by Hansraj Agrawal | May 31, 2024 | Technology
God of War: Ragnarok Game
2 min read Last Updated : May 31 2024 | 1:49 PM IST
Sony at its State of Play event on May 31 treated gaming enthusiasts with updates on various upcoming video game titles for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2 gaming consoles. However, the highlight remained the arrival of God of War: Ragnarok on Windows PC platform. Sony said that the videogame will arrive on PCs on September 19, joining the likes of God of War (2018), Marvel’s Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima and other PlayStation Exclusive games that debuted as PlayStation exclusive but later made it to the Steam platform for PCs.
God of War Ragnarok on PC: Details
Sony in a post on PlayStation Blog confirmed that the PC version of God of War: Ragnarok will not be locked at a certain frame rate and will support 4K resolution gameplay. Additionally, the game will support graphic resolution upscaling through support for Nvidia’s RTX Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), and Intel‘s XeSS (Xe Super Sampling). Sony also confirmed that the PC edition of the game will include the updates that were released for the game after its release on PlayStation 5 in November 2022. These updates include the new “Game+” mode and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla downloadable content (DLC).
God of War: Ragnarok: India pricing
God of War: Ragnarok is now available for pre-purchase on Steam and Epic Game Store in Standard and Deluxe editions. Steam has listed the standard edition at Rs 3,999 while the Deluxe Edition bundle is priced at Rs 4,799. Sony said that as part of the pre-purchase perks, users will receive Kratos Risen Snow Armor and the Atreus Risen Snow Tunic in-game items for no additional cost.
Other announcements from Sony’s State of Play event
While God of War: Ragnarok took the centre stage, Sony also announced a few more notable upcoming video games on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2 gaming consoles. This includes the upcoming Alien: Rogue Incursion virtual reality (VR) video game for PSVR2 console that will be released in the holiday season of 2024. Other notable games coming to PlayStation platforms later this year include Silent Hill 2 remake, Until Dawn, Path of Exile 2, Marvel Rivals, and more.
First Published: May 31 2024 | 1:48 PM IST
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by Hansraj Agrawal | May 31, 2024 | Technology
Google Search AI Overviews
3 min read Last Updated : May 31 2024 | 1:39 PM IST
AI Overviews were announced at the Google I/O event a few days ago exclusively to users in the US with the promise of higher satisfaction with its search results by suggesting info and webpages closest to the search query. This new feature was a result of Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE), launched last year.
In the last few days, people have shared screenshots of inaccurate and misleading results after using the new feature. Liz Reid, VP, Head of Google Search, has responded to the feedback in a blog post and detailed next steps that are being taken.
The post explains how AI Overviews work and informs that it works differently than a chatbot or Large Language Models.
“While AI Overviews are powered by a customized language model, the model is integrated with our core web ranking systems and designed to carry out traditional “search” tasks, like identifying relevant, high-quality results from our index. That’s why AI Overviews don’t just provide text output, but include relevant links so people can explore further.” the blog post informs.
The tech giant also added that AI Overviews does not hallucinate like chatbot and when it gets anything wrong, it is because of misinterpreting queries or nuance of language or simply not having better information, a problem Google said can arise for simple search features as well.
What went wrong
The tech giant said that some of the screenshots circulating were fake and few queries were “nonsensical” and deliberately wanted to generate false results. Google has admitted that although some of the results were erroneous as they were for uncommon queries, Google will make improvements. Google has also accepted that some questions could not be answered due to being satirical in nature and informed that some of the questions were never asked before and hence resulted in what is called information gap or data void.
Improvements
Google has said that they do not fix every query but instead work on an update to broaden the scope of function to become inclusive of new queries. It also informed that they have made over a dozen technical upgrades.
Few improvements listed by Google are:
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Better detection mechanism to prevent any AI Overview result for a nonsensical query and regulated inclusion of humorous or satirical content
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Limited user generated content in responses
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Triggering restrictions for when AI Overviews starts answering
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Triggering refinements for topics of news and health
Additionally, Google said it is examining feedback and reports and taking action against AI Overview that violate content policies with the promise to keep improving AI Overviews.
First Published: May 31 2024 | 1:27 PM IST
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by Hansraj Agrawal | May 31, 2024 | Technology
Instagram: Limit Interactions
2 min read Last Updated : May 31 2024 | 12:27 PM IST
Instagram is expanding its “limit interaction” feature, which now allows restricting interactions with everyone apart from users that are on the “Close Friends” list. As spotted by The Verge, the “limit interaction” menu on the settings page in Instagram has a new “Everyone but your Close Friends” option. Earlier, the feature was limited to closing down interactions with “Recent followers” and “Accounts that don’t follow you”.
