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The team conducted several experiments to compare results to that of existing state-of-the-art techniques.

Making comic books from movies using computer vision

Sowmya Ramasubramanian

The automated system, inspired by Japan’s ‘Manga’ comics, will help professionals develop their own books from videos, movies, TV shows or cartoons

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China targeted Indian power sector after Galwan Valley clash.

China targeted Indian power sector after Galwan Valley clash, report says

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Co-WIN portal uses MapMyIndia’s mapping API and technologies.

Govt integrates MapMyIndia’s map features to locate vaccination centres

Sowmya Ramasubramanian Users can now locate the nearest vaccination centres through MapMyIndia’s app and portal, and through the Health Ministry’s Co-WIN portal

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HP Pavilion 14 will be available in silver, ceramic white and tranquil pink

HP makes first ever PCs with plastic waste in ocean

Abhishek Chatterjee HP estimates that the use of these plastics in devices will keep around 92,000 plastic bottles out of the oceans and landfills.

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Reliance Jio has submitted an earnest money deposit (EMD) of ₹10,000 crore

Low-key bidding likely at spectrum auctions on March 1

Yuthika Bhargava Bands valued at ₹3.92 lakh cr at stake; 5G airwaves not on sale

Paper cubes with Popular social media services icons, including Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter

New social media rules may raise compliance cost, make competition tough for smaller cos: Indian executives

PTI Significant social media intermediaries will have to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer - with all three officials residing in India

CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey. File

Twitter intends to make its content moderation practices more transparent: Jack Dorsey

PTI The norms on social media come within weeks of a spat between the government and Twitter.

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The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro review: worth the ₹18k price tag?

Divya Kala Bhavani The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro come with Intelligent ANC. But is it worth the buying power?

Surface Pro 7+ retains the Surface form factor, and offers portability and convenience of a tablet along with the power and productivity of a laptop. | Picture by special arrangement.

Microsoft launches Surface Pro 7+, Hub 2S 85” in India

Ishan Patra Surface Pro 7+ features a removable SSD for data retention, which in combination with Microsoft BitLocker protection, makes it easy for customers to retain sensitive data if something happens to their device.

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Facebook adds new tools to track political ad spend

A contactless robotic platform to monitor patient's vital signs

Facebook to pay $125 million in back taxes to France

235 million Youtube, TikTok and Instagram users’ data exposed

IBM launches digital learning portal for India's youth

TikTok sues Trump administration over U.S. ban, calls it an election ploy

Google’s wildfire mapping feature on Search and Maps

The new wildfire mapping feature shows approximate size and location of a given fire with other critical information, including evacuation orders and suppression plans on mobile and desktop devices.

Facebook bans Qanon-related accounts on its platform

It plans to closely follow these movements and groups as they try to evolve and skirt the rules. It will seek consultancies from outside experts to enforce policies against them.

About 66% Indian companies faced data breaches, survey finds

Almost 90% Indian companies see the necessity to accelerate digital transformation within the next few months to ease the burden faced on traditional business model by working from home.

Oculus users to login with Facebook account to access all apps

First time Oculus users will need to login with a Facebook account starting October this year. Existing users will have the option to login with Facebook and merge their Oculus and Facebook accounts.

Researchers achieve record-breaking internet speed

The new record demonstrated in a UCL lab is five times faster than the previous record held by a team in Japan.

Microsoft extends support to Epic over App Store clash

Denying Epic access to Apple’s development tools will prevent Epic from supporting Unreal Engine, a graphics technology used by millions of developers to build games.

‘Raji: An Ancient Epic’ review: a superb indie homegrown video game

From a small studio in Pune comes Raji: An Ancient Epic that captures the essence of India’s rich mythology

Taiwan orders Alibaba to sell stake in e-commerce platform

Taobao Taiwan is operated by a British company, but Alibaba Group’s stake in that company allows it to control the consumer-to-consumer platform in violation of Taiwanese rules

Samsung Note20 Ultra 5G review: Pretty powerhouse

The Samsung Note20 Ultra 5G offers a distinct design and smooth function, complete with a stylus experience

‘The Ramayana’ for the tech-savvy generation

Offering a detailed virtual museum tour, the app TheRamayana.com, is a modern way to explore the epic

Twitter attaches disclaimer on Trump's 'mail drop boxes' tweet

Democrats across the country are promoting drop boxes as a convenient and reliable option for voters who do not want to entrust their ballots to the U.S. Postal Service.

Virtual, yet real: Chennai students beat lockdown blues with online ventures

The lockdown and enforced isolation has been a challenge not just for parents and teachers, but also for children, whose school calendar has been upended by virtual learning. Many school-goers have reacted to the new developments with initiatives of their own. Here are three online ventures run by school students in Chennai that make the best of the ‘new normal’

These electric scooters are becoming a favourite across India’s smaller settlements

Seeing success during the lockdown, Hyderabad startup PureEV talks about their budget-friendly two-wheeler

A car touchscreen you don't have to touch

JLR says the technology predicts a user’s intended target on the screen early in the pointing task, speeding up the interaction process and reducing time and effort needed to use a touchscreen by up to 50%.

