Demand for digital skills surges as companies go for upskilling: Report

As industries across sectors are upskilling to bridge the emerging skill gap, a report has revealed that the demand for digital skills such as Java, Cloud and Platform technologies has seen a surge since last quarter. https://ift.tt/3paewIp

Inside Intel's Ronler complex in Hillsboro, Oregon, where it conducts its most advanced research and houses the company's most important chip manufacturing site (Max A. Cherney/Protocol)

Max A. Cherney / Protocol:
Inside Intel's Ronler complex in Hillsboro, Oregon, where it conducts its most advanced research and houses the company's most important chip manufacturing site  —  HILLSBORO, Ore. — To create a beam of ultraviolet radiation precise enough to print the world's most advanced microchips …

A profile of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive, which marked its 25th anniversary earlier this year and is now home to over 70 PB of data (Joel Khalili/TechRadar)

Joel Khalili / TechRadar:
A profile of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive, which marked its 25th anniversary earlier this year and is now home to over 70 PB of data  —  Meet Brewster Kahle, the internet's chief librarian  —  Audio player loading...  On the same day in 1996, Brewster Kahle founded two separate but closely connected organizations.

How Chinese Wikipedia volunteers fighting censorship, threats, arrest, and violence expose the challenges to the Wikimedia Foundation's free-knowledge mission (Alex Pasternack/Fast Company)

Alex Pasternack / Fast Company:
How Chinese Wikipedia volunteers fighting censorship, threats, arrest, and violence expose the challenges to the Wikimedia Foundation's free-knowledge mission  —  This past July, before he was banned from Wikipedia, Techyan was one of dozens of volunteers preparing to speak at the free-knowledge movement's annual conference, Wikimania.

Enforcement Directorate arrests NBFC CEO in probe against Chinese-backed loan apps

e was later produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Hyderabad that sent him to 15 days' judicial custody, the agency said in a statement. The action is linked to the ED's investigation against a number of Indian NBFCs which are in the business of instant personal loans through mobile apps (applications). https://ift.tt/32h1Aay

CSC, Infosys tie up to upskill 6 cr citizen in rural India

New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) CSC e-Governance Services India and IT giant Infosys have collaborated to impart digital skills among six crore students of the age of 10 to 22 years, mainly in rural areas in the country. https://ift.tt/30GGZfn