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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...

Instagram will start asking some users for their race and ethnicity: Adam Mosseri

Instagram has announced that it will be asking select users in the US about their ethnicity and race “to better understand different experiences people may have on Instagram”. Instagram will show an optional survey to users randomly, where they can share this information. This announcement was made by Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Twitter.

Instagram might ask about your race, ethnicity

This survey, hosted by research group YouGov, will collect a random assortment of data from the users on the platform. The photo-sharing app will not b able to connect people or their accounts with their responses to the survey. Notably, answering these questions is optional for everyone.

Additionally, Instagram assures that their answers “will not limit the experiences that you have on Instagram, including impacting your reach or how people engage with your content in any way”.

As per the company blog, “This information will allow us to better understand the experiences different communities have on Instagram, how our technology may impact different groups, and if there are changes we can make to promote fairness.”

According to Instagram, responding to the survey will not limit the user experiences, which include their reach and how people engage with their content.

Instagram has further clarified the survey responses “cannot” and “will not” be used in the company’s ads system. This data will not be stored with the partner institutions as they will be deleted by YouGov after 30 days and “by Texas Southern University, University of Central Florida, Northeastern University, and Oasis Labs on request”.

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