Category: SCIENCE & TECH.

Fossils of giant marine reptiles found in the heights of the Swiss Alps

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Fossils from some of the largest creatures ever to swim Earth s oceans – whale-sized marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs – have been found in a counterintuitive place: atop three mountains in the Swiss Alps up to 8,990 feet (2,740 meters) above sea level. Scientists on Thursday described rib and vertebrae fossils from two ichthyosaur individuals: one about 69 feet (21 meters) long and the other about 49 feet (15 meters). They described from a third individual the largest-known tooth from any ichthyosaur with a base 2.4 inches (6 cm) wide and…

Google will remove users’ names and information out of respect for their privacy

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OAKLAND, Calif.: Google of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) has begun to process enjoy requests for people to remove search results that include their home addresses, phone numbers, and email accounts, the latest change in its position on personal privacy and access to information. The world’s most used internet search tool said on Wednesday that the expansion of its removal policies globally followed growing demand from users and evolving norms about the threat posed by easy access to contact details. “Research has told us there’s a larger amount of personally identifiable information…

UST Organizes ‘Hack for Tomorrow’ Hackathon for College Students in Kerala

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173 teams from over 70 colleges in Kerala participated in the hackathon; 25 among them were shortlisted. Final five winners announced Winning teams introduced to technology architects at UST, who will help mentor them to create a prototype of the solution and scale it Thiruvananthapuram: UST, a leading digital transformation solution company, recently organized a hackathon for college students in Kerala, India. The hackathon titled ‘Hack for Tomorrow’ had the core theme of ‘Innovating Towards Net Zero’. It offered them a great opportunity to step away from the conventional academic…

Accubits’ Coinfactory lines up strategies to help companies embrace Metaverse

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Thiruvananthapuram: Technopark-based Accubits Technologies has kickstarted a pioneering effort by making its mark in the Metaverse by enabling customer companies to make the most of the novel technology domain. Accubits is enabling this through its product Coinfactory, which is a suite of crypto platforms that can help entrepreneurs to embrace the crypto revolution. Coinfactory, which had earlier an NFT platform into its suite to enable the entrepreneurs to embrace the technology, will aid companies to explore the Metaverse with its new services. The business strategy comes at a time when…

KINFRA makes giant strides in 2021-22; Set for its 30th year of operations

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Kerala State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA) has posted significant milestones in the infrastructure sector in Kerala in 2021-22.  Thiruvananthapuram:  The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA), which is all geared up to enter its 30th year of operations, has achieved a unique landmark by successfully implementing a slew of projects in a time-bound manner during year 2021-22. The various schemes towards ensuring relief and industrial security, formulated as per the Covid-19 rehabilitation policy by the Government of Kerala, have aided KINFRA to achieve a commendable performance during 2021-22, Shri P Rajeeve,…

UST and KITVEN Fund Invest in Calligo Technologies to Enable Development of POSIT-powered RISC-V Solution for HPC & AI Markets in 2022

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Thiruvananthapuram: UST and Karnataka Information Technology Venture (KITVEN), through its Semi-Conductor Venture Fund and SFAL have jointly invested in Calligo Technologies for developing a Posit enabled RISC-V multicore processor (System-on-chip) to power accelerator boards targeting HPC & AI segments under ‘Make in India’ initiative. Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, had recently said that India has no option but to be ‘atmanirbhar’ (self-reliant) when it comes to semiconductors and this sector has brought new possibilities for Make in India – at a post-budget webinar on ‘Make in India…

Employability platform SkillActz among Silicon India’s ‘10 Best Skill Assessment Startups 2022’

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SkillActz is part of Trinity Skillworks, a Thiruvananthapuram-based firm engaged in enhancing employability and transforming careers Thiruvananthapuram: SkillActz, a Thiruvananthapuram-based employability platform that helps freshers to find the right jobs and companies to find the right talent, has been honoured by Silicon India Startup City as one among the ‘10 Best Skill Assessment Startups, 2022’. SkillActz is part of Trinity Skillworks, which strives towards enhancing employability and transforming careers of the youth of India. The new honour comes as a major boost to SkillActz as it highlights the prowess of…

UST Launches New Digital Patient Engagement Solution in Partnership with Well-Beat

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Thiruvananthapuram: UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, and Well-Beat, an Israeli start-up adding the human touch to healthcare through behavioral AI, have developed a first-of-its-kind digital patient engagement SaaS solution. The digital solution delivers personalized conversational guidelines to the clinician at the point of care with prompts specific to a patient’s motivational factors. It helps deliver direct and indirect behavioral nudges to patients based on over 1,400 factors – including but not limited to the progression of their disease state. It takes inputs from short surveys, medical records, and…

Deliveroo launches new Engineering Centre in India

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• Global food delivery platform aims to expand its world-class engineering capabilities with a new team of talent from across India. • New Engineering Centre launched in Hyderabad will employ over 150 engineers by the end of 2022 as part of a multi-year project. • Engineers will work on products for Deliveroo’s growing grocery service, supporting the rider network and improving the in-app customer experience. Kochi, 9th March, 2022: Deliveroo, a global food delivery company operating across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, today announced the launch of its…

UST Partners with o9 Solutions to Provide Effective Supply Chain Management for the Enterprise Clients

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Thiruvananthapuram March 9, 2021 – UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, announced a strategic partnership with o9 Solutions, to provide effective supply chain management and propel the digital transformation for the enterprise clients. o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, enables organizations to accelerate the digital transformation of their supply chain functions. The partnership will help retail, consumer packaged goods (CPG), manufacturing, technology, and telecom enterprises unlock significant value in end-to-end planning and execution processes for their supply chain networks. The partnership…