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https://www.gadgets360.com/games/news/playstation-black-friday-sale-2023-end-date-god-of-war-ragnarok-assassins-creed-mirage-last-us-diablo-4-ea-sports-fc-24-ps4-ps5-4597475 PlayStation launched its annual Black Friday Sale, late last week, offering discounts of up to 70 percent on key titles on the PS4 and PS5. The promotion is live across some first, but largely third-party releases, and is slated to end November 28 on the digital storefront. God of War Ragnarök is a standout among the catalogue, available at a 38 percent discount for Rs. 3,099, tasking Kratos and Atreus on a journey to the Nine Realms to prevent the prophesied apocalypse. PS Plus Premium/ Deluxe members also get a three-hour free trial period, in case you feel like testing the waters. Those who only own an old-gen PS4, however, can opt for the dedicated version at Rs. 2,279. Meanwhile, its prequel God of War's Digital Deluxe Edition will set you back by Rs. 999 at a 50 percent discount. The Last of Us Part I, a remake of the beloved post-apocalyptic zombie-killing game, at is available at Rs. 3,099 (38 percent off) for the PS5 — its sequel hasn't received a discount. And of course, you can reach out to local retailers to acquire a physical copy of the same, which costs Rs. 2,499. In the same undead vein, you could also pick up Resident Evil 4 remake and step into the shoes of pretty-boy cop Leon S. Kennedy as he ventures into a ghoulish Spanish village to rescue the President's daughter from bizarre cultists. It is available at a 43 percent discount for Rs. 2,279. The newest Assassin's Creed title also makes it way its way to the Black Friday sale. After three open-world RPG focussed titles, Ubisoft has taken a back-to-basics approach with the franchise in Assassin's Creed Mirage, set in ninth-century Baghdad with a focus on stealth and crafty assassinations. Released last month, AC Mirage is listed at Rs. 2,799 after a 20 percent price drop. Fighting game fans have two choices to pick from — Street Fighter 6 and Mortal Kombat 1. The former takes a vibrant turn, adding some RPG elements into the mix akin to the Persona games and a career-forming story mode that's reminiscent of Yakuza. Street Fighter 6 also adds a Modern Control pattern, bridging the gap between old schoolers and newbies to the genre — the standard edition costs Rs. 2,239 after a 44 percent discount. Conversely, Mortal Kombat 1 marks another reboot of the franchise, after Liu Kang achieved godhood and altered the timeline t Speaking of cinematics, Final Fantasy XVI is also on sale, with its narrative-driven action RPG experience offering ability-based combat and slick cutscenes. The game tosses you into the war-torn lands of Valisthea to prevent the source of all magic, Aether, from fading away, by engaging in large-scale cinematic Eikon battles that ditch the franchise's long-running turn-based combat. FF16 goes up for Rs. 2,879. Harry Potter fans could step into the enchanted hallways of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and tap into ancient magic while juggling between responsibilities like attending classes, exploring the dense Forbidden Forest, crafting potions, and fighting Dark Wizards. Hogwarts Legacy is up for Rs. 2,399 on the PS4 and Rs. 2,639 on the PS5. The Black Friday discounts will please Star Wars fans, too, who can continue Jedi Knight Cal Kestis' story and take on the oppressive Empire in the acclaimed souls-like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor for Rs. 2,699. For a more authentic souls-like experience, you could consider picking up the recently released Lies of P, where you take control of Pinocchio in a twisted Belle Epoque setting to rid the gothic town of Krat from pestilence. The game comes in at Rs. 3,039 on both PS4 and PS5 after discount. Sports fans can get their annual dose of arcade football experience through EA Sports FC 24 at Rs. 2,249, or pick up NBA 2K24, the latest entry in the acclaimed basketball series, at Rs. 2,499. PlayStation Summer Sale 2023: best deals on PS4 and PS5 games God of War Digital Deluxe Edition at Rs. 999 — 50 percent discount (PREVIOUS BEST) God of War Ragnarök at Rs. 3,099 — 38 percent discount (NEW LOW) The Last of Us Part I at Rs. 3,099 — 38 percent discount (NEW LOW) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor at Rs. 2,699 — 40 percent discount (NEW LOW) Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered at Rs. 2,319 — 42 percent discount (NEW LOW) Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales at Rs. 1,999 — 50 percent discount (PREVIOUS BEST) Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) at Rs. 2,639 — 40 percent discount (NEW LOW) Red Dead Redemption 2 at Rs. 1,320 — 67 percent discount (PREVIOUS BEST) Assassin's Creed Mirage at Rs. 2,799 — 20 percent discount (FIRST DISCOUNT) EA Sports FC 24 at Rs. 2,249 — 50 percent discount (NEW LOW) NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition (PS5) at Rs. 2,499 — 50 percent discount (NEW LOW) Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition at Rs. 749 — 75 percent discount (PREVIOUS BEST) Resident Evil 4 at Rs. 2,279 — 43 percent discount (PREVIOUS BEST) Horizon Forbidden West at Rs. 2,639 — 34 percent discount (NEW LOW) Diablo IV at Rs. 3,359 — 40 percent discount (NEW LOW) Lies of P at Rs. 3,039 — 20 percent discount (FIRST DISCOUNT) Disco Elysium – The Final Cut at Rs. 999 — 70 percent discount (NEW LOW) Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade at Rs. 1,139 — 62 percent discount (NEW LOW) Final Fantasy XVI at Rs. 2,879 — 40 percent discount (NEW LOW) Mortal Kombat 1 at Rs. 3,359 — 30 percent discount (FIRST DISCOUNT) Street Fighter 6 at Rs. 2,239 — 44 percent discount (FIRST DISCOUNT) o ensure peace in the lands. It's listed for Rs. 3,359 — 30 percent off — and is perfect for those who enjoy some super-cool cinematics to go along with their fatal combos.