IIT Madras

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IIT Madras Collabs With Sony India Software For Hackathon

The IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation (IITM-PTF) and Sony India Software Centre have proposed to host a national hackathon named, SAMVEDAN 2021 - Sensing Solutions for Bharat. It aims to encourage the contestants to develop solutions for the country’s societal problems by using IoT Sensor Board. The registration began on July 1. Teams of three members can apply for the challenge. Winners will be eligible for entrepreneurial support… read-more

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 - 09:45 PM / by Ashutosh Kumar Mishra

Tags: IIT Madras, Sony, Hackathon 2020, SAMVEDAN 2021

Courtesy: NDTV

Cyber crime

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Chinese Hackathon Exposes Faults In Android, iOS And Windows

A Chinese hackathon event revealed several loopholes in leading software including of Android, Windows-10, iOS14 and Chrome among others. For the annually-held Tianfu Cup, contestants from 15 groups tried to break these programs. The competitors were given three five-minute opportunities to hack the software and platforms. Later, the faults were notified to the companies concerned. The 360 ESG Vulnerability Research Institute bagged the… read-more

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 - 05:35 PM / by Sakshi Amrutkar

Tags: Tianfu Cup, Hackathon 2020, Chrome, Google, iOS 14

Courtesy: Hindustan Times