Use of AI (Artificial intelligence) in Nepal

Artificial intelligence

According to researchers, AI does just what it is designed to do. Scientist Khanal says, ‘Ordinary people cannot recognize the whereabouts of the head and hands of a child in the womb during the ultrasound. If there is software for that, it can be recognized. When trying to post a photo on Facebook, Facebook tries to identify the person and tag them.

How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) affect human creation once it begins its creative work? This question has been raised since the advent of AI as the latest development in science. The question was raised in public when China's state-run Xinhua news agency unveiled an AI news presenter in November 2018.

In 2016, Hanson Robotics, a Hong Kong-based company, built the robot, Sophia. He was even granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia in October 2017. Two years ago, Sofia was brought to Nepal for the UNDP's 'Technology for Public Service' conference, with which many Nepalis interacted. "As Nepal has made good progress in the field of technology, if it is adopted in the right way in the coming days, it can make a big leap forward in development," said Sofia. This sparked the debate on AI in Nepal.

The AI ​​Debate also got a place in the Nepal Literary Festival held in Pokhara in the last week of last December. The debate, entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence and the New Definition of Art’, raised concerns about whether humans would be driven by AI, but researcher Dr. Vinod Bhattarai tried to convince people that the use of AI will make them comfortable.

Before that, the first international AI conference was held in Nepal in October. Research and experience on AI and its various dimensions were presented at the conference organized by British College. The AI ​​conference is being organized by the government next July. Organizing committee member and scientist Suresh Manandhar informed us that the purpose of the conference is to raise investment by giving information about its possibilities and challenges. According to him, international level researchers will participate in the conference.

 

Use of AI in Nepal

Of course, AI is a new topic for Nepal. There has not been enough research on this. The Nepal Applied Mathematics and Information Institute for Research (NAMI) is conducting research in Nepal. Similarly, an organization called Fuse Machine is active in producing and researching AI engineers. The organization, led by researcher and scientist Sameer Maskey, is also active in creating various apps.

Researchers estimate that AI can be effective in Nepal if used properly. As Nepal is multilingual, the use of AI in language translation can be effective. Khanal has a special opinion. He says AI can also be used to study the effects of climate change and human migration. Another area he sees potential in agriculture and health. "At a time when there is a shortage of manpower in agriculture, small robots can be built and used for mining and other purposes," he said.

What is AI?

The founder of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is American computer scientist John McCarthy (1927–2011). He was accompanied by Alan Turing, Marvin Minsky, and Alan Newell Herbert A. Simon. McCarthy coined the term "artificial intelligence" in 1955.

It includes software that can perform intellectual and emotional tasks just like humans. AI includes software that smells, touches, listens, sees, and imagines. Google's language translation software is one of them.

According to researchers, AI does just what it is designed to do. Scientist Khanal says, ‘Ordinary people cannot recognize the whereabouts of the head and hands of a child in the womb during an ultrasound. If there is software for that, it can be recognized. When trying to post a photo on Facebook, Facebook tries to identify the person and tag them. That kind of identification is done by software. But the software does just that. '

Development of AI

From the 1950s onwards, scientists began researching and using machines that could speak, hear, think, and imagine like humans.

In the 1990s, AI was used in chess, where human intelligence was used extensively. Then I started thinking about the unlimited dimensions of AI. However, the development of AI accelerated only in the decade of 2010. Deep learning and machine learning also became ubiquitous in the 2010s. Just as a small child learns things when he or she grows up, the machine also has a human-learning AI phase, called 'machine learning'. Deep learning is used to teach something in depth.

Autonomous driving is the latest achievement of AI. It includes the concept of driverless driving. Similarly, chat but AI is also being used. This AI is considered to be effective in informing the service recipients about their services.

Along with AI, researchers have started thinking about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Super Intelligence. Under this, a machine that can think beyond the human mind is being conceived.

Challenges and possibilities in AI

Surveys have made many feel insecure and challenged by the development of have been made public. The opinion that employment will collapse after all the work is done through AI has also come together. However, the bright side of AI is very visible. Researchers say that this will help in the rapid development of sectors such as trade, education, and transportation. Scientist Khanal says, ‘There are many companies that have achieved success by combining AI with entrepreneurship. In the context of Nepal itself, by using it, Nepal can participate in the fourth industrial revolution and accelerate the pace of development.

Benefits

Easy to do research in any genre

To find a new medicine

To promote further scientific inventions

Cheap and quality service in places where there is no expert or expensive technology

To make education effective

To manage traffic in the context of Nepal's urban areas

Creating new jobs and opportunities using AI

Risk

Fear of losing employment of the working class

Possibility of misuse by the bourgeoisie

Impact on original culture and beliefs

Low use of labor

Challenges in the creation of creators

Risk of a man being operated by machine, not a machine by man

A new era of sound recording

Worldwide, thousands of songs are recorded and produced in a single day. So sound recording has become a natural process for us. It can be felt that the world of recorded sound is different now. The new technology of sound collection that has come in recent times is introducing novelty in the recording method. Looking back to 1983, it can be said that there has been a revolution in music or sound recording and new instruments of preservation.