Facebook — The beleaguered king of social media

Mark Zuckerberg has taken the online giant from being this century’s defining story on tech entrepreneurship to being the cautionary tale on unchecked Silicon Valley hedonism

A look at Apple’s second trillion dollar products and services

Apple first reached $1 trillion in August 2018 after years of innovation, starting from products such as Macintosh computer in 1984, the iPod, the App store, and the iPhone.

Ducati is now making foldable e-bikes

The e-bike will be available starting from September.

Adobe Lightroom iOS update deletes users’ pictures permanently

The update erased all the photos which were not synced to the lightroom cloud.

Epic Games to host a ‘FreeFortnite’ tournament with non-Apple device prizes

The company asked iOS users to check the list of alternative Fortnite-compatible devices to play the game while Android players can still play Fortnite on their device

Health misinformation on Facebook gets 3.8 billion views, report says

Many of these networks, made up of both websites and Facebook pages, have shared vaccination and health-related misinformation on the social network’s platform for years.

Facebook, NYU use AI to speed up knee MRI scanning process

The study found fastMRI’s AI-generated images were created with about 25% data from scanning machines, and they can be replaced with traditional MRI scans for diagnosis.

Parliamentary panel on Information Technology summons Facebook

The panel will also discuss the issue of Internet shutdowns.

Blackberry phones to make a comeback in 2021

OnwardMobility has signed an agreement with Foxconn’s subsidiary FIH Mobile to design and manufacture BlackBerry devices

Zoom expands support to Amazon, Facebook, and Google’s smart displays

The expanded portfolio of devices include Amazon Echo Show, Portal from Facebook, and Google Nest Hub Max, with support for HD video and audio during Zoom meetings, and an integrated calendar.

Tata Communications integrates global voice platform with Cisco Webex Calling

This combination brings calling, messaging, collaboration and customer experience tools to global businesses, on one platform, powered by Tata Communications’ domestic voice service in 25 countries.

Exposure Notification Systems to support wearables, Bluetooth SIG says

An ENS uses a smartphone’s Bluetooth technology to inform people when they have come in contact with someone who was later diagnosed with COVID-19.

Gmail services being restored, expect resolution for all users in near future: Google

While Google did not specify details around how many users were impacted and their locations, data from DownDetector showed users from various parts of the globe, including India, were affected.

Oppo F17 Pro claims to be ‘sleekest’ smartphone yet

The newest addition to the smartphone series will sport an 7.48 millimetre ultra-thin design and 164 grams ultra-lightweight body

Google Assistant can now send audio messages using voice command

Users can send voice messages on their Android device, without having to hold down the mic icon, by simply saying, “Hey Google, send an audio message.”

Instagram launches QR code feature to open profiles using camera

WhatsApp had rolled out the same feature a few weeks back where one can add contacts on the messaging app by simply scanning the QR code.

Google adds more colours and details in Maps app

Users can distinguish tan, arid beaches and deserts from blue lakes, rivers, oceans and ravines. They can even identify snow caps on the peaks of mountaintops or the lush green vegetation of a place.

Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle facial recognition lawsuit

The social media company had in July raised its settlement offer by $100 million to $650 million in relation to the lawsuit, in which Illinois users accused it of violating the U.S. state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act

Gmail server outage makes users unable to send emails, attach files

Gmail, Drive, Docs and Meet services have been disrupted due to an outage in Google’s server.

Amazon’s algorithm shows Senna as the fastest F1 driver in 40 years

The algorithm for deciding the ‘Fastest Driver’ ranked drivers based on lap time difference. It created a hypothetical qualifying session where all the drivers competed against each other in the same car for one qualifying lap.

Facebook algorithm ‘actively promotes’ holocaust denial, study finds

The study found that when a user follows public pages containing Holocaust denial content, Facebook actively promotes further Holocaust denial content to them.

Google Meet lets people project videoconference on TV screen

The camera, microphone and audio will be used from the computer, and only the meeting would be displayed on the larger screen.

Facebook introduces Educator Hub for teachers, parents and students

The Educator Hub can be used to find or build online communities and discover resources for classroom and beyond via platforms like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

India is second-least prepared country for driverless vehicles, report says

The implementation and usage of driverless cars has been deferred in India on account of potential job loss of 2.2 million commercial drivers across the country.

Identified 29.7 billion spam calls, 8.5 billion spam SMS for Indian users in 2019: Truecaller

The Swedish company has also rolled out a new spam activity indicator for Android phone users that will give detailed statistics on the spammer.

Peacock app downloads near 3 million in the first month

NBC’s streaming app had about 1.3 million installs from the U.S. App Store and Play Store, in its launch week.

Google Chrome will now warn users before submitting insecure forms on websites

Google will disable autofill in mixed forms to enhance safety. When a user begins filling out a form, a warning message will alert them that the form is not secure.

Google is the top cloud service provider for retailers, report says

Google’s strength in advertising and search, along with computing and storage support for clients in retail sector, has put the company’s cloud service on top.

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