Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Vivo V25 Pro 5G: Launch date, price, specs and more

Vivo is gearing up for the launch of its upcoming V series smartphone lineup with the launch of– Vivo V25 and Vivo V25 Pro 5G in the Indian market on August 17 at 12 noon. Out of the two, the company has already revealed the specs of the Vivo V25 Pro smartphone ahead of its launch. https://ift.tt/Rn1a9Lt

Monday, August 15, 2022

Beta version of DigiYatra app launched to speed up check-in process at Delhi airport

"DIAL had installed the required facility at Terminal 3 of Delhi Airport and had already conducted its DigiYatra trials. Nearly 20,000 passengers had a seamless and secure travel experience after using the facility during the trials," its statement noted. https://ift.tt/8XeFpVB

Galaxy Digital terminates its $1.2B acquisition of crypto custodian BitGo, announced in May 2021, after the service failed to provide audited statements (Lucy Harley-McKeown/The Block)

Lucy Harley-McKeown / The Block:
Galaxy Digital terminates its $1.2B acquisition of crypto custodian BitGo, announced in May 2021, after the service failed to provide audited statements  —  - Galaxy Digital announced on Monday that it would terminate its deal with crypto custodian BitGo, which had been announced in May 2021.



A look at the UK's beleaguered semiconductor industry, which has withered since the 1980s, and efforts to revive domestic production amid a global supply crunch (Andrew Hill/Financial Times)

Andrew Hill / Financial Times:
A look at the UK's beleaguered semiconductor industry, which has withered since the 1980s, and efforts to revive domestic production amid a global supply crunch  —  Richard Rogers' buildings are known for their inside-out architecture.  The Inmos microprocessor factory in Newport, south Wales, completed in 1982, is no exception.



Court docs in Brazil show Microsoft sold approximately 58.5M Xbox One units in total, or half of the PS4's 117.2M sales; Microsoft has long hidden sales figures (Bobby Kent/GameLuster)

Bobby Kent / GameLuster:
Court docs in Brazil show Microsoft sold approximately 58.5M Xbox One units in total, or half of the PS4's 117.2M sales; Microsoft has long hidden sales figures  —  A high-profile case is ongoing in Brazil, as Microsoft attempts to defend its Activision Blizzard acquisition from CADE, the Brazilian competition authority.



Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead pointing them towards non-medical crisis pregnancy centers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead pointing them towards non-medical crisis pregnancy centers  —  Chey was a 19-year-old college sophomore living near Orlando, Florida, when she discovered she was pregnant and decided to have an abortion.



The US' $42.5B broadband budget for underserved areas is withheld until the FCC makes new service maps, which aren't expected by rural providers until late 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
The US' $42.5B broadband budget for underserved areas is withheld until the FCC makes new service maps, which aren't expected by rural providers until late 2023  —  The $42 billion broadband plan is slowed by lack of accurate maps showing gaps in service  —  WASHINGTON—The government's …



Sunday, August 14, 2022

A look at the growing bipartisan scrutiny of TikTok in the US; email: House officials told staff they did not recommend using the app, citing security concerns (David McCabe/New York Times)

David McCabe / New York Times:
A look at the growing bipartisan scrutiny of TikTok in the US; email: House officials told staff they did not recommend using the app, citing security concerns  —  National security concerns over the Chinese-owned viral video app remain unresolved.  Lawmakers and regulators are increasingly pushing for action.



New York City-based Kumospace, which offers video chat and remote work tools with a "virtual office" feel, has raised a $21M Series A led by Lightspeed (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
New York City-based Kumospace, which offers video chat and remote work tools with a “virtual office” feel, has raised a $21M Series A led by Lightspeed  —  After more than two years of remote work, many employees have no interest in returning to the office — at least not without good reason.



Big investment firms, including Abrdn, BlackRock, and Charles Schwab, are embracing digital assets despite the crypto crash, as consumer groups raise concerns (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Big investment firms, including Abrdn, BlackRock, and Charles Schwab, are embracing digital assets despite the crypto crash, as consumer groups raise concerns  —  Abrdn, BlackRock and Charles Schwab have done deals or launched products tied to digital assets this month



Some computational neuroscientists say self-supervised AI learning models have shown a closer correspondence to brain function than supervised-learning models (Anil Ananthaswamy/Quanta Magazine)

Anil Ananthaswamy / Quanta Magazine:
Some computational neuroscientists say self-supervised AI learning models have shown a closer correspondence to brain function than supervised-learning models  —  Self-supervised learning allows a neural network to figure out for itself what matters.  The process might be what makes our own brains so successful.



Analysis: Tencent and Alibaba, whose stocks have dropped 60% and 65% respectively since February 2021, have lost more market value than any other stock globally (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)

Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg:
Analysis: Tencent and Alibaba, whose stocks have dropped 60% and 65% respectively since February 2021, have lost more market value than any other stock globally  —  Just 18 months ago, Tencent Holdings Ltd. was on the cusp of becoming Asia's second trillion-dollar company …



Source: China has blocked Tencent-backed health platform DXY from posting on Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin amid its criticism of China's efforts to fight COVID-19 (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:
Source: China has blocked Tencent-backed health platform DXY from posting on Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin amid its criticism of China's efforts to fight COVID-19  —  Dingxiang Yuan posted articles debunking use of traditional medicine for virus  —  HONG KONG — China has suspended …



Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force that creates boom towns (New York Times)

New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...