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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman: When we started, we told employees, sure, go home, have dinner with family, and then open laptops to…

Recent Views 18 LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman says early employees got a dinner break with family, then went straight back to their laptops. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has never been shy about how much a startup should take out of the people building it. In a clip that has resurfaced on social media, Hoffman describes…

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AI regulation consultation paper next month, says IT minister Vaishnaw; focus on safety, deepfakes

Recent Views 21 Vaishnaw said the government had reached a stage where India needed a regulatory framework for AI, but stressed that legislation alone would not be enough. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that government is working on bringing AI regulations starting with releasing a Consultation paper next month.The paper will focus on…

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ATM’s ‘dying technology’ problem may come to trouble data centres, as these engineers may increasingly ‘disappear’

Recent Views 16 AI-generated image for representation COBOL may be decades old, but it still powers critical financial infrastructure and 95% of ATM transactions, according to IBM. Now, as the engineers who maintain these systems age out and fewer young developers learn the language, the skills needed to keep this infrastructure running could become scarce.This…

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Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw bought a Beverly Hills property for $29.8 million in 2010 and completed the mansion a year later; 16 years on, the 16,079-sq-ft estate is listed for $67.5 million

Recent Views 25 Photo credit (L-R): Getty Images; Realtor.com Dr. Phil McGraw and Robin McGraw are ready to part ways with their lavish Beverly Hills estate, more than a decade after transforming the property into a grand Mediterranean Revival-style mansion. The couple purchased the property for $29.8 million in 2010 and completed the residence a…

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Delhi-Varanasi in less than 4 hours, Mumbai-Pune in 48 minutes, Chennai-Bengaluru in over 1 hour: Indian Railways bets on seven new bullet train corridors in Rs 16 lakh crore high-speed push

Recent Views 17 Which seven routes have been selected for the new high-speed rail corridors? (Image for representative purpose only) Imagine travelling from Delhi to Varanasi by train in less than 4 hours, or even covering the distance between Mumbai and Pune in less than an hour! In the coming years, Indian Railways is looking…

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Who is Shiranthi Rajapaksa? Sri Lanka’s former first lady arrested over alleged misuse of hospital funds

Recent Views 27 File photo: Prison officers escort Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, to a prison vehicle outside a magistrate’s court in Colombo Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested over allegations of misusing LKR 10 million (approx 29.3…

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Jon Stewart Farm: Jon Stewart and his wife Tracey paid $4 million for a historic 45-acre New Jersey farm in 2016; the property now grows crops and cares for rescued cows, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens through their sanctuary foundation

Recent Views 20 Jon Stewart, wife Tracey paid $4m for 45-acre NJ farm; now grows crops, rescues animals (Image Credit: The Two River Times) Jon Stewart’s life away from television has included an unusual investment in New Jersey’s agricultural landscape. In 2016, the comedian and his wife, Tracey Stewart, bought the historic 45-acre Hockhockson Farm…

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