UpFront
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SoftBank's woes are mounting
This week, SoftBank's planned $40 billion sale of Arm, a chip designer, to Nvidia, a Silicon Valley chipmaker, fell apart because of regulatory setbacks
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From Apple to Tesla, companies that saw the biggest drop in their market cap in a single day
Recently Meta saw the biggest drop of $252 billion in its market capitalisation. Here's a look at other tech giants that have suffered big drops in the past two years
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Announcing a tele-programme is not enough, India must take a more holistic view of mental health
In a country where nearly 80 percent of people suffering from mental health issues do not receive treatment, it is important to focus on strengthening availability of skilled professionals and improving grassroots access to services beyond urban areas
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As automakers add technology to cars, software bugs follow
Often the problems involve the way in which the hardware interacts with Apple's CarPlay or Google's Android Auto software, which allow drivers to use their phones to navigate, communicate or listen to music and podcasts
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Tiny chips, big headaches
As the tiny switches in computer chips have shrunk to the width of a few atoms, the reliability of chips has become another worry for the people who run the biggest networks in the world
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Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen, and more—musicians rule Forbes' list of highest-paid entertainers of 2022
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson topped the list, 14 out of 25 entertainers on the list are musicians
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RBI monetary policy: Deviates from other central banks, keeps rates on hold
The central bank projects lower FY23 inflation, saying its characteristics are different from the West. Equities and bond markets are cheering the bank's calibrated moves. Economists say a rate hike is quite some time away
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McDonald's weathers Covid storm, rakes in highest quarterly sales
Twenty-five years after launch in India, QSR chain builds on omni-channel strategy and digital for future growth
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Storyboard18 - How Games24x7 is levelling up to leverage the gaming boom in India
The task force is really the first step towards formalisation of the AVGC industry, says Bhavin Pandya, Games24x7
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Storyboard18 - What happens when brands become spammers?
Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), real estate and telecom are the traditional culprits who have encouraged and sustained bad practices, giving telemarketing a bad name
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Why this could be a critical year for electric cars
While electric vehicles still account for a small slice of the market, their rapid growth could make 2022 the year when the march of battery-powered cars became unstoppable, erasing any doubt that the internal combustion engine is lurching toward obsolescence