Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti has released merit list for the post of Female Staff Nurse, Legal & Catering Asst.
Friday, January 31, 2020
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Results 2020 – Staff Nurse, Legal & Catering Asst Merit List Released
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti has released merit list for the post of Female Staff Nurse, Legal & Catering Asst.
ASRB ICAR NET Result 2020 – Exam Result Released
Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) has declared exam result of ICAR - National Eligibility Test (NET) 2019.
ASRB 2020 – ICAR NET Result Released
Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) has declared exam result of ICAR – National Eligibility Test (NET) 2019.
SSC Admit Card 2020 – Constable (GD) PET/ PST Call Letter Download
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released PET/ PST Admit Card for Additional Candidates for the post of Constable.
As Coronavirus Misinformation Spreads, Facebook Removes Posts
Facebook said it will take down misinformation about China's fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare departure from its usual approach to dubious health content that is presenting a fresh challenge for... https://ift.tt/37YWLk0
When and Where to Watch FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020 Speech Live
Budget 2020 live stream can be watched on the NDTV Hindi and NDTV English channels, and on the website as well. Users can alternatively download the apps to enjoy the live stream in-app, or they could... https://ift.tt/2RMAzEg
Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl (Jason Gurwin/The Streamable)
Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl — At midnight tonight, it was expected that Roku would remove the FOX Now, FOX Sports, FOX News, FOX Business, FOX Nation, Big 10 Network, and FOX Soccer apps from the Roku Channel Store and existing devices.
The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises $30M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to $74M (Sarah Buhr/TechCrunch)
The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises $30M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to $74M — The Bouqs plans to take a slice of Japan's $6 billion flower market this year with a $30 million strategic growth round from Japanese enterprise business investor Yamasa.
From Brooklyn Nine-Nine to Narcos: Mexico, TV Shows to Watch in February
Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 7, Narcos: Mexico season 2, Altered Carbon season 2, Homeland season 8, Al Pacino's Hunters, Taj Mahal 1989, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 7, Locke & Key -... https://ift.tt/38VyOu1
Super Bowl 54: How 5G will help keep fans safe at the game
High-tech security features will help keep 49ers and Chiefs fans safe during Super Bowl weekend in Miami.
An insider's look at Google's web framework contributions to Next.js and more
Google has been investing in a variety of web frameworks, including Next.js, to help developers build better web applications. Here's why.
ISRO readying for low cost satellite launch vehicles
The first such launch from the country is expected to take place in the next four months https://ift.tt/2OhpV69 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Fast & Furious 9 trailer: The only 4 minutes of the film you’ll need to watch
Vin Diesel returns as Dominic Toretto in Fast & Furious 9, directed by Justin Lin.
Universal Pictures has dropped the first full trailer for Fast and Furious 9, the latest installment in its multi-billion-dollar franchise. It's nearly four full minutes of all the ridiculously over-the-top mayhem we've come to expect from Domininc Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his merry band of badass misfits. And no wonder: Director Justin Lin is back on board, who helmed 2006's Tokyo Drift and the next three installments before passing the baton to James Wan for Furious 7.
Fast and Furious 9 is the sequel to 2017's The Fate of the Furious, in which Dom is coerced into the following the orders of a cyberterrorist named Cipher (Charlize Theron). Over the course of a very convoluted plot, Dom discovers his former lover, DSS agent Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky) bore him a son. Elena doesn't survive the film, but the boy does. And of course, Dom and company end up saving the day.
News of a planned ninth and tenth film to complete the franchise broke back in 2016, with F&F9 initially slated for an April 2019 release. It was rescheduled for this year to make room for the 2019 spinoff film, Hobbs and Shaw, starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Stratham in the title roles. There were already rumors of tension between Johnson and Diesel on the set of The Fate of the Furious, and the delay on the ninth film prompted a bitter outburst on Instagram by co-star Tyrese Gibson, who plays team member Roman Pearce in the franchise.
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Govts launch rewrite of global tax rules
The rise of Amazon, Facebook and Google has strained existing rules to breaking point because big tech companies can book profits in low-tax countries like Ireland no matter where their customers are located. https://ift.tt/2uS6Vod https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Anand Mahindra fetes new IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, like a boss!
