Saturday, November 23, 2019
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Xiaomi patent hints at a smartphone design with a quad rear camera setup and a secondary display at the back
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has patented a new smartphone with a dual display. The second display, in this case, is at the back of the smartphone and as per the patent, design rests next to the quad-camera setup. Yup, the smartphone has four cameras at the back and none in the front. This has led many to speculate that the second display at the back can be used to clicking selfies. But how effective that will be is still questionable as people are used to the full smartphone display when clicking selfies. The second display at the back is expected to be used to show notifications when the phone is kept face down on a table. With the lack of a selfie camera in the front, the front of the display is all screen with very slim bezels surrounding it. Apart from the earpiece, the front only has the proximity sensor and notification sensor.
Xiaomi also filed a patent for a foldable smartphone. This foldable smartphone is expected to sport 5 pop-up cameras. According to the patent, the Xiaomi foldable phone has an outward folding display. The camera setup can either be the rear camera or the front-facing camera, based on how the user holds the device. Xiaomi is expected to release a foldable phone in 2019, but since the year is coming to an end, we think this may be something the smartphone maker has planned for 2020. After all, the Mobile World Congress is just around the corner.
In other Xiaomi news, the company is expected to launch the Mi Note 10 in India. The Mi Note 10 sports a 108MP Penta camera setup. You can read more about it here.
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Inside Vumacam's plans to build a network of AI-powered CCTV cameras across South Africa in areas where people of color are already disproportionately targeted (Michael Kwet/VICE)
Inside Vumacam's plans to build a network of AI-powered CCTV cameras across South Africa in areas where people of color are already disproportionately targeted — “Beggars” and “vagrants" are not welcome in Parkhurst, South Africa, a mostly white, middle-class suburb of about 5,000 on the outskirts of Johannesburg's inner city.
Honor V30 and V30 Pro confirmed to sport Kirin 990 SoC
Ahead of the November 26 unveiling, Honor has confirmed some of the critical specifications about the V30 and V30 Pro. Both smartphones will be powered by the Kirin 990 SoC. The information comes from a short video post made by Honor on the Weibo. Honor has also confirmed that both smartphones will support 5G connectivity. There is no information on when the smartphones will launch outside China.
An image posted on Weibo has hinted at the price of the Honor V30. It is expected to be priced at CNY4,999 which translates to roughly Rs 51,000. The smartphone is also expected to launch with a feature called Matrix Camera.
Coming to other specifications of the V30, the smartphone is speculated to sport 8GB RAM along with 256GB storage. It will run on Android 10 out of the box and will sport a Full HD+ display. From the leaked promo materials, it can be seen that there is an oval-shaped hole in the top left corner of the display to house the front-facing camera.
Coming to other specifications, both the V30 devices are said to sport 6.57-inch IPS display with a 91.46 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The V30 is expected to come with 6GB RAM + 128GB storage and 8GB RAM + 128GB storage whereas the V30 Pro is expected to have 8GB RAM + 128GB storage and 8GB RAM + 256GB storage. Liquid cooling is another feature said to make an appearance on both the devices along with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. The smartphones are said to support 40W fast charging
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iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max to sport 6GB RAM, iPhone SE2 production to begin in February: Report
If information circulating the internet is to be believed, then the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max will sport 6GB of RAM whereas the iPhone 12 will have 4GB of RAM. To put things into perspective, the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have 4GB of RAM. The new iPhones are expected to be unveiled in September 2020. In addition to the increased RAM, the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max are also expected to sport 3D sensing cameras at the back. The phones are also expected to support mmWave 5G. It is, however, unclear whether the devices will work with sub-6GHz 5G.
Moving over to the iPhone SE2, the smartphone, which has long been rumoured is still in the works. Information circulating the internet suggests that production for the device will start in February 2020. The iPhone SE2 is expected to resemble the iPhone 8 in terms of design and will sport a 4.7-inch display. It will retain the Touch ID home button. Under the hood, the smartphone will be powered by Apple’s A13 chip, accompanied with 3GB of RAM. The iPhone SE2 is expected to be introduced in March.
Even though Apple has its grand reveal events throughout the year planned like clockwork, there are times when the Cupertino tech giant drops a bomb on customers with a surprise reveal. The new 16-inch MacBook Pro and the AirPods Pro is a great example of this. You can read more about the 16-inch MacBook Pro here and the AirPods Pro here.
The information about the new iPhones comes from Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis and his associates. They have been known to provide reliable information in the past, but there have been times when they’ve missed the mark.
