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Psychology says parents who read storybooks to their children every night may be building more than just a love of books
A parent who reads with enthusiasm, listens to a child’s questions and lets them choose a favorite story may be creating something far more meaningful than a simple nightly literacy exercise. They may be building a small but powerful ritual in which the child repeatedly experiences attention, predictability, conversation and emotional closeness.
Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says
A federal judge ruled that President Trump exceeded his power in freezing U.S. foreign aid. Despite this, the administration does not have to restart dropped contracts. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a reduction in aid programs, with many USAID activities discontinued. The ruling came after significant policy changes in U.S. humanitarian and development operations.
Tech layoffs in 2024: TikTok, Google and Amazon among companies undertaking job cuts
The new year brings more job cuts to the tech industry as layoffs continue in 2024. Thousands of tech and startup employees have been laid off, with 48 tech companies sacking 7,528 employees so far. Big Tech giants like Google and Amazon are planning to cut more jobs to reduce costs. Riot Games, Google, Amazon Audible, Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, Discord, Unity Software, Xerox, and Frontdesk are among the tech companies that have announced layoffs in 2024.
Unity Software cutting 25% of staff in 'company reset' continuation
While Unity is not widely recognized outside the gaming industry, over 1.1 million game creators rely on its software toolkit each month, including the maker of the popular "Pokemon Go," "Beat Saber" and "Hearthstone" games.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott defends abortion ban, advises rape victims to take plan B
Texas Governor Greg Abbott stood in favor of the state’s abortion ban which does not consider the crime victims as an exception. He suggested that the rape victims can choose plan B to instead of abortions, whereas, the low-income Texans do not have wide access to emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy.
New IBM CEO Arvind Krishna starts up with culture shift
Arvind Krishna writes to staff, calls for an entrepreneurial mindset as he takes over the top job
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Arvind Krishna, the man who helped buy Red Hat, now wears the CEO hat at IBM
Indian-American Arvind Krishna will take over as the firm's CEO of IBM from Virginia 'Ginni' Rometty.
IBM raises IITian Arvind Krishna to CEO effective April
IBM said current CEO Ginni Rometty would continue as executive chairman of the board through the end of 2020, at which point she would retire after almost 40 years with the company. Krishna is currently senior vice president for cloud and cognitive software and was a principal architect of the company's acquisitions of Red Hat.
IBM to take over 1,000 Indian staff as part of Red Hat buyout
Red Hat has a reputation for its open culture that has been built by its CEO Jim Whitehurst and imbibed at its offices in India.
IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion
IBM is hoping the deal will help it catch up with Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet Inc and Microsoft in the rapidly growing cloud business.
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Breast-feeding protects mothers from cancer, heart attacks
New York, Sep 29 (IANS) Breast-feeding not only protects babies from premature deaths and serious diseases but also mothers from breast cancer and heart attacks, among others, suggests a study.
Software Company Red Hat banks on India to hit $ 5 billion turnover in 5 years
Red Hat-supported software is already being used by the Indian government’s biometric idenitification program — Aadhaar.
Open source software firm Red Hat looks to grow its shared-services base and add more jobs
Company has already seen large government and public sector organisations such as the Centre for Railway Information Systems, the LIC of India and SBI Insurance.
Open source could be a success story, too: Red Hat CEO
From airlines to open source software, Red Hat’s global CEO Jim Whitehurst has made a smooth transition.
Pace of IT industry is amazing: Jim Whitehurst
With Red Hat at a market cap of over $5 billion, Whitehurst has proven his critics wrong. On a visit to Mumbai, he took time for an interview.
Pace of IT industry is amazing: Jim Whitehurst
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst has been instrumental in the co's growth. Whitehurst played a pivotal role in helping Red Hat emerge from the brink of bankruptcy. He has now risen to a different challenge: selling free software.
'People shouldn't pay for software'
On a recent visit, CEO Jim Whitehurst defends the Red Hat’s open source business model and shares his vision for the company. Excerpts:
UTV betting on superhero War Devil
At a time when UTV has just announced its plans to create Indian super heroes with Virgin Comics, it’s already got one superhero incubating - only nobody in India is very likely to see this one.
UTV betting big on 'War Devil'
For UTV, it is a leg-up to the second level in console gaming that could give it a foothold into the lucrative US & Japanese markets.
Delta Air Lines posts $1.77 bn profit
Delta Air Lines Inc, cited a 5.5 per cent gain in sales as it reported on Wednesday.
Delta Airlines to start Mumbai, NY direct flight
US-based Delta Airlines on Monday said it would start a direct flight between Mumbai and New York later this year.
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