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-apple-macbook-pro-weeks.html A Georgia Tech researcher has successfully evaded security measures on Apple's latest MacBook Pro with the M3 processor chip to capture his fictional target's Facebook password and second-factor authentication text. By the end of his demonstration video, Ph.D. student Jason Kim showed how the recently discovered iLeakage side-channel exploit is still a genuine threat to Apple devices, regardless of how updated their software might be. First discovered by Kim and Daniel Genkin, an associate professor in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, the vulnerability affects all recent iPhones, iPads, laptops, and desktops produced by Apple since 2020. iLeakage allows attackers to see what's happening on their target's Safari browser. This vulnerability allows potential access to Instagram login credentials, Gmail inboxes, and YouTube watch histories, as Kim demonstrated last month on a slightly older MacBook Pro. "A remote attacker can deploy iLeakage by hosting a malicious webpage they control, and a target just needs to visit that webpage," said Kim. "Because Safari does not properly isolate webpages from different origins, the attacker's webpage is able to coerce Safari to put the target webpage in the same address space. The attacker can use speculative execution to subsequently read arbitrary secrets from the target page." How is this possible? Well, as manufacturers developed faster and more efficient CPUs, their devices have become vulnerable to something called speculative execution attacks. This vulnerability is in the design of the chip itself. It has led to major software issues since the Spectre attack was reported in 2018. On a MacBook Pro with the new Apple M3 chip and the latest macOS 14.1.1 and Safari 17.1, we first recover the target's Facebook password. Subsequently, we recover the two-factor authentication (2FA) token through Google Messages when it is sent over SMS to an Android phone. Credit: iLeakage There have been many attempts to stop these types of attacks, but Kim and Genkin show through their research that more work still needs to be done. "iLeakage shows these attacks are still relevant and exploitable, even after nearly six years of Spectre mitigation efforts following its discovery," said Genkin. "Spectre attacks coerce CPUs into speculatively executing the wrong flow of instructions. We have found that this can be used in several different environments, including Google Chrome and Safari." The team made Apple aware of its findings on Sept. 12, 2022. Since then, the tech company has issued mitigation for iLeakage in Safari. However, the researchers note that the update was not initially enabled by default. It was only compatible with macOS Ventura 13.0 and higher as of today. So far, the team does not have evidence that real-world cyber-attackers have used iLeakage. They've determined that iLeakage is a significantly difficult attack to orchestrate end-to-end, requiring advanced knowledge of browser-based side-channel attacks and Safari's implementation. The vulnerability is confined to the Safari web browser on macOS because the exploit leverages peculiarities unique to Safari's JavaScript engine. However, iOS users face a different situation due to the sandboxing policies on Apple's App Store. The policies require other browser apps using iOS to use Safari's JavaScript engine, making nearly every browser application listed on the App Store vulnerable to iLeakage. iLeakage: Browser-based Timerless Speculative Execution Attacks on Apple Devices will be published at the 2023 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security later this month.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsungs-galaxy-book-3-ultra-is-600-off-for-black-friday-a-discount-on-the-macbook-pro-rival Samsung's rival to the MacBook Pro, the Galaxy Book 3 Ultra, is on a deep discount for Black Friday. At Best Buy, it's $600 cheaper than when we reviewed it earlier this year, for a grand total of $1,799.99. It comes with an Intel Core i7-13700H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050, and a vivid AMOLED display. In our review, we praised the Galaxy Book 3 Ultra for its long battery life (just over 9 hours on our battery test, which isn't competitive with a Mac but hangs with the best Windows ultrabooks). We also appreciated its high-quality, sleek aluminum chassis, as well as the option of a number pad for those who like to use them. The display is set at 2880 x 1800, and while it would be nice to see Samsung offer something closer to 4K, we can't argue about the quality of the AMOLED screen, which was just as good as other OLED competitors at reproducing the sRGB and DCI-P3 color gamut, though it didn't get as bright as a Mac. Other specs include 16GB of RAM and a roomy 1TB of storage, as well as a mix of two Thunderbolt 4 ports and a USB Type-A port and a 1080p webcam. For those who want a Windows PC with the build quality of a Mac, as well as discrete graphics that can play games (albeit it not on the highest settings), this is a solid deal. It's still expensive, sure, but $600 off in the premium ultrabook space ain't nothing.