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Hyundai to train 10k sales consultants for its global connected tech

Hyundai Motor India Tuesday said it is training a team of over 10,000 professionals for its global connected technology that is all set to debut in its upcoming compact SUV Venue. The auto major will introduce its global technology BlueLink in the Indian market with the launch of the compact SUV which is set to hit roads in May this year. The company is training 615 'Blue Link Wizards' who in turn would train over 10,000 sales consultants across its sales network across the country. "Our team of Blue Link Wizards and trained sales consultants will make the technology truly accessible to all our customers," Hyundai Motor India Senior General Manager Marketing Puneet Anand told reporters here. The trained consultants will also visit the home of Venue buyers for feature explanation and education, he added. The company has a sales network of 491 dealers and over 1,300 service touch points. Hyundai's global BlueLink technology comes with 33 artificial intelligence and connected features, ..

AeroMIT ranked fifth at SAE Aero Design Competition

AeroMIT, the aeromodelling team from MAHE, Manipal finished fifth overall, in the SAE Aero Design East 2019 competition, held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, last month. The team from MIT also emerged as the best performing Indian team at the competition.Other Indian teams like Vellore Institute of Technology, DJS College of Engineering, and Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management also took part. Ningxia University from China finished first, Georgia Institute of Technology second and Wroclaw University of Technology third.The 14-member MIT team comprised of Shakti Habib, Aaron Sequeira, Ullas Bhat, Kiran Dsouza, Ashwin Varkey, Kaustubh Bhujbal, Ameya Shahane, Eshan Vaidya, Jaskrit Bakshi, Sovit Agarwal, Aditi Kamath, Pranav Karthik, Arnav Dev, and Hardik Joshi."Our preparation had begun months before the competition and we faced many challenges right from the start. Carrying the most payloads possible while making the plane aerodynamically efficient was one of the biggest ...

Huawei 'open' to selling 5G technology to Apple

Chinese smartphone-maker Huawei could be considering selling its high powered 5G-enabled modems and chipsets to Apple, according to media reports.

Snapchat releases its rebuilt app for Android

Photo-messaging app Snapchat has finally released its rebuilt app for Android users in a bid to bring performance for the Android version up to par with the iOS version.

SenRa and myDevices Launch IoT in a Box in India

/ -- SenRa, a PAN India LoRaWAN network service provider, and myDevices, the Internet of Things solutions company, today announced the launch of IoT in a Box for the Indian market with the initial roll-out focused on providing end-to-end commercial refrigeration monitoring solutions. With India's IoT market poised to touch $15 billion USD by 2020, new and cost-effective solutions are an integral part of driving the market growth and IoT adoption in India. With over 90 million commercial refrigeration units in operation around the world, the global demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is expected to increase 4.5% each year through 2020. The collaboration between the two companies will help drive India's digital movement into industries yet to be penetrated in the Indian market. The IoT in a Box's commercial refrigeration temperature monitoring offering will now drive IoT adoption into industries such as retail, supply-chain management, logistics, healthcare, and even ...

Twitter limits bulk following to combat spams

In a bid to combat spam on its platform, Twitter has changed its rules to allow users to follow up to 400 accounts a day.

Facebook bans Canadian white nationalism accounts

In its first crackdown against white nationalism and separatism on its platform, Facebook has banned far-right political commentator Faith Goldy and Canadian white nationalist groups including from Instagram.

Twitter limits bulk following to thwart spammers

Twitter on Monday trimmed the number of accounts that a user can follow in a single day in an effort to fight spam at the micro-blogging platform. The total number of accounts that can be added to a user's list was cut to 400 from 1,000, the San Francisco-based internet firm said. "Follow, unfollow, follow, unfollow. Who does that? Spammers," the Twitter safety team said in a tweet. "So we're changing the number of accounts you can follow each day from 1,000 to 400. Don't worry, you'll be just fine." Software programs referred to as "bots" sometimes run Twitter accounts, automatically following massive numbers of real people, a portion of whom tend to reciprocate by following back. High follower counts can then serve to raise the status of bot accounts, which can fire off website links or marketing content in tweets or messages to followers. Twitter policy bars use of the service for spreading spam, which it defines as "bulk or aggressive activity that attempts to manipulate or ...

You can trick Samsung Galaxy S10 with a 3D printed fingerprint

The latest flagship smartphone from Samsung is vulnerable to getting hijacked. It would take an attacker only 13 minutes and a 3D printed fingerprint scanner to fool Samsung Galaxy S10.The Samsung Galaxy S10 boasts the new-age in-display fingerprint sensor which adds the much-hyped all-screen appearance by eliminating a physical sensor.However, an Imgur user, called darkshark, found that the sophisticated technology on the Galaxy S10 could be fooled with a 3D print of the fingerprint, The Verge reported.The user took a picture of his fingerprint on a wine glass and processed it in Photoshop to make a model using 3ds Max. He then converted it into a 3D version. In 13 minutes, he was able to get a print of the 3D version that fooled the phone's sensor.Darkshark stressed that as more apps and services use fingerprint authentication, a loophole at the base level is a potential risk to one's confidential information.It is possible to carry out the entire process in less than three minutes .