The chairman of the Mahindra group, sent out a tweet calling Krishna’s accomplishment a ‘stunning endorsement of the managerial capabilities’. https://ift.tt/31fxkbJ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Russian law requiring all smartphones to pre-install Russian-made software, which goes into effect in July 2020, could force Apple to quit the country (Josh Nadeau/Fast Company)
A Russian law requiring all smartphones to pre-install Russian-made software, which goes into effect in July 2020, could force Apple to quit the country — In November 2019, Russian parliament passed what's become known as the “law against Apple.” The legislation will require …
One Medical, a concierge-like primary healthcare startup, closes up 58% on its first day of trading, after raising $245M in its IPO, and is now valued at $2.7B (Bloomberg)
One Medical, a concierge-like primary healthcare startup, closes up 58% on its first day of trading, after raising $245M in its IPO, and is now valued at $2.7B — - Listing values tech-driven health clinic firm at $2.7 billion — Company's One Medical clinics expanding to Atlanta, Portland
One Medical, a concierge-like primary healthcare startup, closes up 58% on its first day of trading, after raising $245M in its IPO, and is now valued at $2.7B (Tara Bannow/Modern Healthcare)
One Medical, a concierge-like primary healthcare startup, closes up 58% on its first day of trading, after raising $245M in its IPO, and is now valued at $2.7B — Membership-based primary care platform One Medical's stock price jumped nearly 60% on its first day of trading Friday …
Founding president of the Internet Association, Michael Beckerman, to step down after eight years and join TikTok as VP of US public policy in March (Margaret Harding McGill/Axios)
Founding president of the Internet Association, Michael Beckerman, to step down after eight years and join TikTok as VP of US public policy in March — The president of tech trade group the Internet Association is stepping down to run TikTok's Washington policy shop, the organizations said Friday.
Super Bowl 54: 49ers and Chiefs matchup will be the first 5G Super Bowl in history
Every year, fans consume more data at the Super Bowl as they try to capture pivotal moments and post on social media. This will be the first time they can tap into a 5G network during the big game.
Gabi, which lets users upload their home, car, or renters insurance policies to compare them with other providers and find better offers, raises $27M Series B (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Gabi, which lets users upload their home, car, or renters insurance policies to compare them with other providers and find better offers, raises $27M Series B — Gabi Insurance has raised $27 million in funding to disrupt insurance brokers and get you better rates for car, homeowner's, or renter's insurance.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Amazon Soars to $1 Trillion Value as It Hits 150 Million Prime Members
Amazon.com on Thursday posted holiday quarter results well above expectations as the expansion of its one-day shipping program came under budget and membership in its Prime loyalty club notched a 50... https://ift.tt/2RGTKz8
Amazon holiday sales jump as one-day shipping pays dividends, stock up 13%
Amazon also forecast operating income of up to $4.2 billion in the current quarter, down from $4.4 billion the year prior. https://ift.tt/36Gy3na https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to Step Down in April
International Business Machines (IBM) Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty will hand over the reins to the head of the company's cloud business, as the pioneer tech company continues its efforts to... https://ift.tt/2GCerpL
India clocks over 5.5 billion hours on TikTok in 2019
TikTok outstripped growth of rival Facebook in the key battleground market for global user domination. https://ift.tt/3aQ8vHw https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Small is secure in cyber space
Big firms are turning to cyber security startups dotting India as they look for niche solutions as against end-to-end management offered by transnationals https://ift.tt/36D3grj https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Microsoft will now pay up to $20k for Xbox Live security exploits
Think you’ve found a glaring security hole in Xbox Live? Microsoft is interested.
The company announced a new bug bounty program today, focused specifically on its Xbox Live network and services. Depending on how serious the exploit is and how complete your report is, they’re paying up to $20,000.
Like most bug bounty programs, Microsoft is looking for pretty specific/serious security flaws here. Found a way to execute unauthorized code on Microsoft’s servers? They’ll pay for that. Keep getting disconnected from Live when you play as a certain legend in Apex? Not quite the kind of bug they’re looking for.
Microsoft also specifically rules out a few types of vulnerabilities as out-of-scope, including DDoS attacks, anything that involves phishing Microsoft employees or Xbox customers, or getting servers to cough up basic info like server name or internal IP. You can find the full breakdown here.
This is by no means Microsoft’s first foray into bounty programs; they’ve got similar programs for the Microsoft Edge browser, their “Windows Insider” preview builds, Office 365, and plenty of other categories. The biggest bounties they offer are on their cloud computing service, Azure, where the bounty for a super specific bug (gaining admin access to an Azure Security Lab account, which are closely controlled) can net up to $300,000.