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-67439005 An Amur leopard - "the world's rarest big cat" - is slinking around his new enclosure after arriving at Dartmoor Zoo. Freddo is adept at climbing walls and springing between trees so his new home has been made secure, bosses said. The zoo said they had also registered the nine-year-old on an "animal dating site" to find him a mate. Benjamin Mee, chief executive officer at Dartmoor Zoological Society, described Freddo as "beautiful". Freddo has been signed up to an animal dating site He said: "I first clapped eyes on him seven years ago at Highland Wildlife Park when he was still a youngster and that's how long it's been in planning to get him here." There are thought to be just 140 Amur leopards left in the wild and 300 in European zoos, the society said. Freddo was raised in the wild before his time in captivity but he is now part of a breeding programme aimed at reintroducing the endangered species into its native Siberia, Mr Mee said. "This is the world's rarest big cat which is why the re-introduction is so important," he added. Freddo has been placed on the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS), dubbed an "animal dating site" by Mr Mee. The system helps match up endangered animals for breeding. Freddo is part of a conservation programme "You have to go through the stud book for animals as rare and endangered," Mr Mee added. "All my efforts in the next few years will be finding a female and seeing if the offspring can be put back into the wild." Dartmoor Zoo is now fundraising to create a separate and "monumentally-expensive" enclosure for a female leopard. Freddo will be fed meat including rabbits and Dartmoor ponies as part of a landowners' "management programme". 'A real milestone' Although Freddo, who was born in Estonia, bears some resemblance to an African leopard, Mr Mee said he is a "little taller with longer legs and a shaggier face". He added: "Leopards are very strong and very adaptable cats because they are not top of the food chain. "In every ecosystem where there are leopards there is always a tiger or a bear or something else above them which means they have got to be on their toes the whole time. "They can run straight up a sheer wall or climb trees so we've had to put plastic sheaths on them." Freddo has joined the zoo's big cat collection, which includes lions, tigers, a jaguar and a lynx. His new home features cherry trees and Siberian larches, provided by sister charity Growth 4 Good. Mr Mee said the big cat, which has lived at four zoos previously, had settled into his new home relatively quickly, with an expert on hand looking out for signs of stress." "He came out of his crate cautiously with his ears back, wandered around, had a sniff and then his ears came forward and he jumped on to the platform," he added. "It's a real milestone for us, now we have every kind of big cat. "He's genuinely at the forefront of one of the world's best conservation programmes and we are part of that."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67337887 A proposed ban on conversion therapy in the UK, which would introduce unlimited fines for those found guilty, has been put forward in the House of Lords. Baroness Burt has tabled a Private Members' Bill proposing a UK-wide ban, which will now be debated next year. It comes after the government left out a ban from last month's King's Speech - five years after first promising one. Baroness Burt, a Liberal Democrat peer, said there was a "cross-party consensus" in favour of the measure. Conversion therapy refers to practices aiming to change or suppress someone's sexual orientation or their gender identity. Baroness Burt's proposal would ban practices aimed at both. The BBC has seen details of her draft bill, which hasn't been published yet. What is conversion therapy and will it be banned? Conversion therapy ban left out of King's Speech Experts to advise on LGBT conversion therapy ban The Lib Dem peer says the proposed new law aims to "robustly differentiate" between genuine psychological or religious practice, and conversion therapy practices, to protect legitimate therapies and prayer. She said: "It is very disappointing that the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their promise to ban conversion therapy for five years now." She was selected first in a House of Lords Private Members' Bill ballot - which allow members who aren't ministers to put forward proposed new laws. But it is far from guaranteed that it will be passed. The proposal will have to go through several rounds of voting in the House of Lords and, if it receives enough support, would then pass to the House of Commons for MPs to debate and vote upon. 