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Viewing habits developed during COVID here to stay: BenQ
6Nov By adminNo Comments
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Viewing habits developed during COVID here to stay: BenQ

[ad_1] India's viewing patterns have shifted from family viewing to personalised content consumption which is here to stay, as per Taiwanese display solutions company BenQ.The company spoke to PTI on aspects of business transformation post-COVID pandemic, and the future trajectory in the most populous country of the world - India. "Prior to the pandemic, the major mode of content consumption was centred around family viewing. However, there has been a noteworthy shift towards more personalised content consumption. Screen time has increased substantially compared to the pre-COVID era and remains high, even after the pandemic. This suggests that the habits developed during COVID are here to stay," Managing Director for the company in India Rajeev Singh said. We are now on WhatsApp. Click ...
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Meta Will Ignore Ethics Board’s Advice on Restricting Drug Posts
27Oct By adminNo Comments
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Meta Will Ignore Ethics Board’s Advice on Restricting Drug Posts

[ad_1]  Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, will ignore some of its ethics watchdog's advice to tighten up its oversight of drug-related posts, in a decision with widespread ramifications for how people learn about psychedelic drugs.  The Oversight Board's guidance on drugs stems from a 2022 post tagged to a “paid partner” that described a ketamine treatment as a “medicine” and a “magical entry into another dimension.” Meta removed and reinstated the post three times. In August, the board overturned Meta's decision to leave it up, and made more sweeping recommendations — including that Meta should audit what the board called “inconsistently enforced” policies against selling or promoting illegal or recreational drugs.  We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.Meta rep...
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ISRO fights over 100 cyber-attacks every day: S Somanath
9Oct By adminNo Comments
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ISRO fights over 100 cyber-attacks every day: S Somanath

[ad_1] S Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday said that the country's space agency is facing more than 100 cyber-attacks daily. Somanath, while speaking on the concluding session of the 16th edition of the c0c0n, a two-day international cyber conference in Kerala's Kochi, further said that the possibility of cyber-attacks is much higher in rocket technology which uses ultra-modern software and chip-based hardware."The organisation is equipped with a robust cybersecurity network to face such attacks," he said. Notably, the conference was organised by the Kerala Police and Information Security Research Association here. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.The ISRO chief further said that apart from the software, ISRO is also going ahead wit...
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Indian-Origin Singaporean Jailed For Coughing At Others While He Had Covid
19Sep By adminNo Comments
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Indian-Origin Singaporean Jailed For Coughing At Others While He Had Covid

[ad_1] None of his colleagues contracted COVID-19 from the incident.Singapore: A 64-year-old Singaporean of Indian origin was sentenced to two weeks' jail on Monday on pleading guilty to one count of breaching a COVID-19 regulation by failing to wear a mask that covered his nose and mouth while outside his home in 2021. Despite knowing that he had just tested positive for COVID-19, Tamilselvam Ramaiya deliberately coughed at his colleagues, lowering his mask to do so on one occasion.Another two charges were taken into consideration during sentencing, according to a Channel News Asia report.The court heard that Tamilselvam was working as a cleaner for Leong Hup Singapore at the time.After reporting for work at 6 Senoko Way on the morning of Oct 18, 2021, he told the assistant logistics ma...
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Aadhaar, PAN data of COVID vaccine takers leaked on Telegram via CoWIN: Report
12Jun By adminNo Comments
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Aadhaar, PAN data of COVID vaccine takers leaked on Telegram via CoWIN: Report

[ad_1] There is alarming news about a major data breach that has put citizens' personal information at risk in our country. The breach includes important details such as PAN and Aadhaar card information. Shockingly, this leaked data has been discovered on the messaging platform Telegram.The Fourth News has reported that the breach occurred due to vulnerabilities in the CoWIN portal. Many people used this portal to register their personal information for Covid vaccination purposes. According to the report, when a phone number registered with the CoWIN portal is entered, a Telegram bot shares the corresponding ID card number that was used for vaccination. Along with that, it also reveals other details like the user's gender, birth year, the name of the vaccination centre, and information ...
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Stay Healthy with Haldi Pepper Kadha: A Traditional Immunity-Boosting Remedy
21Apr By adminNo Comments
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Stay Healthy with Haldi Pepper Kadha: A Traditional Immunity-Boosting Remedy

