MacBook Air and 12 inch macBook - no longer available

Apple upgraded its Macbook air and Macbook Pro Laptops on Tuesday. But in doing so Apple removed the smallest macbook air and cheapest 12 inch macbook from its website. The old macbook air was of $999 while the new upgraded macbook costs $1,099. This has raised the entry cost of buying a macbook by $10.
Though the old macbook air is removed from the website, Apple says it will be still available on its Education institute store.

For more details:
https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-kills-999-macbook-air-and-12-inch-macbook/

Samsung being sued for false claims

Samsung got sued by an Australian company for making false claims about its phone being water resistant.  The advertisements by Samsung show that phone can be used while swimming or surfing while the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) argues that those advertisements are misleading.
According to Samsung adverts their phones have IP68 water resistance, however it does not cover salt water said ACCC. The Australian company further alleges that Samsung has not performed enough testing to testify its claims about the phones having a long life.
ACCC also said that it has reviewed more than 300 advertisements of Samsung
before making any claim while Samsung doesn't agree to these claims and plans to defend the case.
However if Samsung is found guilty it will have to pay a huge amount of fine.

Axon says no to Facial Recognition

Facial Recognition is a phenomenon no longer unknown to anyone. Though it is quite useful for security purposes but is considered as a controversial topic. Axon; the maker of such cameras has decided not to use facial recognition for now. For those who don't know about Axon:

Axon is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company. It develops technology and products for law enforcement and civilians. It was formerly known as Taser and its initial product was line of electroshock weapons. After that the company started producing different products for law enforcement, including a line of body cameras and Evidence.com, a cloud-based digital evidence platform. 

According to them use of facial recognition technology is not ethical and should not be used with the consent of people being affected by it. Also they are of the view that there is no point of using such cameras until their use becomes useful in real lives.Well in my point of view benefit of facial recognition is something that is hard to deny and is quite useful but let's see what Axon will do in future and whether use of facial recognition gets affected by it or not.

For details head to:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/police-body-cam-maker-axon-says-no-to-facial-recognition-for-now/

AI enabled Robotic Arm

You own a company? And you hate packing boxes well don't worry the AI- Robotic Arm is here.
This robotic arm will help you pack your boxes in a more efficient way and is a time saver. This arm can help you to perform logistics, retail and warehouse tasks.
You may be wondering why? Why can't we do it manually? Because automation can help you accomplish your tasks much faster than manual approach. It will also give your company a competitive advantage and will help you people to stay focused on their work instead of spending time on physical taxing work.

About this Robotic Arm:

• The researchers used visual data to build this arm.
• They used a simple suction cup for pushing objects.
• It uses data collected from sensor to pull objects towards the desired area.

Well this is all for this robotic arm, stay tuned for more updates.

To read more about this robotic arm: https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/this-ai-enabled-robotic-arm-can-pack-boxes-quickly/articleshow/69993252.cms

Samsung leader sentenced to jail.

Jay Y. Lee who is the billionaire head of South Korea's Samsung Group was sentenced to jail for 5 years for bribery.
After a six month trial over a scandal which brought down Park Geun-hye (the then President), the court ruled that Lee paid bribes in order to get favour from Park.
Lee was also found guilty of hiding assets abroad and perjury. But Lee denied the wrongdoings, also one of his lawyers said that he would appeal.
Next year this case is likely to be brought all the way up to the Supreme Court. This five year sentence is the one of the longest sentence given in South Korea to a business leader.

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Video Preview - Google

A report says that google has started adding video preview feature in search results. Whenever a user will search for something, videos will appear on top of the search results and will begin start playing automatically. Soon this feature will be available in android devices too.
But it will take place step by step. First the videos will appear to only users in US or English users. Then it will be available for users of other languages gradually.
The videos will play automatically when the user will be connected to Wi-Fi and the users will have the option to turn this feature off.
For detailed report visit:
http://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/google-adds-video-previews-to-search-results-on-android-report/articleshow/60134848.cms 

Zedge - Android App

Are you looking for wallpapers to give your phone an aesthetic look? or are you tired of the same default ringtones and want to set a new one?  Then try the "Zedge" app.
Whether you need wallpapers, live wallpapers, ringtones,  games or icons for your phone this is the app for you. It has 3 main categories as follows:

• Featured 
• Popular 
• Recent

And then there is another long list of categories to choose from. For example: for wallpaper you can choose from categories like abstract, anime, comedy, designs, nature, sayings, sport and much more and if you want to set a wallpaper then you can either download it or set it from the app itself. Similarly you will find categories for notifications ,ringtones, games and icon packs.
So just download the app and give it a try !!
Here is the link to download it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.zedge.android&hl=en