60 pc Americans don't trust Facebook with their personal information

Well, this may not be really shocking but 60 per cent of Americans do not trust social networking giant Facebook with their personal information.A poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News sought to examine the thoughts about Americans when it comes to aspects of technology, social media, and government regulation of tech firms.As Fast Company reports, it is not just Facebook that people don't trust. Thirty-seven per cent of Americans don't trust Google with their data, and 35 per cent don't trust the federal government, and 28 per cent of Americans don't trust Amazon on the same grounds.Fifty-seven per cent of Americans believe that social media sites do more to divide the country than unite it. 74 per cent of Americans think that letting social media companies collect and use data about them in return for free services is not a fair trade-off.Social media has always been into trouble for spreading misinformation, and 55 percent of Americans believe that social media ...

Google Maps to inform you about traffic jams more quickly

Google Maps may be doing a pretty decent job at indicating the amount of congestion on your route. It is, now, reportedly adding a new feature that will tell you about traffic jams more quickly.A new option, called Slowdowns, has been spotted on the app. Using the feature, people can report slowdowns, allowing Google Maps to gather this data more quickly and with increased accuracy, 9 to 5 Google reports.The feature is labeled as either 'congestion' or 'slowdown' depending on your location. The feature is tucked in the new incident reporting button in the Google Maps app.

Thales, Kalyani Group ink pact for joint production of weapons systems

Defence major Thales and the Kalyani Group have finalised a new collaboration to manufacture next generation weapons systems for India. The two companies have inked an agreement for the joint venture. "Kalyani Group and Thales have formalised a new collaboration for the design, development and manufacture of next generation weapons systems for the defence and law enforcement sectors in India and abroad," the two companies said in a joint statement. It added that the collaboration would leverage Thales's more than 100 years of experience in the design, development and manufacture of the world's leading defence systems. The agreement was signed by MKK Iyer, vice president (Defence), Kalyani Group, and Emmanuel de Roquefeuil, VP and country director India, Thales. "We are very excited to enter the military weapon systems segment. This alliance will combine Thales's advance technology, knowledge and experience as an OEM with world class design, development and manufacturing capabilities ..

Spacewalking astronauts tackle battery, cable work

Spacewalking astronauts tackled battery and cable work outside the International Space Station on Monday. It was the third spacewalk in just 2 weeks for the space station crew. NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques hustled through their part in battery swap-outs that began last month. "All right, you rock," Mission Control radioed. Next up: laying cable outside the 250-mile-high outpost to provide a backup power circuit for the station's Canadian-made robot arm and expand wireless communications. The ongoing battery work involves re-installing two old batteries. One of six new lithium-ion batteries did not work, so McClain had to remove an adapter plate she put in. Last week, flight controllers used the space station's robot arm to remove the failed battery along with an associated charging device. Working remotely, the controllers also installed a spare charging device and one of the old batteries made of nickel hydrogen. The second outdated battery .

Delhi user, went through physical verification, appalled at Facebook reply

The New Delhi-based user, who had to go through physical verification by a Facebook representative to verify if the post with political content was actually written by him, on Monday slammed the reply from the social media giant.

Draft e-commerce policy 'inimical' to USD 1 trillion digital economy goal: IAMAI

Industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) Monday said the draft e-commerce policy may be "inimical" to the government's efforts of building a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2022, and is likely to "severely bring down FDI flows" in the sector. The association was also of the view that "the process of making the policy itself was less than inclusive and open" as compared to recent national-level policies like the National Digital Communications Policy 2018. In a statement, the IAMAI said "it is of the view that the draft National Ecommerce Policy may be inimical to the government's efforts of building a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2022". The government had sought comments from stakeholders on the draft national e-commerce policy in areas such as data, infrastructure development, online marketplaces, regulatory challenges, stimulating domestic digital economy and export promotion through e-commerce. The last date for submission was March 29. "By ...

New Samsung TVs with Home Cloud, Live Cast in India

Samsung on Monday announced a new range of Smart TVs in sizes ranging from 32-inch to 82-inch and starting at Rs 24,900 in India.

Galaxy S10 fooled by user's 3D printed fingerprint

It is apparently easy to fool the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner in Samsung's latest Galaxy S10 as a user posted on Imgur that he able to unlock the smartphone with a 3D print of his fingerprint.

LS polls: Facebook removing 1 mn accounts a day

With the first phase of Lok Sabha polls just days away, Facebook on Monday said it is removing or blocking about one million abusive accounts a day with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) tools.

Foldable phones to reach 30mn units by 2023: Gartner

Foldable phones will account for 5 per cent of high-end phones by 2023, amounting to 30 million units as they are expected to potentially re-inject innovation in the smartphone market, said a new report by Gartner Inc. on Monday.

New Zealand official calls Facebook 'morally bankrupt'

New Zealand's official privacy watchdog has described Facebook as "morally bankrupt" and suggested his country follow neighbouring Australia's lead by making laws that could jail executives over streamed violence such as the Christchurch mosque shootings. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards comments on Twitter on Monday follow previous criticisms of Facebook's response to a gunman using the platform to livestream some of the slaughter of 50 worshippers. Facebook said in a statement it was "deeply committed" to strengthening policies, improving technology and "working with experts to keep Facebook safe." Edwards told Radio NZ governments need to come together and "force the platforms to find a solution" to the livestreaming of atrocities. Australia last week passed laws that include prison terms for executives for failing to quickly remove "abhorrent violent material.