8th March 2021
- Google To Support 1 Million Rural Women Entrepreneurs in India
Tech giant Google Inc. said it will support one million rural women entrepreneurs in India to aid them to further their ambitions and improve their livelihoods. Google will implement this through the ‘Women Will’ web platform launched at the virtual Google for India event on 8 March, International Women’s Day. Available in English and Hindi, the Women Will platform is designed for women aspiring to explore entrepreneurship. Initially, Google will work with 2,000 ‘Internet Saathis’ to support other women with this resource to set out on their entrepreneurial journey.Â
Google additionally announced a $500,000 Google.org grant to Nasscom Foundation to train 100,000 women agri workers in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh on digital and financial literacy. The Foundation will set up a helpline where the women can receive counselling on their entrepreneurship-related queries. “When women have equal access to opportunity, we all benefit from their perspectives, creativity and their expertise, and this is true all over the world. Yet, when it comes to accessing opportunity, deep inequalities persist. Building on the Internet Saathi programme success, we’re making a new commitment to help 1 million women in rural villages in India to become entrepreneurs through business tutorials, tools, and mentorship," said Sundar Pichai, Google and Alphabet, CEO.
- AI Can Now Learn What Faces You Find Attractive Directly from Your Brain Waves
An artificial intelligence system has been developed that can dive into your mind and learn which faces and types of visage you find most attractive. Finnish researchers wanted to find out whether a computer could identify facial features we find attractive without any verbal or written input guiding it. In the new study, researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) measurements to identify what kind of facial features people found to be attractive. And then fed the results to an artificial intelligence (AI) program. The machine learning system – termed a generative adversarial neural network (GAN) – was first able to familiarize itself with what sorts of faces individual people found desirable, and then fabricate completely new ones specifically designed to please.
The team strapped 30 volunteers to an electroencephalography (EEG) monitor that tracks brain waves. Next showed them images of 'fake' faces generated from 200,000 real images of celebrities stitched together in diverse ways. They didn't have to arrange anything — no swiping right on the ones they like — as the team could learn their 'unconscious preference' through their EEG readings. They then fed that data into an AI which learned the preferences from the brain waves and generated whole new images tailored to the individual volunteer. In the future, the results and the technique could be used to influence preferences or gain an understanding of unconscious attitudes people may not speak openly about, including race, religion and politics, the team explained.
- Motorola 4K Android TV Stick Launched in India, Price = Rs 3,999
As is the case with most Android TV devices, the Motorola 4K Android TV Stick has a built-in Chromecast, and access to Google Assistant through the included remote. The remote, in addition, has hotkeys for four streaming services and will be able to access the Google Play Store for Android TV to download additional apps and games for the platform. The device plugs into the HDMI port of televisions and functions as a standalone device with smart connectivity through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The device is powered by a 2GHz Cortex A53 quad-core processor, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. There's additionally dual-band Wi-Fi compatibility and HDR support for the HLG and HDR10 formats.
- Sandisk Extreme, Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSDs With Up To 2000 Mbps Read and Write Speeds Launched in India; Starting Price = Rs 19,999
The drives also help keep content safe with password protection and SanDisk Extreme and SanDisk Extreme Pro portable SSDs use 256-bit AES hardware encryption. The new portable SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD offers up to 2000MBps read speed and up to 2000MBps write speed. The SSDs are on sale on Amazon and Flipkart. The SanDisk Extreme 500GB is listed with a Rs. 600 off and the SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD 1TB variant is listed with a Rs. 1,000 off for a limited time period. They are compatible with Windows, Mac, and USB Type-C phones as well. The SanDisk Extreme, SanDisk Extreme Pro portable SSDs come with a limited five-year warranty.
- Oppo F19 Pro and Oppo F19 Pro+ Launched in India; Price = Rs 21,490 and Rs 25,990
Oppo has launched the Oppo F19 Pro series that includes Oppo F19 Pro Plus and Oppo F19 Pro in India on Monday. The new Oppo F19 Pro- series phones come with quad rear cameras and feature Super AMOLED displays. Oppo F19 Pro+ price in India has been set at Rs. 25,990 for the sole 8GB RAM +128GB storage variant. The Oppo F19 Pro, on the other hand, has an 8GB RAM +128GB storage option at a price tag of Rs. 21,490 and 8GB RAM +256GB storage model at Rs. 23,490.
The new Oppo phones come in Fluid Black and Space Silver colour options. In terms of availability, the Oppo F19 Pro+ and Oppo F19 Pro will go on sale from March 17. The phones are already available for pre-orders in the country. However, the 8GB RAM +256GB storage variant of the Oppo F19 Pro will go on sale from March 25. The F19 Pro Plus model also supports 5G connectivity. Both the handsets are presently available for pre-order in India. Both models, moreover, have Android 11 out-of-the-box. In the series, the Oppo F19 Pro+ also supports 5G connectivity and is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U. The Oppo F19 Pro, on the other hand, comes with 4G support and has an older MediaTek Helio P95.
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