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03 Jun

Nasa announces Venus missions funded around 1 billion Dollars

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With two new missions to Venus, Nasa plans to examine the planet's atmosphere and geological features. These missions are due to launch between 2028 and 2030. The missions have each been awarded $500m (£352m) in funding. Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said the missions would offer the "chance to investigate a planet we haven't been to in more than 30 years". The missions were picked following a peer-review process and were chosen based on their potential scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans. The last probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. However other vessels…

01 Jun

Sony Mobile ES offers top of the line products

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Sony India introduces the new Mobile ES line-up which represents Sony’s top of the line products in the world of car audio. The Mobile ES line-up features car speakers and subwoofers including XS-162ES, XS-160ES, XS-690ES and XS-W104ES, setting a new standard for superior in-car entertainment. Mobile ES Line-up Overview: (a) XS-162ES - 6 ½" 2-way Component Speaker System, (b) XS-160ES - 6 ½" Coaxial 2-way Speakers, (c) XS-690ES - 6 x 9" Coaxial 2-way Speakers and (d) XS-W104ES - 10" Single Voice Coil Subwoofer. The unparalleled sound and visual quality achieved with these line-up showcases the uncompromising passion of Sony’s…

29 May

Whatsapp reverses its decision to limit functionality for users who don’t accepted the new privacy policy

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The Facebook-owned company had announced earlier this month that it would not remove the accounts of users who have not accepted the new privacy policy but limit some basic features. However, now the company has announced that nothing of that sort would happen at least for now. As reported by TNW, WhatsApp has given up on the idea of punishing users for not accepting the new privacy policy. The instant messaging app has been at receiving end of the users ever since users were notified about the new privacy policy through an in-app notification. After facing severe backlash from the…

28 May

Canon strengthens COVID-19 relief efforts In India

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Supporting the country in the battle against COVID-19, Canon India is conducting a vaccination awareness drive and setting up support camps in its adopted villages - Maheshwari Village (Haryana), Parivali Village (Mumbai), Kalyanpur Village (Kolkata) and Annadodi Village (Bangalore), to help them register for vaccination. Canon India is helping the villagers with the required information on vaccination, its benefits, after-effects, and procedures. Additionally, the organization is also helping them to get registered on the government portals, in case walk-in registration is not available. Apart from volunteers taking individual sessions with villagers at their homes, village authorities and leaders are also…

26 May

WhatsApp Sues Government, Says New Digital Rules Mean End To User Privacy

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WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against the government's new digital rules that take effect today, saying these would compel it to break privacy protections to users.The Facebook-owned messaging service filed its petition on Tuesday against the rules that will require it to "trace" the origin of messages sent on the service, which is says is a violation of privacy. "Requiring messaging apps to 'trace' chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally undermines people's right to privacy," WhatsApp,…

24 May

New smartphone app developed by Kolkata based startup helps monitor O2, pulse and respiration rates within seconds

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A new smartphone app developed by a health-tech startup based out of Kolkata, Called CarePlix Vital. Their new app uses your smartphone's rear camera and flashlight to monitor Oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse and respiration rates within seconds. Developed by CareNow Healthcare, the application requires nothing else other than a smartphone and an internet connection to operate. It is currently a registration based application available on Apple App Store. It takes around 40 seconds to display the readings of the aforementioned vitals. These readings can further be saved on the cloud for record-keeping. In essence, the application works similar to an…

22 May

Microsoft 365 apps say farewell to Internet Explorer 11 and Windows 10 sunsets Microsoft Edge Legacy

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Microsoft is bidding goodbye to Internet Explorer after 26 long years. For a web browser that was once market leader and then one of the holy trinity along with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, it might seem like the end of an era. But the fact is that Internet Explorer’s time had come long ago. Microsoft recently opened up a little about the transition to Internet Explorer-free Windows 10 experience and revealed that Chromium Edge is the future of Internet Explorer on the operating system. After the announcement, changes have already begun to appear in the preview builds of Windows…

21 May

Apple’s Tim Cook to defend App Store against charges of an illegal monopoly

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Apple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will take the witness stand Friday to defend the company's iPhone App Store against charges that it has grown into an illegal monopoly-one far more profitable than his predecessor Steve Jobs envisioned when it opened up 13 years ago. The technology company is counting on Cook's appearance to put the finishing touches on Apple's defense against an antitrust case brought by Epic Games Inc., maker of the popular video game Fortnite. Epic is trying to topple the so-called "walled garden" for iPhone and iPad apps that welcomes users and developers while keeping competition…

20 May

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, will be shutting down on June 15, 2022

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"Today, we are at the next stage of that journey: we are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge," noted Microsoft in a blog post. The firm has stated that Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10. The original version of Internet Explorer, which is now more than 25 years old, was launched by Microsoft in August 1995. Internet Explorer remained the dominant internet browser for many years before being sidelined by the likes of Google Chrome,…

19 May

IT Ministry asks WhatsApp to withdraw its Privacy Policy 2021

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In a new message to WhatsApp ministry asks to withdraw its Privacy Policy 2021 as the changes to the Privacy Policy and the manner of introducing these changes, including in FAQ, undermines the sacrosanct values of informational privacy, data security and user choice for Indian users and harms the rights and interests of Indian citizens. The Ministry has also taken the same stand in the Delhi High Court, where this matter is sub-judice. Taking up the issue of discriminatory treatment to Indian users vis-à-vis users in Europe, the Ministry has further stated that, "As you are doubtlessly aware, many Indian…