TECHNOLOGY
LG to feature virtual human as speaker during CES 2021
LG said an artificial human, named Reah Keem, will deliver a three-minute presentation at its press event for the all-digital Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021 on Monday. LG designed the virtual human as a 23-year-old female musician.
Facebook redesigns Pages for safer user experience
"We want Facebook to be a safe place to connect with fans, so we've improved our ability to detect activity that isn't allowed on our platform, including hate speech, violent, sexual or spammy content and impersonation," the company said in a statement.
Global used smartphone market to reach $65 bn in 2024: IDC
"In contrast to the recent declines in the new smartphone market, as well as the forecast for minimal growth in new shipments over the next few years, the used market for smartphones shows no signs of slowing down across all parts of the globe," said Anthony Scarsella, research manager with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
Lenovo launches Yoga laptops with latest Intel chip in India
Yoga 7i and Yoga 9i devices will be available starting at Rs 99,000 and Rs 1,69,990, respectively. The company said Lenovo Yoga 7i and 9i are now available for pre-order on Lenovo.com and go on sale from January 15 and January 12 onwards across channels.
Pay Rs 2,000 and pre-reserve upcoming Galaxy S21 in India
The customers interested in getting early access to the upcoming Galaxy flagship can make the reservation on Samsung India's e-Store www.samsung.com or Samsung Shop App. "Customers making the pre-reservation will get the ‘Next Galaxy VIP Pass'. When the customer pre-books the device later, the token amount of Rs 2,000 will be deducted from the device price," the company said in a statement.
TikTok unveils 1st augmented reality filter with iPhone 12 Pro's LiDAR camera
The filter utilises the iPhone 12 Pro's LiDAR sensor that helps improve AR experiences by enabling apps to more quickly see and recognise the room around them. The AR effect is a 2021 ball drop over your head to celebrate the New Year, with TikTok promising to "develop more innovative effects in 2021."
F5 acquires multi-cloud management startup Volterra for $500 million
F5 said that with the addition of Volterra's technology platform, it is creating an edge platform built for enterprises and service providers that will be security-first and app-driven with unlimited scale. "With Volterra, we advance our Adaptive Applications vision with an Edge 2.0 platform that solves the complex multi-cloud reality enterprise customers confront," said François Locoh-Donou, President and CEO, F5.
Fortnite developer Epic acquires RAD Game Tools
The RAD game tools are leveraged by the world's leading gaming companies, including Epic. Epic said on Thursday that they plan to integrate RAD's powerful technology into its real-time 3D creation platform ‘Unreal Engine' to benefit the developer community and gamers alike.
Samsung launches Galaxy Chromebook 2 with QLED display
The new model will be the first with a 13.3-inch QLED display with 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution, which can be found on a couple of Samsung's Windows 10 laptops. Samsung's new Galaxy Chromebook 2 will be offered in two variants. One will be powered by a 10th-gen Intel Celeron 5205U processor, while the other will make use of a 10th-gen Intel Core i3-10110U processor
Now TikTok removes videos of Donald Trump inciting supporters
According to a report in TechCrunch, TikTok will still let people post "counter speech" videos that dispute incorrect claims. TikTok said it was also blocking hashtags related to the riots, such as #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty. The Donald Trump administration in the US late last month appealed against a federal judge's order that blocked restrictions on TikTok from taking effect in the country.
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