The Big Apple Week
Top Tech stories of the week
Apple never ceases to surprise. As usual, the head-turners of this year’s worldwide developer conference – besides Craig Federight running in slow motion and fixing his hair– were the major software, hardware, and product updates.
Apple announced iOS 16, iPad OS 16, watchOS 9, and macOS Ventura. The Cupertino giant also revealed the new MacBook Air with a next-generation M2 chip.
M2 chip in a nutshell: The all-new, second-generation hardware is a successor of the M1 - ultra chip – claimed to be the world’s most powerful chip in a personal computer.
The M2 chip has nearly 20 billion transistors. In addition, the new chip comes with 24GB of high-performance unified memory, which can process up to 100GB/s of memory bandwidth – i.e. 50 percent more than the current M1 chip.
M2 offers 25 percent improved graphics performance at the same power level as the M1 chip and 25 percent improved performance at its maximum power output.
M2 is up to 35 percent faster than M1 on the graphics front. Apple users can now do everything from colour correcting photos to editing 4K and 8K videos at warp speed.
Hey Siri, you there?
Siri was conspicuously absent in the WWDC22 keynote.
“Apple released Siri in October 2011, and in mid-2022, I still have to repeat ‘Add X to the shopping list’ twice because the first time I get warned,’ I do not see an app for that,” said Alessandro Perilli, senior director – automation strategy at Red Hat.
Check out more updates from WWDC 2022 here.
What’s new?
Smart Gallery: This new Zoom feature leverages AI to create individual video feeds of in-room participants, so they are viewed clearly and equally by remote employees.
Zoom Whiteboard: It provides a unified solution for c ollaboration and creation within the platform.
Workspace Reservation : Enables teams to reserve flexible workspace like an open desk.
Zoom Rooms Controller: It allows users to start, stop, and control Zoom Rooms meetings from their personal mobile devices, iPads, and workstations.
Zoom Room Scheduler: The new feature shows the current availability of meeting rooms, displays upcoming meetings, and allows people to reserve time for instant Zoom meetings easily.
Top stories of the week >>
Kissflow launches a low-code/no-code platform to take on Microsoft and Appian
Chennai-based Kissflow recently launched a unified low-code/no-code work platform that fast-tracks enterprise digital transformation. The platform offers a unified experience for close to 500 million enterprise customers. With this, the company now looks to secure a large pie in the USD 50 billion low code/no-code market, entrenched by the likes of big tech giants like Microsoft and Appian.
This time it’s different for Indian IT
Global brokerage firm Macquarie, in its latest report, said that it’s different this time for the Indian IT companies compared to previous recessions and believes the India Tier-I is an attractive territory. However, JP Morgan and Nomura disagree.
Read the complete story here
Can you really be anonymous on the internet?
This article discusses in length some puzzling questions about maintaining anonymity when using the internet. Read the complete story here.
CredAvenue + Infosys: When tech firms reimagine co-lending
Recently, the fintech platform CredAvenue partnered with Infosys Finacle to develop innovative co-lending solutions. Check out everything you need to know about the partnership here.
People & Technology >>
Accenture’s Jayant Swamy on delivering the next generation of AI talent
In an exclusive interview with AIM, Jayant Swamy, the Managing Director, Lead – Institute of Applied Intelligence, Accenture, talks about Accenture’s AI strategy, how analytics and AI will evolve in 2022, the tech talent pool and more.
Read the complete interview here
The story of Kaggle Grandmaster Janio Martinez Bachmann
The financial analyst turned data analyst, Janio Martinez Bachmann, shares his story of becoming a Kaggle Grandmaster.
Read about his storied career here.
Why Maruti invested in Dave AI
In an interview with AIM, the founders discussed their flagship product DaveAI (virtual sales avatar), the Maruti deal, funding, innovations etc. Check out the complete interview here.
Data Science Corner >>
Data science hiring process at CRED
Bengaluru-based credit card payments startup CRED is one of the most talked-about startups globally, thanks to its unique business model and innovative ads. The company is expanding its data science team and is actively hiring data scientists and data science analysts across experiential levels in Bengaluru.
Read about CRED’s interview process, work culture, and employee benefits here.
Why is analytics hiring so hard?
Talk to anyone in the recruitment space; hiring talent is a herculean task – especially when it comes to data science and analytics. The question is, why is it so hard? The answer to this and more can be found here .
AIM Videos
In this latest video, Krishna Sai Vootla walks you through the world of freelance data science.
Data Science Corner
Data science hiring process at Zomato
Zomato has been heavily investing in AI/ML, data science and analytics to offer a personalised experience to its customers, driver-partners and restaurants. The company has about 20+ members in its data science team and is looking to hire more in the coming months.
Read the complete interview process here.
Startups, Apps & Tools >>
Founded by the former president of IT services at Mindtree, Anjan Lahiri, Navikenz enables companies to implement AI solutions to improve their business processes.
The AI-enabled video editing tool empowers all content creators to maximise video content in real-time.
Research & Papers >>
Large Language Models are Zero-Shot Reasoners
In this paper, researchers from Google and The University of Tokyo show that large-scale language models are decent zero-shot reasoners by adding ‘Let’s think step by step’ before each answer. Check out the research paper here.
Korean researchers have proposed CLIP-Actor, a text-driven motion recommendation and neural mesh stylisation system for human mesh animation. Check out the source code and research paper here.
Event in Focus >>
MachineCon 2022
Two more weeks to go!
Former Indian cricketer Javgal Srinath (currently an ICC match referee) – will be at MachineCon 2022, where he will talk about challenges in cricket in terms of technology adoption, innovations, opportunities, and more.
Scheduled on June 24, 2022, in Bengaluru, MachineCon – powered by Fractal Analytics – is an invite-only event where participants get an opportunity to network with top industry practitioners.
Click here for more details.
Top News of the Week >>
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