Unionised workers of Samsung Electronics were set to launch a one-day walkout over wages on Friday, a union official said, in what would be the first walkout at the technology giant. About 28,000 members of the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) were set to collectively take the day off, but some analysts expected the labour action to have no major impact on production. The NSEU said it will not disclose the number of workers joining the walkout, saying the decision should be made voluntarily, reports news agency.

Fintech startup Simpl on Thursday said that it has laid off 30 employees across various departments in another round of job cuts. According to the company, the decision to let go of employees is a "continuation of our organisation-wide efforts to become a fiscally prudent company and achieve profitability by mid-2025." "As an organisation, we routinely review our businesses to improve efficiencies and become more agile and leaner as an organisation to drive consistent growth," Ashish Kulshrestha, Head of Communications, Simpl, said in a statement to.

Google on Thursday announced the second edition of the 'Google News Initiative (GNI) Indian Languages Programme (ILP)' to support news publishers in the country. The first edition was launched last year and more than 300 news publishers, spanning nine Indian languages, participated and benefited from the programme. This year, the tech giant said that it is partnering with its technology partner Mediology to deliver the ILP's second edition, with a focus on next-generation tools for newsrooms working with Indic languages.

Google has acquired Cameyo, which develops virtualisation tools to run Windows apps on ChromeOS devices, for an undisclosed sum. Recognising the potential of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), Google partnered with Cameyo last year to launch a seamless virtual application delivery experience fully integrated with ChromeOS. These features ensure users can seamlessly access data and files in a secure, easy, and familiar way within virtual apps.

The upcoming government should continue to prioritise innovation, youth empowerment, and entrepreneurship, in line with the overall focus on governance, development, and performance, electronics industry experts said on Wednesday. According to Varun Gupta, Co-Founder of Boult, as the electronics sector maintains its upward trajectory, government support remains instrumental in bolstering global competitiveness. "The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme tailored for hearables and wearables is poised to play a pivotal role in realising the government's ambitious export targets, providing a substantial boost to the sector's competitiveness and contribution to the global market," Gupta told.

Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it has commenced a pilot Biogas plant at its Manesar facility in the fiscal year 2024-25, as it plans to invest nearly Rs 450 crore over the next three years towards renewable energy initiatives. The initiative is in alignment with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's 'Waste to Energy' programme, the company said in a statement. In FY 2023-24, Maruti Suzuki invested Rs 120.8 crore towards commissioning renewable energy initiatives like solar power and biogas. It has increased the investment approximately fourfold to Rs 450 crore.

LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea's leading battery maker, said on Wednesday it has signed an initial pact with a US company to strengthen the competitiveness of its electric vehicle (EV) battery management solutions. LGES has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) to jointly develop a technology that could precisely measure the internal temperatures of EV battery cells, the company said in a statement. The existing battery management system cannot measure the exact temperature inside an individual battery cell in real time. So a battery's safe charging temperature must be set to a conservative number, limiting opportunities to further enhance charging speeds, reports news agency.

Privacy rights organisation noyb on Tuesday lodged two complaints with Austria’s data protection authority against tech giant Microsoft for allegedly violating children’s data protection rights. The non-profit organisation said that Microsoft’s ‘365 Education’ services violate children’s data protection rights. When pupils wanted to exercise their General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rights, Microsoft said schools were the “controller” for their data.

Apple watch has saved yet another life, this time a 35-year-old woman from the national capital who suffered from Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) -- a rapid and abnormal heart rhythm. Speaking to IANS, Sneha Saha, a policy researcher, said that late in the evening on April 9, she started experiencing a rapid heart rate.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed a novel nanosensor that targets cytokines -- proteins that help control the body’s inflammation levels -- and helps in the rapid diagnosis and progression of various diseases in 30 minutes. Currently used techniques for cytokine detection include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which although reliable are highly time-consuming. These also require trained personnel and a long sample preparation or analysis time that can take over 6 hours to produce the results.