UpFront
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Why is Silicon Valley still waiting for the next big thing?
In the fall of 2019, Google told the world it had reached "quantum supremacy."
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What will it cost India and the world to reach net zero greenhouse emissions?
According to a recent Mckinsey report, high capital spends and labour reallocations will be required to reach net-zero transition. Find out what will it cost for India, and the world
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It's hard to tell when the crypto bubble will burst, or if there is one
Despite their volatile and occasionally inscrutable nature, cryptocurrencies are becoming more widely traded, used and held and wealth managers are encouraging clients to explore crypto assets
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A top SoftBank deputy is said to be leaving after a billion-dollar pay dispute
Marcelo Claure, a top deputy to SoftBank's founder, Masayoshi Son, will step down as chief operating officer after a dispute over roughly $2 billion in possible compensation
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How can India prepare for all the waves and variants ahead?
The focus firmly needs to be on Covid-19 vaccinations, precautionary doses, testing, genome sequencing, and following Covid-appropriate behaviour
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Storyboard18 - Maruti to push media spends by 10-15 percent in 2022
In an exclusive interaction with Storyboard18, Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Director, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India shares the company's plans to promote commercial vehicles, why it's increasing media spends and what deters Indian car buyers when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs)
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Three new faces to help steer the Gates Foundation
For the first time ever, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be governed by a board that includes people who are not named Gates or Buffett
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As Bitcoin tumbles, IMF urges El Salvador to end its crypto embrace
The price of Bitcoin has fallen more than 50% from its peak in November, and the cryptocurrency market as a whole has lost more than $1 trillion in value over that time
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Storyboard18 - Live commerce and the rise of shopatainment
Live commerce can make shopping exciting and immersive, allowing brands to have deeper engagement with users. Integrating innovations could change shopping online from an activity to a form of entertainment for digital natives and newbies
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David, Goliath & the Unicorn: How Darwinbox got its HR box seat
From being a pariah to becoming a darling of the big enterprises, India's newly-minted unicorn Darwinbox took on big daddies of enterprise software—SAP and Oracle—to disrupt the HR tech space
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Rich countries lure health workers from low-income nations to fight shortages
The urgency and strong pull from high-income nations has upended migration patterns and raised new questions about the ethics of recruitment from countries with weak health systems during a pandemic