Still easy to get Ncell's data and voice packs

Still easy to get Ncell's data and voice packs


Ncell customers can now easily access digital wallets and data and voice packs directly from Ncell's official retailers. For this, Ncell Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with three different mobile wallets and also provided the facility to sell packs to its retailers.

Ncell has partnered with Khalti, Prabhu-Pay and Uni-Pay to increase the use of digital wallets to pay for various services and facilities online. Users of these wallets can now easily purchase various data and voice packs from Ncell as required.


Ncell has further facilitated the process of purchasing services as per its commitment to provide world-class services to customers and contribute to the development of the country's digital ecosystem. In the initial stage, the customer can activate 6 different data packs and 6 voice packs through these wallets or from the bank account connected to the wallet.

‘Ncell is always striving to come up with appropriate solutions to address the needs of customers who are becoming accustomed to digital technology. In collaboration with Digital Wallets, our data and voice services have made a dozen packs available directly to our customers, ”said Pradip Srivastava, Ncell's Chief Commercial Officer. This is a great facility for our customers. '


Customers will be able to buy packs directly through retailers as per their requirement without having to go through the process of recharging the main balance on their mobiles first. Customers can pick up packs on their mobiles as needed from the nearest retailer. In this process, the retailer sends the pack's code and the customer's mobile number to Ncell via SMS or USSD as per the customer's request and the selected pack is activated directly to the respective customer's number.

Customers can pay only Rs. Including tax through Ncell's official retailers, Khalti, Prabhu-Pay and Uni-Pay. Can buy 2,100 MB of data at 98.99. The customer can use this data at the rate of 300 MB per day for 7 days. Similarly, only Rs. 15,000 MB can be taken at 498.83. In this pack, customers get 500 MB of data daily for 30 days.

Customers who need data services a little more can get 36,000 MB through these channels at Rs. 998.97 including tax. Under this pack, customers get 1200 MB daily for 30 days. Even if the data volume available under the pack is exhausted, the amount will not be deducted from the main balance for the duration of the pack.

Former Google employee fined 180 million


A former Google employee has been fined heavily for leaking confidential business information.

A San Francisco court has fined former Google employee Anthony Lewandowski  179 million. According to the order, Lewandowski will have to pay the amount to Google as compensation.

After leaving Google, Lewandowski and his colleague Lior Ron founded an auto company called Otto. Prior to that, he worked for VEMO, Google's automotive department.

Founded by those former Google employees, the company was founded as a competitor to Google, which focused on producing automatic trucks. Eventually, Google had to buy the new company they founded.

Google has accused the two men of breaking their agreement with Google and entering into unhealthy competition. Google claims that they have misused Google's business confidential information.


But Ron paid a small amount to settle the dispute with Google. But Lewandowski denied Google's allegations and was embroiled in a legal battle. Finally, the court has imposed a fine of Rs 179 million on him.

But Lewandowski has filed for bankruptcy, saying he can't afford to pay that much.

Stating that his total wealth is only 100 million dollars at most, he said that he could not pay the fine of 179 million. Agency

Facebook bringing bio-metric feature in Messenger

Facebook bringing biometric feature in Messenger


Social networking site Facebook is testing a new feature for its messenger app. This feature will make the Messenger app more secure.

According to Engadget, under the new feature, Messenger will receive biometric authentication tools in the app. Users will be able to use it through Face ID and fingerprint. Remember, this feature is already available on WhatsApp.


This feature allows users to schedule a lock on the app. For which there will be 4 options. The first option is After I leave messenger. That is, when the user exits the Messenger app, the app will lock itself. Apart from this, users will also have the option to lock the app in 1 minute, 15 minutes and 1 hour.

According to a Facebook spokesperson, the new Messenger feature is currently being tested and made available to a number of iOS users. Soon some Android users will be able to use this feature.

Facebook has recently added new features to its platforms. It recently introduced a safety notice feature to protect users from cyber fraud. This feature allows users to receive alerts of any suspicious activity. This feature also provides information on scam identification to the user. Agency


Facebook fired for asking questions about Trump's remarks


WASHINGTON: Facebook has fired an employee who criticized Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for remaining silent over US President Donald Trump's controversial remarks.

An engineer named Brandon Dale was recently fired by Facebook. Dell also announced on Twitter that he had been fired by the company. Despite the recent social and political turmoil in the United States, Facebook owner Zuckerberg has remained silent, and Brandon has publicly criticized him.

Brandon was dissatisfied with Zuckerberg even after Zuckerberg did not respond to the anti-apartheid 'Black Lives Matter' campaign in the United States. Along with Brandon, Facebook has laid off more than a dozen employees. Out of which 6 are engineers.


Zuckerberg has been criticized for political reasons for his silence on the anti-racism movement. Facebook has fired Brandon. But the reason for his dismissal has not been disclosed.

Protests have erupted in the United States over the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis. President Trump has tweeted against the protesters. But Twitter has been checking facts and hiding Trump's latest remarks. Facebook owner Zuckerberg has been criticized for remaining silent.

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

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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