1. Google on Thursday introduced "Learn with Google AI" -- a set of educational resources developed by Machine Learning (ML) experts at the company, for people to learn about concepts, develop skills and apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to real-world problems.
2. Western Digital at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona unveiled the new 400GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSDXC card that is touted to be the world's fastest UHS-I flash memory card.
3. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba today opened an artificial intelligence research institute in Singapore in partnership with a local university, as the battle to develop AI technology heats up.
4. Airtel has rolled out a Rs 995 plan which is available for both 3G and 4G users. The service provider is offering unlimited local, STD and roaming calls with 100 SMS and 1GB data per day under the plan. The Rs 995 plan comes with a validity of 180 days.
5. Reliance Jio has rolled out a new offer of Rs 1,999. The customers who will purchase the JioFi at Rs 1,999 can avail the benefits of worth Rs 3,595 from the service provider. The telecom operator will be giving data benefits of Rs 1,295 with the device. The customers will be allowed to choose from the plans of 1.5GB/2GB/3GB data per day. Along with this, the customers will also get vouchers of worth Rs 2,300 with the device. The vouchers can be used on Paytm, Ajio and Reliance Digital.
6. Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will buy solar power from the Sunseap Group in Singapore, the technology company's first renewable energy deal in Asia.
7. International Data Corporation (IDC) on Tuesday published its Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker that reveals worldwide smartphone shipments declined 0.5 percent in 2017, which is incidentally the first time that the global market has witnessed a Year-on-Year (YoY) decline ever since "smartphones" were introduced.
8. Disney has released the first teaser trailer for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2012 original that finds Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly) leaving the arcade and venturing into the World Wide Web with his best friend Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman).
9. The South Korean smartphone maker LG, is working on its next generation flagship smartphone LG G7. A new leak about the smartphone has surfaced online.The leak consists of an image which shows iPhone X like notch. The image shows the 6-inch display of the yet to be launched smartphone and a vertical dual rear camera.
10. Miami International Airport (MIA) has become the first major US airport to implement facial recognition technology with an eye towards shortening passport check time for visitors arriving from abroad.
11. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has launched a postpaid plan called Holi Dhamaka at Rs 399. The Rs 399 postpaid plan from BSNL offers unlimited local, STD and roaming calls with 30GB data.
12. Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday filed for a direct listing of its shares, laying out financial data for the first time. Spotify, which wants to trade as SPOT on the New York Stock Exchange, is taking an unusual path to the U.S. public markets, with a direct listing that will let investors and employees sell shares without the company raising new capital or hiring a Wall Street bank or broker to underwrite the offering.
13. With the next Android version, it might become easier for smartphone manufacturers to incorporate iris scanners into their handsets. Google had introduced face recognition technology with its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version and Samsung brought the iris scanning technology with the Galaxy Note 7. Meanwhile. the recently launched Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ have both the features combined. But, in Android P, Google may provide native support for iris scanners.
14. China-based smartphone maker Coolpad on Wednesday announced a partnership with global chip-maker Qualcomm to foray into the smart wearable gadgets segment.
15. Riding a wave of new users, improved advertising options and an embrace of video content by users and advertisers alike, Twitter Inc's revenue has leaped in Japan, helping lead the company to its first quarterly profit.
16. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched first smart TV in India last month. Now, it seems that the company is all set to further expand its smart TV portfolio in the country. The company took to Twitter and teased the launch of its upcoming TV. The teaser posted reads, ““It’s time to switch to something smarter, slimmer & sleeker. Time to #SwitchToSmart TV. A new series coming soon!”
17. YouTube said Wednesday that its moderators had mistakenly removed videos in recent days during what some critics had called an ideological "purge," highlighting the ongoing challenge for a video giant now hiring thousands of new employees in a push to rein in shocking and dangerous content.
18. Loretta Lee a woman software engineer, who began working for Google in 2008 and was fired in 2016 for poor performance, filed the suit in February against Google for sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and wrongful termination in a California court.
19. Data storage and management company NetApp on Wednesday selected six data-driven startups for the second batch of its "NetApp Excellerator" programme.
20. Google released an update to its internet chat tool Hangouts on Wednesday, aiming to make it suitable in workplaces so the Alphabet Inc unit can compete with business software makers including Microsoft Corp and Slack Technologies Inc.
21. Telecom operator Idea Cellular today said it would launch voice over LTE (VoLTE) services for its employees, in select markets from March 1.
22. The social network Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Facebook decided to change its News Feed to favour more "meaningful" connections, after taking into consideration research showing that some kinds of usage of social networks may have negative effects.
23. Brazil's lower house of Congress has approved a law to regulate ride-hailing apps such as Uber, Cabify and 99, allowing local governments to institute rules for these services within the regulations of the National Traffic Code.
24. Singapore's central bank is assessing whether additional regulations are required to protect investors in cryptocurrencies.
25. Takeaway.com said on Wednesday its net loss for 2017 widened by more than a third even as revenue rose sharply, as the Dutch food delivery provider invested heavily in marketing. Full-year revenue grew by 49% to 166.5 million euros ($203.70 million) in 2017, boosted by strong growth in its second-biggest market, Germany, which posted growth of 57%. However, the net loss for the year widened by 36% to 42 million euros, mainly due to marketing expenses to strengthen its position in Germany and Poland and staff expansion.
26. Rivals to Google urged the EU on Wednesday to keep up its fight against the search engine giant, saying proposals by the firm to avoid more EU mega-fines fell short.
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