Facebook’s army of malicious bots are being trained to research anti-spam methods !!

Facebook might be have some well-meaning efforts in place but some of the bad actors manage to get through its safeguards and policies. The social media platform is now upping its guards and is experimenting with a new way to strengthen its anti-spam walls and preempt bad behaviours that could breach its safeguards – an army of malicious bots. The platform is developing a new system of bots that it can simulate bad behaviours and stress-test the platform to unearth flaws and loopholes. These automated bots are trained and have…

Made in India iPhone 11, Apple starts manufacturing flagship at Chennai plant !!

Apple has begun assembling its high-end iPhone 11 smartphone at its Foxconn plant in Chennai, reports Economic Times. According to the report, Apple plans to increase production in a phased manner as well. The units from the Chennai plant could also be shipped to other markets. The report further said that Apple is also planning to assemble its new iPhone SE 2020 at its Wistron plant in Bengaluru. If the report is to be believed, this is the first time Apple is manufacturing one of its most premium handsets in India. We…

Facebook takes the battle to Zoom, lets Messenger Rooms broadcast through Live !!

Zoom became the platform of choice for most of people as the pandemic began since it had a whole bunch of great features on offer. But over time now, other video conferencing platforms, that have been around longer than Zoom, have been adding new features to their arsenal and catching up. The latest addition made to take it up with Zoom is a feature that Facebook added to its Messenger Rooms. While this may not do immediately mean more usage for the messaging platform, it does the translate to more engagement…

Banks sanction ₹1.27 tn worth loans to MSME under credit guarantee scheme !!

The finance ministry on Tuesday said that, as of 20 July, banks have sanctioned loans worth about ₹1,27,582 crore under the ₹3-lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector impacted by the economic slowdown the triggered by coronavirus. However, disbursements from public sector banks and private banks against this stood at ₹77,613 crore under the 100% ECLGS for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The scheme is the biggest fiscal component of the ₹20-lakh crore Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in…

This is the world’s smallest 4G Android 10 phone, as big as your credit card !!

Large screen phones with display in sizes of above 6-inches have become pretty much standard nowadays. Some people, however, still look for a smaller form factor. There are not a lot of options unless you settle with the iPhone SE or older-gen Android phones. Now, a China-based firm has launched what is being touted as the world’s smallest 4G Android smartphone. Shanghai-based Unihertz has launched Jelly 2. The phone is the successor to Jelly, another small smartphone that launched in back in 2017. The company has a small lineup of…

Nandan Nilekani opens credit infra to help small businesses get loans !!

A major new technological innovation is in the works connecting lenders with the marketplace, Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani announced on Wednesday that, as he buttressed the need for India to “democratize credit” for millions of small businesses to revive its virus-battered economy. Speaking at the Global Fintech Festival, 2020 Nilekani, co-founder & non-executive chairman of Infosys Ltd, described that the initiative as a credit protocol infrastructure called the Open Credit Enablement Network, or OCEN, built by the Indian Software Product Industry Roundtable (iSpirt), a think-tank of the software industry. Under these…

Researchers Rediscover ‘Lost Planet’ Using New Method in Another Step Towards Finding Habitable Planets !!

Researchers from University of Warwick in the UK rediscovered the planet named NGTS-11b using the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) telescopes in Chile. The planet was its originally found in 2018 using data from NASA’s TESS telescope, which scans for a dip in light from the star to identify it as a planet. At the time, due to a 27-day scanning limitation of the TESS telescope, the star could not be identified. However, using the NGTS telescopes, researchers were successfully able to rediscover the NGTS-11b, which revolves around its star every…

Gmail is planning to add authentication logos to your email soon !!

Google joined Brand Indicators for Message Identification or BIMI in last year in a bid to develop technology to prevent email fraud. Now, the company is planning to introduce a new feature called authentication logos in GSuite that it would be  add brand logos to verified emails. As of now, when you get an email from a company, say Amazon about the delivery of a product or RedBus confirming about your bus journey, the email that you see in your mailbox generally contains the initials of the company’s name. When…

Electric scooter manufacturing start-up Okinawa plans to expand dealership network !!

New Delhi: Electric scooter manufacturing start-up, Okinawa, on Monday announced that its decision to increase dealership network to 500 across the country from the present strength of the 350. The company also plans to focus on increasing its sub dealer network as well in order to improve sales in post-pandemic days. While Covid-19 has forced a slowdown across the industries, Okinawa had shared the strategy to accelerate its marketing activities and strengthen its dealership network. Recently, the brand also announced a hike in dealership margins from 8% – 11%, to support…

Indian Army Gets ‘Bharat’ Drones for Accurate Surveillance Along China Border !!

Amid the ongoing boundary dispute between India and China, DRDO has provided its indigenously-developed drone named Bharat to the Indian Army for carrying out accurate surveillance in high altitude areas and mountainous terrain along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh.”The Indian Army requires drones for accurate surveillance in the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Ladakh area. For this type of  requirement, the DRDO has provided the Bharat drones to it,” defence sources told ANI here. The Bharat drones have been developed by a Chandigarh-based laboratory of the Defence Research…