Senate lawmakers analyze the ‘Space Race’ of trucking
Aditi Gade,
8 years ago
2 min read
Safety and industry experts on Wednesday urged Senate lawmakers to push ahead with placing autonomous-trucking technology on America’s roadways, saying the vehicles could be a “game-changer” for highway fatalities and warning of the economic risks the U.S. would face should it fall behind in trucking’s...
H-1B clampdown may cause US to lose its competitive edge
Aditi Gade,
8 years ago
4 min read
According to the latest IT news, clampdown on H-1B visa programme will make it difficult for the US IT sector to attract open talent from countries like India and America might lose its competitive edge, a top American think-tank has said. As the Trump administration...
Uber cannot operate in London anymore
Aditi Gade,
8 years ago
2 min read
According to the latest tech news, Transport for London (TfL) has rejected to renew Uber’s private license hire on 22nd September 2017. Uber holds a license to operate in the city. However, it will expire at the end of this month.In a statement today, TfL...
Test candidates using a real-time code editor with Skype’s new feature
Priyanka Khanapure,
8 years ago
2 min read
The Skype interviews feature was introduced last week as a technical preview, and currently only works in the browser version of Skype, says Microsoft. Of course, there are already various solutions for conducting interviews with remote technical talent on the market, like Interview Zen, CoderPad,...
Fake Website Fools Equifax Staff
Aditi Gade,
8 years ago
2 min read
According to the latest tech news, Equifax, a credit rating firm has apologized for directing a few of its customers to an imposter website using its Twitter page.Equifax had recently opened set up a new website for disclosing a data breach affecting more than 143...
Biggest Competitor of Uber, Celebrating the Ban by Offering Massive Discounts in UK
Prerna Mahtani,
8 years ago
2 min read
In the latest business finance news, Uber was recently banned in the UK. The Transport for London (TFL) stated that the ride-hailing app was not proper and fit to hold a London private hire operator license. This decision was made on the grounds of public...
Facebook Can’t Hide Behind Its Algorithms
Aditi Gade,
8 years ago
1 min read
According to the latest IT news, initially, the company admitted a “fail”, when its advertising algorithm did not forbid the targeting of anti-Semitic users. Later, Mark Zuckerberg said that he was going to hand over details of more than 3000 advertisements, which were brought by...
“Wisconsin Tech Company Installs Microchips in Employees: A Futuristic Approach”
Aditi Gade,
8 years ago
1 min read
According to the latest tech news, employees of the Wisconsin, an American company, are expected to get microchip implants.A Wisconsin-based modern vending company, Three Square Market (32M), which outfits break rooms with “micro markets”, announced that it will soon start offering voluntary implants. These implants...
Disney to launch its own Streaming Video Service
Aditi Gade,
8 years ago
2 min read
After years of flirting with the idea, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) finally pulled the trigger on launching its own over-the-top streaming video service starting in 2019. Disney certainly isn’t the first media stalwart to make a big bet on streaming. While Netflix (NFLX) subscriber...
Trump says Facebook’s Russian Ads Scandal is ‘Hoax’
Gaurav Athavale,
8 years ago
1 min read
In the latest marketing news, Federal officials across the U.S. government are investigating whether Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election by purchasing ads on social networks like Facebook. Facebook’s leader, Mark Zuckerberg, appears to rather humbled in the wake of the revelation that...