Since then, along with CDs and digital audio, new devices have gained momentum. The 'MP3' that came in 1996 came into vogue for a long time. Its use can still be seen. It is considered a quality and reliable record medium. Digital monitors in 1999 added another feature. It included both a media player and a library. Developed by iTunes, the company allows users to download, organize, and store a myriad of files.

Major Transitions, which came out in 2006, set huge tower records, which played an important role in saving and archiving. Nowadays, various means including memory, pen drive, or online apps are used to save audio. With the development of YouTube, the content has also started to be kept safe on YouTube. We have no problem finding a wide range of sound recording and protection options. However, going back to the early stages of song recording, we find it strange.

To get back to the early days of the record, it's important to know about the world's first recorded song. Edward Leon Scott de Martinville, a French citizen, first invented the phonograph, which he invented.

On April 9, 1860, he recorded the sound. The first recorded song in French was "Junelima" (A Clear the Le Lun). The phonograph converted sound into a picture of waves, engraved on paper or glass. However, its sound could not be heard and could not be reproduced. After the invention of the phonograph, soundwave graphics could be transcribed into audio files that could be heard again.

The invention of the phonograph can be traced back to the invention of the recording technology in 1877. Since then, various technologies have been developed including wax cylinders, flat discs, RAC Victor, mass production, radio broadcasts.

With the advent of the digital age, the sound recording has gone through various eras. Experts say that sound recording has been started to be heard again in the future. According to scientists, the sound is an intangible thing. The various methods and steps for recording this abstract thing were as follows:

The ecstatic and mechanical age

This recording method was used from 1890 to 1925. During that time all sound recordings were made by mechanical means without microphones or electrical amplification.

Before 1925, for sound recordings, singers and instrumentalists performed live performances in front of the horn, from which sound waves were collected and transmitted to the diagram. The energy of the sound waves vibrated the diagram.

This caused waves to form on the empty 'wax' rotating cylinder or disk. This method had no electronic control. At that time, recording songs using this method was considered a great skill. However, the record range of this recording method was limited.

Electric age

During this time electrical recordings appeared as a result of scientific experimentation and innovation. This electrical method 'replaced' the ecstatic method.

It was first used by the Columbia Record Company and the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1924. This improved the sound quality. At this stage, the sound was recorded on an electronic device, using a variety of instruments, including microphones and amplifiers.

Electronic microphones have dramatically changed the way singers perform, and electronic promotions have had a profound effect on many areas, facilitating development in radio, public address systems, and electronically.

At the same time, practical methods of providing sound came into use. The technology at this stage was such that audio sources could be heard simultaneously.

One of the most famous examples of composite sound at this stage is the famous 'Tarzan Scream' made for a series of Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmलरller. However, this technology did not change the group's direct performance. It lasted until 1945.

Magnetic age

After the invention of the magnetic tape recording in Germany in 1950, a new change took place in audio recording. This is the technology used in the period from 1945 to 1976.

The technology was invented in the 1930s but was limited to Germany until the end of World War II. The magnetic tape took another leap in audio reliability. Magnetic tape has rapidly become the standard medium for audio master recording in the radio and music industries since the 1950s and led to the development of the first hi-fi recording for the domestic market.

Multitrack tape recording was developed for music. Disc for sound ended. The magnetic tape also brought the original shape of the recording process. This made the recording possible for a much longer period than before and made it much easier for recording engineers.

Easily manipulate, edit, and record disc sounds captured on tapes made the impossible possible. Large "virtual" sounds and devices were created in the 1950s. Magnetic tape promoted the rapid expansion of popular music and other genres.

Digital is the new age

Sound has been collected through digital technology since 1975. The current phase is in the digital age, which is the biggest leap in the history of recording. The Japanese electronics corporation Sony first used the PCM encoder PCM-1 audio unit in the 1970s.

In 1979, unlike previous technologies, it captured a continuous analog recording of sound. Many short-term hybrid studios and consumer technologies appeared during this period. For example, digital audio tapes or data, which began recording digital signal patterns on standard magnetic tapes.

Sony introduced the development of its new digital recording system with Philips using today's most advanced consumer audio format Digital Compact Disc (CD).

By the end of the 20th century, compact discs had almost completely dominated the consumer audio market. The rapid development of computing technology in its last decade marked the most important era in the history of audio recording, greatly reducing file size.

Extensive licensing of audio and other digital media files began to take place. Free -ware technologies such as Napster and BitTorrent upload and download large volumes of digital media files at high speeds. Fast internet signals and data storage have consistently improved devices.

Music broadcasting services have gained popularity since 2000. Streaming audio does not require listeners to download or own audio files. Streaming services offer an alternative way to listen to music. At the same time, more and more voice recording technologies are being introduced.

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The growing trend of e-books

With the development of printing presses in the world, letters printed on paper began to be read. In the last eight centuries, many printing presses have opened in the world, and millions of books have been published. People became accustomed to reading published books. However, with the development of technology in recent times, the style of reading books has changed. The number of people reading books on laptops, tabs, and Kindles has increased more than the number of printed books. That is, readers are attracted to e-books.

