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Bengaluru: With technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) set to play a key role in a post-pandemic world, it is important to use technology-based tools with fairness and responsibility, said Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India. Srivathsa was speaking at the Bennett University webinar on Monday on how AI is enabling solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has devastated lives and livelihoods across the world. The technology sector leader said organisations and developers have to nurture practices to make sure AI is used responsibly as it has “broad ramifications”. “Because AI is so pervasive, and it has such broad ramifications we need to think about responsible AI practices from the time of designing the product. At Microsoft, this has been a multi-year journey for us in terms of thinking about responsible AI practices from fairness to privacy to security to transparency,” she said. Srivathsa also emphasised on the need … [Read more...] about Use AI with fairness and responsibilty: National Tech officer, Microsoft India

It remains to be seen when Apple rolls out another update to fix these issues. To recall, the beta version of iOS 13.4 update was rolled out almost a month back, which means extensive testing had been done before it reached the general public. One of the big features to come with iOS 13.4 is iCloud Drive folder sharing. This is more like a Dropbox kind of feature which allows iPhone users to share a folder and have others see the contents as and when they are updated. … [Read more...] about Here’s why you should not update your iPhone to iOS 13.4 for now

Apple iPhone SE was launched in April this year at a starting price of Rs 42,500 in India. However, it was not made available for sale due to the prevailing situation. Now, as per a Flipkart listing, the newly launched iPhone may go on sale on May 20 in India. The e-tailer has created a special page of the Apple iPhone SE which says that the smartphone sale in the country starts May 20 at 12pm. It also reveals bank offers that will be available on its purchase. As per the webpage, HDFC Bank credit card users will get an instant discount of Rs 3,600. Under the offer, the base model of the iPhone SE, which offers 64GB internal storage, will be available at Rs 38,900. Notably, the launch offer has already been announced by Apple earlier this week. Apple iPhone SE: Specs The Apple iPhone SE comes powered by A13 Bionic processor. It has three storage variants- 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. The iPhone SE offers an aluminium and glass design, a 4.7-inch Retina HD display and brings back Touch … [Read more...] about Apple iPhone SE to go on sale on May 20, Flipkart listing reveals

Chinese technology giant Huawei has launched a smart TV — Huawei Smart Screen V55i TV — along with its Nova 7 smartphone series in its home country. The smart TV offers a thin bezel design and is set to go on sale starting next week, Huawei Smart Screen V55i TV pricePriced at CNY 3,799 (approximately Rs 41,000), the Huawei Smart Screen V55i TV is set to go on sale starting April 26 and is already available on Vmall. Huawei Smart Screen V55i TV specsThe Huawei Smart Screen V55i TV is a 55-inch 4K LCD display with a 2.6mm narrow bezels. It comes powered by a quad-core processor that includes two Cortex-A73 cores and two Cortex-A53 cores with Mali-G51 GPU. It offers 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. On the top of the display, there is a pop-up camera with 1080p resolution. It also includes a smart audio system and packs a 2.4L large sound cavity speaker. The TV comes with a smart remote control and offers voice control. As mentioned, Huawei has launched this TV along … [Read more...] about Huawei Smart Screen V55i TV launched in China: Price, availability and more

South Korean tech giant Samsung is extending the redemption period of offers for those customers who have pre-booked its latest flagship smartphone lineup — Galaxy S20. The offer was first extended till April 30 and customers who pre-booked the Galaxy S20 could collect and activate their smartphone till April 30, 2020. Now, the same offer has been extended to May 20. Pre-booked consumers, who purchase and activate their devices on or before May 20, will be able to redeem the below offers till June 15, 2020, said the company in a statement. Additionally, the company is offering a bonus offer of up to Rs 5,000 as an upgrade offer on purchase of Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra in India. Samsung Galaxy S20+ and S20 Ultra pre-booking consumers can get Galaxy Buds+ worth Rs 11,990 at Rs 1,999 and Galaxy S20 pre-booking consumers can get Galaxy Buds+ at Rs 2,999. This offer can be redeemed by June 15. Also, the Galaxy S20+ and S20 Ultra pre-booking consumers can get … [Read more...] about Samsung extends Galaxy S20 offer benefits for these customers in India