Tax social media giants, ecommerce firms: SJM
SJM is an influential RSS affiliate whose imprint is increasingly found on a number of government decisions. https://ift.tt/2GDGu8j https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook to pay $550 million in biometric privacy accord
Facebook will pay $550 million to resolve claims it collected user biometric data without consent in one of the largest consumer privacy settlements in US history. https://ift.tt/2OcbRuX https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sources: FBI has probed Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group for its possible role in hacks of US residents, companies and intel gathering on governments since 2017 (Reuters)
Sources: FBI has probed Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group for its possible role in hacks of US residents, companies and intel gathering on governments since 2017 — (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents …
Mobile exports will continue to get 4% incentive
The directorate on December 7 last year had reduced this export incentive from 4% to 2% for all exports except garments and made-ups on December 31. https://ift.tt/37Imz3R https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The EU Parliament overwhelmingly passes measure pushing for adoption of a common charging standard for mobile devices, which Apple said would stifle innovation (AppleInsider)
The EU Parliament overwhelmingly passes measure pushing for adoption of a common charging standard for mobile devices, which Apple said would stifle innovation — The European Parliament in a landslide vote on Thursday called on the EU Commission to adopt rules that would establish …
9 future ecosystems reimagined through technology
In the next two decades, technology will connect people, the physical world, information, and collective intelligence, according to Tata Consultancy.
3 industries that won't exist in 20 years
Insurance, transportation, and retail will be absorbed into broader, horizontal ecosystems, says Tata Consultancy Services.
Apple, Broadcom ordered to pay $1.1 billion for patent infringement
Apple was ordered to pay $837 million and Broadcom must pay $270 million to the California Institute of Technology. https://ift.tt/2UcMwVA https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Flipkart scouts for land to develop campus to house all its businesses
One of Bengaluru’s oldest realtors said he was given a brief by Flipkart through an international realtor to find land for the ecommerce company. https://ift.tt/2Ob2gEI https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amazon reports big earnings, crosses $1 trillion in value
Enlarge / Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg)
Amazon delivered its final quarterly earnings report for the 2019 fiscal year today, and investor response to a largely positive report describing big holiday sales and AWS performance drove the company's market cap above $1 trillion.
Amazon told investors that it achieved $87.4 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter of its fiscal-year 2019.
This quarter included the holiday shopping frenzy, and Amazon impressed investors with a 21 percent increase in sales compared to the same quarter last year. Amazon executives said that the company quadrupled same-day and one-day shipping over last year's figures, and it credited part of the holiday success to the company's ability to offer expedient shipping. Achieving those speedy deliveries brought Amazon's shipping expenditures in the quarter up to $12.9 billion, more than 40 percent more than last year.
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Survey of 12,043 US adults: 59% distrust Facebook for political and election news, including 62% of Republicans and 59% of Democrats, while 48% distrust Twitter (Danielle Abril/Fortune)
Survey of 12,043 US adults: 59% distrust Facebook for political and election news, including 62% of Republicans and 59% of Democrats, while 48% distrust Twitter — Facebook and Twitter are a long way from instilling confidence after letting misinformation flood their services during recent elections, according to a new survey.
Facebook takes down account of Jamia shooter
Facebook said it is working with law enforcement in India to support their investigation, and upon learning of the attack, its teams designated the attack as an act of mass murder. https://ift.tt/2OefgJB https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Govt to bundle over 4,000 free movies with internet to attract first time users
CSCs have partnered with Zee-owned SugarBox Networks for the initiative, which will be run as a pilot in 100 locations and will be implemented by next month. https://ift.tt/31jSXaV https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
EA reports Q3 revenues of $1.98B, beating expectations, on growth of its live services to $993M, up 27% YoY; digital net income was $4.13B for 2019, up 15% YoY (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
EA reports Q3 revenues of $1.98B, beating expectations, on growth of its live services to $993M, up 27% YoY; digital net income was $4.13B for 2019, up 15% YoY — Electronic Arts reported earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31 …
Google shows off far-flung A.I. research projects as calls for regulation mount (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
Google shows off far-flung A.I. research projects as calls for regulation mount — Google is working on several long-term artificial intelligence projects it hopes to launch widely someday. — Projects in advanced stages include real-time language translation and anemia detection.
Amazon quietly publishes its latest transparency report
Just as Amazon was basking in the news of a massive earnings win, the tech giant quietly published — as it always does — its latest transparency report, revealing a slight dip in the number of government demands for user data.
It’s a rarely seen decline in the number of demands received by a tech company during a year where almost every other tech giant — including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter — all saw an increase in the number of demands they receive. Only Apple reported a decline in the number of demands it received.
Amazon said it received 1,841 subpoenas, 440 search warrants and 114 other court orders for user data — such as its Echo and Fire devices — during the six-month period ending 2019.
That’s about a 4% decline on the first six months of the year.
The company’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, also saw a decline in the number of demands for data stored by customers, down by about 10%.
Amazon also said it received between 0 and 249 national security requests for both its consumer and cloud services (rules set out by the Justice Department only allow tech and telecom companies to report in ranges).
At the time of writing, Amazon has not yet updated its law enforcement requests page to list the latest report.