'Carefully considering' Government plans to ban conversion therapy have been widely discussed and caused several resignations from the government's LGBT advisory panel, as well as a boycott of the UK's first ever international LGBT conference. In January this year, the government re-affirmed its plan to ban the practice. However, earlier this month, the proposed Conversion Therapy Bill was left out of the King's Speech - the list of new laws Number 10 is prioritising over the next few months. It means it is unlikely to become law before the next general election. The delay has frustrated some Conservative MPs, with one telling the BBC they were annoyed the government had "delivered Brexit quicker". Some are planning to try to amend another proposed law, the Criminal Justice Bill, as a way of getting the ban through. But other politicians and campaigners fear a ban could have unintended consequences for parents, teachers and therapists having exploratory conversations about a child's gender identity. They also say it could also hamper religious freedoms. In the days leading up to the King's Speech, a group of politicians met to discuss those concerns and wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asking him not to press ahead with a ban. Speaking earlier this month, Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart suggested it was those concerns that had delayed the bill. "What we don't want to do is end up in a situation where legislation accidentally criminalises parents or teachers, we just don't want to end up in a bad legal space," he said. "Anyone who tells you this is easy hasn't looked at the legal situation." The government has said it is still "carefully considering" a ban. Cabinet Office Minister Alex Burghart says he has concerns about unintended consequences of a ban However, campaigners and those who have undergone conversion therapy are unhappy the bill wasn't included in the King's Speech. Kitty, who grew up in a religious family and asked us not to use her last name, says she underwent six months' of sessions at New Life Church, in Woking, at the age of 16. After being invited to talk about her feelings, she was shocked to be told her homosexuality was a result of Satan "whispering" in her ear. As part of the sessions, she says she was told to look for reasons that could explain her sexuality and asked what she felt were intrusive questions over her upbringing. Kitty says it left her feeling depressed, unable to trust her family and friends, and ultimately led to an attempt on her own life on two separate occasions. "If you are trying to change someone from who they are meant to be then you are probably doing something wrong," she told the BBC. New Life Church in Woking said it was "very sad to hear these claims from a much-loved former member of our congregation". "While we hold to mainstream Christian beliefs on sexual ethics, we respect the right of all people to live their lives according to their own principles, and do not practice 'conversion therapy'." Jayne Ozanne, a former government LGBT advisor who resigned over delays on banning conversion therapy, says she believes a ban can still protect religious freedoms. "Any conversation that allows people to be challenged and explore who they are, is to be welcomed," she said. "But when the mindset is 'you can never be gay, or you can never be transgender', that thinking will cause great harm."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67472422 South Africa's former rugby star Hannes Strydom has died in a car accident at the age of 58. He was part of the Springbok team that famously won the 1995 Rugby World Cup after the end of apartheid in 1994. Strydom gained 21 Springbok caps in his career between 1993 and 1997. Former teammate and close friend Kobus Wiese told local media that details of the accident were still vague, but the vehicle Strydom was travelling in collided with a minibus taxi. The accident took place on Sunday near the coal mining town of eMalahleni in Mpumalanga province. South African Rugby Union President Mark Alexander hailed Strydom as "one of the heroes of our local game" in the Springboks' tribute to him. His former club, the Lions, also paid tribute to him, describing him as a legend who had formed a formidable lock combination with Wiese. "We share a tight bond as members of the 1995 group and to lose yet another one of our brothers is a big blow," said Lions Rugby Company chief executive officer Rudolf Straeuli. Strydom made his debut for the Springboks in 1993, and helped defeat arch-rivals New Zealand 15-12 in the 1995 World Cup final in Johannesburg - the biggest sporting event in South Africa after the end of apartheid. He ended his Springbok career in 1997 after playing in the British and Irish Lions series. Strydom also captained the Lions team that hoisted the local Currie Cup trophy in 1999. He made 115 appearances for the team between 1993 and 2000. Outside rugby, Strydom worked as a pharmacist in the capital, Pretoria, and started pharmacy chain Pharma Valu after hanging up his boots. In 2014, he suffered a cracked skull and stab wounds after six people attacked him in a carjacking, landing him in intensive care. He is the fifth player from the 1995 Springbok team to have died. The others include Ruben Kruger in 2010, Joost van der Westhuizen in 2017, and Chester Williams and James Small in 2019. Coach Kitch Christie also died in 1998.