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Xiaomi Mi A2 to come on August 8 as Amazon exclusive smartphone in India

Last week, Xiaomi launched its much-awaited Mi A2 smartphone under Google’s Android One programme in Madrid, Spain. At the event. it was announced that the phone will be available in 40 countries globally, including in India. Finally, the wait is over and the Chinese conglomerate has decided to make the phone an Amazon exclusive device in the country. People can now see a rolling ad on the homepage of Amazon.in website. When you click on the ad, a new special page comes up showing a “Notify Me’ button. You can click the button to set a notification. The website will send you a notification when the phone becomes available. The special page also contains tiles that give info about the features of the smartphone. When you scroll down futher, you can see media reviews of the device. To promote its camera, the company has also uploaded half a dozen camera samples under a banner caption “#ShotonMiA2”. Xiaomi Mi A2 Specifications: The Xiaomi Mi A2 has an aluminum unibody design and comes wi...
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20th Century Fox researchers create AI model to predict audience for a movie

In a first, researchers from 20th Century Fox film studios have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered model to predict what target audience will most likely see a movie. The prediction is done on the basis of the film’s trailer. Since video trailers are one of the most critical elements of marketing campaigns for new films, the model can provide an opportunity to filmmakers to make movies depending on the interests of general moviegoer population, easily communicate the plot of the movie to them, present the main characters, and reveal important hints about the story. This could also help them to understand what aspects of the movie the audience liked and what parts they did not. “These insights typically determine the strategy for the rest of the marketing campaign. In this paper we present a tool, which we call Merlin Video, that uses computer vision to create dense representations of the movie trailer, and uses those representations to predict customer behaviou...
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First radioactive molecule detected in space after three decades of a celestial event

For the first time ever, scientists have observed a radioactive molecule in space that originates from an ancient stellar explosion. As per Space.com, via a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the detected 26AlF radioactive molecule was radiated when a red nova occurred in the 17th century, which was observed by astronomers as a brightly shining phenomenon in the Vulpecula constellation. Red Nova is similar to a supernova, but instead of one, two stars are involved and they merge in an explosive event, which is followed by a cool off. While cooling-off, they produce large amounts of molecular gas and dust.  The molecular gas, 26AlF is a radioactive isotope of aluminum in the leftovers of the Nova which is called CK Vul (or Nova Vul 1670). Even though space is filled with various kinds of radiations, it’s the first time a radioactive molecule has been detected there. Additionally, this is also the first time that an entity producing the radioactive 26AlF isotope has di...
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The longer Tom Cruise runs, the more money his movies make

Ever seen a Tom Cruise movie in which he’s not running? If yes, it probably did not do as well as movies like Mission Impossible 3, in which Cruise sprinted for 3,212 feet or Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol where he ran 3,066 feet. No, these numbers have not been derived by a scientific research or a lengthy study, these are numbers compiled by popular movie review and discovery website Rotten Tomatoes.   According to data gathered by the website, movies in which Tom Cruise runs more than 1,000 feet have a higher Tomatometer average - 71 percent - than the movies in which he runs lesser. “Tom Cruise has sprinted a little over 24,000 feet on screen throughout his 37 years in the movies,” noted Rotten Tomatoes. How, pray tell, did Rotten Tomatoes get to this conclusion? Well, it wasn’t as fast a process as Cruise bolting in the new Mission: Impossible – Fallout. RT’s methodology, as they describe it, was “time-consuming” yet simple. They counted every time Cruise ran on sc...
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Skydivers unlock phone using Face ID during freefall from 15,000 feet

Doing away with the famous Touch ID, Apple introduced the world to Face ID with its iPhone X last year, a trend that other smartphone-makers later followed somewhat religiously. Apple seems to be removing the Touch ID from all future iPhones, which reflects that the Cupertino-based company is sure that its Face unlocking technology will work in every condition. On the contrary, other manufacturers are still incorporating a fingerprint sensor, along with Face ID, in their devices as “an add on unlocking feature”. Now, in an interesting development, a group of skydivers have successfully attempted to unlock a phone using Facial Recognition during a freefall. The whole scene was published by Mashable in a video. In a 2.24 minute clip, the divers are seen jumping off the plane from about 15,000 feet. They claim that this was the first time they jumped off a plane with smartphones strapped to their bodies. The goal of the dive was to see if the technology could work...
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Best storage devices deals on Amazon: Discounts on SanDisk, Sony and more

Pendrive and memory cards are usually the preferred options when it comes to the portable storage. These little devices are inexpensive and easy to carry. Today, we have covered some of the best deals of Amazon on gadgets like pen drives and memory cards.    SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB Flash Drive   Price: Rs 999 Deal price: Rs 599   The SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB Flash Drive is a compact device that lets you transfer files from one computer to another easily. It also comes with SanDisk Secure Access software, which lets you protect your private files from an unauthorized access. Click here to buy.    SanDisk Ultra Dual 32GB USB    Price: Rs 1,290 Deal price: Rs 759   The SanDisk Ultra Dual USB flash drive sports a retractable design which protects it from dust and other potential damage. The pen drive is OTG enabled via a micro USB port, which means one can transfer the files of their smartphone to computer easily. It features a USB 3.0 connec...
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Honor Note 10 with CPU Turbo technology, 695-inch AMOLED display launched in China

After months of teasing the device, Honor has finally launched its Honor Note 10 phablet today at an event in China. The new device marks the next iteration of handsets in the company’s Note series, which was halted with the Honor Note 8. The Honor Note 10 features an 18.5:9 display without a notch on top and it has been launched in Phantom Blue and Midnight Black colour variants. There is also a special Lily White colour model of the device.  Honor Note 10 Price: The Honor Note 10 comes in a 6GB RAM model with options of selecting from 64GB or 128GB of internal storage and is priced at 2799 Yuan (Rs 28,117 approx) and 3199 Yuan (Rs 32,135 approx) respectively. There is also an 8GB RAM/128GB internal storage variant of the device, which is priced at 3599 Yuan (Rs 36,148 approx). The Indian launch and pricing of the device is not known yet. Honor Note 10 Specs: The Honor Note 10 features a 6.95-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display, which is HDR10 compliant. The company says that there is a...
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Google launches feature in Calendar to make rescheduling meetings easier

Google has been working a lot to make its products as user friendly as possible. The company has been working on overall design for a clean interface across its G Suite services as well as working progressively to make Android OS light and easy to use. In a latest update, the Mountain View-based company has introduced a new feature that will let people reschedule a meeting through Google Calendar more efficiently than before. The feature will essentially cut the needless chatter and confusion while rescheduling a meeting. “We’re introducing a new feature that enables more efficient meeting scheduling. Now, each guest invited to a meeting can propose a new time and the organizer can easily review and accept time proposals. This allows for richer communication between attendees, reduces time spent on meeting practicalities, and makes meetings more productive with key stakeholders in attendance,” Google announced on its G Suite Updates page, which is an official feed from the G Suite...
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Realme separates from Oppo as India head Sky Li quits

Sky Li, Former Vice President of Oppo and Head of Oppo India, has announced that he has officially resigned from the company and has taken charge as the Global CEO for Realme, an online-exclusive sub-brand that Oppo launched in May. Li said that the Realme brand will focus on providing youth-oriented mobile phones that offer strong performance and stylish designs. “Young people across the globe may have different cellphone habits and aesthetic views but their demands are similar in terms of performance and design. With few options available in the market to meet the ever-changing customer demand, Realme is focusing on bridging the gap by providing products with the latest tech innovations along with strong performance and stylish designs. As Realme is targeting global market, we aspire to  inject fresh momentum into the global smartphone industry,” Li said in a statement. According to The Economic Times, Li wrote a letter to the Realme employees to introduce the new brand. “Before...
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Mars is closest to Earth since 2003 today

Mars will be the closest to Earth in over 15 years today. The Red Planet will be at a distance of 35.8 million miles (57.6 million kilometers) from Earth today, making it visible in the sky till atleast 2:30PM IST today. This will be the closest Mars gets to Earth since 2003 and the next such event will occur in October 2020. By mid-August, Mars will become fainter as Mars and Earth travel farther away from each other in their orbits around the Sun. According to NASA, Mars’ brightness increases as it comes closer to our planet, making it visible in the sky. The minimum distance from the Earth to Mars is about 33.9 million miles (54.6 million kilometers). Factors like gravitational tugging by other planets and the fact that the both Earth and Mars have elliptical (egg-shaped) paths, with their orbits slightly tilted with respect to each other, means that not all close encounters between the two are equal. In 2003, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years! It won...
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Fortnite for Android may not be available via Google Play Store

It looks like its raining news about Fortnight Battle Royale for Android. The most recent bit of news comes once again from XDA Developers who report that the game may not be available for download via the Google Play Store. Instead the developer, Epic Games, may make the game available for download via their own website and then side-load the app. The guys over at XDA Developers dug around the source code of the website and claim to have found instructions of how to download and install the game on their Android smartphones.  Redditor /u/thesbros also claims to have found images which walk the user through the whole process. The first tells users to download and install the game through the browser. The second image lets the user know that they will be prompted with some “security permissions,” which is most likely referring to the enabling of app installation from unknown sources. Unlike iOS, Android allows users to install apps from third-party sources. Of course...
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Apples upcoming MacBook Air to be powered by 14nm Intel Kaby Lake Refresh Processors: Report

Apple recently launched its refreshed MacBook Pro laptops and is expected to do the same with its MacBook Air series of laptops, which are rumoured to be simply called MacBooks. As per a report by Economic Daily News, via MacRumours, the upcoming MacBook Air laptops could be powered by Intel's eighth-generation Kaby Lake Refresh processors, which were released in the second half of 2017. It was earlier speculated that the company will equip the upcoming laptops with Intel’s Canon Lake chips that are based on 10nm process. However, as Intel is reportedly facing delays with the transition to the 10nm process, Apple has decided to use the Kaby Lake Refresh processors, which are manufactured using a 14nm process. If the report is to be believed, then the revamped MacBook Air could come with the 7th generation i5 and i7 processors with base clock speeds between 1.6GHz and 1.9GHz, and max Turbo Boost speeds between 3.4GHz and 4.2GHz. This is because the processor series consists of only...
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Mars cannot be terraformed because there isnt enough CO2, finds NASA-backed research

A long-drawn debate about the planet that we’re all trying to get to badly has finally been put to rest. Experts have revealed that Mars cannot be terraformed to sustain life. This is because there simply isn’t enough carbon dioxide on the planet to allow the atmosphere to become conducive for human life, says a new study published by Nature Astronomy and backed by NASA. According to a report by The Independent, even if we tried to terraform Mars to sustain human life, we’d manage to rake up only a fiftieth of the amount of carbon dioxide necessary. What’s more, we’d only be able to raise the surface temperature by less than 10 degrees Celsius. Those who believe Mars can be terraformed (Elon Musk and all wishful sci-fi fans included) suggest every now and then that we could use the greenhouse gases stored in the red planet’s rocks and polar ice caps. When those gases are released back in the atmosphere, they would make the atmosphere thicker, warm the planet, and let liquid water ...
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Samsung may introduce triple-lens camera, in-display fingerprint sensor in 2019 Galaxy A Series phone

With an aim to survive the increased competition and stay on the top of the smartphone brand chain in the Indian market, Samsung has been rolling out high-end features of its S-series and Note series smartphones to lower-tier phones. The move effectively has seen Samsung gaining more market share in India. Buoyed by these results, the South Korean electronics giant is reportedly planning to introduce a triple-lens camera setup and an in-display fingerprint sensor to its A-series (2019) device “even before the full adoption for its flagship devices.” According to a report in Korean news outlet, The Investor, the firm’s global hardware development team, which is responsible for developing lower-range phones, has started a research to introduce key flagship functions to its Galaxy A series. One of the features being considered is a “super-wide angle” triple-lens camera that is claimed to greatly improve landscape photography. The other feature is an on-screen fingerprint scanner. It ...
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990x price leaked ahead of launch

AMD has been once again on the rise after Intel dominated the consumer CPU space for well over a decade. The company’s Ryzen line of processors has been giving tough competition to Intel’s counterparts with comparable performance, at a much lower price tag. The second generation of Threadripper is expected to debut mid-august, but a Canadian retailer has already accidentally leaked the price of the upcoming Threadripper 2990X flagship processor, pegged at roughly $1500. The crown jewel in AMD’s lineup is the Threadripper series, featuring three SKUs with core counts as high as 16 Cores and 32 threads. Threadripper 1950X is the current flagship CPU with 16 cores and 32 threads and a base clock speed of 3.4GHz (4.0 GHz boost) and a default TDP of 180 Watts. According to the listing found by Wccftech, the Threadripper 2990X will feature 32 cores and 64 threads with a base clock speed of 3.4GHz and a boost clock of 4.0GHz. The Threadripper 2990x will also have an 80MB L3 cache and a 250 W...
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Oppo F9 Pro with teardrop notch design, dual rear cameras revealed ahead of official India launch

Oppo will soon launch a new smartphone in India and has started teasing the Oppo F9 Pro smartphone. The company recently tweeted out a new poster for the Oppo F9, hinting that the upcoming device will feature an unconventional notch design. This information comes not only from the teaser. Digging around the internet, we found that the company has revealed the device in an image on its official website ahead of the official launch. Oppo seems to be trying a new notch design that is smaller than the standard notch we see nowadays and it looks similar to the one we’ve seen on the Essential phone, but it’s shaped more like a teardrop.  Going by the first official image of the smartphone, the F9 features a thin-bezel display with an almost triangular notch on top. However, as the notch’s outline and vertices are slightly curved, it looks more like a teardrop rather than a triangle. There is a single front-facing camera housed in the notch and above it is the slit for the earpiece....
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Castlevania Season 2 trailer is filled with gore and video game lore

Considered as one of the best video game adaptations to hit the small screen, Castlevania Season 1 on Netflix was only 4 episodes long, but was breath taking in every way. From its visuals, to the story it adopted and the introduction of various characters from the different Castlevania timelines, it was a wet dream for fans of the franchise. Now, Netflix is ready to give you more. The new Castlevania Season 2 trailer not only wets your appetite for the show but also gives a brief recap of season 1 to bring noobs up to speed. Season 2 will hit Netflix on October 28. Dracula is pissed because humans murdered his wife and is on a human killing spree with his army of monsters. It is up to his son, Alucard (Dracula spelt backwards) and Trevor Belmont along with help from the magical Sypha Belnades to stop him. Castlevania is considered a genre defining game in the world of video games. So much so that Metroid and Castlevania have an entire genre of games named after them conveniently ...
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Skulls, foetuses and other human remains are being sold on Instagram

It’s something straight out of the house of horrors. And it’s on Instagram! Human remains, including shrunken skulls, unborn or discarded foetuses, and bones from different parts of the body are being sold on Instagram! The photo and video sharing social media platform is being used by hundreds of sellers to gain thousands of followers who are interested in watching and buying human remains, a recent report in The Vice highlighted. Some examples of such dark and morbid (or in their words - artistic) Instagram accounts are @skullturefactory and @dolencarag, which sell products like engraved human skulls and entire skeletons. Hashtags like #skullforsale #humanhead #taxidermy and #darkarts are used in posts to advertise the sale of human skulls that can be purchased for lower than $150 and going all the way up to thousands of dollars, depending on the engravings and time period to which they belong. Small bones like jaw bones go for as much as $80 - $200. An account even of...
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WhatsApp group voice and video calling feature is now available for Android and iOS

Group voice and video calling on WhatsApp has been in the works for a very long time. Amid a lot of reports, Facebook cleared the air over the feature at its annual F8 conference in May and soon after the announcement, the feature was spied on Android and iOS beta updates. Now, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app has announced that it is finally rolling out the group calling update to all users on Android and iOS. “Over the last couple years, people have enjoyed making voice and video calls on WhatsApp. In fact, our users spend over two billion minutes on calls per day. We're excited to announce that group calls for voice and video are coming to WhatsApp starting today,” the company announced in a blog. Users can make a group voice or video call with upto four people in total. To make a group call, you need to first start a voice or video call with one person -- just like you do generally before making a regular conference call on mobile. To add people to call, just tap the n...
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Honor 9N to go on sale at 12PM today via Flipkart: Price, offers, and all you need to know

Honor recently launched its Honor 9N smartphone in India, which is none other than the rebranded 2018 Honor 9i that was launched earlier in China. The smartphone features a thin-bezel display with a notch on top and an all-glass design. It will be available for purchase exclusively via Flipkart starting 12PM today. The Honor 9N comes in a 4GB RAM/64GB storage model, which is priced at Rs 13,999 and its 4GB RAM/128GB internal storage model costs Rs 17,999. The phone is available in Sapphire Blue and Midnight Black colour models.  As part of Honor 9N's launch offers, Reliance Jio customers will get to avail a Rs 2,200 cashback with the purchase of the device. The cashback will be credited in form of 44 vouchers, each worth Rs 50, in the customer’s MyJio App, along with 100GB of additional high-speed data. Customers purchasing the device will also receive vouchers worth Rs 1,200, which can be redeemed on Myntra. The handset will also be available via hihonor.com/in, which i...
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OnePlus 3 and 3T to skip Android 81 update to go straight to Android P

If you are a OnePlus 3 or OnePlus 3T owner, then there is good news for you. On its official forum page, OnePlus has announced that the OnePlus 3 and 3T will get the Android P update. This means that 5 OnePlus phones will be updated to Android P – OnePlus 3, 3T, OnePlus 5, 5T and the OnePlus 6. On its forum page OnePlus says, “Over the past few months, we have been working closely with Google on the Android P Beta program. Thanks to everyone’s participation and continued feedback, the progress we have made together has been greatly accelerated. The Android P update will be available on the OnePlus 6, OnePlus 5/T and OnePlus 3/3T, in this order. We will keep you all updated in the coming months.” However, it must be noted that the company is focusing on bringing Android P to the OnePlus 3 and 3T and is hence forgoing the Android 8.1 update for the 2 smartphones. For those interested, Android P Developer Preview 4, which is the Public Beta 3 release, is live for eligible phones like...
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Samsung may launch Galaxy On8 for around Rs 18,000 in India: Report

Samsung is reportedly gearing up for the launch of Galaxy On8 (2018 version) with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage later this week in India. According to IANS, the phone will sport a dual-camera setup on the back. The smartphone is expected to be priced around Rs 18,000 and it could be a Flipkart-exclusive device. This could be company’s second online exclusive-device after Galaxy On6 that the South Korean giant launched on July 2 in the country. Galaxy On8 is expected to sport a 6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display and could be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon octa-core processor. The news comes on the heels of an announcement from Samsung claiming that the company has sold over 2 million units of the Galaxy J8 and the Galaxy J6 smartphones. Both the phones come with Samsung’s signature Infinity display Super AMOLED technology. The Samsung Galaxy J8 is available at Rs 18,990 and Galaxy J6 64GB and 32GB are available at Rs 15,990 and Rs 13,990 respectively “These models are in huge demand and attr...
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Airtel offers unlimited calling, 10GB data for 168 days with new Rs 597 prepaid recharge

Airtel is reportedly offering a new prepaid plan priced at Rs 597, which offers voice, data and SMS benefits. As per TelecomTalk, the new plan is showing up only for select Airtel subscribers, so one should check if the offer is available for them or not before recharging. The new plan is said to be aimed at users who want unlimited voice benefits as there is no FUP on calling. However, one will get only 10 GB of data, along with 100 daily SMS for 168 days. The telco is expected to make the plan available for more users over time, however, the company already has another prepaid plan priced at Rs 1,000, which has the same validity of 168 days.  We recently compared some of the best-prepaid plans offered by various telecom operators under Rs 500. In this price range, Airtel’s plans are priced slightly higher than others. The telco has two plans priced at Rs 495 and Rs 499. The Rs 495 Airtel prepaid plan comes with 1.4 GB of daily data for 84 days, which totals to 117 GB data, while...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 price leaked in poster

Adding to the long list of reports regarding the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, a latest poster leak by SlashLeaks has now surfaced showing the Indonesian pre-order prices of the different variants of the upcoming Samsung flagship. The poster suggests that Samsung will launch two variants, 128GB and 512GB, of the Note 9. The poster somewhat confirms an earlier report which claimed that Samsung will launch a 128GB base model of the device. There is no information about the RAM of the respective Note 9 variants mentioned on the poster. According to the leaked poster, customers in Indonesia may pre-order a Galaxy Note 9 128GB variant for 13,500,000 Indonesian Rupiahs, which is approximately Rs 64,500. The 512GB variant is seen with a price tag of 17,500,000 Indonesian Rupiahs (approx Rs 83,500). Interestingly, buyers might also get a 32-inch or 40-inch Samsung Smart TV free with the phone depending upon the model they pre-order. There are cashback offers and mobile data p...
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Top 4K TV deals on Paytm Mall: Discounts on Samsung, LG and more

If you’re tired of your dumb old TV then it’s time to move to the latest 4K TV’s. We’ve got you covered with the best 4K TV’s deals on Paytm Mall. The list contains gadgets from popular brands like Sony, Samsung, LG and more.  VU (43-inch) 4K TV Price: Rs 41,000 Deal price: Rs 27,924 (inclusive of cashback) The VU 43-inch TV offers a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels with a viewing angle of 178 degrees. The device runs on Android 7.0 and is Wi-Fi enabled. Users can simply connect the TV to their home network and access various apps like Netflix, Youtube and more. Click here to buy.  VU (50-inch) 4K UHD TV  Price: Rs 57,000 Deal price: Rs 34,470 (inclusive of cashback) If the panel size of 43-inches is not enough, then the VU 50-inch 4K TV might fit the bill. It has the same features as the 43-inch model except for its screen size. The users will get internet access, Eshare to transfer pictures, music, and videos. It has four HDMI ports, three USB ports to connect external...
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