[ad_1] As the weather changes, our health can be affected by cold and hot temperatures. The common cold and flu are prevalent due to these weather changes. Additionally, with the rise of COVID cases, people are more health-conscious than ever before. Home remedies are becoming increasingly popular, with decoction being one of the most common remedies. Among these remedies, Kadha is a popular choice for boosting immunity this season.Also Read: Art Of Pickling: 5 Common Mistakes You Should Avoid While Making AcharKadha is a blend that can be easily made at home with simple ingredients. It is a traditional beverage that typically incorporates tulsi, ginger, ajwain, or other ingredients. Today, we present the recipe of Haldi-Pepper Kadha that utilises only basic whole spices, which are commo...
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Britain Wargames a Crash Far Worse Than Covid If Chip Supplies Are Shut Off
17Feb By adminNo Comments
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Britain Wargames a Crash Far Worse Than Covid If Chip Supplies Are Shut Off

[ad_1] It's 2027 and London's black market for vintage smartphones is thriving. Second-hand cars are selling faster than any rolling off UK assembly lines. Internet blackouts are common, inflation is surging and waiting lists for public health services are lengthening again. Britain is in the grip of a global semiconductor crisis. In this hypothetical scenario, chip supplies dried up a year after China stormed Taiwan and blockaded production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., which makes 92% of the world's most advanced semiconductors. Broader tensions in the region disrupted supplies from other key producers in Japan and South Korea, and Beijing restricted its own exports for economic leverage against the US. The spark for a fictitious tech shortage could also have b...
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Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing
8Feb By adminNo Comments
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Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing

[ad_1] Microsoft is fusing ChatGPT-like technology into its search engine Bing, transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google into a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence. The revamping of Microsoft's second-place search engine could give the software giant a head start against other tech companies in capitalizing on the worldwide excitement surrounding ChatGPT, a tool that's awakened millions of people to the possibilities of the latest AI technology. Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating the chatbot technology into its Edge browser. Microsoft announced the new technology at an event Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft said a public preview of the new Bing will launch Tuesday for users who sign...
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9 questions: Stalin, Covid to Mona Lisa, how Microsoft’s new AI search responded
8Feb By adminNo Comments
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9 questions: Stalin, Covid to Mona Lisa, how Microsoft’s new AI search responded

[ad_1] Artificial Intelligence has been at the forefront of news over the past few weeks. While OpenAi, with its ChatGPT, was initially hogging the headlines along with Microsoft, now Google has rolled out its own AI Chatbot.The job of a chatbot is to make the user's life easier in one way or the other. It is a tool that can be of tremendous utility provided the questions put to it are properly phrased. Otherwise, as the old saying goes, garbage in, garbage out. To find that out, Bloomberg put Microsoft's search engine Bing, backed by technology from OpenAI maker ChatGPT, to the test and here is how it responded to questions. "Microsoft Corp.'s new OpenAI-powered Bing search fares pretty well with a conversation about choosing a Seattle restaurant and queries that involve combining two...
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China’s 2022 smartphone sales plunge to lowest level in a decade
30Jan By adminNo Comments
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China’s 2022 smartphone sales plunge to lowest level in a decade

[ad_1] China's smartphone sales endured a record fall in 2022, tumbling 13% to their lowest level in a decade. Here is why. China's smartphone sales endured a record fall in 2022, tumbling 13% to their lowest level in a decade as COVID controls and a slowing economy sapped consumer appetite, data from third-party research firms showed. The total number of devices shipped was 286 million, down from 329 million in 2022. It was the lowest sales volume since 2013 and the first time since then that annual sales have dropped below 300 million, IDC said in a report. Strict COVID-19 controls weighed heavily on the Chinese economy last year but Beijing started dismantling the restrictions in December, boosting consumption. "The strict pandemic control poicy has resulted in historically ...
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