Monday, October 21, 2019
Redmi Note 8 Pro, Redmi Note 8 to Go on Sale in India Today at 12 Noon
Here’s the very last trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
And there we have it: the very last trailer for a Star Wars movie focusing on the Skywalkers*.
After 42 long years of Jedi returning, clones attacking, and Force awakenings… the three pack of trilogies that is the “Skywalker saga” comes to an end this December with the release of Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
As with the last few Star Wars movies, Rise of Skywalker’s final trailer dropped right in the middle of Monday Night Football. This comes roughly six months after the first teaser landed back in April.
Rise of Skywalker is set to open on December 20th according to the billboards… which means it’s actually opening the evening of December 19th in much of the US due to midnight screenings and timezone rules. If your goal is to see it as early as possible to avoid spoilers and whatnot, double check when your theater’s first screening actually is.
(* until the inevitable point down the road when another Skywalker trilogy is announced… because, well, people like the Skywalkers.)
Through partnerships and a new software toolkit, Nvidia looks to surf the 5G wave
Nvidia is making a hard pitch at this year’s Mobile World Congress Los Angeles that the future of software defined 5G networks should be powered by its chipsets.
Through the launch of a new software development toolkit and a series of partnerships announced today with Ericsson (for networking); Microsoft (for its cloud computing); and Red Hat (for its Kubernetes expertise), Nvidia is pitching telecommunications companies that its chipsets are the best base for managing the breadth of new services 5G networking will enable.
Getting in on the ground floor would be a huge win for the chip manufacturer, especially since 5G antennas will need to be fairly ubiquitous to be effective.
Helping to make that case is the launch of a new software development toolkit that will let telecommunications companies take more advantage of the “network slicing” abilities (allowing telecom companies to dial up and down capacity on a session-by-session basis) that 5G networking provides.
In a keynote speech from Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, ahead of the convention, the company’s pitch is that embedding its chipsets and new software into those networks is the best way for telecom companies to add dynamically provisioned additional services.
The company has developed two software development kits: a CUDA Virtual Network Function, which provides optimized inputs and outputs and processing; and CUDA Baseband, which has a GPU-accelerated signal processing pipeline.
What’s more, the Aerial software development kits run on top of Nvidia’s previously announced EGX stack, which works with the new containerized software development paradigm dominated by Kubernetes.
The GPU-enabled off-the-shelf servers that telecoms can all be installed with NVIDIA software as containers that run on Kubernetes.
If the software is one new hook for telecommunications companies, Nvidia’s “collaboration” wth Ericsson could be another.
With Ericsson, Nvidia hopes to build out its abilities to virtualize radio area network architectures to make the networking technology lower-cost, more scalable, and more energy efficient.
“With NVIDIA we will jointly look at bringing alternatives to market for virtualizing the complete radio access network,” Fredrik Jejdling, executive vice president and head of Networks at Ericsson, said, in a statement.
Another partner that Nvidia is bringing to the table is Microsoft, whose Azure cloud services will be more tightly integrated with Nvidia’s EGX hardware and software like the Metropolis video analytics tools.
“In a world where computing is becoming embedded in every place and every thing, organizations require a distributed computing fabric that spans the cloud and edge,” said Satya Nadella, chief executive of Microsoft, in a statement. Nvidia represents the edge, and Microsoft is making a pitch to be the cloud service provider.
Tighter connectivity to cloud services is one way that Nvidia can ensure its stack of hardware and software tools makes an appealing choice for telecommunications companies casting around for the right hardware provider to complement their networking services. Another is to make sure that Nvidia’s chipsets are developer friendly.
To achieve that, the company also is expanding on its partnership with RedHat to speed up the adoption of Kubernetes in data centers and to telecom infrastructure through the newly announced Nvidia Aerial software development toolkit.
“The industry is ramping 5G and the ‘smart everything’ revolution is beginning. Billions of sensors and devices will be sprinkled all over the world enabling new applications and services,” said Huang. “We’re working with Red Hat to build a cloud-native, massively scalable, high-performance GPU computing infrastructure for this new 5G world. Powered by the NVIDIA EGX Edge Supercomputing Platform, a new wave of applications will emerge, just as with the smartphone revolution.”
IAB and PwC: US online ad spending reached $57.9B in H1 2019, up 16.9% year-over-year but lower than the 23.1% growth in the same period last year (Greg Sterling/Marketing Land)
IAB and PwC: US online ad spending reached $57.9B in H1 2019, up 16.9% year-over-year but lower than the 23.1% growth in the same period last year — Mobile ad revenues were $39.9 billion or 69% of the total. — U.S. online ad spending reached $57.9 billion, representing growth of 16.9% year-over-year …
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Researchers find open database that leaked 179GB+ of customer, US govt, and military records from Autoclerk, a travel reservations system owned by Best Western (vpnMentor)
Researchers find open database that leaked 179GB+ of customer, US govt, and military records from Autoclerk, a travel reservations system owned by Best Western — Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor's research team discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk …
Sunday, October 20, 2019
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Gojek founder and CEO Nadiem Makarim resigns to join Indonesian cabinet; Soelistyo and Aluwi to be new co-CEOs
Nadiem Makarim, founder and CEO of Gojek, said on Monday he has stepped down from his role at the ride-hailing startup to join Indonesia president Joko Widodo’s cabinet.
The announcement, which has taken many by surprise, comes a day after Widodo was sworn in for a second term. Widodo has previously said that he wants young business executives to join his cabinet.
