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  • Foxconn to start manufacturing iPhones in Karnataka by April 2024

    Taiwanese electronics contract producer Foxconn plans to start manufacturing iPhone items by April 2024 at its proposed Devanahalli plant in Bengaluru.

    The Karnataka authorities would hand over the required land to the corporate by July 1, mentioned MB Patil, the State’s Minister for Large and Medium Industries.

    The firm has already paid 30 per cent of the price of the land (₹90 crore) to the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB).

    It goals to full the challenge in three phases and has set a goal of manufacturing 20 million items yearly, mentioned the federal government.

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    “The recognized 300 acres of land at ITIR of Devanahalli can be handed over by July 1. Along with this, the federal government would guarantee offering 5 mld of water, high quality energy provide, street connectivity and different infrastructure services. The firm has been requested to present the small print of the ability units it seeks in staff. Accordingly, steps might be taken to facilitate coaching programmes for eligible candidates to make them employable,” Patil mentioned.

    Foxconn representatives George Chu  Paul Liu, Tonn Liu, Simon Song and Bharath Dandi met with Patil and the brand new IT/BT Minister Priyanka Kharge, on Thursday in Bengaluru. It is claimed that the ₹13,600-crore challenge is predicted to create 50,000 job alternatives.

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  • Karnataka HC dismisses Twitter’s plea with Rs 50L cost

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    The Karnataka High Court dismissed Twitter’s petition difficult the blocking orders issued by the Central authorities and imposed a advantageous of Rs 50 lakh on the microblogging platform. The court docket deemed Twitter’s petition to be with out advantage.

    Justice Krishna S. Dixit, heading the bench, ordered Twitter to pay the exemplary prices of Rs 50 lakh to the Karnataka Legal Services Authority inside 45 days. Additionally, a penalty of Rs 5,000 per day could be incurred for any delay in fee.

    The bench remarked that Twitter had not supplied ample causes for not complying with the central authorities’s blocking calls for. It emphasised that Twitter, being a billionaire firm, was not an atypical particular person or farmer.

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    The bench expressed settlement with the submissions made by the Union of India, citing legal guidelines from varied international locations, together with the United States, Australia, and Canada, in addition to judgments from English courts and the Indian Supreme Court, concerning the far-reaching penalties of tweets.

    The Karnataka High Court delivered its ruling on Friday, responding to Twitter’s petition difficult the blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Twitter argued that these orders, issued below the IT Act, displayed an extreme train of energy and have been disproportionate.

    The microblogging platform claimed that the Ministry had served a discover warning of extreme penalties, together with legal proceedings, for non-compliance with the blocking orders. Twitter contended that the Ministry failed to offer causes for blocking particular accounts, as required by the principles.

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    Previously, the Karnataka High Court had issued a discover to the Central authorities concerning the blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for practically 1,100 Twitter accounts.

    The order was issued after senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, representing Twitter, argued that the continued blocking would outcome within the closure of Twitter’s complete enterprise. According to the principles, causes for blocking accounts have to be recorded and supplied to the microblogging platform, a requirement that’s at present not being fulfilled, Rohatgi argued.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Realme launches 11 Pro Series 5G smartphones starting at ₹23,999

    Smartphone maker Realme on Thursday stated that the corporate is eyeing to change into primary within the mid-premium handsets, particularly with its Number Series, within the subsequent 5 years.

    The firm has launched 11 Pro Series 5G, the latest addition to the flagship Number Series starting at ₹23,999.

    The 11 Pro Series 5G introduces two smartphones — the 11 Pro+ 5G and the 11 Pro 5G. The 11 Pro+ 5G is out there in two variants – at ₹27,999 (8GB+128GB) and ₹29,999 (12GB+256GB).

    The Pro 5G is out there in three variants starting at ₹23,999 (8GB+128GB), ₹24,999 (8GB+256GB), and ₹27,999 (12GB+256GB). The sale of the smartphones will begin from June 15 (Pro+ 5G) and 16 (Pro 5G), respectively.

    “The Realme Number Series, has been adored by customers worldwide, with over 50 million customers globally and 32 million customers in India, and the quantity is growing considerably,” the corporate stated.

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    “The Number Series has constantly pushed boundaries, setting new benchmarks within the smartphone trade and our aim is to change into the primary smartphone sequence within the mid-premium section inside the subsequent 5 years,” Sreehari, Product Manager at Realme India stated right here at the launch.

    For the Realme 11 Pro Series 5G, Realme Design Studios has collaborated with the famend former Gucci print and textile designer, Matteo Menotto, he stated including that by way of this collaboration, Realme has aimed to infuse the essence of sophistication and craftsmanship.

    “The realme 11 Pro Series 5G continues this legacy, offering our customers with a leap-forward expertise that exceeds their expectations. We are thrilled to carry this exceptional smartphone to our prospects and invite them to embark on a rare journey with realme,” he stated.

