Adair Turner, director of the McKinsey management consultancy, spoke to deliver a speech on “Capitalism and Robots” in Bengaluru as part of a series of lectures at the Azim Premji University. Let us see what he has to say. You appear worried about the implications of the automation and robotics revolution. I’m reasonably convinced that…
Month: October 2017

Pope Francis Has A Message for Internet Firms
Pope Francis informed mangers of top Internet firms to employ their great earnings to protect kids from other dangers including sexual exploitation prowling online. The pope, talking at a meeting in Rome, claimed that the Catholic Church required accepting blame before victims, God, and public opinion for its own scandals of sex abuse, but needed…

World running out of Antibiotics, Warns World Health Organization
Most of the drugs at present in the medical pipeline are under modifications of existing classes of antibiotics and are only considered as a short-term solution. According to the recent report, a very few prospective treatment alternatives was found for those antibiotic-defiant infections recognized by WHO as posing the maximum threat to our health, including…

NVIDIA Reveals Next-Generation Chip for Completely Independent Cars
NVIDIA, the Silicon Valley graphics chipmaker, this week unveiled the first computer chips for designing completely independent cars and claimed that it had over 25 users working to make a fresh class of robo-taxis, driverless cars, and long-haul trucks. The biggest logistics and mail company of the world, Deutsche Post DHL Group, and a leading…

New Cars Are More and More Crammed With Distracting Technology
The infotainment tech that auto producers are packing into the console of new cars is forcing drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes from the road for hazardously long span of time, an AAA study claims. The study rolled out this week is the newest by professor David Strayer of University of Utah,…

Amazon Offers 22,000 Seasonal Job Chances in India
Amazon this week declared that it has made over 22,000 seasonal positions of employment all over its network in India for this season of festival. The e-commerce major claimed that the positions of employment have been made at its sortation centers, fulfillment centers, customer service sites, and delivery stations. These positions have been made in…

Avoiding Spam Calls Can Save $414 Million in India Every Year
Mobile users in India can save almost 63 Million Hours every year by avoiding spam calls, an examination by Truecaller, the online phonebook company, discovers out. “Users in India can save almost 63 Million Hours by avoiding spam calls guessing the net length of a spam call is as standard as 30 Seconds,” the report…

FA to Elevate World Cup Cyber Security over Concerns of Hacking
The English FA (Football Association) will elevate its cyber safety in Russia for the 2018 World Cup after hacking assaults by a team suspected of connections to a Russian secret agency, claimed the media. The FA has written a memo to FIFA, the governing body of the soccer, showing its anxieties about private data such…

JPMorgan Partnerships with Retail and Internet Banking
Acquisition and merger dealmakers make their livings counseling firms on sales, mergers, and spinoffs. But now, investment bankers at JPMorgan Chase & Co. are operating on an interior contract of their own. JPMorgan is making a partnership between its retail and consumer, and Internet teams, as per an inner memo delivered this week to employees…

Huawei Modifies Plan in Kenya with Cheaper Smartphones to Boost Share in the Market
Huawei Technologies of China has modified its plan this month in Kenya to display a reasonably priced $100–200 range of handsets, expecting that the elevated sales will drive its local market stake, the country manager of the company claimed to the media last week. Huawei is listed number 3 in the swift-growing smart devices local…

Slack Rolls Out New Features for Inter-Company Teamwork
This week Slack Technologies Inc. declared backing of 4 new languages and a feature of shared channels that permits workers of various firms to work together on the well-liked communication software for place of work. Slack is launching out the updates of the product as rivalry players in the market of workplace messaging, powered in…

Renault Captur Premium SUV Can Be Booked For Rs 25,000
On one side of the world, there is grand auto show organized to reveal the forthcoming cars with futuristic technologies, while at the other end is the grand inauguration of bookings for the previously launched vehicles. This trend of the automobile makers has taken the competition level a step ahead on the global platform. Focusing…