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Barbara Liskov, a Turing Award winner who invented some key principles of object-oriented programming, on what it takes a woman to get to the top of CS field (Susan D'Agostino/Quanta Magazine)
Barbara Liskov, a Turing Award winner who invented some key principles of object-oriented programming, on what it takes a woman to get to the top of CS field — Barbara Liskov pioneered the modern approach to writing code. She warns that the challenges facing computer science today can't be overcome with good design alone.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Facebook built face recognition app that let workers identify people
As Slack gets criticism from power users for its WYSIWYG editor and plans an option to revert, a look at the history of Markdown, used by Slack's old interface (Ernie Smith/VICE)
As Slack gets criticism from power users for its WYSIWYG editor and plans an option to revert, a look at the history of Markdown, used by Slack's old interface — \u003Cp\u003ESlack just updated its longtime editor for its primary interface—and \u003Ca href="https:\u002F\u002Fslack.com …
India's Cheap Data, Voice Telecom Plans May Be Over
Amazon files lawsuit contesting Pentagon's $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft
Google pulls plug on Cloud Print, advises users to use native printing
If you've printed web pages and emails from Google Chrome, then there's a good chance you've come across the name Cloud Print. It's Google's cloud-based printing solution that has come bundled with Chrome for nearly a decade now. According to a recent support document published by Google, the California-based technology firm intends to kill support for Cloud Print by December 31, 2020. Google wants its users to find a different or native printing solution by then.
Cloud Print, which has so far been the default printing solution for Chromebook users on Chrome OS, was launched in 2010 in beta. Like the popular Hangouts-predecessor Google Talk, it never left beta, and soon, it will be phased out from Chrome without a stable release. “We recommend that over the next year, you identify an alternative solution and execute a migration strategy,” notes Google. This means users on Windows and Mac will have to start using the native print dialogue to print pages from Chrome.
What about printing on Chrome OS then? Well, Google has already implemented a UNIX-based native printing solution called CUPS, which also does duty on Chrome Enterprise. Before the end of the current year, it will add more enhancements to the same on Chrome OS. This native printing solution is “enabled through the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). CUPS uses an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) that allows printing directly to a printer over the local network.” This will also work with printers connected via USB.
If you feel up to moving away from Cloud Print and towards native printing on your Chromebook—which you should start doing from now anyway—you can begin here. Google has a step-by-step guide to help you connect your printer to your Chromebook without using Cloud Print. Additionally, you can disable Cloud Print by following these steps. And if you're in the market for a new entry-level Chromebook, you can read our review of the recently launched HP Chromebook 14 here. It currently costs Rs 22,980 on Amazon.in.
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Bitcoin Dives to a Six-Month Low on China Crackdown
Amazon Sues Pentagon Over $10 Billion Contract Awarded to Microsoft
Exclusive: This is what the Nokia TV launching as Flipkart Unique looks like
If you are looking to invest in a new smart TV, then we’d say hold your horses. Flipkart has confirmed to us that Nokia is launching its smart TV running on Android as a Flipkart Unique product, and the sound for the upcoming TV will be powered by JBL Audio. From the picture above, you have a glimpse of what the TV will look like. We can see the sound output from the TV will be handled by JBL sound system speakers. From the image, it is also clear that the TV will have front-firing speakers.
One of the weakest elements in TVs these days is the audio output. Through the partnership with JBL, customers can expect acoustics engineered by JBL along with sound tuning as per JBL standards on the upcoming Nokia TV. Flipkart has confirmed to Digit that the TV will come with features like Clear Vocal Tones and Minimal Harmonic Distortion. JBL speakers are known for superior sound fidelity and hence we expect the Nokia TV to deliver on the promise. In addition to speakers from JBL, the TV also brings with it Dolby Audio & DTS TruSurround Sound which is said to enhance your TV viewing experience. With Dolby Audio & DTS TruSurround, the TV will be able to decode high fidelity audio and play it back for you from the TVs JBL powered speakers. With DTS TruSurround the TV will be able to decode 5.1 surround sound and play it back to you via the TVs JBL speakers as well.
Moving to other specifications of the Nokia TV, it is a 55-inch TV with a 4K resolution. In an earlier story we reported, Mr Vipul Mehrotra, Vice President, Nokia Brand Partnerships said, “We are delighted that Flipkart, the leading e-commerce company in the country, will bring the first-ever Nokia branded Smart TVs to India. Today marks the start of an exciting new chapter for the Nokia brand in a new category.”
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UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)
Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times : UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published...
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