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No varsity developing any AI tech with foreign comp to snoop on Uyghur Muslims in China: Official
No university will develop any national secret programme with a foreign enterprise in China, a senior official has said, denying reports that the US tech giant Microsoft, in cooperation with some Chinese varsities is developing artificial intelligence based surveillance systems for snooping on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. British newspaper Financial Times reported that Microsoft Research Asia, the US tech company's Beijing-based research arm, and researchers linked to the Chinese military-run National University of Defense Technology cooperated in developing artificial intelligence (AI) based surveillance systems to detain minorities (in Xinjiang). "In no way would Chinese universities develop any national secret program with a foreign enterprise," the state-run Global Times quoted an unnamed director of a lab supported by the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) and Microsoft at a university in Northeast China as saying. Their cooperation with Microsoft was based on principles of ...
HP Envy Curved AIO 34: Stream, play, live the dream
Modern desktop workplaces have come of age and users do not mind spending moolah for a truly immersive experience -- be it for gaming, streaming movies or performing day-to-day tasks.
7 in 10 Indians at data breach risk through old device
Seven out of every 10 individuals in India are vulnerable to data breach and privacy risks while disposing off their old storage devices, according to a new report.
LS Polls: Meghalaya sees 74.41% voter turnout
Voter turnout recorded in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections held on Thursday was 71.41 per cent in Meghalaya, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday.The poll percentage recorded in the state in 2014 was 68 per cent while it was 63 per cent in 2009, the EC added.Amongst the north-east states, Manipur recorded the highest polling percentage at 78.20 per cent (up to 5 pm on Thursday), followed by Assam (68 per cent).Till 5 PM on Thursday, the voter turnout in Sikkim (1 seat) was pegged at 69 per cent, Mizoram (1 seat)-60 per cent, Nagaland (1 seat)-78 per cent, Manipur (1 seat)-78.2 per cent, Tripura (1 seat) - 81.8 per cent, Assam (5 seats)-68 per cent.Among the constituencies that went for polls in the first phase were eight in Uttar Pradesh, five in Uttarakhand, four in Bihar, seven in Maharashtra, five in Assam, four in Odisha, two each in Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and West Bengal, and one each in Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Instagram Stories of some users exposed to strangers
Adding to the breach scandals surrounding Facebook and its family of apps, this time a bug on photo-messaging app Instagram exposed Stories from certain users to complete strangers.
Facebook exploring new ways to fight fake news fast
With elections happening around the world month after month, Facebook is kicking off a new collaborative process with outside experts to reduce the distribution of greater quantities of misinformation in a short span of time.
Head Digital Works Diversifies Into Sports Content Generation Business With Cricket.com
/ -- To offer live updates, analytical insights, exclusive previews & syndicated content to kick off Head Digital Works (HDW), formerly known as Head Infotech, which operates India's most profitable online rummy platform Ace2Three, today announced the launch of its latest venture - Cricket.com. The launch of Cricket.com is in line with HDW's larger diversification plans after its entry into fantasy sports via Fanfight and its social gaming arm Witty Games. Cricket.com will offer a new experience to cricket fans with a greater focus on the use of data in live match scenarios to deliver an exciting second screen experience. The platform is aiming to elevate the way cricket is consumed by cricket fans by offering pocket size data insights in regular intervals along with the regular staple offerings of a content platform. HDW has launched cricket.com within a short span of six months of in-house development at its Bangalore office and promises to evolve the platform greatly from the .
China's Chang'e-4 probe switches to dormant mode
China's Chang'e-4 probe's lander and the rover switched to dormant mode for the lunar night on Friday, with the rover travelling an accumulated 178.9 metres on the far side of the Moon.
Uttarakhand: BJP leaders booked for clicking selfies in poll booths
Eleven people, including four leaders, have been booked for taking selfies inside polling booths in various cities Uttarakhand on Thursday during the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.As per the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India, carrying a mobile phone or clicking photos inside a polling booth is strictly prohibited."Clicking pictures of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) or a selfie with it amounts to the breach of voting privacy and cases against these people have been registered for the same offence," Saujanya, the Chief Election Officer of Uttarakhand state informed ANI.Voting for all five parliamentary constituencies in the state took place on Thursday. Counting of votes will be held on May 23.
App to generate awareness among young voters in Assam
The Bongaigaon district administration in Assam has developed an exclusive mobile phone application to motivate voters, especially first-time electors, to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls. The mobile app, 'Sankalp' (resolve) has a tutorial video on how to use an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The users can also check their electoral roll details in the app. "It is our resolve to increase voter awareness among the youth in Bongaigaon by making them take a pledge through this app that they will be voting in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections," Bongaigaon Deputy Commissioner Adil Khan said. Conceptualised, designed and developed completely by an in-house team of NIC engineers under the direct supervision of the deputy commissioner, the mobile app will work as an interactive tool between the users and the election machinery. "We developed the app with the objective of reaching out to the maximum number of people. The app is attractive and it will serve as a ...
LinkedIn brings reaction emojis on its app
In an attempt to become more interactive for users, Microsoft-owned job seeking platform LinkedIn is bringing the Facebook-famed emoji "Reactions" on its app, but with a twist.
