Xiaomi Redmi 10 Prime and new TWS launching on September 3rd.

Xiaomi will host another launch event on September 3, during which it will unveil two new products: the Redmi 10 Prime and a new Redmi-branded TWS. Both products have already been confirmed by the electronics manufacturer, who has been teasing them for some time. This year, Xiaomi has primarily focused on the Note 10 series, and the Redmi 10 Prime will provide interested buyers with an affordable option. It would be the first smartphone in India to have the MediaTek Helio G88 processor. The new smartphone is expected to be a rebranded…

Google to resolve Pixel 5a overheating issue

Google is reportedly focusing on an ongoing issue with the Pixel 5a before introducing its next line of premium devices. Following multiple reports of the phone overheating due to little usage of its camera, Google is currently researching the issue and is expected to provide a solution shortly. Though it is not a universal issue, several Pixel 5a users have reported that the device displays an overheating warning. According to customer concerns, this warning is issued when its camera is used for 4K video recording at 60fps. People filming at…

Chrome 94 beta tests some new tech for gaming

Google’s release of Chrome Beta 94 notes that Google is adopting several new web standards that might improve browser-based gaming experiences. The soon-to-be-released WebCodecs might make cloud gaming easier and faster, while the experimental WebGPU could make it easier for creators of browser-based games to tap into the power of your computer. WebCodecs is an API meant to provide developers with improved access to the video encoding/decoding codecs that come standard with your browser and determine what to do with video streams. While there are techniques for getting video to…

Indian researchers develops Ai chatbots answering COVID questions

Indian researchers are working to develop a chatbot based on an artificial neural network that can perform natural language processing (NLP). The team explains how the chatbot may be trained to answer COVID-19 pandemic-related queries. Details are to be found in the International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics. According to Vishal Tiwari, Lokesh Kumar Verma, Pulkit Sharma, Rachna Jain, and Preeti Nagrath of Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering in New Delhi, the emergence of a new coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2—and the following pandemic it triggered has prompted widespread alarm throughout the world. The…

New research to preserve the network when fibre is down

Wide Area Networks (WANs), global backbones and workhorses of today’s internet that connect billions of computers across continents and oceans, are the foundation of current online services. As a result of COVID-19’s reliance on online services, today’s networks are failing to meet the high bandwidth and availability demands imposed by new workloads. Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and from Facebook recently devised a method for preserving the network and lowering costs when the fibre goes down. ARROW, their technology reconfigures the optical light from a broken fibre to a…

Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic

Apple announced the acquisition of Primephonic, a classical music streaming service On Monday, and the launching of a classical music app. Apple did not reveal how much it spent for Europe-based Primephonic, which confirmed its inclusion in the iPhone maker’s music service. “We felt compelled to develop a streaming service that truly gets classical right—so that’s what we did over the last three years,” the Primephonic team said in the post. “But to fully achieve the next phase of our mission, we need to bring our classical streaming expertise to millions of…

India’s new drone regulations distilled

The central government has issued the Drone Rules 2021, which establish a far more permissive framework for unmanned aircraft systems than existed previously. Several procedures and permissions have been eliminated under the revised guidelines, a version of which was issued in July, and this is intended to simplify drone operations for civilian drone operators. “The new Drone Rules usher in a landmark moment for this sector in India. The rules are based on the premise of trust and self-certification. Approvals, compliance requirements and entry barriers have been significantly reduced,” Prime…

Apple to ease payment limits on apple store

Apple has agreed to ease payment limits on its App Store, a significant shift revealed in a deal with small developers as the US technology behemoth suffers increased scrutiny and legal challenges over its tightly regulated online marketplace. The move would enable small developers to inform their consumers about payment methods other than the official App Store. In a class-action complaint, the developers accused Apple of monopolistic distribution methods by acting as the exclusive portal for getting applications or other content onto iPhones and other iOS-powered devices. “The agreement clarifies…

T-Mobile apologizes for the data breach

T-Mobile claims to have contacted virtually all of the millions of customers whose personal information was taken and to be “sincerely apologetic” for the incident. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said in a written statement Friday that the company spends lots of effort to try to stay ahead of criminal hackers “but we didn’t live up to the expectations we have for ourselves to protect our customers. Knowing that we failed to prevent this exposure is one of the hardest parts of this event.” The company said earlier this month that…

Popular electric vehicle maker Rivian announces IPO

Rivian Automotive, an Amazon-backed maker of electric trucks and utility vehicles, filed for a stock market listing on Friday as it prepared to ramp up manufacturing and deliveries. The California-based company said that it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on a confidential basis, in accordance with a provision that allows it to keep its financial data private. The offering’s size and pricing range were not disclosed. Rivian has garnered more than $10 billion in investment since its inception in 2009, notably from Amazon, which has committed to…