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Xiaomi Mi 8 and Mi 8 SE announced with 3D Face Unlock, AMOLED displays, AI-enabled dual cameras and MIUI 10 At  Xiaomi ’s 8 th  anniversary celebrations held in Shenzen, China, founder Lei Jun made it clear that the the brand’s fight on delivering the best flagship smartphone is not just with Apple, but with Huawei as well. The Xiaomi Mi 8. Image: miui.com Lei Jun finally took the wraps off the  Xiaomi Mi 8 , the new flagship for the Chinese internet company, which was frequently compared in the keynote not just with Apple’s popular  iPhone X but with  Huawei’s P20 Pro  smartphone as well. The Xiaomi Mi 8 is priced at CNY 2,699 (roughly Rs 28,000) for the standard model with 6 GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage, CNY 2,999 (roughly Rs 31,000) for the 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage model. The top of the line Mi 8 packs in 6 GB RAM with 256 GB storage and will cost buyers CNY 3,299 (roughly Rs 34,000) The Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition with an ...

Google reportedly planning Pixel 3 for October, and the XL model will have a notch The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will debut in October and retain Verizon as the exclusive US carrier, according to Bloomberg. That’s the same sales strategy that was in place for the prior two generations of Google’s smartphones; you’ll again be able to purchase the new phones unlocked direct from Google. The XL-sized Pixel 3 will reportedly have a notch at the top of its display. That shouldn’t come as a surprise when you consider all the changes Google has made to make Android P more friendly to display cutouts. It will feature a “nearly edge-to-edge screen” and a chin at the bottom. So, take a look at the OnePlus 6 or LG G7 and you’re probably on the right track as to what the Pixel 3 XL will look like. Bloomberg claims that the Pixel 3 XL’s notch won’t be as wide as the iPhone X’s, but says it’s “taller.” Maybe that means it cuts into the display more? Google’s Pixel 3 XL will reportedly h...

Reliance Jio average download speed doubled in January to 17 mbps: Trai The mobile broadband speed data published by Trai shows download speed on Reliance Jio reached 17.42 mbps in January from 8.34 mbps at the end of December At this speed, a Reliance Jio user can download a movie in less than three minutes . Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint New Delhi: The average peak download speed on Reliance Jio network more than doubled to 17.42 megabit per second (mbps) at the end of January, according to data by telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). The monthly average mobile broadband speed published by the Trai showed that the download speed on Reliance Jio network reached 17.42 mbps in January from 8.34 mbps at the end of December. ALSO READ: Why Reliance Jio’s big and bold 2021 vision doesn’t make sense At this speed, a user can download a movie in less than three minutes. In the second place was Idea at 8.53 mbps, up from 6.6 mbps at the end...

Nvidia's HGX-2 fuses high-performance and AI computing into one platform NVIDIA HAS TAKEN the covers of HGX-2, a cloud server platform designed to mix high performance and artificial intelligence (AI) computing into a unified architecture. Featuring double precision floating point cores in the form of FP64 and FP32, HGX-2 has been designed to crunch calculations for scientific and simulation workloads while using FG16 and Int8 data to train AIs and power their uses - commonly referred to as inference. Putting that into good old plain English; HGX-2 is a powerful data centre grade platform for handling high-end workloads like 3D modelling and simulation in the cloud and compute-intensive AI work. It essentially forms the building blocks on which customer companies can build their own advanced systems for high-performance computing and AI tasks. Nvidia boasted that HGX-2 can achieve "record AI training speeds of 15,500 images per second on the ResNet-50 tr...

Nokia 2 (2018), Nokia 3 (2018), Nokia 5 (2018) Launched: Price, Specifications, Features HIGHLIGHTS Nokia 2 (2018) sports a 16:9 display Nokia 3 (2018) comes with Bluetooth 5.0 support Nokia 5 (2018) gets a full-HD+ display Nokia 2.1 ,  Nokia 3.1 , and  Nokia 5.1  were announced on Tuesday at an event held in Moscow by HMD Global, the current custodian of Nokia phones. The three new handsets succeed the  Nokia 2 ,  Nokia 3 , and  Nokia 5 launched at different intervals last year. While the Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 5.1 sport taller 18:9 displays, the Nokia 2.1 makes do, yet again, with the same 16:9 panel. Additionally, the Nokia 3 (2018) and Nokia 5 (2018) are part of the Android One programme, while the Nokia 2 (2018) runs Android Oreo (Go edition). HMD Global has yet to announce India availability timelines for the 2018 variants of Nokia 2, Nokia 3, and Nokia 5. Nokia 2.1, Nokia 3.1, Nokia 5.1 price, availability Nokia 2.1 has be...

