Bengaluru: PhD students in India are often ridiculed for their choices, sometimes by their own families and at others by trolls who think of them as ‘parasites’. While the former manifest as casual remarks or snide comments at social gatherings, the latter resort to name-calling on social media. Although research scholars in humanities have been the favourite targets of trolls, those in the sciences have not been exempt. These scholars, however, constitute a majority of the workforce running research and development in the fight against COVID-19. Collectively, their work covers…
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Spotted in New Gravitational Wave Discovery: A Stranger in the Stellar Graveyard !!
As most of India slept in anticipation of a national holiday and the usual Independence Day celebrations the following morning, three gravitational wave detectors in the US and Italy observed one of the strangest signals to date. The twin Advanced LIGO detectors in the US and the Virgo detector in Italy are the most precise measuring devices ever built. They can sense extremely tiny disturbances in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, created when massive bodies like two black holes or neutron stars rapidly spiral in and merge. Since…
Read MoreWhat India Needs to Do to Build a Robust AI Ecosystem in the Country !!
The Government of India approved the Rs 3,660 crore national mission on cyber-physical system technologies: artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), machine learning (ML), deep learning, big data analytics, robotics, quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum encryption, data science and predictive analytics. Earlier the same year, NITI Aayog had published the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence discourse paper, which recommended setting up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research, Analytics and knowledge Assimilation (AIRAWAT) platform. Meanwhile, the government had also constituted four committees on AI in four well-considered areas. These committees have…
Read MoreBelkin Kakao Friends 10W wireless charging pad launched in India !!
Belkin has launched a new wireless charger in India in collaboration with Kakao Friends. The Belkin Boost Up 10W wireless charging pad Kakao Edition will be available exclusively via Amazon India. Belkin has priced the wireless charging pad at ₹3,499 on Amazon India. It comes in two colour options of black and white. Kakao Friends are animated characters based on Korea’s KakaoTalk emoticons. There are six Kakao Friends characters – Ryan is a male lion who doesn’t have a mane, Apeach is a mischievous peach that escaped from the peach tree,…
Read MoreJapan-Based Fugaku Supercomputer Named World’s Fastest Computer !!
Fugaku, a Japan-based supercomputer, developed by Fujitsu and Japan’s Riken Research Institute, has been named as the world’s fastest computer in an independent survey. This marks the return of a Japanese supercomputer at the top spot after nine years, beating out its US and Chinese counterparts. It is also the first time that a supercomputer based on ARM processors has topped the benchmarking list. Fugaku has further secured the number one position in other major rankings that test supercomputers on different parameters. Supercomputers are used to perform highly complicated tasks…
Read MoreApple Brings New Translate App That Supports 11 Languages, Works Offline!!
Apple has a new Translate app that will come with iOS 14, which was unveiled on Monday. The app offers side-by-side translations in two languages and comes with support for 11 languages. The Translate app by Apple also features an offline mode for voice and text translations. The Cupertino-based tech giant will hope to give stiff competition to Google’s Translate app with this newly introduced app. iPhone and iPod touch users are slated to get the next-generation iOS update by the end of 2020. Translate app features: According to Apple,…
Read MoreAndroid’s Nearby Sharing Feature May Be Coming to Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS !!
Android’s ‘Nearby Sharing’ feature will make it’s the way to Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS, as per code and options seen in the Chrome OS Settings app in Canary builds. Google has long been reported to be working on Nearby Sharing feature in Android that will allow users to share files wirelessly to nearby devices. Now, a new report suggests that the search giant plans on bringing the feature to Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS. The AirDrop-like feature was found in Chrome OS in the latest build of…
Read MoreNASA’s Next Mars Rover Perseverance Honours Medical Teams Fighting Coronavirus !!
NASA’s next Mars rover is honouring all the medical workers on the front lines of the covid-19 battle around the world. With just another month until liftoff, the space agency on Wednesday revealed a commemorative plate attached to the rover, aptly named Perseverance. The rover team calls it the COVID-19 Perseverance plate, designed in the last couple months. The black and white aluminium plate — 3-by-5 inches (8-by-13 centimetres) — shows planet Earth atop a staff entwined with a serpent, a symbol of the medical community. The path of the spacecraft…
Read MoreGoogle Doodle marks beginning of summer in northern hemisphere with adorable illustration !!
New Delhi: Google marked the beginning of the summer season in the northern hemisphere with an adorable doodle on Saturday. The illustration, set in hues of orange, yellow and blue, features an animated representation of the rising sun while a flamingo enjoyed a hot air balloon ride in the sky. Summer 2020 begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21 and will last till September 22. Dates differs from as per the climate and traditions every particular year. During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern…
Read MoreApple WWDC 2020: Top five new features expected for iPhone, iPad users !!
We’re just a few hours away from Apple’s annual developer conference, WWDC 2020. This year, the company is holding the event online in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Just like every year, Apple will unveil a new iteration of its mobile operating system. The latest iteration for iPhone users is going to be IOS14 or iPhone OS. For iPad users, it will be iPadOS 14. It may be recalled Apple has split OS for the two platforms since last year. The two, however, share some common features and functionalities.’Ahead of…
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