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Apple Could Drop Qualcomm Components In Next Year’s iPhones, iPads: Sources

31Oct By reutersNo Comments

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Apple Could Drop Qualcomm Components In Next Year’s iPhones, iPads: Sources

Apple Inc has designed iPhones and iPads that would drop chips supplied by Qualcomm Inc, according to two people familiar with the matter. The change would affect iPhones released in the fall of 2018, but Apple could still change course before then, these people said. They declined to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the media. The dispute stems from a change in supply arrangements under which Qualcomm has stopped providing some software for Apple to test its chips in its iPhone designs, one of the people told Reuters. The two companies are locked in a multinational legal dispute over the Qualcomm’s licensing terms to Apple. “We are committed to supporting Apple’s new devices consistent with our support of all others in the industry,” Qual...

28Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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This AI System Can Predict Earthquakes

Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to successfully predict earthquakes, an advance that can help prepare for natural disasters and potentially save lives. The study, published in the journal Geophysical Review Letters, identified a hidden signal that led up to earthquakes and used this fingerprint to train a machine learning algorithm to predict future earthquakes. Researchers at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom and Boston University in the US studied the interactions between earthquakes, precursor quakes and faults, disturbances, hoping to develop a method for predicting earthquakes. Using a lab-based system that mimics real earthquakes, they used machine learning techniques to analyze the acoustic signals that came from the disturbance as ...

Samsung To Launch Its Virtual Assistant Bixby 2.0, Will Extend To Other Phones

27Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Samsung To Launch Its Virtual Assistant Bixby 2.0, Will Extend To Other Phones

South Korean technology major Samsung will introduce the second edition of its voice- powered digital assistant Bixby next year that will work on multiple devices, including television and refrigerator, a top company official said today. This will help the global smartphone leader further strengthen its position against companies like Google, Apple and Amazon that also have virtual assistants namely Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa, respectively. "We would introduce Bixby 2.0 in 2018... it would be designed to be available on any and all devices," Samsung Electronics VP, Mobile Communications Business, Ji Soo Yi told reporters here. "This means having the intelligence of Bixby act as the control hub of device ecosystem, including mobile phones, TVs, refrigerators...," he said. Bixb...

EU Privacy Regulators Increase Pressure On WhatsApp Over Data Sharing

26Oct By reutersNo Comments

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EU Privacy Regulators Increase Pressure On WhatsApp Over Data Sharing

European Union privacy regulators rapped WhatsApp on the knuckles for not resolving their concerns over the messaging service’s sharing of user data with parent company Facebook, a year after they first issued a warning. The popular messaging service changed its privacy policy last year to start sharing users’ phone numbers and other information with Facebook. That drew widespread regulatory scrutiny across Europe, and WhatsApp subsequently suspended the data sharing for EU users . In a letter sent to WhatsApp on Tuesday and published on Wednesday, the group of EU data protection authorities - known as the Article 29 Working Party - said the company had still not resolved its concerns about getting user consent for the data sharing. They noted that the information given users abou...

25Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Now Charge Your Smartphone In Seconds

You may soon be able to charge your smartphone within seconds, thanks to a novel technology developed by researchers that can significantly improve energy-storage devices known as supercapacitors. The design doubles the amount of electrical energy the rapid-charging devices can hold, paving the way for eventual use in everything from smartphones and laptops, to electric vehicles and high-powered lasers, researchers said. "We are showing record numbers for the energy-storage capacity of supercapacitors," said Michael Pope, professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada. "And the more energy-dense we can make them, the more batteries we can start displacing," said Pope, who led the research published in the journal ACS Nano. Supercapacitors are a promising, green alternative to tr...

Now Manage Your Business Better With These New Gmail Add-ons

25Oct By RishabhNo Comments

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Now Manage Your Business Better With These New Gmail Add-ons

Google announced on Tuesday about the launch of its Gmail add-ons that will allow third-party developers to integrate their services with Gmail directly. With these add-ons, users can now save time from switching to different apps/websites for their basic to-dos. Now from their Gmail inbox itself, users can control different business operations such as generating an invoice, prepare a presentation or follow-up on a sales. "With so many to-dos, imagine if you could complete these tasks directly from your inbox without interrupting your workflow", said Google in a blog-post. "Rather than toggling between your inbox and other apps, use add-ons to complete actions right from Gmail. With Gmail Add-ons, your inbox can contextually surface your go-to app based on messages you receive t...