Geographer Professor Pitamber Sharma, who has been reading books continuously for six decades, has changed his reading style. Sharma, who reads books printed on paper, now studies through Kindle. "I've been reading my favorite book on Kindle for a few years now," says Sharma. He has experience.

Sometimes they move books found online to laptops or smart TVs. And, they read books while they are asleep. Sharma, who has read more than a dozen books through Kindle, is currently reading Pankaj Mishra's Age of Anger and The John Adams' People, Power and Profit.

Authors Ujjwal Prasai and Ganes Poudel also read books online using modern technology such as mobile phones, tablets, Kindles, or laptops. Prasai, who has been reading the book through Kindle for 7 years, says, "The Kindle given to me by a friend while studying in India has been very effective for me."

Author Poudel, who used to carry previously printed books in his bag, does not forget to carry a tablet or Kindle when he goes on a journey. "The Kindle has become so much easier to read," says Poudel. "The Kindle has become my friend since I don't have to carry a lot of books and read wherever I can." He understands that it is effective.

Not only Sharma, Prasai, and Poudel, but also writers and readers have recently started using technology for study. Mainly with the development of the Kindle, the style of reading books has changed.

What is Kindle?

The Kindle is an electronic device developed by the Amazon company, used to read books and textbooks online. Users can purchase and download books as well as newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs, and electronic editions. You can also study books online by downloading the PDF.

The Kindle version of the e-book can be purchased from the Amazon website. Most users connect to WiFi to download books. The Kindle can store more than 1,400 books. The user claims that reading the letters on the Kindle is as enjoyable as reading the hardcopy.

The Kindle makes it easier for the reader to bookmark than a printed book. Because Kindle has an automatic bookmarking facility. Kindle also makes it easier to find the meaning of words you don't understand as you read. It is also becoming popular among the readers as there is a password facility for the security of the book.

History and status of the Kindle

The Kindle was launched on November 19, 2007. Over 12 years, it has come up with various developed versions. Kindle can publish a book in 5 minutes. The book will be available at Kindle stores from June 24 to 48. Authors receive 70 percent of the royalties from the sale of books published by Kindle.

In an interview with The New York Times on December 5, 2009, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stated that e-book sales would account for 65 percent of revenue. The remaining 35 percent said there would be an agreement between the publisher and the author. Amazon reports that the Kindle version of British author AL James's novel Fifty Shades of Gray has more than doubled in print sales. Between 60,000 and 100,000 books are published each year in the United States. More than half of them are published online.

According to statistics, Kindle currently has 48.5 million books stored. In which you can find various rare books including world-famous and best sellers.

Where unlimited books hang

At one time, Professor Pitamber Sharma had built a library of printed books at home. Now he has started distributing those books. "With tens of millions of books available online, there is no need for a library at home," he says. "I have started donating my books to the village library." The practice of establishing traditional libraries has decreased now that ample books can be collected online.

More than 2.6 billion e-books are stored in the Good Readers e-library. Founded in 2007, the e-library is considered to be the largest in the world. The library, which currently has 90 million readers, has published reviews of more than 90 million books. It even has the facility to read hundreds of books for free.

The Gutenberg Digital Library was established in December 1971 by American author Michael S. Hart to facilitate the production and distribution of e-books. In which more than 60 thousand books and documents can be obtained free of cost.

In the online library called Open Library, millions of books can be read with various documents including picture books, fantasy, biography, science. In the Jet e-library of the 'B OK CC' site49,059,396 books and 77,194,989 articles can be read.

Similarly, books and articles from around the world can be read and published from many e-libraries including Open Library, Book Bone, Free eBooks.

Writers earn millions from e-books

Many writers in the world earn millions by writing. In which the role of online publishing is important. Amanda Hawking, a 35-year-old American author, has made a lot of money from online publishing. At first, the publishing house refused to publish his book. I didn't even have the money to publish it myself. She later launched her book online. He has sold more than 1.5 million books online. Since then, she has written 17 novels. "I never thought I would make so much money from an e-book," she says.

Stephen Ladder, a well-known British writer, is also one of the highest-paid writers in e-book publishing. Last year alone, he earned 11,000 euros a month from e-books. HP Mallory, an author of Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Adventures, sold 70,000 copies in the first two months of last year. His book is one of the best-selling e-books in a short period. Authors like John Locke and Oliver also make a lot of money through e-books.

Reference to Nepal

Readers of e-books are increasing in Nepal. However, most Nepali books are not available in e-books. Author Kailash Rai says that it is compulsory to read Nepali books on the hardcover. She says, ‘I read foreign books online. Nepali books do not have this facility. '

Nepalis living abroad are facing more difficulties as Nepali books are not available online. "It is difficult to send Nepali books abroad," says storyteller Denman Gurmachan. "If there was an arrangement to read online, Nepali books would be accessible to all."

