Microsoft brings back Task Manager shortcut to Windows 11 taskbar

by Hansraj Agrawal | Oct 2, 2022 | Technology

Tech giant Microsoft has released new Windows 11 Build to Insiders in the Dev Channel that brings a new settings experience for widgets along with the return of Task Manager shortcut.

The update includes a handful of new features that specific users will welcome. After installing the build, right-clicking the taskbar will now show a link to the Task Manager, reports Windows Central.

The Snipping Tool will automatically save screenshots as well, the report said.

“We are beginning to roll out a new settings experience for Widgets. Windows Insiders who are also Office Insiders can now try the new Outlook for Windows!” the company was quoted as saying.

The widget picker and Widgets settings have been separated in this build of Windows 11. This should make it a bit easier to navigate to the desired destination, the report said.

This build includes preliminary support to rearrange System Tray icons for Insiders with the System Tray updates that began rolling out with Build 25197.

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Launched in 2014, iPhone 6 added to list of vintage products by Apple

by Hansraj Agrawal | Oct 2, 2022 | Technology

Tech giant Apple has added the iPhone 6, launched in 2014, to its list of vintage products.

In February 2022, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus received the same classification as antique, and now the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will follow suit, reports AppleInsider.

When the iPhone 6s was launched, the tech giant continued to sell the iPhone 6 as its lower-cost offering. It finally stopped sales once the iPhone 7 was released in 2016.

The larger “Plus” model of the iPhone was initially made available with the release of the iPhone 6 series. It also had a new design with curved edges that replaced the iPhone 4 through iPhone 5s’s previous design with flat edges.

Along with the iPhone 6, Apple also introduced Apple Pay, a safe way for customers to make purchases online by saving their credit and debit cards in the Wallet app.

The tech giant considered one of its products as vintage when it stopped distributing them for sale more than five years and less than seven years ago.

It provides service and parts for vintage products for up to seven years or as required by law.

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Telegram reduces subscription fee for premium users in India to Rs 179

by Hansraj Agrawal | Oct 2, 2022 | Technology

Encrypted messaging platform Telegram has reduced its monthly subscription fee in India for premium users, down to Rs 179 from Rs 469.

In a message sent to its users in the country, the platform announced the discount in subscription fees, as it focuses on aggressively growing in a country where WhatsApp has nearly 500 million users.

India is one of the key markets for Telegram, which has amassed over 700 million monthly active users globally.

According to third-party data, Telegram has more than 120 million users in India, and aims to fast tap into the ever-growing WhatsApp user base.

According to a recent research by techARC, at least one in five respondents in India prefer Telegram over WhatsApp for varied reasons, including finding it secure and respecting privacy, features like channels, allowance of users in a single group and sharing of large-size files.

Over 32 cent of the respondents said they send critical and secret messages over Telegram.

Globally, Telegram’s monthly subscription for premium users is in the range of $4.99 to $6.

Last month, the encrypted messaging app rolled out a new update that gave users more ways to use new emoji to express how they are feeling — with infinite reactions and emoji statuses.

The company said that Premium users can pick reactions from an infinite selection of custom emoji.

With the new update, group admins can control whether custom reactions may be used in their groups.

Now, premium users can add an animated emoji status displayed next to their name — to quickly let everyone know how they are feeling or what they are doing.

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Google’s Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro smartphone pre-orders to start soon in India

by Hansraj Agrawal | Oct 2, 2022 | Technology

People who are in India and want to buy a flagship Google smartphone, will soon be able to do as the company has decided to offer its high-end device range in the subcontinent once more.

According to GSM Arena, the company has already confirmed that both the Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro will be sold in India.

Sometimes, companies launch new smartphones in India later than elsewhere, but this thankfully won’t be the case for the new Pixels. Google has revealed that pre-orders will start for the two handsets on October 6 in India.

That’s the day of their unveiling event, and it’s also the day on which pre-orders start everywhere else where they will be offered, reported GSM Arena.

The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will be available in India and if you want to get your pre-order in, you should wait until 9:30 pm local time on October 6.

It’s still unclear how much the two phones will cost in India, although their prices in the US and Europe have already been leaked.

As per GSM Arena, the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will, by all accounts, be minor updates to their predecessors from last year, incorporating the new Tensor G2 chipset and switching a few components here and there, freshening up the design (while keeping the ‘visor’ look), and changing up the colours (as well as their naming style).

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Tesla AI Day 2022: Musk unveils humanoid robot Optimus; here’s what we know

by Hansraj Agrawal | Oct 1, 2022 | Technology

On Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid “Optimus” robot that shares some Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and sensors with its cars’ Autopilot driver assistance features.

Optimus was revealed at Tesla AI Day 2022, an event which aimed to demonstrate how far the company’s autonomous robot and vehicle research has come.

According to media reports, the event gave the first look of Optimus, strolling around the stage, updates on new self-driving software and also a first look at the Dojo hardware powering Tesla’s AI research.

According to Elon Musk, this humanoid prototype can do more than what was shown live. However, it first operated without a tether during the Tesla AI Day event. Musk also claimed that the difference between Tesla’s humanoid and other very impressive humanoid robot demonstrations is that Tesla’s Optimus is made for mass production in the “millions” of units and to be very capable.

Here’s what we know so far about the Tesla AI Day 2022:

Optimus walks on its own

The working version of the Optimus was unveiled after a long delay. It weighs 73kg, packs a 2.3kWh battery and uses third-party actuators to walk around and wave under its power. The next Optimus was hauled but only to tease the audience, and it was a sleeker model with a metal casing covering its torso and limbs with Tesla-built actuators. Following the launch of Optimus, Musk took to Twitter to announce that there will also be a catgirl version of the Optimus robot.

Full Self-driving grows to 160,000 beta users

Tesla’s autopilot team explained how far they have come with full self-driving, which has expanded its beta from 2,000 Tesla drivers last year to 160,000 this year. Even though it is currently only available in the US and Canada, Elon Musk hinted at a possible global expansion. The engineers also explained how they have sped up the decision-making capabilities of the car, from weighing options in milliseconds to 100 microseconds, which is ten times faster. They also showed how FSD’s tech sees the world around Tesla’s map in 3D geometry and makes choices based on what is around them.

What is Dojo

The company is also starting to build a massive, custom-built stack of hardware called Dojo to train its AI n all the videos its cars are picking up and beaming back to Tesla.

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Google receives 37,282 complaints from Indian users, removes bad content

by Hansraj Agrawal | Oct 1, 2022 | Technology

Google received 37,282 complaints from Indian users in the month of August in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The tech giant also removed a total of 551,659 pieces of bad content, as a result of user complaints in the country.

The complaints Google received in India consisted of various categories including infringement of intellectual property rights and violation of local laws prohibiting types of content on grounds such as defamation.

Most of the complaints it received from Indian users were related to copyright violations (35,649), while other categories included trademark, court order, graphic sexual content, circumvention, and others.

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“In addition to reports from our users, we invest heavily in fighting harmful content online and use technology to detect and remove it from our platforms,” it said in its monthly compliance report.

The company said that as part of its automated detection processes, it removed 551,659 accounts in the country.

“We invest heavily in fighting harmful content online and use technology to detect and remove it from our platforms. This includes using automated detection processes for some of our products to prevent the dissemination of harmful content such as child sexual abuse material and violent extremist content,” said Google.

In accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules), Google, along with other social media platforms, is mandated to publish monthly transparency reports with details of complaints received from users in India and the actions taken, as well as removal actions taken as a result of automated detection.

Under the new IT rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms — with more than 5 million users — have to publish monthly compliance reports.

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