Researchers Uncover Flaw That Makes Wi-Fi Vulnerable To Hacks

17Oct By reutersNo Comments

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Researchers Uncover Flaw That Makes Wi-Fi Vulnerable To Hacks

Cyber security watchdogs and researchers are issuing warnings over risks associated with a widely used system for securing Wi-Fi communications after the discovery of a flaw that could allow hackers to read information thought to be encrypted, or infect websites with malware. An alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Computer Emergency Response Team on Monday said the flaw could be used within range of Wi-Fi using the WPA2 protocol to hijack private communications. It recommended installing vendor updates on affected products, such as routers provided by Cisco Systems Inc or Juniper Networks Inc. Belgian researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens of Belgian university KU Leuven disclosed the bug in WPA2, which secures modern Wi-Fi systems used by vendors for wireless c...

16Oct By RishabhNo Comments

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Apple Partners With LG Display To Make Foldable iPhone

Following the launch of iPhone X, which is being considered as a the start of new future phones, Apple is now working with LG Display (LGD) to make a foldable iPhone. Reports have that LG Display has already been working on a foldable OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) panels for the Cupertino giant, and we could see the first foldable iPhone before 2020. The recently launched iPhone X represents a significant change in the design pattern that Apple had been following, which includes a front-facing sensors that could read your face to unlock the phone. And not to forget the new bezelless OLED screen and the removal of the home button. Samsung has already been working on foldable OLED Screens and foldable phones, which might not be very far from reach of common man now. ...

Now Interact in Virtual Reality Using Your Smile

9Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Now Interact in Virtual Reality Using Your Smile

Scientists have developed a new technology that allows users to interact in a virtual reality environment using only mouth gestures such as a smile. The proliferation of affordable virtual reality head- mounted displays provides users with realistic immersive visual experiences. However, head-mounted displays occlude the upper half of a user's face and prevent facial action recognition from the entire face. To combat this issue, researchers from Binghamton University in the US created a new framework that interprets mouth gestures as a medium for interaction within virtual reality in real-time. The team tested the application on a group of students. Once a user put on a head-mounted display, they were presented with a simplistic game. The objective of the game was to guide t...

Google Launches Its “World’s Best Camera Smartphone “

5Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Google Launches Its “World’s Best Camera Smartphone “

Tech giant Google unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone - Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL - which will be available in India from November 15 priced at Rs 61,000 onwards. The devices, which will compete in the premium segment with devices like Apples iPhone 8 and X as well as Samsungs Note 8, will be available in five other markets including the US, the UK and Australia. Google said that with Pixel, it has "created the world's best smartphone camera". "Pixel 2 is loaded with a better camera that not only lets you take great pictures but helps you understand the world around you; a battery that lasts all day; and an Assistant that helps you get more done," it said in a statement. During the launch event, Google also demonstrated Google Lens -a new set of visual features ...

Telecom Regulator TRAI To Strengthen MySpeed, Mobile Data Measuring App

3Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Telecom Regulator TRAI To Strengthen MySpeed, Mobile Data Measuring App

Telecom regulator Trai plans to strengthen its MySpeed app, which measures mobile data speeds, and will also make its evaluation method more transparent after consultation with operators, its chairman R S Sharma said. Some operators had complained about methods and results of the Trai's MySpeed app, and the regulator will soon come out with a white paper on underlying methodology and algorithms used by the said app for calculating data speeds of various service providers. "We have also contacted Ookla and others. We are trying to understand what their methods are ... We would like all stakeholders to sit together and come to a conclusion over most appropriate methodology," the Trai chairman said. The regulator will also take suggestions from operators on the issue, he said. "We will s...

2Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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New Tech Can Turn Any Object into TV Remote

Cant find your TV remote again? Scientists have developed a technology that can turn everyday objects - such as teacups or toy cars - into remote controls for televisions. Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK show a novel technique that allows body movement, or movement of objects, to be used to interact with screens. The Matchpoint technology, which only requires a simple webcam, works by displaying moving targets that orbit a small circular widget in the corner of the screen. These targets correspond to different functions - such as volume, changing channel or viewing a menu. The user synchronises the direction of movement of the target, with their hand, head or an object, to achieve what researchers call spontaneous spatial coupling, which activates the desired funct...