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Oppo Reno with pop-out camera, SD 855 announced

After multiple leaks, Oppo has officially announced its next-gen flagship smartphone Reno. The Oppo Reno features the unusual wedge-shaped pop-out selfie camera and boasts a no-notch display.The smartphone comes in two variants, Reno and Reno 10X Zoom Edition. Oppo Reno features a 6.4-inch OLED screen, Snapdragon 710 SoC, a 48-megapixel camera and a secondary ultrawide camera, The Verge reports.The Reno 10X Zoom Edition boasts a 6.6-inch display, Snapdragon 855 SoC, and a 10x zoom third camera. Both feature an in-display fingerprint sensor, NFC, and VOOC 3.0 fast charging.The base model costs USD 450 for 6GB RAM+ 128GB storage model, USD 490 for the 256 GB version and USD 540 for the 8GB RAM +256GB storage version.The 10x Zoom Edition costs USD 600 for the base model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, USD 670 for the 256GB storage model, and USD 710 for the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage version.

Artificial intelligence can help in fight against human trafficking

As part of the recent study, researchers tried to understand how artificial intelligence can help in the fight against human trafficking.A group of computational researchers, experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and other members of the technology community are joining forces with policy experts, law enforcement officials, activists and survivors to help put the pieces together."Imagine the techniques that Google and Facebook are using to make a profit--understanding people, the way they connect, what their interests are, what they might buy or the activities they engage in," said Dan Lopresti, lead researcher."We can apply those same techniques--data mining, text mining, what's called graph mining--AI that's being used for legitimate and really profitable purposes, to track these illicit behaviours," added Lopresti.The findings were discussed in the Code 8.7: Using Computational Science and AI to End Modern meeting.Although traffickers have embraced the Internet and social media ..

Lunar meteorites reveal origin of Moon

Analysing lunar meteorites has provided new evidence that the Moon was formed after a Mars-sized body impacted the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, finds a study.

Scientists release first-ever picture of a black hole

Scientists released the much-awaited first direct image of a massive black hole at the centre of Messier 87, a galaxy which is about 54 million light-years away, at the National Press Club here on Wednesday.The image has been taken by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which is a network of 10 radio telescopes spread across the planet, according to The Washington Post. The telescope functioned as if it is a single receiver, tuned to high-frequency radio waves, to take the image.The picture - released at six simultaneous news conferences on Wednesday - shows the event horizon, which is the boundary between light and dark around a black hole. A doughnut-like body can be seen in the portrait, which scientists say is the dark silhouette of the black hole against the hot, glowing material that surrounds it."We are able to image one more object in the universe that ... at one point people thought could not be possible. It hits that human explorer spirit. We got another look into the ...

First-ever image of 'monster' black hole captured

In a historic feat, astronomers announced on Wednesday that they have captured the first-ever image of a black hole in a distant galaxy -- the biggest tribute to the late Stephen Hawking who theorised about the existence of black holes emitting radiation in the universe.

Reply to plea over Google Pay: HC to RBI, payment app

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Google India Digital Services Private Limited to file a reply on the plea alleging Google Pay not being listed as an authorised operator as per a list of the 'Payment System Operators'.

Harassed for political post, FB user to move CERT-In

A Delhi-based Facebook user, visited by a company representative to verify if he is the one who had written a post with political content, on Wednesday said he would take Facebook to the cyber crime cell at the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).

Samsung Galaxy A80 with rotating camera launched

Heating up the race to bring innovative smartphones, South Korean tech major Samsung launched here on Wednesday the Galaxy A80 with a rotating triple camera system and a full-screen display.

Cultural shift, govt support will help expand e-sports ecosystem in India: experts

Gaming in India has often been perceived as something that 'nerds' engage in, slouched for hours on their computers. But this is set to change with games like PUBG becoming a household name and global e-sport events like ESL One making their way into India, say experts. Industry experts believe that India is at an inflexion point where e-sports are set to grow manifold driven by trends like increasing affordability of devices, enhanced data bandwidth and growing acceptance of gaming being a feasible career option. Electronic sports or e-sports refers to competitions using video games such as multiplayer video game challenges. "The market for e-sports in India is getting bigger and not only is the number of players growing but also viewership. There have been a confluence of factors like improvement in infrastructure, a large young population, rising income and affluence," Intel India Vice President and MD (Sales and Marketing Group) Prakash Mallya said. According to a report by ...

Austria mulls user registration for online platforms

Austria said Wednesday it was considering a law to make it mandatory for big internet platforms to register their users and deprive those behind hate posts of anonymity. "Unfortunately there have been an increasing number of clear violations, denigrations and humiliations online in the past under the cover of anonymity. That's why we need a framework for more responsibility online," Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wrote on Twitter. The new law would take effect in 2020 and would make it mandatory for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to register their users, said Gernot Bluemel, minister in charge of EU affairs, art, culture and media. It would be up to the platforms themselves to decide the form of registration, but authorities would be able to access users' identities in case of hate postings or on suspicion of other laws being broken, he said. "The online space should not be a space without laws," Bluemel told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting, adding that Austria .

