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Kids Glued To Gadgets Give Kite-flying A Miss | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Gone are the days when colorful kites used to flutter in winter skies and soar high in the cities skyline.
Lack of open space, children and young people engaged in gadgets and preferring to stay indoors have taken a toll on the beautiful tradition of kite flying in the capital city.
Nilakantha Mishra, a resident of Old Town area said, “Children nowadays are engrossed in their gadgets, missing out on the thrill of holding a string attached to a soaring kite.It is more than just a sport. We used to forget food and sleep for these flying kites,
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50% of Indians pick up smartphones without any intent: Report |

Smartphones have become an important part of our daily lives, resulting in users’ developing a habit of checking their phones frequently during the day. A report has claimed that a typical Indian user picks up his/her phone 70-80 times a day, highlighting that about 50% of the times they pick up their smartphones are out of habit, without any explicit intent.
According to a report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one out of two times users pick up the phone they do so without knowing why they fired up their smartphone. While about 50-55% of the time the consumer
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Samsung Phones High-Risk: Government has ‘warning’ for Galaxy S23, other Samsung smartphone users

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in), the nodal cybersecurity division of the government of India, has a warning for users Samsung smartphone users. CERT-In has issued a high-risk warning for users regarding multiple vulnerabilities, with Note CIVN-2023-0360, highlighting critical security issues in phones running Android versions 11, 12, 13 and 14.
Samsung’s flagship smartphone series, the Galaxy S23, has got the Android 14 update. The cybersecurity agency CERT-IN has said in a note that multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Samsung products and these could allow an attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions, giving them access to sensitive
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Tech Mahindra launches i.Riskman, an ESG risk assessment platform

Tech Mahindraa leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions has announced the launch of i. Riskman, an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) risk assessment platform said to be designed to empower organizations to identify, assess, and manage climate-related risks. It claims to provide a solution to evaluate the impact of climate risks on business strategies, financial aspects, and overall risk exposure.
i.Riskman is a centralized platform for enterprise risk management that offers an automated risk register as a point of reference for the risk management committee and the board.It is claimed to be
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The Times of India Gadgets Now Awards 2023: How to vote for your favorite gadgets to make it People’s Choice winner

The fourth edition of the Times of India Gadgets Now Awards, India’s biggest gadget awards, is scheduled to take place in the second week of February. The awards aim to recognize and celebrate the best gadgets released in India during the year. The awards are divided into two categories: ‘Jury Choice’ and ‘People’s Choice’. The ‘People’s Choice’ awards for each category are based on online voting for the nominated products, while the ‘Jury Choice’ awards are selected by an esteemed jury who carefully evaluates the nominees to determine the distinguished winners.
If you are looking to vote for your favorite
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Tech layoffs this week: Cisco cuts more than 4,000 jobs; Paramount lays off 800 employees; Instacart, Mozilla, and others announce job cuts |

The tech industry’s massive wave of layoffs in 2024 has shown no signs of slowing down, with several major companies across the sector announcing job cuts just this week.

Cisco cuts more than 4,000 jobs

Cisco has announced that it will reduce its workforce by around 5%, which is approximately 4,250 jobs. This decision was not sudden, as it had been reported over the weekend by Reuters that the job cuts were imminent. According to sources familiar with the matter, the company intends to concentrate on high-growth areas. As per Cisco’s data, it employed a total of 84,900 people at

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Tech layoffs in January 2024: CEO fires the entire company over 2-minute call; Google, Microsoft, Amazon continue layoffs; job cuts at TikTok, Flipkart, Swiggy, and others |

The ongoing nightmare of technology job cuts, which began in 2023, is carrying on into the year 2024. Reports indicate that technology companies slashed more than 240,000 jobs in the year 2023, marking a 50% increase from the previous year. While the tech industry has experienced slowdowns in the past, the current wave of layoffs appears exceptionally severe. The latest to cut jobs is Snap. The company has cut more than 10% jobs. Amazon too has announced another round of job cuts. This time Amazon has eliminated hundreds of jobs in its Pharmacy and One Medical divisions. “As we continue
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Supreme Court News: Norms soon on seizure of gadgets by probe agencies says Center to SC | India News

NEW DELHI: The Centre assured the Supreme Court on Wednesday that guidelines would be framed regarding seizure of electronic devices of journalist and academics by probe agencies to prevent misuse and protect the right to privacy and sought a week’s time from the court.
As a bench of Justices Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia heard a batch of petitions seeking framing of such guidelines, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju submitted that the government may come up with guidelines and said one more week was needed.
“Try to get it done. ‘Ummed pe duniya kayam hai’ (the world exists on hope),” the
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