Multinational coffeehouse chain Starbucks has appointed Indian-origin technology executive Anand Varadarajan as its new executive vice president and chief technology officer (CTO), entrusting the two-decade Amazon veteran with overseeing the beverage giant’s global technology operations. Starbucks stated in the announcement that Anand Varadarajan brings deep experience in developing secure, reliable systems. (LinkedIn/ Anand Varadarajan) According […]
Anand Mahindra has warned of “a far bigger crisis” at hand amid fears that AI will wipe out white-collar jobs. Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra. (Bloomberg) “For decades, we pushed degrees and desk jobs to the top of ‘aspirational’ ladder and quietly pushed skilled trades to the bottom,” the chairman of the namesake conglomerate that […]