This is not to say that Nepali books cannot be read online. Some limited books on Nepali literature, non-literature, and curriculum can be read and listened to at Library.org. Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) has been providing e-library since 2009. So far, 6,800 books, 2,319 audiobooks, and 561 videos have been stored. Recently, some publishing houses have started online editions. But that is not enough.

History of the printing press

The writing was not a tradition when human civilization began. It was customary to listen and recite what the ancestors or teachers said. The script was invented when the process was cumbersome and undocumented. Initially, the writing was done on stone and leaf bark through signs. Tustin Lun, a Chinese citizen, invented paper with the help of cotton and linen. Then limited and clear block printing started in China. A wooden block was made for this. The world's first book, The Diamond Formula, was published in China in 650.

The world's first printing press was established in China, which used wood paper. According to a study, the art of making a paper has spread from China to Europe via Arabia. Some researchers have speculated that the printing press may have originated in Europe in the 15th century. According to him, before 1440, there were a few thousand manuscripts in Europe. Later, German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg founded the press for the first time.

Gutenberg is said to have invented the one-handed machine for improving grape-squeezing machines. Handpress is an improved form of it. Which was made in Colombia, USA? It is only after the commercial development of the printing press in the world that it is found that it entered Nepal. This is the first time that a Colombian printing press has entered Nepal. It is called Giddhe Press in Nepali. The then Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana had brought the press to Nepal from the United Kingdom in 1908 BS.

He had the press given as a gift by the then Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom to be attached to his own palace in Thapathali. V&J The press is called 'Vulture Press' in Nepal as it has the shape of a winged vulture on the front of the machine which is written 'Physicians Makers'. Before that, I had to travel to India to publish a book.

Samsung is bringing the cheapest smartphone

Samsung launched its entry-level smartphone, the Galaxy A01, last December. This phone is the cheapest for Samsung's A-series phones and is becoming popular.

Now Samsung is introducing its Galaxy A0 in a cheaper and newer version.

According to the news, Samsung is preparing to produce a new version of Galaxy A01. Not only will this phone be cheaper than the existing A01, but its battery will also be removable. Remember that the removable battery feature has become very rare in the new models of smartphones that are currently coming in the market.

It is said that the name of Samsung's new phone may be Galaxy A01E. Benchmarking platform GeekBench has revealed various facts about this new phone.

According to GeekBench, the Galaxy A01E, which comes in the Bnjanghan model number, will have a quad-core processor and a 3,000 mAh battery.

The phone that comes with the Android 10 operating system will have 1 gigabyte of RAM. The main camera will have a dual setup like the Galaxy A01M and a 5-megapixel selfie camera. Agency

Samsung is bringing the cheapest smartphone

Samsung launched its entry-level smartphone, the Galaxy A01, last December. This phone is the cheapest of Samsung's A-series phones and is becoming popular.

Now Samsung is introducing its Galaxy A0 in a cheaper and newer version.

According to the news, Samsung is preparing to produce a new version of Galaxy A01. Not only will this phone be cheaper than the existing A01, but its battery will also be removable. Remember that the removable battery feature has become very rare in the new models of smartphones that are currently coming in the market.

It is said that the name of Samsung's new phone may be Galaxy A01E. Benchmarking platform GeekBench has revealed various facts about this new phone.

According to GeekBench, the Galaxy A01E, which comes in the Bnjanghan model number, will have a quad-core processor and a 3,000 mAh battery.

The phone that comes with the Android 10 operating system will have 1 gigabyte of RAM. The main camera will have a dual setup like the Galaxy A01M and a 5-megapixel selfie camera. Agency

Twitter employees will always be able to work from home

To avoid the epidemic of coronavirus, the social network Twitter has said that it will allow its employees to work from home forever if they want.

He also said that coronavirus infections are affecting employees working from home. More than 5,000 Twitter employees have been working from home since March.

According to a Twitter spokesperson, Twitter was the first company to go 'work from home model' because of Kovid-11. But Twitter is not expected to be the first company to return to the office.

Huawei has risen to number two in the smartwatch market, overtaking Samsung

Chinese technology company Huawei is second only to Samsung in the global smartphone market. But in the smartwatch market, Huawei has managed to overtake Samsung.

Huawei's wearable market share has been growing rapidly since the beginning of 2020. According to a recent Wearable Device Tracker report released by the International Data Corporation, Huawei has overtaken Samsung in the market for wearables, including smartwatches and wireless earphones.

Apple remains at the top of the wearables market. Samsung has dropped to third place with Huawei rising to second place.

According to the IDC report, 72.6 million wearable devices were sold in the first quarter of 2020. This is 29.7 percent more than the same period last year. Huawei sold 62.20 percent more wearables in the first quarter of this year than in the same period last year.

In the first three months of 2020 alone, 16.9 million smartwatches were sold worldwide. However, this number is 7.1 percent lower than last year. During this period, Huawei has sold 2.6 million smartwatches.

Huawei sold 118.5 percent more smartwatches in the same quarter last year. At the same time, Huawei has become the only company to sell 100 percent more smartwatches in the first quarter of 2020 than last year. Agency

Facebook bans advertising in Chinese and Russian media

The social networking site Facebook has banned Chinese and Russian state-run media outlets from targeting US users.

