1. SMART HELMETS TO BATTLE COVID-19.
With rise in Corona Virus cases in Mumbai, smart helmets are proving to be an effective weapon to scan and record the temperatures of the people which helps in the detection of suspected Covid patients. It can simultaneously scan temperatures of 200 people per minute. Helmets costs around 6 lakh and were donated to the authorities in Mumbai and Pune.
2. INDIAN RAILWAY TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH QR CODE FOR CONTACT-LESS TRAVEL.
As a precaution to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Railways are planning to introduce contactless ticketing system at railway stations. The tickets can be verified by scanning the QR code on the ticket. This also applies to platform tickets as well.
3. iPHONE 11 NOW MANUFACTURING IN INDIA.
iPhone 11, one of the most popular and sold iPhone globally, has started manufacturing in India. Reports suggests that Apple has kick-started its Foxconn plant in Chennai which seems to be major boost to Indian Government's Make-In-India initiative. Apple is also planning to manufacture iPhone SE 2020 at the Wistron plant near Bengaluru. Also reports suggests that Apple will save 22% import duty when manufacturing iPhones in India.
4. DELL ALIENWARE M15, G3, G5 AND G5 SPECIAL EDITION GAMING LAPTOPS LAUNCHED IN INDIA.
Dell's Alienware gaming laptop series is its flagship lineup and offers maximum performance. The Alienware M15 R3 offers Intel core i9 10th Gen processor and NVIDIA RTX 2080 GPU. It's price starts at ₹ 1,99,990/- and is the most expensive among the bunch. Dell G5 15 is powered by 10th Gen Intel core i7 processor with NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti graphics whereas G15 special edition has AMD Ryzen 4000 H series processor with AMD Radeon RX 5600M GPU. Dell G3 15 has i7 10th Gen Intel CPU and NVIDIA 1650 Ti GPU. ₹ 82,590/- , ₹ 74,990/- and ₹ 73,990/- are the starting prices of Dell G5 15, Dell G15 special edition and Dell G3 15 respectively. It is available on Flipkart, Amazon, Dell exclusive stores and select retail stores.
5. INDIA MARKS 3RD IN CYBER ATTACKS, SAYS REPORTS.
In the fourteen years period between May 2006 and June 2020, India reportedly fell victim to 23 cyber attacks, latest of which came this last month. This data is as per US based think tank, Centre for Strategic and International Studios (CSIS). As per the data, US tops the list experiencing the most number of significant cyber attacks followed by UK.
6. INDIANS ARE NOW PREFERRING "WORK FROM HOME" JOBS.
According to the researchers, due to the corona virus pandemic, work from home jobs are preferred. Research suggests that 74% of Indians think that they can do better jobs if they have better technological skills. This has led to more preference on work from home jobs.
7. SONY'S NEW VLOGGING CAMERA ZV-1 LAUNCHING IN INDIA ON AUGUST 6.
Sony has refreshed its camera lineup with their all new ZV-1 model. This camera is more focused towards vlogging and content creators. This camera has vlogging friendly features like rotatable screen. Sony also provides lot of manual controls. The camera starts at ₹ 77,990/- and comes with Bluetooth shooting grip and will be available on Prime day sale.
QUICK FLASH NEWS
1. Amazon Prime day sale on 6th and 7th August. Prime day exclusive launches and deals will be live during sale.
2. YouTube Music is now available on Android TV. YouTube Music was the highest number of music playlists and now will be available on TVs as well.
3. 7nm Intel CPUs launch might be delayed to 2022 whereas AMD has already launched its 7nm CPUS.
4. Halo Infinite, State of Decay 3, Forza Motorsport 8, Everwild, Tell me Why, Grounded, Avowed, As Dusk Falls, Psychonauts 2, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2, Warhammer 4000: Darktide, The Medium, Fable are the XBOX game studio titles showcased by Microsoft. They also stated that these games won't exclusive to XBOX series X.
5. Corning has announced their new Gorilla Glass - "Victus". They claim it to have 2X scratch resistance and 2 meter drop survival.
6. Realme 6i and Asus ROG 3 has launched in India this week. Both phone starts at ₹ 12,999/- and ₹ 49,999/- respectively. To know more about these phones visit this links: Asus ROG 3: The King Of Specs Is Here!! and Realme 6i: The Budget Phone Launched Today
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