Google has unveiled Pixel 4a smartphone and it is coming to India as Flipkart-exclusive in October. Successor to the Pixel 3a, the Pixel 4a is a trimmed down version of the technology giant’s Pixel 4 smartphone, which was announced late last year but did not come to India due to regulations around its ‘Soli Radar’ feature.

Google Pixel 4a price in India and availability details

The Google Pixel 4A comes in 6GB RAM + 128GB internal storage variant, priced at $349. It will initially be available for pre-order in the US and goes on sale from August 20. In India, however, the phone will be available in October, exclusively on home-grown e-commerce platform Flipkart. The Google Pixel 4a India pricing will be unveiled closer to its launch.

 Google Pixel 4a variants

Unlike the Pixel 3a-series, which was launched in two variants of different screen sizes, the Pixel 4a comes in lone 5.8-inch screen. However, the phone has different models for different countries. There is a 5G model, which will be limited to markets with active 5G network status. In India, however, the phone will come with LTE connectivity. Except for the connectivity, most other features are same across the 5G and non-5G models.

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AI-based HR platform, KeeperHR, aims to find the right talent fitment for a role by using a series of imagery-led questions to collect data-driven insights about people.

Founded by Dean Graziano, the newly launched US-based platform captures invaluable cultural, social and behavioral insights of a team, to match the best candidates to roles.

“Organizations can use these data analytics, behavioral science and AI-based findings, to build stronger, more confident teams, improving employee engagement and retention,” a company release said.

KeeperHR Co-Founder & CEO Vishal Ahluwalia had recently announced the platform’s foray into the Indian and UK markets, to support recruitment teams to leverage imagery and machine learning to discern the personality and character of a team.

“During my over 20-year career of managing large global workforces in companies like UBS, and Credit Suisse, I recognize soft skills as a tremendous driver of a company’s culture and overall success. KeeperHR gives organizations the power to leverage those skills,” Ahluwalia said.

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In a breakthrough study, experts have developed a risk score to predict cardiac arrest patient outcomes.

The study published today in European Heart Journal, by a team of researchers from King’s College London and King’s College Hospital, details a novel risk score for heart attack centres to predict brain damage in patients who have had an out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Out of hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health challenge and can lead to considerable morbidity and mortality. Patients have an extremely high risk of long-term brain damage after cardiac arrest, but this can be difficult to predict early on after admission.

The risk score, known as MIRACLE2, has been developed to help clinical decisions, improve the selection of appropriate treatments and inform family discussion early after admission.

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Google said it has built the worlds fastest machine learning (ML) training supercomputer that broke AI performance records in six out of eight industry-leading MLPerf benchmarks.

Using this supercomputer, as well as the latest Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chip, Google has set new performance records.

“We achieved these results with ML model implementations in TensorFlow, JAX and Lingvo. Four of the eight models were trained from scratch in under 30 seconds,” Naveen Kumar from Google AI said in a statement on Wednesday.

To put that in perspective, it took more than three weeks to train one of these models on the most advanced hardware accelerator available in 2015.

Google’s latest TPU supercomputer can train the same model almost five orders of magnitude faster just five years later. Read Complete Article

Google said it has built the worlds fastest machine learning (ML) training supercomputer that broke AI performance records in six out of eight industry-leading MLPerf benchmarks.

Using this supercomputer, as well as the latest Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chip, Google has set new performance records.

“We achieved these results with ML model implementations in TensorFlow, JAX and Lingvo. Four of the eight models were trained from scratch in under 30 seconds,” Naveen Kumar from Google AI said in a statement on Wednesday.

To put that in perspective, it took more than three weeks to train one of these models on the most advanced hardware accelerator available in 2015.

Google’s latest TPU supercomputer can train the same model almost five orders of magnitude faster just five years later. Read Complete Article

Expanding its millennial-centric M-series smartphone line-up, Samsung on Thursday launched the Galaxy M31s in India. The phone brings several first features to M-series, including 64-megapixel camera sensor on the back and 25W fast charging. The phone comes in 6GB RAM + 128GB internal storage and 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage configurations, priced at Rs 19,499 and Rs 21,499, respectively. The Galaxy M31s will be available at Amazon India, Samsung online store and select retail stores from August 6.

Samsung Galaxy M31s specifications and features

The Samsung Galaxy M31s has a 6.5-inch super AMOLED screen of fullHD+ resolution protected by Gorilla Glass. It is an Infinity-O display with punch-hole on the top-centre for front camera. The phone has plastic body with reflective gradient design on the back cover. The phone comes in mirage blue and mirage black colours.

