February 7, 2025

These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda

Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating on X and elsewhere online, and they seem to be a big influence on Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency and its supporters as the group pursues cost-cutting measures across the federal government.  The payment reports have been…

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Spotify introduces new tech for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts

April 13, 2023

Spotify today is introducing new technology that will give radio broadcasters the ability to turn their existing audio content into podcasts, or what it’s calling “broadcast-to-podcast.” Based on IP Spotify acquired in late 2021 from an Australia-based podcast tech company Whooshkaa, the feature set will be integrated into Spotify’s enterprise podcast tech platform Megaphone, where it’s […]

Spotify introduces new tech for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Infosys and SAP together drive business innovation for clients

April 13, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch this engaging discussion between David Robinson, SVP and MD at SAP, and Vibhuti Dubey, SVP, service offering head, Global SAP Practice at Infosys, talk about the key innovations that Infosys and SAP are ushering in for clients who are creating…

Axis bank delights customers with a cloud-first approach to digital transformation

April 13, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Avinash Raghavendra, president and head of IT at Axis Bank, believes in leveraging a cloud-first architecture to digitalize its banking platform, with a focus on providing modern customer interfaces and next-gen products. Read about how Axis Bank took digital steps to…

The Download: EVs’ charging problem, and tackling climate change with heat

April 13, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. EVs just got a big boost. We’re going to need a lot more chargers. The US government is pushing for many more electric vehicles to hit the roads in the next few years.…

Protecting digital classes

April 13, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch this podcast featuring Infosys leader Mitrankur Majumdar and Lenny J. Schad, a K-12 technology leader, who discuss how educators often overlook the current risks and the need for cybersecurity in schools. Click here to continue.

Grooming cybersecurity sleuths with university education

April 13, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” A concerted effort to groom a new generation of cybersecurity experts can bridge the skill gap. University courses and certifications can help young graduates find a rewarding career in cybersecurity. Learn from Infosys and Purdue University about their efforts in creating…

This startup wants to train art-generating AI strictly on licensed images

April 13, 2023

Generative AI, particularly text-to-image AI, is attracting as many lawsuits as it is venture dollars. Two companies behind popular AI art tools, Midjourney and Stability AI, are entangled in a legal case that alleges they infringed on the rights of millions of artists by training their tools on web-scraped images. Separately, stock image supplier Getty Images […]

This startup wants to train art-generating AI strictly on licensed images by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

With Bedrock, Amazon enters the generative AI race

April 13, 2023

Amazon is throwing its hat into the generative AI ring. But rather than build AI models entirely by itself, it’s recruiting third parties to host models on AWS. AWS today unveiled Amazon Bedrock, which provides a way to build generative AI-powered apps via pretrained models from startups including AI21 Labs, Anthropic and Stability AI. Available […]

With Bedrock, Amazon enters the generative AI race by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Otterize raises $11.5M to help developers securely connect software services

April 13, 2023

Tomer Greenwald, Uri Sarid and Ori Shoshan, software developers by trade, found themselves building and configuring software authentication and authorization mechanisms repeatedly — each time with a different tech stack. Frustrated with the process, they sought to create a platform that enables developers to focus on writing code rather than on constantly configuring server permissions. […]

Otterize raises $11.5M to help developers securely connect software services by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch