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Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 768G 5G Mobile Chipset

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Qualcomm today announced its latest chipset for the mobile market, the Snapdragon 768G 5G. The chipset is a follow-up to the semiconductor maker’s Snapdragon 765G that announced last year in Hawaii. The Snapdragon 768G 5G is a part of the brand’s mobile gaming chipset series and comes with several of the latest features that is warranted a mobile processor. Like the 765 and 765G, the 768G is based on 7nm die lithography and a hexacore of Kryo 475 CPUs. Running at a maximum clockspeed of 2.8GHz. It’s also still using…

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Xiaomi Mi 10 launch today in India

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After many delays due to the coronavirus lockdown in the country, Xiaomi is finally hosting an online event, wherein it will launch the Mi 10, alongside the Mi Box and Mi True Wireless Earphones 2. The Mi 10 has already been launched in China, and it has arrived in a few global markets as well. Now, the company is finally bringing it to the Indian market. Key features of the phone include a 108-megapixel main camera and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC. Xiaomi is all set to launch its 108…

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TCS Launches AI Solution to Detect Wafer Anomaly in Semiconductor Manufacturing

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced the launch of TCS WaferWise, a cloud-based wafer anomaly detection solution that harnesses the company’s contextual knowledge of the semiconductor industry and the power of deep learning technology, to help chip makers digitally reimagine their product quality assurance process. TCS WaferWise is a cloud-based solution that leverages custom AI models to automatically detect and classify anomalies by analyzing nano-scale images generated during the semiconductor manufacturing process. The solution runs on Google Cloud and utilizes TCS’…

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Facebook’s Covid-19 community hub gets tools to support local businesses

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Facebook’s Covid-19 community help hub is getting new features for people to help local businesses, blood banks and nonprofits. Facebook will start rolling out these features today. Facebook’s Covid-19 community hub can be accessed from this link. This is however not available in India. Here, Facebook has launched a Covid-19 information center which is visible on top of the news feed. It sources Covid-19 information from reliable sources like the World Health Organization and Ministry of Health and Welfare. The updated Covid-19 community hub will let users purchase gift cards…

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Vivo India launches “VIVO Smart Retail” to facilitate offline retailers

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Smartphone brand Vivo on Sunday launched its “VIVO Smart Retail” (VSR) model to enable its offline retailers to begin smartphone sales once business resumes. Vivo’s VSR model is a ‘click to mortar model,’ built by the company with the support of over 20,000 retailers and 30,000 in-store promoters, the company said. Vivo has adopted this new model to enable business continuity for its pan India retail network that will help consumers connect with retailers from the comfort of their homes. Through this model, Vivo has enabled a lead generation system…

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McDonald’s created a ‘virus-proof’ restaurant in Europe

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As McDonald’s prepares to reopen dining rooms in the US, as well as restaurants around the world that shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, the company is trying to craft a “virus-proof” design. McDonald’s has already changed nearly 50 processes, the representative said, including wellness checks, installing protective barriers, social distancing floor decals, and providing thermometers to restaurants. The company recently tested new features at a location in the Dutch city of Arnhem, including meal trolleys and designated waiting spots to separate customers. McDonald’s said that it might roll out table…

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GoogleCovid-19 impact: Technology world have several silver linings

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The lockdown has rigorously crippled half the ecosystem, especially e-commerce and mobility services; but the other half – digital players in content, social media and so on – is having a field day. The impact is also disparate across segments of e-commerce, India’s biggest start-up sub-sector, where sale of groceries and food-related essentials are permitted during the lockdown. Impact on the tech world The impact has been disparate across the technology world. Online travel platforms, hotel aggregators, flight booking sites, cab-booking apps and real estate-related services have been shut since…

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Google Doodle introduces people to stay home and play games

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googledoodle

Google Doodle recently shared a throwback ICC Champions Trophy game urging people to stay and play at home. Google Doodle launched a new series on April 27 with which they are urging people to stay and play at home by sharing throwback interactive games. The latest one that Google shared was their interactive doodle from 2017 celebrating the ICC Champions Trophy. Due to the government-mandated lockdown, to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, people have been staying at home for over a month now and are running out of…

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Covid 19 impact: Top pharma companies fare better during a lockdown

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Drug firms depend on fresh prescriptions for their new introductions, which are made available at medical stores near the clinics visited by MRS The lockdown has made supplying drugs to the right retail outlets a challenge. “Moreover, why would a chemist even stock a new brand when he knows fresh prescriptions will be rare,” said a senior official at a drug firm. As a result, new launches have fallen sharply. From 278 new product launches in February, the number slipped to 123 in March, and drug makers said April would…

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Facebook-Jio partnership will build up India’s e-commerce war with Amazon, FlipkartAsymptomatic

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Facebook Inc.’s $5.7 billion investment in a unit of India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. creates an e-commerce leviathan to take on Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. in one of the world’s most competitive internet arenas. The deal twins WhatsApp with Reliance’s nearly 400 million internet users much of that added in just a couple of years and nationwide store and logistics network. The pair could start with forays into e-commerce and digital payments, before moving on to segments from online education to virtual health over the longer term, helping transform the…

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