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67474879 Picture a boardroom battle at a multi-billion-dollar company whose futuristic tech might either save or destroy the world. Its chief executive, who has the ear of world leaders, toppled as senior colleagues turn on him - only for the rest of the company to demand they themselves should be fired. No, that's not my pitch for a Netflix drama, that's basically been the past few days at OpenAI. Tech journalists, enthusiasts and investors have been binge-watching it all unfold - though opinions differ as to whether it was a high-stakes thriller or a farce. How it started... The battle at the top of OpenAI, the creator of the AI chatbot ChatGPT, began very suddenly on Friday, when the board of directors announced that it was firing the co-founder and chief executive, Sam Altman. In a blog post the board accused Mr Altman of not being "consistently candid in his communications", and said as a result they had "lost confidence" in his leadership. There are only six people on that board - and two of them were Sam Altman and his co-founder Greg Brockman who quit after Mr Altman was dismissed. OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman has also left the firm So four people who knew Mr Altman and the business well reached a breaking point of such seriousness that they sprung into action immediately, blindsiding the entire tech community including, reportedly, their own investors. Elon Musk - also an original co-founder at OpenAI - wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that he was "very worried". Ilya Sutskever, the firm's chief scientist, was a member of that board and "would not take such drastic action unless he felt it was absolutely necessary", he wrote. Mr Sutskever has now expressed his own regret - and is one of the many signatories of a dynamite letter to the board of directors, calling for Mr Altman and Mr Brockman to return and suggesting they may leave OpenAI if the men are not reinstated. What caused this row? So what was it that sparked this rapidly rolling snowball? We actually still don't know - but let's consider some options. There are reports that Mr Altman was considering some hardware projects, including the funding and development of an AI chip, which would have been quite a different direction in which to take OpenAI. Had he made some commitments that the board was not aware of? Or could it boil down to a very old, and very human tension: money? In an internal memo, whose contents have been widely reported, the board made it clear that it was not accusing Mr Altman of any "financial malfeasance". But we know that OpenAI was founded as a non-profit organisation. That means, a company which does not aim to make money. It takes back enough of what it brings in to cover its own running costs - and any extra gets invested back into the business. Most charities are non-profits. In 2019, a new arm of the firm was formed - and this part of it was profit-orientated. The firm set out how the two would co-exist. The profit side would be led by the non-profit side, and there would be a cap imposed on the returns investors could earn. Not everybody was happy about it - it was said to have been a key reason behind Elon Musk's decision to walk away from the firm. OpenAI, however, now finds itself in the happy circumstance of being worth an awful lot of money. A staff stock sale, which has not gone ahead today, was reportedly valued at $86bn (£68bn). Could it be that there were ambitions to make the for-profit side of the business more powerful? OpenAI is in pursuit of AGI - artificial general intelligence. It doesn't exist yet, and it is a cause of both fear and awe. It's basically the idea that there will one day be AI tools that will be able to do a number of tasks, as well as, or better than, humans (that's us) currently can. It's got the potential to shift the entire way in which we do things. Jobs, money, education - all of that gets thrown up in the air when machines can do stuff instead. It's an incredibly powerful bit of kit - or at least, it will be. Is OpenAI closer to that than we realise, and does Mr Altman know this? At a very recent speech he said what was coming next year would make the current ChatGPT bot look like "a quaint relative". I think it's unlikely. Emmett Shear, the new interim chief executive of OpenAI, posted on X that "the board did *not* remove Sam over any specific disagreement on safety". He says there will be an investigation into what happened. But Microsoft, OpenAI's biggest investor, has decided not to take a chance on Mr Altman taking this tech elsewhere. He will be joining the Seattle-based tech giant, it has been announced, to lead a yet-to-be-created AI research team. His co-founder Greg Brockman goes with him, and judging from the number of staff members posting on X today, it looks like he'll be taking some of OpenAI's top talent too. Many OpenAI staff members are sharing the same post on X. It reads: "OpenAI is nothing without its people". Is that a warning to Mr Shear that he might have some hiring to do? A BBC colleague outside OpenAI's headquarters just told me at 0930 in San Francisco, there were no signs of people arriving for work. Or is it just a reminder that for all this saga has been about a form of technology that is reshaping the world, it is, at its heart, a very human drama.

