Reliance’s financial services unit to offer insurance, merchant lending
Jio Financial Services, the financial services unit of Mukesh Ambani-run Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, plans to expand to merchant lending and insurance, Ambani said at Reliance’s annual general meeting in a speech that is likely to have a repercussions for countless startups. “JFS will massively increase financial services penetration by
Read moreProtecting Business Continuity: 8 Data Recovery Strategies for Risk Mitigation
What are the most prominent business risks? The usual suspects are cybercrime, operational interruptions, infrastructure failure, and compliance issues. However, once we exclude strategic risks such as debt and market shifts, most risks often boil down to a single issue: utility failure. Utilities typically refer to electricity or water. Since
Read moreChartered Governance Professionals Meet in Victoria Falls
Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute in Zimbabwe members will consider how they can contribute to bringing about Zimbabwe’s economic transformation, when they meet in Victoria Falls next month for their annual conference. ‘Attaining Vision 2030: Chartered Governance and Accountancy Professionals – Catalysts for Economic Transformation’ is the theme of the
Read moreReliance’s 5G hotspot Jio AirFiber to hit stores next month in broadband push
Jio Platforms on Monday launched the AirFiber, a wireless plug-and-play 5G hotspot, as the top Indian top telecom operator races to make a dent to the broadband market. With the Jio AirFiber, first showcased last year, Reliance plans to expand its 5G user base and replace wired broadband connections. The device
Read moreHashtag Trending Aug.28- EU’s new content moderation rules kick in; DOJ sues SpaceX for alleged discrimination in hiring; Kroll suffers data breach
EU’s new content moderation rules start to bite at Big Tech, Department of Justice accuses SpaceX of discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in hiring, Kroll suffers a data breach and AI allows museum visitors to interact with Holocaust survivors and enslaved people. These stories and more as we
Read moreReliance appoints Ambani’s children to board, wife resigns
Reliance Industries said Monday it has appointed the three children of billionaire Mukesh Ambani — Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani and Anant Ambani — as the directors to its board, the latest in the succession plan at the country’s largest company, which operates the nation’s largest telecom operator and retail chain.
Read moreSwift: High-Performance Dictionary Keys
I improved Factory’s dictionary lookup performance by over 500%! Can you do the same in your app?Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreAfter Threads, Bluesky also adds a way to see your own likes
Bluesky introduced a bunch of updates on Friday to its mobile apps and website including a new tab to see your own likes, notification support for apps, and an emoji picker for the web composer. Earlier this month, Bluesky’s rival Threads added a new tab in settings, called “Your Likes,”
Read moreTesla’s China rival Xpeng buys ride hailing giant Didi’s smart EV assets for $744M
Chinese electric vehicle upstart Xpeng is acquiring the smart EV assets of ride hailing giant Didi for $744 million, marking another significant alliance that the Tesla challenger has struck in recent months. In an announcement on Monday, Didi said the duo is forming a strategic partnership to “promote the global
Read moreCurvature at Cairo
I was flipping through Gravitation [1] this weekend and was curious about an illustration on page 309. This post reproduces that graph. The graph is centered at Cairo, Egypt and includes triangles whose side lengths are the distances between cities. The triangles are calculated using only distances, not by measuring
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