him while leaving a 12-year-old girl to die despite the fact that her chances of survival were statistically lower than Detective Spooners. That’s a little backstory on the hero of Will Smith’s film I, Robot. These humanoids eventually band together in a plot to take over the world. The Future: AI’s Impact Is Everywhere Some sectors are at…
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