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Apple to discontinue Photo Stream on July 26: Here is how to save photos

Apple to discontinue Photo Stream on July 26: Here is how to save photos

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Technology



Apple’s Photo Stream service is shutting down on July 26. Users only have a couple of days to save their photos before the transition comes into effect. According to the Cupertino-based tech giant, Photo Stream has already stopped uploading pictures since June 26. However, any picture uploaded to My Photo Stream will be available on both iCloud Photos and the device storage for users to store photos. Hence, users who have iCloud sync will still be able to access their photos.


What is Photo Stream


Launched in 2011, the service allows users to upload a photo taken on Apple device on My Photo Stream so they can view them on any other Apple device, and import them to the library on that device.


According to Apple, up to 1,000 photos at any given time remain in My Photo Stream for 30 days and are then automatically deleted from iCloud. As Apple discontinues this service, users will no longer have any access to their pics on Apple devices unless their iCloud is set up on that particular iPhone, iPad and Mac or the pics are locally saved on the device.


Storing pics in iCloud


The tech giant has stated that after Photo Stream is discontinued, users will be able to share photos across their Apple devices through iCloud Photos. In the free tier, iCloud Photos offers up to 5GB of free storage. However, iCloud premium subscription plan is required if the user has to store anything beyond that limit.


Apple said that iCloud is the “best way to keep the photos and videos you take up to date across all your devices”. “If you already have iCloud Photos enabled on all of your devices, you don’t need to do anything else – your photos already sync to iCloud,” Apple said on its support page.


How to access photos


Users will need to allow iCloud Photos to sync on all Apple devices to access their photos. Users need to follow the below steps to allow iCloud Photos to sync on their devices


On iPhone or iPad


Users need to go to Settings > user/owner name > iCloud. Users should ensure that it says “On” next to Photos on each of the Apple devices.


On Mac


Users need to choose Apple menu > System Settings, click on the name, and then click iCloud. Users will have to make sure that it says “On” next to Photos on each of the Apple devices.


Saving photos currently in My Photo Stream on iPhone or iPad


Users should open Photos and tap Albums and then, tap My Photo Stream > Select. Users can then tap the photos that they want to save, then tap the Share button > Save Image.


On a Mac, the My Photo Stream photos automatically import to the user’s library.



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NASA’s X-59 aircraft rekindles hopes for commercial supersonic air travel

NASA’s X-59 aircraft rekindles hopes for commercial supersonic air travel

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Technology


NASA’s X-59 aircraft rekindles hopes for commercial supersonic air travel

Move over Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial aircraft, which set many records in air travel when it was introduced some 20 years ago. The aviation industry is gearing to welcome an era of ultrafast air travel with NASA coming up with the X-59, dubbed the ‘Son of Concorde’, an experimental supersonic aircraft good to go for its first test flight.


The X-59, although smaller and slower than Concorde, boasts of a maximum speed of almost 1,500 kph and is estimated to cut travel time from New York to London by around 3 hours and 30 minutes.


Suborbital Flights: Insight


Suborbital flights would employ rockets, quite similar to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic jet programme. These flights would ferry passengers at a surprising speed of 3500 miles per hour (5632 kph) resulting in the saving of so much time. For example, an individual can go from New York to Shanghai in a short time, rather than the ongoing 15-hour drive. A trip from New York to London, for instance, can be finished within an hour.

X-59 is equipped with ‘Quiet Supersonic Technology‘ which is designed to turn the sonic boom brought about by breaking the sound wall into a ‘sonic thump’. When the aircraft is ready for flight, the single-seat X-59 will be barely short of 100 feet (30.5m) long, with a hard-swept wingspan of just 29.5 feet (9m) and a height of only 14 feet (4.25 meters). It will cruise at 55,000 feet and will have a cruising speed of Mach 1.4.

First Published: Jul 25 2023 | 2:45 PM IST



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Apps, firms could lose ‘continuous consent’ in data protection bill

Apps, firms could lose ‘continuous consent’ in data protection bill

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Technology


The Centre has introduced the DPDP Bill for discussion in the monsoon session (Representational)


The Centre could ask firms dealing in personal and non-personal data to get renewed consent from their users every time they change the terms and conditions and update their services, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Tuesday.