Apple said to have chosen OLED screens for new iPhones  TOKYO/SEOUL: Apple Inc has decided to use OLED screens in all three new iPhone models planned for next year, according to South Korea's Electronic Times - a report that sent shares in Japan Display tumbling 10 percent.  Japan Display, one of the main suppliers of iPhone liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, has lagged its South Korean rivals in OLED production. By contrast, shares in LG Display Co Ltd surged.  Apple recently started planning new iPhone models and decided all three models would have organic light-emitting diode panels, the report said on Monday, citing multiple unnamed industry sources.  A representative at Apple's South Korea office was not available for comment. A Japan Display spokesman declined to comment.  The stock was down 10 percent at the end of Tuesday's morning session, giving it a market value of about 105 billion yen ($965 million). At o...

Dino-killing asteroid caused Earth to heat up for 1,00,000 years The monumental event is a rare case where Earth's systems were perturbed at a rate greater than what's occurring now from human activity The Chicxulub asteroid - which caused the extinction of dinosaurs - drove a long-lasting era of global warming when it smashed into Earth 65 million years ago, with a rapid temperature increase of 5-degree Celsius that endured for roughly 100,000 years, a study has found. The monumental event is a rare case where Earth's systems were perturbed at a rate greater than what's occurring now from human activity.   It provides valuable insights into what may happen from sudden, extreme environmental changes. The after-effects of the Chicxulub impact remain debated, with some scientists advocating that soot within the atmosphere blocked out the Sun sufficiently to drive global cooling. Others suggest that carbon released from the Earth's ...

Cloud computing sticker shock is now a monthly occurrence at many companies Spinning up that AWS or Azure instance at the snap of a finger may be a beautiful thing to behold, but sometimes the application, testbed or whatever it may be gets abandoned and forgotten -- but still appears on monthly bills, along with all the other spun-up but not powered-down services. Or, on the opposite extreme, a cloud service becomes very popular and well-used, to the point in which it is gobbling gigabytes upon gigabytes of data or activity -- and causing unanticipated spikes in monthly bills. That ongoing sticker shock tops the list of cloud pain points, the survey shows -- 37 percent of organizations listing unpredictable costs as a top issue. Add to that the lack of visibility into cloud resource usage - something nearly one-third of companies struggle with. As services get gobbled up, the meter keeps running. A view From Plane On the outset, the low-hanging fruit of cloud migra...

Vivo X21 will be Flipkart exclusive for online, sale starts from May 29 Vivo X21 smartphone will be Flipkart exclusive, even as the company has already opened  pre-bookings for the phone on its own online store. Vivo X21 will be Flipkart exclusive for online and will go on sale from May 29 itself. Vivo X21 will be  Flipkart  exclusive, even as the company has already opened pre-bookings for the phone on its own online store. Vivo X21 is the company’s upcoming flagship for India and sports an in-display fingerprint scanner. This was the first commercial phone with such a feature. Vivo X21 was first showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 in January this year. Flipkart already has a banner page live for the Vivo X21. The launch will take place on May 29, which is tomorrow at 12.30 pm. Vivo is hosting an event in Delhi for the same. The X21 will come with 6GB RAM and 128GB on-board storage, according to the banner page. Flipkart has a...

NASA can still teach private space sector lessons about going into outer space Even as private companies dominate the next phase of space travel, record-setting astronaut Peggy Whitson explained why NASA is still necessary.  NASA does "the real deep space exploration that allows commercial providers to have the means for going," she told CNBC.  Bill Ingalls | NASA | Getty Images Nowadays, discussions about the future of space are more likely to reference private companies like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin than  NASA  — the federal agency responsible for putting a man on the moon. On Thursday, the Trump administration released a set of guidelines to reform and update U.S. policy toward private space endeavors. Tellingly, NASA's sole mention came  at the end of the document announcing  President  Donald Trump 's directive, where he called for the space agency to "return American astronauts to the moon, followed by ...

Honor 7S With 18:9 Display, 5-Megapixel Selfie Camera Launched: Price, Specifications, Features HIGHLIGHTS The phone has been launched in Pakistan Pricing in the country starts at PKR 14,499 The phone is an almost-rebranded variant of Honor Play 7 Huawei  brand  Honor  has silently launched the new  Honor 7S , the company's latest budget smartphone. It appears to be a variant of another  recently launched  budget smartphone, the  Honor Play 7 . While most specifications and features remain same, the only apparent difference seems to be the 5-megapixel selfie camera on the Honor 7S instead of a 24-megapixel shooter seen on the Honor Play 7. Key highlights of the smartphone include an 18:9 display, a 3020mAh battery, and an LED selfie light. The Honor 7S is  listed  on the company's global site, and its launch in Pakistan was first  reported  by Pakistani portal MoreNews. The Honor 7S price in Pakistan starts at...