Samsung unveils A series flagship smartphone to wrest back market share

South Korean electronics major Samsung Wednesday unveiled the A80 model, the flagship of its A series mid-range mobile phones which are expected to play a key role in its efforts to wrest back lost market share from Chinese competitors in India. As part of its strategy to take on competitors such as Xiaomi, Huawei and OnePlus, Samsung had last year said it would introduce latest innovative features on its A series of devices as well instead of just the top-end Note and S smartphone series. The company is expected to launch in India the A70 model - which has already been globally unveiled soon - later this month, followed by the A80. "The Galaxy A Series provides a range of models so everyone can choose a device that fits their unique needs and enables them to pursue their passions. The Galaxy A80 offers premium features for digital natives who want to fully engage in the Era of Live," Samsung Electronics President and CEO, IT and Mobile Communication Division, DJ Koh said while ...

Breaking the internet: new regulations imperil global network

Is the dream of one global internet still alive? Increasingly, moves by governments to filter and restrict content are threatening to fragment the system created with the promise of connecting the world with a largely unified body of content. China for years has walled off some western services, and the fragmentation may be accelerating with regulations being imposed elsewhere, say analysts. This is leading to a "splinternet," a term circulated for a decade or more but gaining more traction in recent months. "The internet is already fragmented in material ways, but each regulator around the world thinks they know how to fix the internet," said Eric Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University. "I think we will see a tsunami of regulations that will lead to a further splintering of the internet." The New Zealand Christchurch mosques massacre livestreamed online heightened the sense of urgency in some countries, with debates in the US and EU on curbing ...

Data Analytics Professionals Continue to Outearn Software Engineers by 26%: Annual Analytics India Salary Study 2019

/ -- Data Analytics professionals are ruling the big data wave with analytics professionals out-earning software engineers by 26%. In their annual Analytics India Salary Study with AnalytixLabs, Analytics India finds out that over the last three years - 2016 to 2018 - there has been a pronounced growth in median salary across all experience levels, increasing from ?9.5 lakh in 2016 to ?11.7 lakh in 2017 and touching ?12.7 lakh per annum in 2018. The trend is levelling off with the average analytics salary capped at 12.6 lakh per annum across all experience levels in 2019. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/690836/Analytics_India_Magazine_Logo.jpg ) A key point is that analytics salaries continue to exceed other software engineering roles with analytics professionals out-earning Java counterparts by almost 50% in India. The annual study presents a 360-degree view of compensation and base salaries in data science and the average salaries across job category, experience, region, ...

OnePlus 7 Pro with curved screen leaked

Images of the upcoming OnePlus 7 smartphone have surfaced on Weibo, one of China's most popular social platforms, indicating that the smartphone is likely to be equipped with a curved OLED display.

YouTube shuts hate comments on congressional hearing

Google-owned YouTube shut down the comment section on its livestream of a congressional hearing on white nationalism after it got filled with hateful comments.

Uber launches 'Vouchers' for businesses in India

Global ride-sharing major Uber on Wednesday launched "Uber Vouchers" for businesses globally including in India.

Ericsson showcases 5G, IoT use cases

Telecom technology major Ericsson on Wednesday showcased use cases of 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) here, including Ericsson Spectrum Sharing, Intelligent Managed Services and Communication on Smart Devices.

First real image of blackhole to be unveiled today

Seeing is believing, say space enthusiasts around the world as they eagerly await the first ever true image of a blackhole, which could reveal the shape of the mysterious, warped region of the spacetime fabric that has fuelled human imagination and inspired numerous sci-fi movies and literature for generations. Using data from six telescopes located across the world, the scientists involved in the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project have imaged the Sagittarius A* -- the blackhole located at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy -- and another massive black hole 53.5 million light-years away in galaxy M87. The results will be announced at 6.30 pm IST Wednesday. The gravitational pull of black holes lets nothing -- not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light -- escape from inside it. This makes imaging a blackhole nearly impossible. Blackholes swallow the surrounding gas, which swirls around in a flattened disk, spiralling into it at speeds close to light. The ...

Airtel ties up with Ericsson to offer HD quality calling on 4G smartphones

Airtel will deploy the Ericsson Cloud VoLTE solution to deliver VoLTE services onto a customer data centre

Cryptominers still most active threat to firms

While some of the big cryptomining services such as Coinhive have shut down operations, cryptominers are still the most prevalent malware aimed at organisations especially on Cloud environments, a new report by Israel-based cyber security firm Check Point said on Wednesday.