Russia and China, along with other government-controlled media outlets, have announced that they will begin "naming government" on Facebook platforms and will ban US-targeted advertising on such media outlets from next summer.

Facebook's official media outlets include Russia's Sputnik, Iran's Press TV and China's Xinhua. Two hundred other similar government media websites will be labeled as government.

However, Facebook will not immediately "label" any US news organization. Facebook claims that even the media run by the US government has editorial freedom.

In the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook was criticized by Russians for abusing Facebook and influencing the election results. Facebook has already admitted its weakness in the incident. Learning from the same incident, Facebook is taking strong steps to prevent the misuse of Facebook by countries including China and the United States to influence the upcoming US presidential election. Facebook has adopted a policy of strict transparency in pages and advertisements for publishing advertisements on its platform.

Remember that the US presidential election is taking place next November.

The listing of state-controlled media, including China and Russia, does not include media run by any leader or political party.

China, meanwhile, has criticized Facebook's move. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told a news conference on Friday that social media companies should not create certain media barriers.

Russian media outlet Sputnik has issued a statement calling on governments around the world to take control of Facebook, a US-led operation to curb freedom of speech.

However, Facebook is not alone in treating state-controlled media differently. In 2018, YouTube began identifying government-invested YouTube channels. However, critics say YouTube has failed to identify some government-controlled YouTube channels that contain false propaganda news and information videos.

With Facebook's decision to label government-controlled media, there will now be signs of government control on the pages and news feed posts of such media that appear on Facebook.

Having an online meeting? Voice call or other charges!

Due to the global impact of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the practice of people doing many things online through the internet has increased. One of them is online meeting and conferencing through various apps.

Nowadays, the use of online classes, online meetings and video conferencing for school and campus students has increased widely, whether it is online meetings, video calls in groups with relatives, family members, relatives at home or abroad.

There are many apps and platforms available on the Internet for online meetings. Meetings or conferences can be held from most of the platforms using the internet without any charge other than the internet. However, online meetings from some premium apps or software may incur additional charges.

Before using the online conferencing platform for your meetings or conversations, you need to look closely at the terms of the respective apps or platforms. Dialing international numbers for meetings or dialing international numbers from the respective service provider's customer service center may incur voice call charges or other charges.

Recently, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India's telecom regulator, said caution should be exercised when using online meeting platforms, saying customers' voice service bills could rise unexpectedly. According to him, on such platforms, customers have been complaining about the charges for voice calls when they unknowingly call international numbers.

In Nepal too, the use of such online meeting platforms for various purposes is on the rise. In the current situation, mobile customers and users need to understand the charges related to the numbers and helplines associated with such platforms. Otherwise, there is a risk that in the case of prepaid customers, the balance from mobile may decrease and in case of postpaid, more bills may come.

Telecom company Ncell has also asked its customers to be vigilant during the increasing trend of online meetings. The company has advised its customers to be aware of this from their Facebook page and to check the terms and conditions while using such platforms.

Since such online meeting platforms and service providers' respective workplaces and customer service centers are located abroad, their numbers are premium or international. Of course, calling such numbers for information, knowingly or unknowingly, may incur higher charges for calling a premium number or international calls.

New feature added by Facebook, Facebook photos and videos can be moved to Google Photos

Facebook, the most widely used social network in the world, has added a new feature.

Facebook, a new feature launched in the US and Canada last April, is now open to the world.

Facebook has made this service global by improving it based on comments and suggestions from users in the US and Canada.

According to the new feature, photos and videos posted on Facebook can now be moved to Google Photos and stored.

The company has stated that some procedures have to be followed to transfer photos from Facebook to Google.

To move a photo to Google, you need to go to Facebook's 'Your Facebook Information'.

For that you have to go to settings.

Then go to 'Transfer a copy of your photos and videos'.

After clicking there, the photo on Facebook will be stored in Google Photos, according to Facebook officials.

Passwords are also requested to start the photo transfer service.

After linking your Facebook and Google Accounts, users will be able to move their Facebook photos to Google Photos.

Privacy and security challenges for  Xiaomi Phone users

Users of the Chinese phone Xiaomi Phone face privacy and security challenges. As the phone will be used for unauthorized recording and tapping of mobile phones of the users, the privacy of the users of those phones has been questioned. Experts say that this has added to the challenge of cyber security.

Various studies have shown that this phone has more problems with Xiaomi Phone Mi 10, Saomi Ridmi K20, Saomi Mix 3 and other phones.

In a query from Forbes magazine, the company said privacy and security were its top concerns and was unaware of such issues.

The weaknesses of this phone have become public after the data of watching porn videos of various users of Xiaomi Phone came out. According to analytical studies, the incident has brought a significant smile to Saomi's users.

A study by Andrew Deerney, a cybersecurity researcher, found that Saomi sent a lot of data and browsers to Google Play.

It violated the privacy of millions of users, according to a report in Forbes Magazine. Saomi has admitted that it leaked while trying to secure the user's data.