Amazon’s biannual transparency report is one of the lightest reads of any company’s figures across the tech industry. We previously reported on how Amazon’s transparency reports have purposefully become more vague over the years rather than clearer — bucking the industry trend. At just three pages, the company spends most of it explaining how it responds to each kind of legal demand rather than expanding on the numbers themselves.
The company’s Ring smart camera division, which has faced heavy criticism for its poor security practices and its cozy relationship with law enforcement, still hasn’t released its own data demand figures.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Source: Apple has terminated AI startup Xnor.ai's involvement in the Pentagon's Project Maven after its recent acquisition of the startup (The Information)
Source: Apple has terminated AI startup Xnor.ai's involvement in the Pentagon's Project Maven after its recent acquisition of the startup — Big technology companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Google have jockeyed to secure lucrative contracts supplying their products and services to the military.
Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth Snapped Sporting Realme Fitness Band
Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth had confirmed in his latest #AskMadhav episode that the first Realme fitness band will be launched in India next month. https://ift.tt/37zUo7c
Samsung Hit by Weakening Demand in Key Products in Q4
The world's biggest smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics, reported a slump in fourth-quarter net profits on Thursday, blaming weakening demand in key products and falling chip prices. https://ift.tt/36C0Idg
Facebook Climbs to 2.5 Billion Monthly Active Users in Q4
Facebook said on Wednesday that growth would continue to slow as its business matured and it reported a surge in quarterly expenses, disappointing Wall Street expectations that the costs of improving... https://ift.tt/2RDS1Le
KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year
Kleiner Perkins, one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources.
The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth.
A spokesperson for KPCB declined to comment on the firm’s fundraising plans citing SEC regulations.
The quick turnaround for KPCB is indicative of a broader industry trend, which has investors pulling the trigger on term sheets for new startups in days rather than weeks.
Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. organized by the Los Angeles-based venture firm Upfront Ventures as a showcase for technology and investment talent in Southern California, venture investor Josh Kopelman spoke to the heightened pace of dealmaking at his own firm.
The founder of First Round Ventures said that the average time from first contact with a startup to drawing up a term sheet has collapsed from 90 days in 2004 to 9 days today.
“This could also be due to changes in the competitive landscape … and there may be changes with First Round Capital itself,” says one investor. “It may have been once upon a time that they were looking at really early raw stuff… But, today, First Round is not really in the first round anymore. Companies are raising some angel money or Y Combinator money.”
At KPCB, the once-troubled firm has been buoyed by recent exits in companies like Beyond Meat, a deal spearheaded by the firm’s former partner Amol Deshpande (who now serves as the chief executive of Farmers Business Network) and Slack.
And its new partners are clearly angling to make names for themselves.
“KP used to be a small team doing hands-on company building. We’re moving away from being this institution with multiple products and really just focusing on early-stage venture capital,” Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman said when the firm announced its last fund.
Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman
“We went out to market to LPs. We got a lot of interest. We were significantly oversubscribed,” Fushman said of the firm’s raise at the time.
In some ways, it’s likely the kind of rejuvenation that John Doerr was hoping for when he approached Social + Capital’s Chamath Palihapitiya about “acquiring” that upstart firm back in 2015.
At the time, as Fortune reported, Palihapitiya and the other Social + Capital partners, Ted Maidenberg and Mamoon Hamid would have become partners in the venture firm under the terms of the proposed deal.
Instead, Social + Capital walked away, the firm eventually imploded and Hamid joined Kleiner Perkins two years later.
The new Kleiner Perkins is a much more streamlined operation. Gone are the sidecar and thematic funds that were a hallmark of earlier strategies and gone too are the superstars brought in by Mary Meeker to manage Kleiner Perkins’ growth equity investments. Meeker absconded with much of that late stage investment team to form Bond — and subsequently raised hundreds of millions of dollars herself.
Those strategies have been replaced by a clutch of young investors and seasoned Kleiner veterans including Ted Schlein who has long been an expert in enterprise software and security.
“Maybe at this point they think they can raise based on the whole story about Mamoon taking over and a few years from now they won’t be able to raise on that story and will have to raise on the results,” says one investor with knowledge of the industry. “Mamoon is a pretty legit, good investor. But the legacy of the firm is going to be tough to overcome.”
All of these changes are not necessarily sitting well with limited partners.
“LPs are not really happy about what’s going on,” says one investor with knowledge of the venture space. “Everybody thinks valuations are too high since 2011 and people are thinking there’s going to be a recession. LPs think funds are coming back to market too fast and they’re being greedy and there’s not enough vintage diversification but LPs … feel almost obligated that they have to do these things… Investing in Sequoia is like that saying that you don’t get fired for buying IBM.”
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Google says it plans to counter Japan's FTC over claims that it hobbles rivals in search; a source says Japan's FTC sent a cease-and-desist order to Google (Bloomberg)
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