A group of engineers has developed a smart microchip that can self-start and continue to operate even when the battery runs out of energy. This could help in manufacturing smaller and cheaper Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Called Batless, the smart microchip was developed by engineers from the National University of Singapore and is designed with a novel power management technique that allows it to self-start and continue to function under dim light without any battery assistance, using a very small on-chip solar cell. Its functioning was presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2018 conference in San Francisco. “We have demonstrated that…
Author: Loknath Das
In this age of Instagram and Twitter, sometimes the chatter in the comments or threads are more entertaining than the posts themselves. If you’ve been a supporter and follower of the Toronto Raptors social media channels for a while, you may have noticed a change in tone over the past year. The new attitude, vibe and particular brand of slang has people in the comments speculating about the author. Well, meet Digital Communications Coordinator Soheil Jamshidi the voice of the Raptors’ Twitter and Instagram accounts. Born in Tehran, Iran, Jamshidi immigrated to Canada with his family when he was four years old.…
Keeping up with social media seems like an impossible task some days. No sooner do you perfect your marketing on a platform than a new one springs up or begins to rise in popularity. On top of that, the makeup of your Internet audience is constantly changing and shifting. The best way to figure out how to plan your summer social media marketing campaign is to look at upcoming trends. 1. Event Tie-Ins One way to up the presence of your brand on social media is to figure out which summer events you can relate to your industry. One of…
Deepika Padukone has a little ‘Throwback Thursday’ treat for us. The actress shared a throwback picture on Instagram with her Yeh Jawani Hai Deewanico-star Ranbir Kapoor and captioned it “Jab Naina met Bunny….” In the picture, Deepika can be seen posing with Ranbir Kapoor at the Mijwan Fashion Show held recently. The duo were showstoppers for Manish Malhotra at the fashion show. In April, the duo walked the ramp at the Mijwan Fashion Show 2018, photos of which had sent the internet into a meltdown. Ranbir and Deepika famously co-starred in 2013’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, several years after they dated for a brief while.…
Meituan Dianping, the internet giant backed by China’s most valuable tech corporation, has begun investigating reports of a data breach that exposed the private information of tens of thousands of users. The food-delivery and e-commerce giant said it’s working with police to investigate an alleged leak that’s drawn fire from concerned consumers and again cast doubt on the ability of Chinese web firms to safeguard sensitive personal information. Local media reports highlighting the potential breach come as revelations about leaks at Facebook spur a regulatory and consumer backlash against internet companies around the globe. In Meituan’s case, allegedly tens of…
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said two-time MVP Stephen Curry will start Friday’s Game 3 against the New Orleans Pelicans. Curry, returning from a knee injury, came off the bench in his playoff debut Tuesday, scoring 28 points in the Warriors’ 121-116 win over the Pelicans. “Oh yeah, yeah, he’ll start Game 3,” Kerr said Wednesday on 95.7 The Game. “You don’t keep a guy like that on the bench for long. … He’ll be in the starting lineup.” Curry suffered a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee on March 23 and missed 15 games, including the first round…
New Delhi: Tata Motors Finance has upped its disbursements in new vehicle business by 59 percent from Rs 8,670 crore in FY17 to Rs 13,792 crore in FY18. This growth has been driven by Tata Motors volumes, improvement in average ticket size of loans, introduction of various financing schemes and increase in market share, according to a media statement. The company’s Assets under management increased by 27 percent to Rs 22,551 crore in FY18. Collection performance improved leading to reduction in GNPApercentage to 4.7 percent as on March 2018 against 9.8 percent as on March 2017. Profit before tax stood at Rs 358 crore while profit after tax accounted for…
China-led AIIB is not a “threat” to the Asian Development Bank and both the institutions can cooperate to meet the large investment needs across Asia, ADB President Takehiko Nakao said today. Speaking at a news conference to kick-start the bank’s annual meeting, Nakao said the ongoing trade dispute between countries is a matter of “concern” and “utmost efforts” should be made to keep economies open in terms of trade and investment. With the Manila-based multilateral lender developing a long-term strategy- ‘Strategy 2030’- to deal with the changing dynamics in the way Asian countries need finances and assistance to come out…
Privacy is something of a Marmite concept. Some cling to it in their personal lives, others let their activities and opinions all hang out on social media (not to mention in their back gardens). Some see it as the key bulwark against oppression, others as an impediment to protecting law-abiding citizens from criminals. The concept is big news, in the wake of the scandal over Cambridge Analytica’s alleged use of Facebook data – gathered by an academic – to influence voters in the Brexit referendum and the US presidential election. The European Commission, which has always valued privacy highly, is…
Andrew Cuomo all but declared war on the teachers union when he ran for governor of New York eight years ago. The centrist Democrat, who was the state attorney general at the time, campaigned on cutting education spending and capping property taxes (which fund public schools). He supported charter schools, which are publicly financed but privately run and typically don’t employ unionized teachers. The major teachers union in the state declined to endorse him; he won, nonetheless. When Cuomo unveiled his first budget, the union-backed Alliance for Quality Education released a video featuring its spokesperson—a familiar, telegenic woman standing in a home kitchen. “New York State has a budget to balance,…