This problem has been seen in not only one of Saomi's but also many series of phones, which has caused psychological panic among the users. At the same time, the impact of the leaked confidential data will be even more challenging in the coming days.

Researchers have concluded that this is even more dangerous as all the activities of the users of the phone will be tracked.

In collaboration with Saomi, this data can be accessed and used by anyone, according to Forbes News.

According to the news, a customer of Saomi had reached the office of Forbes with the phone set of Saomi of Woke. Forbes then proceeded with its research on the subject.

Apple is making history again, becoming the world's first 2 trillion company

Apple is making history again, becoming the world's first 2 trillion company

Apple Corps, the world's first non-governmental company with a market value of  1 trillion in 2018, is crossing another milestone.

Apple is set to become the world's first company with a market value of 2 trillion in the near future.

The recent outbreak of the corona virus has caused many companies around the world to fluctuate, and Apple has not been spared. But despite such adversity, analysts estimate that Apple's market value will cross the 2 trillion mark in the near future.

Amit Daryanani, a well-known tech analyst at Cultofmack, made this claim in his latest research report. According to him, the market value of Apple will reach 2 trillion dollars by September 2024. According to the report, by 2024, Apple's earnings per share will reach  23.

His projection is based on a model of 14 percent annual EPS growth. He said Apple's EPS for 2020 would be. 12.72 and would double in the next four years.

Analysts say Apple will not venture into new areas and continue to expand its core business in the wake of its unique success with a market value of 2 trillion. Apple's two main businesses are cloud / software, as well as wearable gadgets such as AirPods and Apple Watch.

Researcher Daryanani also noted that the service sector business will grow faster than Apple's hardware business. The report estimates that Apple will be able to earn 60 billion a year from these two sectors over the next few years.

Google Chrome's dominance in web browsers, a fierce battle between Firefox and Edge

Internet search giant Google's web browser Google Chrome has maintained its dominance in the Internet browser market. According to a recent report by Computer World, Google Chrome has a 68.26 percent share in the desktop web browser.

Other web browsers lag far behind Chrome. Firefox, the second largest browser, has a share of 77.2 percent. Microsoft's Edge is in third place with 6.67 percent of users choosing the Internet browser market.

According to the report, Chrome has not lost its first place in the browser market since 2008 and in recent times other browsers have not been able to reach its side.

Before 2008, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the most popular web browser. Despite the strong presence of Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer had a market share of up to 70 percent at the time.

According to the latest report, Google Chrome is also in the first place in the smartphone browser. Chrome accounted for 64.8 percent of the mobile browser, followed by Apple's Safari browser with a market share of 26.71 percent.

Chrome's popularity among tablet users has waned. According to statistics, Chrome has only 48.59 percent market share in tablet web browsers. Apple's Safari browser accounted for 41.17 percent.

Google recently released Google 83rd Edition. In addition to various other new features, there is also a group tab feature. This feature allows users to rename, color, and move tabs in the tab bar.

Chrome has also added Safe Browsing Mode and Safety Check Tool in the new update. Google says it is constantly taking steps to protect users' data and privacy in the Chrome browser. Agency

Machine Learning Takes The Embarrassment Out Of Video-conference Wardrobe Malfunctions

Telecommuters: tired of the constant embarrassment of showing up to video conferences wearing nothing but your underwear? Machine Learning Takes The Embarrassment Out Of Video-conference Wardrobe Malfunctions.

 Save the humiliation and all those pesky trips down to HR with Safe Meeting, the new system that uses the power of artificial intelligence to turn off your camera if you forget that casual Friday isn’t supposed to be that casual.

The following infomercial is brought to you by [Nick Bild], who says the whole thing is tongue-in-cheek but we sense a certain degree of “necessity is the mother of invention” here. It’s true that the sudden throng of remote-work newbies certainly increases the chance of videoconference mishaps and the resulting mortification, so whatever the impetus, Safe Meeting seems like a great idea. It uses a Pi cam connected to a Jetson Nano to capture images of you during videoconferences, which are conducted over another camera. The stream is classified by a convolutional neural net (CNN) that determines whether it can see your underwear. If it can, it makes a REST API call to the conferencing app to turn off the camera. The video below shows it in action, and that it douses the camera quickly enough to spare your modesty.

We shudder to think about how [Nick] developed an underwear-specific training set, but we applaud him for doing so and coming up with a neat application for machine learning. He’s been doing some fun work in this space lately, from monitoring where surfaces have been touched to a 6502-based gesture recognition system.

Thanks To Renewable And Machine Learning

Google currently Forecasts The Wind

Wind farms have historically created less cash for the electricity they turn out as a result of they need been unable to predict however windy it'll be tomorrow.

“The approach plenty of power markets work is you have got to schedule your assets every day ahead,” aforementioned archangel Terrell, the pinnacle of energy market strategy at Google. “And you tend to urge stipendiary higher after you try this than if you sell into the market time period.

“Well, however do variable assets like wind schedule every day ahead after you do not know the wind goes to blow?” Terrell asked, “and however are you able to really reserve your home in line?”