    “Our Realme Number Series has garnered immense admiration and love from our customers in India in addition to globally, since its inception. With the dedication to offering customers with leap-forward know-how, now we have continually pushed our boundaries towards innovation with cutting-edge options, distinctive efficiency, and design,” Sreehari added.

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    The Realme 11 Pro Series 5G, flagship disruptor with pro-level 200 MP SuperZoom Camera takes a major leap ahead in know-how, providing customers an elevated stage of efficiency, cutting-edge options, groundbreaking improvements, and an immersive consumer expertise, the corporate stated.

    The 11 Pro+ 5G smartphone helps 100W SuperVOOC charging know-how, which, mixed with its 5000mAh battery capability, provides prolonged utilization time and fast-charging capabilities, permitting the smartphone to cost as much as 100 per cent capability in simply 26 minutes, it added.

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  • WhatsApp’s much-awaited feature coming soon; beta gets option to send high-quality videos

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    Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a brand new feature on Android beta, which permits customers to send high-quality videos.

    Beta customers will see a brand new button inside the drawing editor which can enable them to send high-quality videos, reviews WABetaData.

    While this feature preserves video dimensions, minor compression will nonetheless be utilized to the video, thus sending videos of their authentic high quality is just not attainable.

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    The default option will all the time be ‘Standard high quality’ for all videos, subsequently, customers have to choose the high-quality option each time they need to send a video with higher high quality.

    The new option solely seems when the customers choose a large-size video.

    A tag shall be added to the message bubble when sending a video with the high-quality option to inform the recipient that the video is shipped utilizing this feature.

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    This feature is just not out there when sharing videos via standing updates.

    The capability to send videos in high-quality is at the moment rolling out to some beta testers that set up the newest replace of WhatsApp beta for Android, and is anticipated to roll out to extra customers over the coming weeks, the report mentioned.

    Meanwhile, earlier this month, it was reported that the messaging platform was rolling out a brand new feature on Android and iOS beta, which permits customers to send high-definition pictures.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Apple to shift 18 per cent of global iPhone production to India by FY25: Report

    Apple is predicted to transfer not less than 18 per cent of its global iPhone manufacturing to India by FY25, in accordance to an evaluation by Bank of America. These estimates are based mostly on the targets dedicated by Apple’s contract producers, Wistron, Foxconn and Pegatron, below India’s production-linked incentive scheme for cellphones. 

    General coverage relaxations to assist open branded retailers and shops in India, as well as to the manufacturing push, is predicted to enhance home demand for iPhones as properly. At current India contributes to 3.6 per cent of Apple’s global iPhone gross sales, which might rise to over 5 per cent after CY25, in accordance to the Bank of America report. 

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    “India’s focused insurance policies are capitalising on this chance: inside simply two years of the PLI scheme, iPhones’ exports from India scaled up to Rs 400 billion (~US$5bn) in FY23 vs Rs 110 billion in FY22 and would speed up additional because it has already reached a run-rate of $1 billion of exports per month since February 2023. Apple manufactures the most recent fashions of iPhones in India, an indication of rising confidence in India’s potential to be one of the big manufacturing locations, because it goals to diversify manufacturing outdoors China,” the report added. 

    Apple and Samsung, that are the main manufacturers within the premium cell section, have been the most important beneficiaries of the cell PLI. At current, Apple and Samsung contribute 80 per cent of India’s cell exports. 

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    The report additionally noticed that the ramp-up in cell phone manufacturing has not been adopted by a proportionate rise in home worth addition. “India’s DVA ratio inside electronics exports at 18 per cent lags friends China (38 per cent) and Vietnam (24 per cent). According to our checks, the DVA ratio for cellphones is 12-15 per cent for premium telephones (priced at >Rs30k) and 18-20 per cent for mid-range telephones,” the report mentioned. 

    “Despite the criticism, we consider India is rightly prioritising scale within the preliminary years versus an emphasis on home worth add (DVA) ratio. Successful examples of China and Vietnam vindicate this technique: DVA ratio for each international locations fell sharply in preliminary years as they liberalised imports and focused meeting operations to acquire scale. As scale reached an inflection level, each scale and DVA ratio rose thereafter, implying a symbiotic relation,” the report concluded. 

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    In the medium time period, it can’t be anticipated that India can localise its premium smartphone provide chain.

  • OpenAI sued for ‘stealing data’ from public without consent to train ChatGPT

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    Sam Altman-run OpenAI has been sued in a class-action lawsuit within the US for allegedly stealing knowledge from the public to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT.

    The lawsuit, filed within the Northern District of California, alleged that OpenAI used “stolen knowledge to train and develop” its merchandise together with ChatGPT 3.5, ChatGPT 4, DALL-E, and VALL-E.