Meta introduced the limit Interaction feature on Instagram in 2021 to help creators on the platform deal with online harassment, although the feature is available for everyone now. Here is how to set up and use the feature:
Instagram: Limit Interactions
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Go to Settings and tap on Activity menu from your Instagram profile
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Tap on Limit Interaction option under the “How others can interact with you” section
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Select what you want to limit and who you want to limit and tap on the “Turn Limits on” button on the bottom of the screen
Instagram within this menu offers multiple options. Within the “What will be limited” section, the user can choose to hide comments and chats from users by selecting “some limits option”. If the user wants more restrictions, “Most interaction” option needs to be selected which restricts tags, mentions, story replies and more in addition to comments and chats. Similarly, “Who will be limited” section offers restricting recent followers, accounts that do not follow the user and the new “Everyone but your Close Friends” option.
There is also an option on the menu that lets setting up a reminder before turning on the limits which will notify the user after the selected span of time to turn-off the limit if they want.
First Published: May 31 2024 | 12:27 PM IST
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by Hansraj Agrawal | May 31, 2024 | Technology
2 min read Last Updated : May 31 2024 | 12:06 PM IST
Meta-owned social media platform
Instagram has enhanced the “Notes” features with support for likes, mentions, and the ability to post prompts for others to respond. Essentially, Instagram now allows users to like notes, mention others using @handles in their notes, and use prompts to initiate a conversation directly within notes.
What are Instagram Notes
Notes started as short posts of up to 60 characters using text and emojis for sharing status updates in the message section. Later on, the feature included sharing short videos up to two seconds and sharing music. Users can also add text captions to the videos. Until now, users can reply to a note using photos, videos, audio messages, stickers, and GIFs. However, only you can see who replied to your notes. Any note shared remains visible for 24 hours only. Users also have the option to share it with followers they follow back or close friends.
What is new in Instagram Notes
Now, users can mention others (@mention) directly in the notes and like others notes, similar to stories. Additionally, Notes prompts are a new upgrade that will display responses in a new user interface.
How to write Notes on Instagram
Tap your notes option visible at the top of your inbox or profile, then tap “Leave a new note.”
Enter a note of up to 60 characters, or videos, or music.
Select the audience for your note.
Tap “Share” in the top right to share your new note.
First Published: May 31 2024 | 12:06 PM IST
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by Hansraj Agrawal | May 31, 2024 | Technology
Representative image: Redmi Note 13R Photo: Xiaomi Global
2 min read Last Updated : May 31 2024 | 11:56 AM IST
Chinese smartphone brand
POCO could soon launch the POCO M6 Plus in India. The smartphone, reportedly, has been spotted on India’s BIS (Bureau of Indian Standard) that hints at possible launch in the country soon. However, there has been no official confirmation yet on the launch from the brand.
According to a news report by GizmoChina, the POCO M6 Plus 5G was spotted on HyperOS Code with the model number “N19” codenamed “breeze.” On the BIS website, it was listed with the model number 24065PC951. As the budget-friendly model in the M series, the smartphone could launch as early as next month.
The POCO M6 Plus could be a rebranded version of the Redmi Note 13R, which was launched in China earlier this month. If true, the smartphone will sport a 6.74-inch LCD display of a 120Hz refresh rate, 600-nit peak brightness, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ system-on-chip. The phone will be offerd in 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. For imaging, it will sport a 50-megapixel main camera sensor on the rear and a 5-megapixel camera sensor on the front. It will be powered by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W charging.
For reference, the POCO M5 was launched in India at Rs 12,499 onwards. The POCO M6 Plus could be launched in the same price ballpark.
POCO M6 Plus: Expected specifications
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Display: 6.74-inch LCD display, 120Hz
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Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 processor
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RAM: up to 8GB
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Storage: up to 128GB
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Rear camera: 50MP + 2MP
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Front Camera: 5MP
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Battery: 5,000mAh
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OS: Xiaomi HyperOS
First Published: May 31 2024 | 11:56 AM IST
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by Hansraj Agrawal | May 31, 2024 | Technology
2 min read Last Updated : May 31 2024 | 11:52 AM IST
Google has started rolling out the new Gmail app for Android that features a new design and an option for quick replies. The “Quick Reply” option on Gmail app for Android lets you reply to emails without necessitating the steps to open full-screen compose mail.
The US-based software giant has been testing quick replies in Gmail app for Android since November 2023 and has officially launched the feature, which will be available with Android’s May Feature Drop.
Earlier, you would need to tap the reply button at the bottom of the mail to open the compose box on the screen where you could type the message. Now, a text box appears at the bottom of the screen with the option to reply, reply all and forward. The text box of the new UI also has an option on the left to attach a file, a dropdown menu to reply and change the list of recipients or to reply to all. Forward and emoji icons are present alongside the text box. You will also have the option to expand the text box to the compose box on the screen like previously.
If you are looking to reply with a short and quick message, you can do so easily with the new feature. You can also reference the text you are replying to like chatting on instant messaging apps.
The feature is being rolled out on an account-by-account basis and will be available to more users soon. This update is accessible on Gmail 2024.05.05.x for Android. It is also expected that Google will bring the Gemini button to the Gmail Android app as well which will help with email summaries and let you ask questions.
First Published: May 31 2024 | 11:52 AM IST
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