Microsoft’s New Keyboards Come with Dedicated Office and Emoji Keys

Microsoft’s New Keyboards Come with Dedicated Office and Emoji Keys WhileMicrosoft’s Surface eventfocused on some innovative products from the tech giant including theSurface NeoandSurface Deo, the company launched two new keyboards in the event for customers in the US. The two new keyboards joining Microsoft’s lineup of keyboards are theMicrosoft Bluetooth keyboardand theMicrosoft Ergonomic Keyboard. The key attraction (no pun intended) of these new keyboards is that they come with a dedicated Office key and an emoji key....

October 20, 2019 · 2 min · 380 words · Tricia Huffman

Mozilla Reveals 28 Incidents Where YouTube’s Recommendation System Miserably Failed

Mozilla Reveals 28 Incidents Where YouTube’s Recommendation System Miserably Failed Last month, Mozillastarted collecting opinionsfrom users about YouTube’s recommendation system as part of its campaign #YouTubeRegrets. During the campaign, the company had mentioned that these opinions will be put up on the web or social media. Now, Mozilla has picked 28 stories from the campaign describing how people got stuck in YouTube’s recommendation rabbit hole. I have picked a few stories from the list that sound scary and show how dumb the algorithm behaves at the same time....

October 20, 2019 · 3 min · 481 words · Bobby Morgan

NASA Unveiled Its New Spacesuits for Artemis Missions

NASA Unveiled Its New Spacesuits for Artemis Missions Earlier this week, US space exploration agency — NASA — unveiled its new spacesuits especially designed for the Artemis space program. In case you’re unaware, the Artemis program aims to get astronauts back to the Moon by 2024. The American space agency shared the prototypes of the spacesuits on its official Twitter handle. Take a look at the tweet below. Check out images from today’s event showcasing prototypes of@NASA’s 2 newest spacesuits designed for Moon to Mars exploration: 1 for launch and re-entry, and 1 for exploring the lunar South Pole!...

October 20, 2019 · 2 min · 418 words · Nicholas Green

Only Three Indians Earned over Rs.500 Crore Last Year

Only Three Indians Earned over Rs.500 Crore Last Year The Income Tax Department recently released theIncome Tax Return Statistics detailsfor the assessment year 2018-19. From the statistics, it is clear that the highest taxpayers of the country might not actually be who you think. From the Gross Total Income filings for individuals, it has been revealed that 77 people earn over 100 crores. This narrows down to three if we consider the people who made Rs....

October 20, 2019 · 2 min · 329 words · Isaiah Nguyen

Samsung Phones Can Be Used as Payment Terminals Soon

Samsung Phones Can Be Used as Payment Terminals Soon Samsung has partnered with Mobeewave to let merchants accept payments from supported cards and walletsright from their Samsung smartphoneswith its Samsung Point of Sale (POS). The highlight of this new system is that the merchant doesn’t have to go through a physical sign-up process since everything is processed through Samsung’s POS app. All the merchant has to do isinstall the app from Galaxy Store or Google Play Store, register for a new account and that’s it....

October 20, 2019 · 2 min · 361 words · Lisa Hill

Satya Nadella Took Home $42.9 Million Last Year; Gets 66% Raise

Satya Nadella Took Home $42.9 Million Last Year; Gets 66% Raise Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned $42.9 million in total compensation for the fiscal year 2019 — 66 per cent raise from the prior fiscal year, the company has announced. Nadella received a $1 million base salary jump and an increase in stocks. “Nadella’s strategic leadership, including his efforts to strengthen trust with customers, drive for a company-wide culture change, and successful entry and expansion into new technologies and markets,”Microsoft’s independent directors said in a proxy statement released on Wednesday....

October 20, 2019 · 3 min · 470 words · Donald King

Snapchat’s Latest AR Lens Shows The Gateway of India Some Moves

Snapchat’s Latest AR Lens Shows The Gateway of India Some Moves Snapchat has teamed up with Spotify right in time for Diwali to bring an AR lens that shows upbeat Diwali playlists when you point your Snapchat camera on the Gateway of India, Mumbai. The playlists available are “Diwali Shuffle”, “Diwali Chill”, and “Diwali Bash” which you can fire up based on your mood or share with your friends and family....

October 20, 2019 · 2 min · 305 words · Lindsay Dodson
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