    According to the 157-page go well with, OpenAI used stolen non-public data, together with personally identifiable data, from tons of of thousands and thousands of web customers, “together with kids of all ages, without their knowledgeable consent or information”.

    Furthermore, the corporate “proceed to unlawfully acquire and feed further private knowledge from thousands and thousands of unsuspecting customers worldwide, far in extra of any moderately authorised use, so as to proceed growing and coaching the merchandise”.

    The lawsuit cited a press release from OpenAI CEO Altman: “AI will in all probability most probably lead to the top of the world, however within the meantime, there will be nice firms.”

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    OpenAI merchandise and the expertise on which they’re constructed have the potential to do a lot good on the planet, like aiding life-saving scientific analysis and ushering in discoveries that may enhance lives of thousands and thousands of individuals.

    With that potential in thoughts, OpenAI was initially based as a nonprofit analysis organisation with a single mission: to create and guarantee synthetic intelligence can be used for the advantage of humanity.

    “But in 2019, OpenAI abruptly restructured itself, growing a for-profit enterprise that might pursue industrial alternatives of staggering scale,” mentioned the lawsuit.

    As a results of the restructuring, OpenAI deserted its authentic targets and rules, electing as an alternative to pursue revenue on the expense of privateness, safety, and ethics.

    “It doubled down on a technique to secretly harvest huge quantities of private knowledge from the web, together with non-public data and personal conversations, medical knowledge, details about kids — primarily each piece of knowledge exchanged on the web it might take — without discover to the homeowners or customers of such knowledge, a lot much less with anybody’s permission,” the class-action lawsuit argued.

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    OpenAI didn’t instantly touch upon the lawsuit.

    Earlier this month, Microsoft-backed OpenAI was sued by a radio host within the US.

    Mark Walters sued the corporate after ChatGPT talked about that Walters had been accused of defrauding and embezzling funds from a non-profit organisation.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Google may start smartphone production in India

    Google is in talks with contract producers in order to maneuver some production of Pixel smartphones to India. The seemingly candidates bidding to assemble Pixel telephones in India embrace Foxconn (BharatFIH), Lava and Dixon Technologies. 

    Google has been making an attempt to maneuver its production from China because the finish of the Covid-19 pandemic. It solidified plans to maneuver production away from China to Vietnam final 12 months. However, similar to Apple, Google hopes to capitalise on India’s beneficial polices for smartphone production. 

    At least three sources have confirmed with businessline that Google is in talks with varied suppliers. In reality, Google had spoken to suppliers in India in 2021 and 2022 as nicely, when Foxconn was prone to win the bid. However, these plans didn’t materialise at the moment. 

    The Indian authorities is intent on attracting know-how firms transferring away from China because of geopolitical uncertainties. During Sunder Pichai’s go to final December, the potential of “made in India,” Google Pixel telephones was a key focus for the federal government. 

    If talks with suppliers in India materialise, Google would be the third main world gadget participant to make use of India as an export-oriented manufacturing hub. Apple and Samsung are already planning to shift a major chunk of their production to India. Apple plans to shift 18 per cent of its production to India by 2025. 

    By regionally producing telephones in the nation, Google may additionally enhance gross sales for its smartphones in India. Google’s high-end smartphone has not carried out nicely in India, and it has skipped launching the flagship variations of its cellphone in India for the previous three years, as a substitute specializing in serving the market with the mid-range a-series line-up. By producing telephones regionally, Google would keep away from the heavy import obligation levied by India on imported smartphones.

    Google shipped round 9 million Pixel smartphones final 12 months, based on Counterpoint Research. A Bloomberg report stated the discussions in India underscore Google’s plans to maneuver production past China and Vietnam. Local meeting may assist Pixel gross sales as India is a key development marketplace for Google’s companies, and if the cellphone effort is profitable, Google may additionally transfer production of different {hardware} similar to audio system to India, Bloomberg stated

    India almost doubled smartphone exports in FY23 to over $11 billion, with the vast majority of export worth coming from world smartphone makers. Apple exported nearly $5 billion from India in FY23, with Samsung following shut behind. Global smartphone makers have been among the largest beneficiaries of the cell PLI, and have additionally contributed probably the most to total production numbers for the nation.

    However, whereas the numbers look rosy for cell production, Indian economist, Raghuram Rajan just lately identified that in a bid to push cell production, we’d have change into extra depending on the import of parts. The mixed internet imports rose from $12.7 billion in FY17 to $21.3 billion in FY23.

  • Internet shutdowns in Manipur, Punjab cost Indian economy $1.9 bn: Report

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    Recent web shutdowns in Manipur and Punjab cost the Indian economy an estimated $1.9 billion, a lack of practically $118 million in international funding and practically 21,268 job losses, a report confirmed on Thursday.

