Technology

China just set up a new bureau to mine data for economic growth

March 15, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. China’s annual, week-long parliamentary meeting just ended on Monday. Apart from confirming President Xi Jinping for a historic third term and appointing a new batch of other top leaders, the government also approved a restructuring…

Torch is building solar-powered outdoor sensors to spot wildfires early

March 15, 2023

The Nest Protect is the single best piece of smart home hardware I’ve ever purchased. Not everything in your home would benefit from being connected, but smoke detectors really do. They go a long way toward providing peace of mind when you’re away from home. Hopefully you’ll never need it, but if you do, it […]

Torch is building solar-powered outdoor sensors to spot wildfires early by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots

March 15, 2023

When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no automation at all.”  To help address the problem, Aso co-founded LexxPluss, a now two-year-old, Japan-based startup that designs and develop autonomous mobile robots to transport […]

LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery

March 15, 2023

HealthPlix, an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country and allow more doctors to utilize its software to offer improved care to their patients. In India, roughly 300,000 doctors practice medicine regularly. However, this […]

India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

GPT-4 is bigger and better than ChatGPT—but OpenAI won’t say why

March 14, 2023
OpenAI has finally unveiled GPT-4, the San Francisco-based company’s next-generation large language model. Its last surprise hit, ChatGPT, was always going to be a hard act to follow, but the company has made GPT-4 even bigger and better. Yet how much bigger and why it’s better, OpenAI won’t say. GPT-4 is the most secretive release…

SAP and Infosys collaborate to make the world a better place through sustainability

March 14, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Christian Butzlaff, chief sustainability solution architect at SAP, and Aryesh Kumar from Infosys, discuss how SAP and Infosys are collaborating on sustainability to help organizations improve their business processes and accelerate their journey toward becoming sustainable enterprises. Click here to continue.

The “Future of Work 2023” report

March 14, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” “Future of Work 2023,” a global research report by Infosys, talks about how diversifying talent pools, improving skills development, and using digital tools automation can generate up to $1.4 trillion in revenue and $282 billion in new profit. It highlights how…

ChatGPT presents new risks—here are five things you can do to mitigate them

March 14, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” With any new technology-based tools, enterprises face concerns and cybersecurity risks. ChatGPT, the chatbot that created ripples in the internet world, could be used to generate malicious code. Read this article to know how you can mitigate the risks. Click here…

The role of employees in protecting an enterprise

March 14, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Infosys CISO and cyber practice head Vishal Salvi stopped by the Infosys Knowledge Institute studio to talk about cybersecurity, secure by design, zero trust, and how every employee must do their part. Click here to continue.

How data and AI are helping retailers get trendy

March 14, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Technologies powered by data and AI can be game changers for retailers to enhance customer experience. But they must overcome the associated challenges to reap the benefits. Click here to continue.