https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news/jio-cloud-pc-laptop-low-cost-rs-15000-hp-acer-lenovo-india-launch-4590029 Telecom giant Reliance Jio has been hard at work on its hardware offerings, launching phones and laptops in the budget segment. The company introduced its second laptop, the JioBook (2023), earlier this year in July at an aggressive price of Rs. 16,499. Jio now seems intent on expanding its PC lineup, with a new report claiming the company plans to bring a cloud laptop to market at around Rs. 15,000. The cloud laptop, which will cut down the high costs involved with shipping a laptop by working off of Jio Cloud, will launch in India in the coming months. A report from The Economic Times on Saturday said that the Mukesh Ambani-owned telecommunications firm was holding talks with top manufacturers like HP, Acer and Lenovo to introduce the laptop in the country in a few months. Citing a senior Jio official, the ET report claimed that the laptop would be a “dumb terminal” with all its processing and storage functions done on Jio Cloud infrastructure, thus reducing the need for expensive hardware and consequently bringing down the cost of ownership for a laptop. Bear in mind, however, a cloud-based computer would need an always-on internet connection to access storage, processing and other functionalities off the cloud that a regular laptop would be able to perform natively. “The cost of a laptop depends on its hardware like memory, processing power, chipset etc. The greater capacity of these hardware increases costs as well as battery power. What we are doing is, we are stripping all this and the whole processing of the laptop will happen at the back end in the Jio cloud,” ET quoted the Jio official as saying. The report also said that Jio plans to pair the laptop with a monthly cloud subscription, much like Apple's iCloud or a Google One subscription. Pricing for the cloud membership, however, will be finalised at a later date. The cloud subscription will also likely bundle a host of Jio services, with specialised features available on a higher tier plan. The proposed cloud laptop is currently undergoing trials on an HP Chromebook, the report added. Additionally, the cloud PC software could also be accessed on existing devices, like a desktop or a smart TV, without having to buy the cloud-based device Back in September, Jio launched its AirFiber, a digital entertainment and Wi-Fi service, offering access to over 550 digital TV channels, along with subscriptions to over 16 OTT apps. Meant for users with limited fibre Internet access at their location, Jio's AirFiber services offer Wi-Fi-like internet connection based on 5G FWA (fixed wireless access). Jio AirFiber is now available in 262 towns in India, with plans starting from Rs. 599 a month. In July, the company launched the JioBook (2023), successor to the first JioBook introduced last year. The latest JioBook is powered by an octa-core MediaTek MT8788 processor and runs on Android-based JioOS operating system. Earlier this month, Jio also launched JioPhone Prima 4G feature phone at Rs. 2,599. The phone runs on KaiOS platform and supports po[CENSORED]r apps like WhatsApp, YouTube, Google Search, Facebook and a host of Jio services. The company is also speculated to be working on a 5G handset.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-low-cost-testbed-terahertz-technology.html Terahertz communication will shape the future of wireless networks. Extensive high data rates with secure networks are possible with terahertz technology. However, such a high frequency also presents well-known challenges, such as limited range and susceptibility to atmospheric absorption. The challenges and opportunities can only be seen with feasible and versatile testbeds. Our study, currently available on the arXiv preprint server, is inspired by the question "What do we really know about terahertz communication?" Software-defined radios Over the past decade, software-defined radios (SDRs) have emerged as a pivotal radio technology, used to explore the constraints of wireless technology in real-world environments. These radios validate theoretical concepts and pinpoint design bottlenecks that may remain elusive in purely theoretical studies. SDRs are now widely po[CENSORED]r even in daily life, serving as accessible tools from spectrum analysis to peer-to-peer walkie-talkies. The capabilities of these radios are immense, making them a perfect fit as a multitasking tool for terahertz wireless designs. The remarkable versatility of these radios has led to the evolution of novel CubeSat and low-profile transceiver designs within satellite networks, which are transitioning toward SDRs. In this way, remotely controllable and sustainable satellites can be operated without building from the ground up. This design also serves to illuminate the front of terahertz-based