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In 2009, Warren Buffett wrote this about one of Berkshire Hathaway's many Business Managers: “If Charlie, I and Ajit are ever in a sinking boat and you can only save one of us – swim to Ajit.” Currently, Mr. Ajit Jain is a Vice Chairman at Berkshire Hathaway. Here's his incredible story.
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Twitter’s tool for removing unwanted followers arrives for web users
All Twitter users can now remove a follower without having to block them.
Amazon drops its return-to-office plan and will now let most employees work from home indefinitely
In a Monday message to Amazon employees, CEO Andy Jassy said the company would no longer require corporate workers to return to the office.
Microsoft and Nvidia team up to train one of the world’s largest language models
Microsoft and Nvidia today announced that they trained what they claim is the largest and most capable AI-powered language model to date: Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation.
Top Facebook digital currency engineers leave for a16z crypto fund
Two of Facebook’s top engineers on its blockchain and digital currency project left the company to join Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto team, the venture capital firm told CNBC on Monday.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says bitcoin is worthless
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, isn’t a fan of bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value.
PM Modi to unveil ₹100 lakh-cr Gati Shakti master plan on Wednesday
Gati Shakti-National Master Plan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil on Wednesday PM Gati Shakti – National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity to economic zones, according to PTI. Gati Shakti – a digital platform – will bring 16 ministries including rail and roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects, a top government official told the news agency.
Sharechat in talks to buy MX TakaTak
Homegrown short video platform Sharechat is in talks to acquire Times Internet-owned MX TakaTak, two people familiar with the development said.
IIT-D, Mirrorsize use AI to dress India right
The textiles ministry is developing an India-specific standardized size chart for the textiles and garment industry with the help of the National Institute of Fashion Technology and 3D body scanners, while the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi has signed an agreement with New Delhi-based deeptech startup Mirrorsize to use an artificial intelligence-powered app to achieve a similar goal but with a different approach.
WhatsApp working on a ‘Community’ feature that could co-exist with Groups
As part of our early speculation, this new feature could either work simultaneously and co-exist from the Groups feature or a part of it.
Is Urban Company heading the Ola, Uber way with over 100 beauticians taking to the street?
While the women protested against the Urban Company outside their office in Gurgaon, Urban Company shared a detailed statement highlighting each and every aspect of their business as per the complaints raised by these women.
Startup body moves CCI seeking interim relief from Google Play’s commissions
The Alliance of Digital India Foundation, on Monday, moved India’s competition watchdog seeking interim relief from Google’s policy on collecting commission on payments made on apps on its play store, until an ongoing antitrust investigation into the big tech giant is complete.
PhonePe continues to lead with highest UPI transactions in September
The two have collectively processed 2947.75 million transactions in September in which PhonePe was ahead of Google Pay and recorded 1,653.19 million transactions, data released by the National Payments Corporation of India shows.
Facebook’s new transatlantic cable system will have 500Tbps capacity
Social media giant Facebook has handed a contract to Japanese conglomerate NEC to build a transatlantic fiber-optic cable that will be capable of carrying 500TBps data at the same time.
US officials mull tech laws to guard against potential AI bias
Close aides of United States President Joe Biden have called for a technology-based “Bill of Rights” in order to frame laws against artificial intelligence use cases that could potentially cause security and privacy issues.
NSIL, ISRO, Bharti-backed OneWeb partner to launch OneWeb satellites in India next year
Bharti-backed OneWeb, the low Earth orbit satellite communications company, on Monday said it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with NewSpace India Limited-the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation-to use Indian-built Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the heavier Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle as potential platforms to launch OneWeb’s satellites in India from 2022.
Jeff Bezos Shared Old Article Predicting Amazon’s Failure. Elon Musk Replied
Dismissing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as “Just another middleman”, the story read: “The idea that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has pioneered a new business paradigm is silly.”
Ex-Ather execs’ startup claims to charge EV batteries in under 15 mins
The startup claims its proprietary technology can charge a commercial EV battery from 0% to 100% in just 5-15 minutes, paving the way for faster EV adoption in the country.
This startup is offering cryptos backed by gold, silver to Indians
Oropocket, a crypto firm founded in 2018, allows Indians to invest in cryptocurrency tokens backed by gold and silver.
Google ‘Pixel Pass’ may take on Apple One and iPhone Upgrade Progam at once
Now Google is working on Pixel Pass to compete against both these Apple offerings.