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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Google to pay $15 billion to Apple

Google would pay Apple $15 billion (approximately Rs. 1,10,718 crores) to remain the default search engine on iPhone, iPad, and Mac in 2021. The cost of keeping Google as the default search engine for the Safari browser is believed to have risen once again, and it is expected to rise much further in 2022. It is commonly assumed that Google pays Apple a large sum of money each year to maintain the supremacy of its search engine, which includes outbidding Microsoft. According to an investor note obtained by Ped30, Bernstein…

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Infinix Hot 11 to be launched in India by mid-September

The Infinix Hot 11s has been confirmed by the company, and its release in India is set for next month. A major smartphone specification has also been disclosed. The next Infinix phone will be powered by the same processor as the Redmi 10 Prime, which will also be released in India in September. Infinix introduced the Smart 5A in India earlier this month, powered by a MediaTek Helio A20 processor and 2GB of RAM. The Infinix Hot 11s will be available in India in mid-September, according to the company. It…

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Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability: Everything the company has to say

Microsoft has issued warnings to thousands of its Azure cloud computing clients, including several Fortune 500 companies, about a vulnerability that has left their data totally exposed for the past two years. A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB database system allowed attackers total unfettered access to over 3,300 Azure customers. When Microsoft implemented a data visualization capability called Jupyter Notebook to Cosmos DB in 2019, it exposed the vulnerability. In February 2021, the feature was enabled by default for all Cosmos DBs. “This is the worst cloud vulnerability you…

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Microsoft intends to raise the prices of most Office and Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

Microsoft has announced plans to hike the pricing of some Microsoft 365 and Office 365 premium services by up to 25%. The hikes will go into effect on March 1, 2022. The Redmond, Washington-based company justified the higher costs by asserting, then specifying in considerable detail, the changes to the plans since Office 365 debuted in June 2011. “This new pricing reflects the enhanced value we have given to our customers over the last ten years,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, in an Aug. 19 blog…

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