“We're not obtaining the complete profit and therefore the full worth of that power.”

Here’s how: Google and therefore the Google-owned AI firm DeepMind combined weather information with power information from 700 megawatts of wind energy that Google sources within the Central us. exploitation machine learning, they need been ready to higher predict wind production, higher predict electricity provide and demand, and as a result, cut back operative prices.

“What we've been doing is functioning in partnership with the DeepMind team to use machine learning to require the weather information that is out there in public, really forecast what we predict the wind production are succeeding day, and bid that wind into the day-ahead markets,” Terrell aforementioned in a very recent seminar hosted by the Stanford Precourt Institute of Energy. Stanford denote video of the seminar last week.

The result has been a twenty p.c increase in revenue for wind farms, Terrell aforementioned.

The Department of Energy listed improved wind prognostication as a primary priority in its 2015 Wind Vision report, mostly to enhance reliability: “Improve Wind Resource Characterization,” the report aforementioned at the highest of its list of goals. “Collect information and develop models to enhance wind prognostication at multiple temporal scales—e.g., minutes, hours, days, months, years.”

Google’s goal has been additional sweeping: to clean carbon entirely from its energy portfolio, that consumes the maximum amount power as 2 San Franciscos.

Google achieved associate degree initial milestone by matching its annual energy use with its annual renewable-energy procural, Terrell aforementioned. however the corporate has not been carbon-free in each location at each hour, that is currently its new goal—what Terrell calls its “24x7 carbon-free” goal.

“We're extremely getting down to flip our efforts during this direction, and we're finding that it is not one thing that is simple to try to to. It's arguably a rocket launching, particularly in places wherever the renewable resources of these days don't seem to be as value effective as they're in different places.”

The scientists at London-based DeepMind have incontestible that AI will facilitate by increasing the market viability of renewables at Google and on the far side.

“Our hope is that this sort of machine learning approach will strengthen the business case for alternative energy and drive more adoption of carbon-free energy on electrical grids worldwide,” aforementioned DeepMind program manager Sims American Revolutionary leader and Google engineer Carl Elkin. in a very Deepmind diary post, they define however they boosted profits for Google’s wind farms within the Southwest Power Pool, associate degree energy market that stretches across the plains from the Canadian border to north Texas:

“Using a neural network trained on wide out there weather forecasts and historical rotary engine information, we tend to designed the DeepMind system to predict wind-power output thirty six hours prior to actual generation. supported these predictions, our model recommends the way to create optimum hourly delivery commitments to the ability grid a full day prior to.”

The DeepMind system predicts wind-power output thirty six hours prior to, permitting power producers to form ... [+] additional remunerative advance bids to produce power to the grid.

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Temptations - Artificial Intelligence Technology And The Price Of Admission

If your work puts you in regular contact with technology vendors, you'll have heard terms such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), natural language processing and computer vision before.

You'll have heard that AI/ML is the future, that the boundaries of these technologies are constantly being pushed and broadened, and that AI/ML will play an integral role in shaping this tech-forward era's most successful business models.

As a technology leader, I've heard all these claims and more. To say that AI/ML will play an increasingly impactful role in business is no overstatement. According to a recent Forbes article, the machine learning market is poised to more than quadruple in the coming years.

Many industry watchers agree that AI/ML solutions, when used to good effect, can equip your organization with a significant competitive advantage. And that makes it tempting to dive right in and start implementing these technologies without first gaining a comprehensive understanding of how they work. Accessibility to myriad options is not a barrier; almost every technology vendor now offers AI/ML services.

If anything, we are often inundated with choices in this domain. But how do we know we're making the right choices and using these services to good effect? This is where a genuine, comprehensive understanding of technology becomes critically important. For many of us, the world of AI/ML is a relatively uncharted terrain.

The answers to these fundamental questions are the keys to unlocking the true potential of AI/ML as business solutions. Current machine learning is a statistical process that employs a model/algorithm to explain a set of data and predict future outcomes. Many of these are "big data" algorithms that analyze huge quantities of data to generate predictions that are as accurate as possible.

Once we understand this, we start to see what is required to effectively use ML as a business solution. We need a lot of it, and we need it to be high quality.

Poor data quality is the biggest impediment to successfully adopting and deploying AI/ML solutions, and insufficient quantities of data can be a major hindrance as well.

Take IBM's Watson for oncology as a cautionary tale. After being trained on a small number of synthetic cancer cases, the Watson supercomputer was discovered to generate "erroneous cancer treatment advice" which ranged from incorrect to outright unsafe.

The data management process, which covers everything from data creation or acquisition to transmission and storage, is therefore intrinsically linked to AI initiatives.

When considering the cost of implementing any AI/ML solution, it's vital to also consider the cost of obtaining a robust amount of high-quality data with which to feed that solution.

Considering AI/ML Solutions In The Context Of Your Needs

Now, with a better idea of what goes into deploying AI/ML solutions, we have to consider each of our options in the context of our vision.

What do we hope to achieve by implementing AI/ML strategies?