In a statement, a Gojek spokesperson told TechCrunch that Andre Soelistyo, Gojek Group President and Kevin Aluwi, Gojek co-founder, are taking over as co-CEOs of the startup.
“We are very proud that our founder will play such a significant role in moving Indonesia onto the global stage. It is unprecedented for a passionate local founder’s vision to be recognised as a model that can be up-scaled to help the development of an entire country,” the spokesperson said.
“We have planned for this possibility and there will be no disruption to our business. We will make an announcement on what this news means for Gojek within the next few days. We respect the process set out by the President and will not make a further comment until there is an official announcement from the Palace,” the spokesperson added.
Makarim said he was honored that the president asked him to join his cabinet as a minister. He did not reveal which position he would hold, but an announcement from Widodo is expected later this week. “I am very happy to be here today as it shows we are ready for innovation and to move forward,” he told reporters.
Makarim founded Gojek in 2010 as a two-wheeler hailing service. The startup has since expanded to include a range of services including mobile payments, food delivery, online shopping and most recently on-demand video streaming.
The startup has amassed more than 2 million driver partners and 400,000 merchants on its platform. Gojek was valued at almost $10 billion in its most recent financing round. The company, which operates in Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand, clocked gross transaction worth $9 billion last year.
Makarim comes from a prominent Indonesian family: His parents are anti-corruption activist, while his grandfather is an independence hero.
Redmi Note 8 Pro, Redmi Note 8 to go on sale for first time in India today: Price, specs, availability and everything you need to know
If you are looking to pick up one of the new Redmi Note 8 devices, then you better get your trigger finger ready. The sale for the Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro kicks off at 12 noon today via Amazon.in, Mi.com, and Mi Home Stores. Speaking of the price and variants, The Redmi Note 8 Pro is priced at Rs 14,999 for the 6GB RAM + 64GB storage variant. The 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant is priced at Rs 17,999. The top variant with 8GB RAM + 128GB storage is priced at Rs 17,999. The smartphone is available in Gamma Green, Halo White, and Shadow Black colour options.
Moving over to the Redmi Note 8, the smartphone is priced at Rs 9,999 for the 4GB + 64GB variant and Rs 12,999 for the 6GB + 128GB variant. The Redmi Note 8 is available in Moonlight White, Neptune Blue, and Space Black colour options.
REDMI NOTE 8 SPECIFICATIONSThe Redmi Note 8 sports a 6.3-inch FHD+ display with a dot drop notch. Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor. A 4,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support powers the entire package. The smartphone runs on MIUI 10 based on Android 9 Pie. For the optics, the Redmi Note 8 sports a quad rear camera setup. It has a 48MP primary camera with a Samsung GM1 sensor with f/1.79 lens. The second is an 8MP Ultra-Wide lens with a 120-degree field of view. There are two 2MP cameras. One for depth sensing and the other is a Macro lens. For your selfie needs, the smartphone has a 13MP front-facing camera. The smartphone has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for security.
As mentioned above, the Redmi Note 8 is priced at Rs 9,999 for the base 4GB RAM + 64GB model and Rs 12,999 for the 6GB + 128GB variant.
REDMI NOTE 8 PRO SPECIFICATIONSMoving over to the Redmi Note 8 Pro, the smartphone features a 6.53-inch FHD+ LCD display and comes with a waterdrop notch. It boasts a 91.94 percent screen to body ratio. The device also sports a curved Gorilla Glass 5 panel on the back. It is a dual SIM phone with a dedicated microSD card slot. Further, the phone comes with built-in support for Amazon Alexa.
The Redmi Note 8 Pro is powered by the MediaTek Helio G90T chipset. The smartphone also boasts of liquid cooling support for an improved gaming experience.
When it comes to the camera, the Redmi Note 8 Pro sports a quad rear camera setup at the back. It has a 64MP primary Samsung-developed sensor accompanied by an 8MP ultra-wide lens, a 2MP depth sensor and a 2MP macro lens. On the front, it has a 20MP camera. The company claims that the Redmi Note 8 Pro is capable of recording videos at 960 frames per second. The smartphone has a 4500mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging. The Redmi Note 8 Pro runs MIUI 10 based on Android 9 Pie. The smartphone also features NFC, has a splash-proof coating, and features the endangered 3.5mm audio jack.
As mentioned above, the Redmi Note 8 Pro is priced at Rs 14,999 for the 6GB RAM + 64GB storage variant, Rs 15,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant and Rs 17,999 for the top of the line 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. It will be made available in three colour options, namely, Gamma Green, Halo White and Shadow Black.
In our gaming comparison of the Redmi Note 8 Pro, we said, “The Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro is indeed a better performer than its present competition, as revealed by benchmarks and gaming. But it's not without flaws that could become a burden in the long term. The MediaTek Helio G90T SoC is fast but suffers from poor thermal management. It also draws more power by keeping all the cores fired up at all times during game. This, however, lets the phone push the frame rates and improve stability in high-end games. Now performance is just half the story when it comes to the Redmi Note Pro devices. The camera is another half and that we are presently testing out. Stay tuned for a detailed camera comparison. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro is indeed a better performer than its present competition, as revealed by benchmarks and gaming. But it's not without flaws that could become a burden in the long term. The MediaTek Helio G90T SoC is fast but suffers from poor thermal management. It also draws more power by keeping all the cores fired up at all times during game. This, however, lets the phone push the frame rates and improve stability in high-end games. Now performance is just half the story when it comes to the Redmi Note Pro devices. The camera is another half and that we are presently testing out. Stay tuned for a detailed camera comparison.”
You can read the comparison in detail here.
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