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The colonial penal code never imagined a world where software, not a human, amplifies hatred. Section 197 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita now penalises ‘acts prejudicial to national integration’ carried out through electronic communication.
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The fallout of the ChatGPT Confession Files, where a leak resulted in large tracts of sensitive private and proprietary data becoming public, has been a hard lesson to learn: that even cutting-edge technology is only as safe as its most misunderstood feature. For India’s global technology sector, where clients rely on ironclad privacy and stewardship, the stakes are uniquely high.
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Popular analysis of the sale of Yahoo's online business to Verizon dwells on the company’s missteps, missing out the enormous, long term success that it is.
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After revelations that the U.S.’s NSA spied on her, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has ordered a series of measures to ensure online independence and called for an equitable global internet infrastructure. India can follow Brazil’s lead and make its communication systems less vulnerable
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The Financial Times republished Gateway House's Executive Director Manjeet Kripalani's article on the return of N. Narayanamurthy to Infosys. She analyses the future of the firm with the homecoming of N. Narayanamurthy as its Executive Chairman.
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On June 1, N. Narayanamurthy, the co-founder, and former Chairman of Infosys – India’s IT giant – was appointed as the Additional Director and the Executive Chairman of the board, for five years. How momentous is his return for Infosys, and more importantly, what does this augur for the future of the company?
The recent crisis at Infosys suggests that corporate governance in India’s IT sector has been slipping. Gateway House talks to T.V. Mohandas Pai, former CFO of the company, about what the Indian IT industry and the government can do to raise global competitiveness and remain recognised as centers of innovation
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“What Now?” asked the headline on the front page of the San Franciso Chronicle, the day after Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple. After more than a decade of technological ascendancy by Jobs and Apple, where and who now will the world look towards for the next creative breakthrough?
