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Noise Buds Trance true wireless earphones have been launched in India, priced under Rs. 1,000. The new affordable TWS headset from Indian brand Noise come with Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity and are claimed to offer up to 45 hours of battery life. They are available in five colour shades namely Jet Black, Snow White, Space Blue, True Blue, and True Purple. The Noise Buds Trance are available for purchase from the official Noise website and via e-commerce giant Flipkart. Noise Buds Trance price, availability Noise Buds Trance earbuds have been launched at a price of Rs. 999 in India. They are currently listed on the GoNoise online store as well as on Flipkart . The true wireless earbuds have five colour options - Jet Black, Snow White, Space Blue, True Blue, and True Purple. Noise Buds Trance will compete with Boult Audio AirBass Y1 , and boAt Airdopes 111 in this range. Noise Buds Trance specifications, features The Noise Buds Trance earbuds come with a bean-like design and featur...

From ChatGPT to Dall-E and all the technologies in between, the new wave of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is transforming businesses at a rapid pace, and 60 percent of Indian executives are optimistic about its impact on workplace, as per a survey. However, opinions vary by seniority and by country, according to the survey by Boston Consulting Group. The survey is based on inputs from 12,800 employees from the executive suites to the frontline employees across industries in 18 countries. As per the survey, Brazil (71 percent) is the most optimistic country about the impact of GenAI on workplace followed by India (60 percent) and the Middle East (58 percent). The least optimistic are the US (46 percent), the Netherlands (44 percent) and Japan (40 percent). Geographies most concerned about AI are the Netherlands (42 percent), France (41 percent), and Japan (38 percent), while the least concerned are the Middle East (25 percent), Brazil (19 percent), and India (14 per...

People hear a lot about blockchain technology in relation to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin , which rely on blockchain systems to keep records of financial transactions between people and businesses. But a crash in public trust in cryptocurrencies like TerraUSD – and therefore a massive drop in their market value – doesn't mean their underlying technology is also worthless. In fact, there are plenty of other uses for this type of system, which does not rely on centralised storage and where many people can participate securely, even if they don't all know each other. As a computer scientist exploring new technologies for future smart communication network technologies, I, along with many engineers and developers, have shown that blockchain technology is a promising solution to many challenging problems in trust and security of next-generation network-based applications. I see several ways blockchains are proving themselves useful that aren't tied to cryptocurrency. Supp...

Google Pay is rolling out support for Aadhaar-based authentication for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) activation, the company announced on Tuesday. The popular payments app will now allow users to set up their UPI PIN without a debit card. Users who want to register for UPI on Google Pay using their Aadhaar number will need to ensure that they are signing up using the same number that is registered with both UIDAI and their bank. The company states that it does not store users' Aadhaar numbers as part of the validation process. According to Google , the new Aadhaar-based system is designed to authenticate users while signing up for UPI without a debit card. Users will have to provide the first six digits of their Aadhaar number in order to start the authentication process. The company says that these digits are sent to UIDAI via the National Payments Corporation of India ( NPCI ) where they are validated. NPCI's website states that 22 banks currently support authenticat...

The Centre on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court it was extending till July 10 its earlier statement that it won't notify its fact-checking unit to identify fake news against the government on social media, even as two new petitions were filed challenging the recently amended IT Rules . The Union government had in April told the HC that the fact-checking unit would not be notified till July 5. The statement was made when the court was hearing a petition filed by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology Rules. On Wednesday, a division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale was informed that two new petitions have also been filed challenging the Rules. The petitions filed by the Editors Guild of India and the Association of Indian Magazines claim that the Rules are arbitrary and unconstitutional. The court said it would hear all the three petitions from July 6. “We shall take up the petitions for final disposal...

Amazfit Cheetah and Amazfit Cheetah Pro could be launched by the company soon. While there's no word from the smartwatch maker on plans to launch these devices, leaked renders have surfaced online, offering a glimpse at their design. The Amazfit Cheetah could feature a silicone strap, while the Cheetah Pro could sport a fabric band, according to the leaked images, that have been spotted online two months after the company unveiled the Amazfit GTR 4 Limited Edition . Tipster Roland Quandt has leaked renders of the Amazfit Cheetah and Amazfit Cheetah Pro via Twitter. The images for the non-Pro model hint at a circular metal case with a crown and a secondary button located on the right side. The smartwatch seems to have a rubber strap. The renders also revealed a white colour option of the purported smartwatch.  Meanwhile, the leaked images of the Amazfit Cheetah Pro show the smartwatch with a circular metal case with a similar crown and secondary button layout. However, it is sh...

Black Mirror , the Netflix sci-fi anthology series, is known for exploring techno-paranoia and the effects of artificial intelligence on society. With the rise of ChatGPT and conversation on AI-generated screenplay circling about, it was only a matter of time before the show's creator Charlie Brooker toyed around with it, as well. Speaking to Empire Magazine, the acclaimed writer revealed that he prompted ChatGPT to write an episode of Black Mirror for him, which yielded disappointing results, with the bot simply mashing together existing episodes' synopses. This, of course, was expected, considering such AI language models are simply known for mimicking large quantities of existing texts and rephrasing them. “The first thing I did was type ‘generate Black Mirror episode' and it comes up with something that, at first glance, reads plausibly, but on second glance, is s--t. Because all it's done is look up all the synopses of Black Mirror episodes, and sort of mush the...