Officials were quoted as saying that a clause to this effect could soon be introduced in the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill. The move will discard the concept of “continuous consent” where apps and services get permission to process data from the users initially when they initially sign up for the service and then continue to process the data based on the initial consent.

A senior government official was quoted as saying that a user must be aware at all times of how their data is processed. Since firms keep changing the way they process data collected from the users when they sign up for the service, the current process does not do any justice to the user.

Also Read: Data protection bill gets cabinet nod, major provisions likely to be kept


The Centre has mandated that the personal data of a user, also known as data principal, must be processed only for purposes for which the consent has been taken or the consent is ‘deemed’ to have been taken.


According to clauses in the bill, requests for the processing of data should be accompanied by or preceded by “an itemised notice” containing the details of the personal data being collected and how the data can be employed. The data protection Bill states that such notices must be in “clear and plain language”.


The Centre has also proposed that in cases where the personal data of users have been collected before the implementation of the Act, the data fiduciaries should provide users with an “itemised notice in a clear and plain language containing a description of personal data of the data principal collected by the data fiduciary and the purpose for which such personal data has been processed”.

First Published: Jul 25 2023 | 2:24 PM IST



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After iOS, OpenAI to rollout ChatGPT app for Android: All you need to know

After iOS, OpenAI to rollout ChatGPT app for Android: All you need to know

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Technology


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‘Unlimited interactivity’: With X, Twitter aims to foray into new fields

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Realme Pad 2 review: Big screen companion good for routine everyday chores

Realme Pad 2 review: Big screen companion good for routine everyday chores

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Technology



The Pad 2 is Chinese smartphone maker Realme’s middleweight tablet in India, at Rs 19,999 onwards. The tablet boasts an 11.5-inch 2K LCD display of 120Hz refresh rate, quad-speaker system with support for Dolby Atmos, up to 8GB RAM and 256GB on-board storage, and 4G LTE network connectivity. Powered by MediaTek Helio G99 system-on-chip, the Realme Pad 2 is positioned by the company as a big screen tablet good for entertainment and productivity-related workloads. Is it? Let us find out:


Design


The Realme Pad 2 has a generic tablet design, and for better. The tablet looks premium despite featuring a mix of plastic and metal body. It boasts a thin-and-lightweight construction that makes it easy to hold and operate. However, it is cumbersome to use the tablet with it placed on flat surfaces, such as table top, since it wobbles due to protruding circular camera island on the back.


The Realme Pad 2 seems to have been designed for use in horizontal orientation. Its front camera placement, for example, is centre aligned on the top display bezel in horizontal orientation. For horizontal orientation use, however, the power button (upward on the left side) and volume rocker keys (on the top left side) placement is not proper. A left-handed person might see no flaw there since these buttons are easily accessible from the left hand in horizontal orientation, but a right-handed person would have to make some effort to reach them. Important to note, the Realme Pad 2 does not have a fingerprint sensor for the screen unlock mechanism. There is support for screen unlock through face detection, but it is inconsistent.


Display and audio


The Realme Pad 2 sports an 11.5-inch 2K LCD display of 120Hz refresh rate. The display is modest in terms of colours and brightness, but the contrast is mediocre. Moreover, there is a visible shift in colours when viewed from angles. Wearing a glossy glass, the display is quite reflective and attracts fingerprints. These affect the display readability, thus hampering sunlight legibility. That said, the display is decent for routine everyday use such as reading online articles, watching short form videos, and scrolling through social media feeds. It is, however, not suited for watching high dynamic range content.


Compensating for the mediocre display is the impeccable sound offered by the quad-speaker system. The speakers are loud, clear, and balanced. Powered by Dolby Atmos, the speakers are tuned for wide sound stage that is apparent even in tracks that are not natively supported. The tablet lacks 3.5mm audio out, but supports Hi-Res audio over wireless.


Camera


Imaging has not been the strong selling point for budget and midrange tablets, and the Realme Pad 2 is no different. It has an 8-megapixel camera on the back that proves useful in everyday chores such as scanning documents and video calls, but do not expect anything beyond. Likewise, the front 5MP camera sensor is decent to attend video calls on the go.