WhatsApp renames, tweaks feature to ignore archives
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is still developing its previously announced "Vacation Mode", but has changed its name to "Ignore Archived Chats" and added certain tweaks to its functionality.
Manipal PROlearn partners with HackerU to launch cyber-security programme
Manipal PROlearn, a leading professional learning platform and a division of Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HackerU, the world's leading cyber-security training company, to launch a Cyber-security Certification Programme.The tie-up aims at skilling professionals in the domain, as per the global industry standards and bridge the huge demand for trained cyber-security professionals. The program has been developed in Israel with more emphasis in cyber-security."The demand for cyber-security professionals is growing at an exponential rate but, the availability of talent is still scarce. As India leaps ahead to ramp up its digital infrastructure, the relevance of cyber-security will increase manifold, especially in view of increasing number of cashless transactions and mobile banking", said Ravi Panchanadan, MD & CEO, MaGE."For industries, cyber-security has emerged as a key area of priority, as threats emerge from multiple ..
BLAZE protocol introduces multi-dimensional ledger to solve blockchain's scalability dilemma
/ -- Blaze, a first of its kind block-lattice protocol designed for the ever-expanding needs of the digital economy, is commencing its private token sales and has already attracted interest from notable crypto-funds such as CRC Capital. Blaze was founded by several technopreneurs including CEO Ankur Maheshwari, who is also Founder/CEO Deqode, a prominent blockchain development firm with 200 developers and counts big names in the blockchain space as clients. Jeremy Khoo, Managing Partner CRC Capital and Group CEO IFG Group also comes on board as Chief Product Officer. Blaze's unique infrastructure offers three advantages: making the governance effortless, improving the transaction processing speed and reducing blockchain bloat. The protocol has been designed to be robust and secure to support mission-critical applications. At the same time, it is flexible and resilient to keep up with the ever-changing needs of the industry. "Having built and supported countless blockchain projects, it
Israeli spacecraft crashes minutes before moon landing
Israel's Beresheet, the first privately-funded mission to the moon, crashed in the last part of its journey, moments before it was supposed to land, the media reported.
Israeli spacecraft fails to make historic landing on moon
Beresheet, the Israeli moon spacecraft, which was the first privately-funded mission to the moon, on Thursday (local time) narrowly missed out a historic attempt to land on the lunar surface after the rover lost its main engine while attempting a soft landing.Beresheet was developed by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries. If the mission had been completed successfully, Israel would have been the fourth country, after the Soviet Union, the US and China, to land a spacecraft on the moon.As it was preparing to land, the technical problems occurred during the final moments of flight, as communications were lost with the spacecraft just long enough for the braking process to fail, and the rover crashed on the lunar surface.After initiating the landing protocol, tensions were high in the SpaceIL control room near Tel Aviv when they said that it had lost contact with one of the landing detectors when the moon rover was just less than 10 kilometres from the lunar surface, Haaretz ...
Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to reach moon
An Israeli spacecraft has lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar mission. The spacecraft lost communication with ground control late Thursday as it was making its final descent to the moon. Moments later, the mission was declared a failure. "We definitely crashed on surface of moon," said Opher Doron, general manager of the space division of Israel Aerospace Industries. He said the spacecraft was in pieces scattered at the planned landing site. Doron said that the spacecraft's engine turned off shortly before landing. By the time power was restored, he said the craft was moving too fast to land safely. Scientists were still trying to figure out the cause of the failure. "One of the inertial measurement units failed. And that caused an unfortunate chain of events we're not sure about," he said. "The engine was turned off. The engine was stopped and the ...
Lok Sabha elections: Ghaziabad records 55.9% voting
Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency, which went to polls in the first phase on Thursday, recorded 55.9 per cent voter turnout -- less than the number of voters casting their votes in 2014 elections, suggested a data.
Google will soon let you edit Microsoft Office files in Docs
Online editing is a pain if you have to cross-collaborate using Microsoft Office suite and Google's own Docs and other productivity apps.Until now, you had to convert a Microsoft Office into Google's format before you could edit, comment, or collaborate inside Docs. This is all set to change.Now Google has announced that it is adding native support for Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats - .docx, .docx, .dot, .xls, xlsx, .xlsm, .xlt, .ppt, .pps, .pot, and .pptx, The Verge reports.This basically means you will be able to do real-time collaboration in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, without worrying about the original format.Google also announced that it will allow users to create and collaborate on Google's productivity apps through Dropbox Business as well.
Meet Currents, Google+ replacement for G Suite users
At the Cloud '19 event, Google announced multiple G Suite updates, including the launch of Currents.The beta app is the latest addition to the G Suite ecosystem for enterprises.As Google explains in its blog, Currents enables people to have meaningful discussions and interactions across your organisation -- basically an internal social network for company employees.Currents is replacing Google+ for G Suite. Once admins enroll for the beta by requesting access for the organisation through emailing to CurrentsBeta@google.com, all of the existing Google+ content will automatically transfer to Currents.Google killed its Google+ service earlier this month after security vulnerabilities. However, the G Suite version was not pulled down, perhaps to gradually help enterprises embrace Currents.