Any AI/ML technology we implement will function within a web of our existing applications, interfaces and platforms.

So, when crafting our vision, we need to take our organization's existing technology ecosystem into consideration.

Precise goals will help us ground our vision in reality, while a more ambiguous approach may lead to equally muddled (and unsatisfactory) results.

An effective machine learning model or algorithm must, of course, continuously learn.

We won't see much success with a "set it and forget it" mentality when it comes to machine learning algorithms.

If our algorithms don't rapidly adapt to changing requirements, they quickly become irrelevant and unproductive.

It's just as imperative for an algorithm to be unbiased. Cathy O'Neil, the author of Weapons of Math Destruction, spoke to NPR about the dangers of placing blind faith in the objectiveness of ML algorithms when "we really have no idea what's happening to most algorithms under the hood."

Many of the models used today across the public and private sectors certainly suffer from the prejudices and misconceptions of their designers. In 2011, a Massachusetts man was informed his driver's license had been revoked because a facial-recognition algorithm mistook him for another Massachusetts driver who was involved in criminal activity. In a similar vein, Google's hate speech detector was reported to be racially biased.

To make the most of our AI/ML solutions, we have to invest the time and attention to governing them fairly and rigorously.

You might be excited, and reasonably so, about the seemingly boundless potential of AI/ML technology. Or maybe you subscribe to Stephen Hawking's view that the development of AI could be "the worst event in the history of our civilization." In either case, there’s no question that AI/ML technology is here to stay.

Samsung launches 'ISOCELL GN1' photography technology

Samsung has unveiled a new technology called 'ISOCELL GN1' with a 1.2μm size and 50 MP to make it easier for young people to take quick auto focus and take quality pictures.

With a 50-megapixel image size and 1.2 million views, the technology is considered attractive for mobile photography. The ISOcell GN1 is Samsung's first image sensor with dual pixel and tetracell technology.

Which provides light sensitivity to be comfortable even in the dark. It also has DSLR level auto focus speed. This technology is considered suitable and comfortable for capturing dynamic scenes.

According to company officials, ISOcell GN1 is a new technology that can capture amazing images even in hostile environments. Yongin Park, vice president of sensor business under Samsung Electronics, has expressed his commitment to bring the latest technology to mobile photography in the future.

The ISOcell GN1, recently introduced by Samsung, is considered to be a technology that captures attractive and stunning images in any situation, according to the interests of the younger generation of modern times. The technology features a high level of auto focus.

How to take great photos from a smart phone? Here are five tips

Most of the mobile phones now have fast cameras. The cameras of relatively low priced smartphones are also capable. So their usefulness is important.

Most of the photos taken from smartphones are posted on social networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. So it doesn't matter if your phone's camera doesn't give the same quality as DSLR. However, there are some things you need to pay attention to when taking photos from your phone.

Here are five easy tips that will help you take quality photos from your mobile.

Click on focus

Today's phone cameras have an auto focus feature. This means that when a face or object with enough contrast falls into the frame, the camera focuses on it. This ensures that the object you want to draw is in focus. But, like any auto item, Auto Focus can miss the main item. So you have to press the space inside the frame you are trying to highlight the most with your finger. When you press on that location, the camera refocuses. This trick works a lot in big pictures.

To keep stable

The biggest trick to taking good photos from the phone is to keep the phone stable. Although phone companies claim that their cameras are very fast, the reality is different. Cameras on expensive mobiles are also slower than other cameras. Some slow down to focus, while others slow down.

Depending on how bright the scene is, the phone camera automatically reduces the speed of the capture, so that more light can be captured. The mobile phone needs to be held still for an additional one or two seconds while the photo is being taken. The phone should be kept still for another 2 seconds even after the photo has been taken, especially in low light. This increases the focus of the photo.

Keeping the exposure right

The most interesting feature of smartphones that are not even available in DSLR is the ability to set the exposure in a very easy way. Exposure means how much light the camera is going to capture and for good photos it should be fine, no more or less.

Phones usually set their own exposure. But after calculating the light in the whole scene, they do. But what if you had to photograph a dark brown chocolate cake on a white table? In that case, tap the part of the screen where the object is located. It tells the phone to recalculate the exposure based on the main object.

Compose

Good photos have some similarities and some combinations. So before you draw a photo, pay attention to the scene and capture it in a frame that looks good. Now, composing is something that every photographer does differently. This is the creative side of photography. But, there are some simple rules that you can use.

One rule of thumb is that you should be close to the object, especially in the case of large photos and portraits. This object is to cover the frame. Second, don't try to capture too many things at once. The object or person you want to capture must be removed. Third, the perfection of the image must be felt. No element should be cut in a hurry.

HDR experiment

Phone makers are still working on how to better implement HDR mode. But, if you have a Nexus-like phone that has excellent HDR mode, you should use it. HDR mode gives good contrast to the image and helps you take useful photos in low light. Most expensive phones come with Auto-HDR mode.

Normally you should leave this as the default. However, if your phone does not have Auto HDR mode, switch to this mode every time you take a photo in low light or high contrast scenes (for example, sunset).