Performance


Powered by MediaTek Dimensity G99 system-on-chip, the Realme Pad 2 is not a performance powerhouse. But it works fine for routine everyday tasks such as checking emails, scrolling through social media feeds, reading articles online, streaming videos, etc. Lifting the experience, however, is the Realme UI 4 for Pad interface – based on Android 13. Unlike its smartphones, the interface is clean with no instances of third-party bloatware and ads. However, the interface is not optimised for tablet experience. Many apps, including Realme apps, are marred with size scaling issues and seem not compatible for tablet experience. Nevertheless, Realme has not cut corners on the fundamentals. There is support for split window for multitasking, and the apps dock is but good additions.


Battery


Among the Realme Pad 2 strengths is the on-battery life. As a companion big screen device with 4G LTE network support, the Realme Pad 2 easily sails through a week on a single charge. Extensive usage, including power- and graphic- intensive workloads, drain the battery quickly. Yet, it manages to deliver a day’s on-battery time on a single charge. The tablet ships with a 33W fast charger, which takes about two hours to charge the battery fully.


Verdict


The Realme Pad 2 is a no-frill tablet good as a companion big screen device for basic everyday tasks such as attending video calls, checking emails, scrolling social media feeds, reading books, attending online classes, etc. The tablet thin and lightweight construction makes it easy to carry, thus aids portability. However, it is not the device to consider for multimedia experience. Not that it is incapable, but the experience leaves one asking for more.




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Scamsters led by Chinese handlers dupe 15000 Indians of Rs 700 crore

Scamsters led by Chinese handlers dupe 15000 Indians of Rs 700 crore

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Technology



A mega fraud involving Chinese citizens has been uncovered by the Hyderabad Police. As per the police, 15,000 Indians were duped of over Rs 700 crore within a year. The cash was directed to China through Dubai and some of it was routed to an account operated by the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah, the police added.


“We are alerting central agencies and the cyber crime unit of the Union home ministry has been given the details,” Hyderabad Police Chief CV Anand said. The police chief said that it’s possible that part of the transactions was converted into cryptocurrency and deposited into a wallet controlled by Hezbollah. Till now, nine people have been arrested; four from Hyderabad, three from Mumbai and two from Ahmedabad and the police are watching out for at least six more. 

 


Chinese Scammers: Case study


The Hyderabad Police’s cyber crime branch started investigating the case in April after the complaint by an individual who said he had been defrauded of Rs 28 lakh. Further, the police figured out that individuals were tricked for the sake of investment-cum-part-time-jobs. They were approached to do easy tasks i.e. liking YouTube videos or writing Google reviews, and were paid for finishing them.


On an average, the victims have lost Rs 5-6 lakh and they were approached on Telegram and Whatsapp. For a deposit of up to Rs 5,000, they were given significant high returns, involving double the cash for certain cases, after getting done with the initial task, as indicated by the report. The victims were then requested to place in higher amounts in a series of 7-8 transactions. They were conned by a fake window which purportedly showed the cash they had earned, but withdrawing the amount was impossible until the victim completed all the tasks assigned by the handlers.


The report quotes an individual named Shiva, who visited the Hyderabad cyber crime branch in April, saying he had been tricked of Rs 28 lakh by cyber fraudsters. The investigators found 48 bank accounts which had been set up for the sake of shell companies. At that point, the agency accepted that the fraud was to the tune of Rs 584 crores. As the investigation continued, one more Rs 128 crore had been swindled by the scamsters. A sum of 113 Indian bank accounts were utilised in the scam.


Chinese Scammers: Current status 


Post passing through numerous bank accounts, the cash was changed over into cryptocurrency which was then directed to China through Dubai. It says that one such account was for the sake of Hyderabad-based Radhika Marketing Company and was connected to a telephone number enlisted for the sake of one Munawar, who is likewise from the city. 


Munawar had gone to Lucknow with three accomplices named Arul Das, Shah Sumair and Sameer Khan and they opened 65 accounts of 33 shell organisations. For every account, they were paid Rs 2 lakh, and they were arrested after the police followed Munawar. The 65 accounts were then utilized by the masterminds named Kevin Jun, Lee Lou Langzhou and Shasha to move more than Rs 128 crore. 


The transaction details uncover that many of the accounts were being run by a Dubai-based group through remote-access applications. Individuals in the Dubai group had associations with the Chinese network and were transferring money into crypto wallets. The official said three individuals have likewise been captured from Mumbai and they have data about no less than six individuals situated in Dubai who were associated with the scam.



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