 Powering the smartphone is an Exynos 9611 system-on-chip, paired with 128GB internal storage and up to 8GB RAM. The phone ships with Android 10 operating system covered under company’s OneUI 2.1 user-interface. The phone is powered by 6,000 mAh battery, supported by 25W fast charger. The phone supports reverse charging and its charger has USB type-C on both ends.

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Asus on Thursday expanded its Zenbook and Vivobook laptops series with the launch of the ZenBook 13(UX325) and Zenbook 14 (UX425), and the VivoBook S14 (S433) and the VivoBook Ultra K14 (K413), respectively. Both the Zenbook and Vivobook are part of company’s thin and light laptop line-up, now powered by 10th Gen Intel Core mobile processors.

“Consumer laptop segment is undergoing a renaissance, especially in this current situation where technology is increasingly becoming even more interconnected. We take pride in bringing the latest innovation to our consumers with the new line up of Zenbook and Vivobook powered by Intel 10th Gen Processors. The unmatched portability combined with a power-packed performance will definitely set pulses racing high. We believe these new offerings are all set to win hearts across the country with their unique design and eclectic hues,” Arnold Su, Business Head, Consumer & Gaming PC, System Business Group, ASUS India, said in a statement.

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Thomson’s brand licensee Super Plastronics on Thursday launched a range of smart televisions, which are touted to be tested and developed in India in partnership with Google. The new range of Thomson smart TVs include models from Path 9A, Path 9R and Oath Pro series with price starting at Rs 10,999. The new range will be available from August 6, exclusively on home-grown e-commerce platform Flipkart.

“PATH 9A and 9R series have been completely developed and tested in India; this is the beginning of the vocal for local Android TV. All our customers should feel honored while buying this TV, as its completely developed and tested under make in India initiative. Google has just announced they will invest 10 billion dollars in India, this will assist the Android TV ecosystem as well. With this launch we expect to gain our market share by 7 per cent by the end of 2021-22,” said Avneet Singh Marwah, CEO, Super Plastronics Pvt. Ltd., (SPPL) and India Brand Licensee, Thomson Tv.

 PATH 9A and 9R series features

The Path series smart Android TVs are powered by Android 9.0 operating system. The TVs have IPS A+ panel of up to 4K UHD resolution. The 4K televisions are compatible with different HDR formats, including the HDR10. The TVs are powered by AMLOGIC quad-core processor of 1GHz clock speed, mated with Mali quad-core GPU. The Android TVs come with Google Play Store for TV with more than 5000+ apps and games.

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Actress Ankita Lokhande, ex-girlfriend of Sushant Singh Rajput, had reportedly informed Bihar Police that the late actor was quite unhappy because Rhea Chakraborty harassed him.

Ankita made her claim while she was visiting Sushant’s family in Patna, a report in news18.com stated. According to the website, Ankita told the police that through a chat around the time of release of her Bollywood debut film, “Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi” in 2019, Sushant mentioned being “harassed” by his then current girlfriend Rhea.

A report in dnaindia.com corroborated the news saying a source had informed the website that, according to Ankita, Sushant had told her that “he is quite unhappy in the relationship and wants to end it as Rhea harassed him”.
 

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The news18.com report further stated that Ankita’s above-mentioned chat with Sushant was shared with the police at that time.

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The Vivo X50 Pro is one of the two camera-centric smartphones that Chinese smartphone brand Vivo recently launched in India. Besides multi-optic set-up for versatile imaging, the phone brings industry first gimbal stabilisation technology, which boosts the phone’s primary sensor performance with regard low light photography and videography – according to the company. The phone does not cut corners on other parameters and boasts a premium AMOLED screen of 90Hz refresh rate, Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G system-on-chip, fast charging, etc. On paper, the phone seems to be an all-round package aimed at shutterbugs. But is it? Let’s find out:

Vivo X50 Pro: Design and Display

From two-side curved screen to slim profile and lightweight (181.5g) build, the X50 Pro overall design is premium and nothing short of what you expect from a flagship smartphone. The phone’s front is dominated by a 6.56-inch fullHD+ AMOLED screen of 90Hz refresh rate. It is slightly curved from the sides and boasts a punch-hole for selfie camera. The curved screen takes away the side bezels, and the otherwise prominent top and bottom bezels are minimal, too. This gives the phone an excellent 92 per cent screen-to-body ratio.

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