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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.
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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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Best of CES 2024: The 23 top gadgets

We all knew going into CES 2024 that AI was going to be a huge theme, but artificial intelligence was so prevalent at this year’s show it became dizzying. It seemed that every single product had AI inside, from AI bird feeders and snore tracking pillows to TVs and even NPCs within games.

So which gadgets actually lived up to the hype? Tom’s Guide’s editors met with dozens of companies and went hands on with lots of new products to bring you our Best of CES 2024 list. LG’s transparent OLED was all the buzz for its stunning design, and

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Explained: What is D2M technology that will allow mobile users to watch videos without an internet connection

The central government recently announced that the trials of the home-grown Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) technology, developed by Saankhya Labs and IITs Kanpur, will soon be held in 19 cities. This tech will enable mobile users to stream videos on their smartphones without an active internet connection.
In June last year, IIT-Kanpur released a white paper on D2M Broadcasting in collaboration with Prasar Bharti and Telecommunications Development Societyexplaining about the technology. In a letter in August 2023, the ministry of communications listed its use cases, which may include content delivery, education and disseminating information in crisis/emergency situations.
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Top Tech News Today: Microsoft Made Pitch To Apple For Selling Bing, HP Partners Google To Make Chromebooks In India, More

Microsoft Made A Pitch To Apple For Selling Bing

Microsoft reportedly discussed a possible sale of Bing search engine to Apple in a meeting in 2020, says a new report by news agency Bloomberg. The agreement would have made Bing the default search engine on Apple iPhone models, therefore, replacing Google, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple’s top brass did not go ahead with a deal because of the money that it earns from Google. It was also concerned that Microsoft Bing may not be able to compete with Google in terms of “quality and capabilities”,

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EPI Foundation Brings India’s First AI Education Tab, Itel P55 Series Goes On Sale In India, More

EPI Foundation Brings India’s First AI Education Tab

Non-profit EPIC Foundation has fashioned a novel innovation in the form of India’s first indigenously designed and manufactured AI-powered education tablet. This landmark development promises to revolutionize learning across the country, particularly for students facing the digital divide. VVDN Technologies, MediaTek India, and CoRover.ai collaborated to create the tablet’s hardware and software. The tablet leverages Artificial Intelligence to personalize learning experiences, making education more engaging and effective. The tablet incorporates BharatGPT, an AI-powered virtual assistant, and multilingual translation capabilities, ensuring inclusivity for diverse language speakers and differently-abled individuals.

Itel P55 Series Goes

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