satellites. Until now, terahertz experiments necessitated the use of expensive equipment for implementing and analyzing terahertz communication. We introduce a low-cost, feasible, and adaptable testbed design that unveils the true capabilities of terahertz technology. SDR-supported terahertz testbeds are the missing piece in this field of study, and they can validate numerous types of research with simplicity and cost-effectiveness. One of the most promising advantages of this design is the fully open-source digital design database, thus opening up a vast realm for experimental research. We believe that it is the first step of a journey of a thousand miles in this field. Hidden challenges and opportunities Angular resolution and signal bandwidth become very high and can be mani[CENSORED]ted to our benefit via terahertz technology. On the downside, ultra-broadband signal processing represents a major demand. SDRs can easily segregate the real-time process and transfer the non-real-time processing load to powerful computers. Information sampling is a critical, well-known challenge in terahertz communication. Current SDRs support up to 6.4 Gbits per second, yet more is required. Our design brings to light a previously overlooked issue: frequency sparsity. The frequency extension loses frequency resolution, which leaves windows of non-operative bands. This issue raises concerns about ongoing multiband terahertz designs. On 6G, various electromagnetic reflector structures will be a part of daily life. A reflector is able to steer the wave characteristics, including the direction of the wave. One use of the reflectors is physically secure connectivity among peers. In the nature of terahertz, a network can be secured by a simple reflector structure. An interesting result is that scattering over a reflector can be both destructive and constructive. Likewise, many exciting hidden opportunities are discussed in our study that could lead to the search for novel, self-describing models. What comes next? We have a long history of wireless testbed designing and prototyping that uncovers the true potential of proposed solutions from all around the world. Multi-antenna techniques, beam management, intelligent surfaces, and active and passive sensing are just some of the applications that can be built on this testbed without the need for major investment. These empirical studies will advance the standardization of terahertz communication in the next step. An era is imminent when the transmission of big data in daily life will be executed in the blink of an eye. This story is part of Science X Dialog, where researchers can report findings from their published research articles. Visit this page for information about ScienceX Dialog and how to participate. Gunes Karabulut Kurt is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. She is a Marie Curie Fellow and received the Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist (TUBA-GEBIP) Award in 2019. She received her Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/aoc-27-inch-180-hz-mini-led-gaming-monitor-deal-just-249 If you've been hunting for a killer Mini LED pre-Black Friday, we may have found your best option. AOC's brand-new 27' 1440P Mini LED Gaming display is on sale for just $249.99 on Amazon, making this new panel (it just launched in the U.S. in August) one of the cheapest (if not the cheapest) mid-range Mini LED gaming monitors on the market right now. The monitor in question is AOC's Q27G3XMN gaming display, which features good mid-range specs like a 180Hz refresh rate, 1 ms GtG response time (on the fastest overdrive settings), a 27-inch display size, and a 2560 x 1440 resolution and a VA panel. But, the star of the show is the monitor's Mini LED backlight, which is super rare to see in the $250 price bracket. With Mini LED, AOC's new gaming display can reach brightness and black levels similar to OLED monitors, which are the kings of image quality. Mini LED does this by squeezing more (smaller) LEDs into an LED backlight display, allowing Mini LED monitors to have far superior brightness and black levels than standard LCD counterparts. AOC says its Q27G3XMN Mini LED display with DisplayHDR 1000 certification features 336 individual dimming zones. Each zone can be mani[CENSORED]ted to turn completely black, enabling high dynamic range content to be accurately produced. On top of this, the display is rated to produce 134% of the sRGB color gamut and comes with color calibration from the factory. For gaming, the monitor ticks all the boxes you'd expect: 180Hz refresh rate, adaptive-sync tech (though FreeSync is not specified), and AOC's Low Input Lag Mode. For consoles, the Q27G3XMN can run at a lower 120Hz refresh rate, which is the maximum refresh rate Sony and Microsoft's latest consoles are designed for. We couldn't find a US-based MSRP for AOC's new Mini LED gaming monitor, but based on a report from TechPowerUp, the new monitor (without a discount) costs £349.99 in the UK, or the equivalent of over $400. We may still be in the early stages of this Black Friday Deals season, but we'd be surprised to find any monitor with better specs than this selling for less than $250 this year.

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