TECHNOLOGY
Indians said 'I Love You' to Alexa 19K times a day in 2020
Leading smartphone brands in India now offer Alexa built-in phones. Currently, there are six smartphones including Redmi Note 9 Pro and OnePlus Nord that offer built-in Alexa.. In 2020, Alexa debuted on the Amazon Shopping App (Android only) and responded to over 5.8 Lakh requests every day to search for products, best deals, and music.
Xiaomi patents foldable smartphone solution to mitigate creases: Report
The company filed this patent with the CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Administration) in July 2019. However, it got approved and published only on February 2, 2021, reports GizmoChina.This patent is titled "Support Structure of Flexible Screen, Flexible Screen Structure and Terminal Equipment".
Realme X7 Pro a gamechanger in empowering masses with 5G
Realme X7 Pro 5G is one of the first smartphones that offers top-notch MediaTek Dimensity 1000+. It also comes with a 120Hz refresh rate, AMOLED panel and super-fast charging technology with the 65W fast charger. Priced at Rs 29,999, the smartphone comes in single storage variant 8GB+128GB and has two colour options to choose from -- Fantasy and Mystic Black.
New AI tool to counter emergent mutations of Covid
The method developed by researchers at University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering in the US is easily adaptable to analyse potential mutations of the virus, ensuring the best possible vaccines are quickly identified -- solutions that give humans a big advantage over the evolving contagion.
Telegram becomes most downloaded app in Jan, highest installs from India
The countries with the largest number of Telegram installs were India at 24 per cent, followed by Indonesia at 10 per cent. Telegram reached the top position in the overall downloads (non-game) on Google Play Store moving from ninth position in the previous month, December 2020.
SpaceX wins contract to launch NASA's astrophysics mission
The planned two-year mission is called SPHEREx, short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer. The near-infrared light, which, though not visible to the human eye, serves as a powerful tool for answering cosmic questions involving the birth of the universe, and the subsequent development of galaxies, according to NASA.
Apple smartphone sales share in US up by almost one-third
The US smartphone market showed further resilience during December, building on growth momentum through the fourth quarter to post sell-through figures similar to last year, said Counterpoint Research's ‘Monthly Market Pulse Report'.The December US smartphone sales were in-line with December 2019. offsetting significant YoY declines by almost all major vendors, except Samsung.
Google Chrome 88 update fixes key zero-day bug
Although the company did not disclose which key vulnerability it has issued a fix for, but its Threat Analysis Group last month disclosed a hacking campaign by state-backed North Korean hackers who allegedly misused an unpatched vulnerability in Chrome.
Samsung seeks tax breaks for new chip plant in US
The world's largest memory chipmaker has requested authorities in Texas to grant tax abatements over 20 years, which would be worth a total of $805.5 million, for its new $17 billion chip facility in Austin, Texas, according to the Austin American-Statesman newspaper and other foreign news outlets.
BookMyShow launches streaming platform in India
The move comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic greatly disrupted the movie viewing experience as restrictions kept theatres out of bounds for the audience for months. With over 600 movie titles and over 72,000 hours of content, BookMyShow Stream will feature films and content from around the world along with India, the platform said.
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