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Hiring activities spike in Feb helped by digitisation: Report

Hiring activities grew by 33 per cent sequentially, the report said

'50% of Indian firms to deploy intelligent automation by 2024': IDC

Nearly half of all businesses in India will implement robotic process automation (RPA) by 2024, said an IDC study

Siemens December-quarter net profit up over 11% at Rs 295 crore

The jump in profit came mainly on the back of higher revenues

2021 may see people using technology to thrive, not just survive

Technology to get smarter in new year

Wipro Infra Engineering buys automation firm PARI, aims to go global

The focus will be on engineering, aerospace, railways, hybrid industries like pharma and FMCG

Walmart lays off robots deployed in 500 stores, lets humans do the work

The retailer said Monday it has ended its relationship with startup Bossa Nova Robotics, which builds roving robots equipped with cameras for identifying out-of-stock and misplaced products

Pandemic speeding up automation; 85 million jobs are on the line: WEF

The year-long study on effects of automation in the workplace and the outlook for robot revolution found that the 'future of work' has arrived early due to Covid-19

Covid impact: Labour automation, digitisation above global avg, says study

At the same time, the robot revolution will create 97 million new jobs, but communities most at risk from disruption will need support from businesses and governments, WEF said

One-third of IBM staff in India may be moved to new infra services biz: CEO

On Thursday, the 109-year-old IBM announced spinning off its managed infrastructure services unit into a new public company that has been temporarily named NewCo

Automation key biz tool to maximise efficiency in finance functions: Report

The report also explored the correlation between automation and headcount

New hiring at RIL starts tapering, standalone employee count declines

According to data RIL collates on its website, the company's number of employees in FY20 at a standalone level declined 9 per cent year-on-year

Air Asia picks Kerala-based startup JIFFY.ai for Robotic Process Automation

JIFFY.ai has development centers in Silicon Valley, Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore and Kochi

Robots expected to play a key role in post-Covid world, say experts

Hospitals and healthcare centres have started deploying robots and automated guided vehicles

Facebook cuts back on cybersecurity team as it invests more in automation

The employees responsible for tackling hacking threats have alleged that the Silicon Valley giant is replacing them with machines and is automating its alert response and security teams

Covid-19 outbreak: Time running out for just-in-time inventory system

Some firms are being even more adventurous and toying with an idea that, on the face of it, seems counter-intuitive, namely replicating the work from a home model in the factory.

TrackOlap using location sciences to help companies improve performance

The main focus of TrackOlap is to build B2B tools to improve the overall efficiency by providing a one-stop solution

Automation likely to kill 9% jobs in India, says IMF's David Lipton

Globally, he said, 14 per cent of workforce or 375 million workers could lose jobs to automation

How Indian IT can drive global innovation

India is steadily working to become a pool of market-ready talent for the world at large, not just for domestic needs. Its ample intellectual and human capital will help it get there

Here's why automation of jobs is very bad news for millennial workers

Should governments respond by dissuading innovation?

Samsung showcases 'Ballie' robot, other human-centered tech at CES 2020

Samsung also showed how a room can be transformed with a screen like its MicroLED display, a convergence of software, AI, IoT and hardware