    India’s common use of web shutdowns as a device to keep up public order provides India a shutdown threat of 16 per cent thus far this 12 months, one of many highest in the world as of 2023, in keeping with the NetLoss calculator, a brand new device by non-profit organisation The Internet Society.

    Hosted on the Internet Society’s Pulse Platform, the device measures the financial impression of Internet shutdowns world wide.

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    Internet shutdowns globally reached a file excessive in 2022, with governments world wide ordering Internet entry and providers to be restricted or blocked throughout civil unrest, faculty exams, and through elections, which resulted in main financial penalties.

    “The world rise in Internet shutdowns reveals that governments proceed to disregard the unfavorable penalties of undermining the open, accessible, and safe nature of the worldwide Internet,” mentioned Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO of The Internet Society.

    According to the report, governments typically mistakenly imagine that Internet shutdowns will quell unrest, cease the unfold of misinformation, or cut back hurt from cybersecurity threats.

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    However, shutdowns are extraordinarily disruptive to financial exercise: they halt e-commerce, generate losses in time-sensitive transactions, improve unemployment, interrupt business-customer communications, and create monetary and reputational dangers for firms.

    “They additionally damage a rustic’s development as analysis reveals Internet adoption positively impacts Gross Domestic Product (GDP),” the report famous.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Musk celebrates 52nd birthday as he prepares for cage fight with Zuckerberg

    Elon Musk celebrates 52nd birthday as he prepares for cage fight with Zuckerberg







    Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the proprietor of massive firms likeTesla, SpaceX and Twitter, is celebrating his 52nd birthday on Wednesday as he prepares for a cage fight with Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

    Musk’s followers took to Twitter to want him on the event.

    “Happy Birthday Elon Musk. Work onerous like each waking hour, that is the factor I might say, significantly if you happen to’re beginning an organization,” Tesla Owners Silicon Valley tweeted on Wednesday.

    “Wish you an important birthday bro @elonmusk, a great deal of kids, loads of time to construct rocketships, and DOGE coin at 1 greenback,” a person stated.

    Another person wrote, “Happy Birthday @elonmusk I paid $4 to subscribe to you so purchase your self one thing good with it”.

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    Now, relating to the cage fight with Zuck, Musk lately tweeted that he can be “up for a cage match” with Zuckerberg.

    In response, the CEO of Meta posted a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “ship me location”.

    Now, some photos of Musk engaged in “an impromptu coaching session” have surfaced on the Internet.

    Lex Fridman, Host of Lex Fridman Podcast, Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on Twitter, shared photos of training with Musk.

    “I did an impromptu coaching session with @elonmusk for a number of hours yesterday. I’m extraordinarily impressed with his energy, energy, and ability, on the ft and on the bottom. It was epic. It’s actually inspiring to see Elon and Mark doing martial arts, however I believe the world is served much better in the event that they practice martial arts however not fight within the cage,” Fridman tweeted.

    “That stated, as Elon says, essentially the most entertaining consequence is the almost definitely… I’m there for them, it doesn’t matter what,” he added.

    These photos come simply days after a video of Mark Zuckerberg’s Jiu-Jitsu coaching went viral on social media.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Oracle introduces generative AI capabilities to boost HR productivity

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    Cloud main Oracle on Wednesday launched generative AI-powered capabilities inside Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) resolution to assist boost HR productivity for enterprises.

    Supported by the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) generative AI service, the brand new capabilities are embedded in present HR processes to drive sooner enterprise worth, enhance productivity, improve the candidate and worker expertise, and streamline HR processes.

    The transfer will assist enterprises streamline HR processes for candidates, staff, managers, and recruiters.

    “With the brand new embedded generative AI capabilities in Oracle Cloud HCM, our prospects can be ready to reap the benefits of massive language fashions to drastically scale back the time required to full duties, enhance the worker expertise, improve the accuracy of workforce insights, and in the end improve enterprise worth,” stated Chris Leone, government vp, functions improvement, Oracle Cloud HCM.

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    With Oracle Cloud HCM, prospects use their very own information to refine fashions for his or her particular enterprise wants – every buyer’s devoted generative AI fashions are solely tuned on the shopper’s personal proprietary information.

    By giving prospects management of the information utilized by generative AI, Oracle helps preserve delicate and proprietary info secure.

    According to Deepa Param Singhal, vp functions, Oracle India, regardless of important strides within the enterprise panorama, a number of HR challenges persist in enterprises, hindering their capability to create an environment friendly work atmosphere for his or her staff.

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    “As we transfer ahead into an more and more digital period, our generative AI embedded Oracle Cloud HCM will emerge as an clever device that’s set to elevate worker expertise by equipping staff with in-built fashionable, clever instruments and options that may automate mundane every day duties,” stated Singhal.

    Natively constructed for the cloud, Oracle Cloud HCM is an entire resolution connecting each human useful resource course of from rent to retire.

    (With inputs from IANS)