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As children return to school, two problems have risen to the top of their parent's concerns, the impact of social media and the internet on children's life.  According to the University of Michigan Health CS Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, more than half of parents rank mental health issues as the top health concern for their children and teens. Overall, mental health and technology use topped this year's top ten list of parent worries about health-related issues for children in the United States, surpassing childhood obesity, which parents ranked as the top children's health issue a decade ago. “Parents still view problems directly impacting physical health, including unhealthy eating and obesity, as important children's health issues. But these have been overtaken by concerns about mental health, social media and screen time,” said Mott Poll co-director and Mott pediatrician Susan Woolford, MD, MPH. Two-thirds of parents ...

Paytm is investing in Al to build Artificial General Intelligence software stack, founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said in the latest annual report and also outlined the India opportunity, the fintech firm's commitment to serve the market and build a long-term profitable business.  India can expect 500 million payment consumers and 100 million merchants "not very far in future", Sharma said, as he penned a letter to shareholders in the latest annual report of One97 Communications which owns the brand Paytm. Paytm, he said, is investing in Al with an eye on building Artificial General Intelligence software stack. Sharma talked about Paytm's expanded offerings, AI capabilities, as also "an India scale Al system which will help various financial institutes in capturing possible risks and frauds, while also protecting them from new kinds of risks due to advancement in Al". India has an opportunity to become a net exporter of payment technology, softwar...

Realme C51 , which was launched in Taiwan last month, is all set to make its debut in the African market as well. The smartphone is listed on the company's African website with all the specifications. The smartphone comes with 64GB storage in Taiwan, however, in Africa, it will ship with more storage. The smartphone is listed to offer up to 8GB RAM, which also includes a virtual RAM of 4GB. The Realme C51 product page is now live on Realme's Africa website hinting at its imminent launch. However, the exact launch date is yet to be announced by the company. The listing reveals all the key details of the smartphone including display, storage, camera as well as colour options and design. The phone will come in two colour shades - Carbon Black and Mint Green. Realme C51 specifications The upcoming Realme C51 is confirmed to get a 6.7-inch HD (720 x1,600) display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, and 560nits of peak brightness. The smartphone is listed to be ...

Moto G14 will get two new fresh colour options later this week. The smartphone was originally launched in India earlier this month in Steel Gray and Sky Blue colour options. Motorola confirmed the new colour options on X(formerly Twitter). The handset was launched in India in the budget segment and is priced in India at Rs. 9,999 for the sole 4GB + 128GB RAM and storage configuration. Motorola has announced that the Moto G14 will be available in new Butter Cream and Pale Lilac colour options in India. It confirmed the new colours via X (formerly known as Twitter). The phones will be available for purchase on August 24 via Flipkart. Priced at Rs. 9,999, the smartphone comes in a sole 4GB + 128GB RAM and storage configuration. The handset runs on Android 13 with the company's My UX on top. Moto G14 specifications The dual-SIM Moto G14 features a 6.5-inch full-HD+ (1,080 x 2,400 pixels) LCD display with a pixel density of 405ppi. Powering the phone is an octa-core Unisoc T616 So...

BYJU'S Senior Vice President for international business Cherian Thomas has resigned from the company and will now helm US-based Impending.  As the CEO, Thomas will focus on building and scaling the product portfolio, while strengthening and growing a global talent pool, Impending Inc said in a statement. A mail sent to BYJU'S did not elicit any response. A source at BYJU'S confirmed Thomas' departure, but did not comment on his successor. "We are hugely excited to have Cherian Thomas on board. We share a vision of creating inspired apps with pop culture potential without compromise and have convinced each other that we are going to make it happen together," Impending co-founder Phill Ryu said. Thomas, touted to be the architect behind BYJU's American expansion, was also responsible for spearheading the business of Osmo (as its CEO), a BYJU'S subsidiary, with a revenue of over $100 million (nearly Rs. 830 crore) in FY21, according to the release. ...

In the realm of gaming and digital artistry, it's not just about the tech you use but how well your system harnesses its capabilities. This is where MSI laptops truly shine. These advanced machines are not just a house for state-of-the-art technology but a platform that extracts the maximum from the tech residing within. One of the unsung heroes that benefit from this seamless integration is the graphics card, especially when it's as powerful as NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 Series, which pushes the boundaries of what's possible. MSI laptops ingeniously house this cutting-edge graphics technology, creating an ecosystem where unique hardware capabilities are designed to optimize this graphics powerhouse. The result is a significant supercharge in your gaming and creative experiences. Here's why your next gaming or creative upgrade should be an MSI laptop powered by the GeForce RTX 40 Series. Welcome to a world where power meets proficiency. Diving into the Core: NVIDIA A...

PayPal 's stablecoin is likely to succeed where Facebook 's failed, thanks to the payment giant's standing in Washington and policymakers' greater understanding of the issues in the last three years.  PayPal this month said it was launching PayPal USD, a crypto token pegged to the US dollar, making it the second major global company to launch a stablecoin after Facebook, now Meta Platforms , unveiled Libra in June 2019.  The move, which comes as PayPal transitions to a new CEO announced last week, seems risky after Facebook's stablecoin was crushed by political opposition, and as regulators home in on the crypto sector following several meltdowns.  But PayPal is in a stronger position than Facebook, said former officials, executives and analysts. Policymakers are more familiar with stablecoins, crypto tokens typically pegged to a fiat currency, than they were in 2019. A push to create federal stablecoin regulations has also helped boost their legitimacy in the e...

India's space agency on Monday released images its spacecraft took of the far side of the Moon as it headed for an attempted landing on the lunar south pole, just days after the failure of a Russian lander. The Indian Space Research Organisation's ( ISRO ) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft had been in a race with Russia to be the first to land on the lunar south pole, a region whose shadowed craters are thought to contain water ice that could support a future moon settlement. As news of the failure of Russia's Luna-25 mission broke on Sunday, ISRO said that Chandrayaan-3 was on course to land on August 23. The mission - Chandrayaan means "moon vehicle" in Hindi and Sanskrit - is India's second attempt to land on the south pole of the moon. In 2019, ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander crashed. Rough terrain makes a south pole landing difficult, but making a first landing would be historic. The region's water ice cou...

The ISRO on Monday released images of Lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC).This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area -- without boulders or deep trenches -- during the descent is developed by Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC), a major research and development centre of ISRO. According to the space agency, to achieve the mission objectives of Chandrayaan-3 , several advanced technologies are present in the Lander such as LHDAC. Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Here are the images of Lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area -- without boulders or deep trenches -- during the descent is developed by ISRO… pic.twitter.com/rwWhrNFhHB — ISRO (@is...

Chinese smartphone brand Honor will relaunch in India through a licensing deal with a local company and is aiming to start domestic manufacturing by early next year, its country head told Reuters. Honor had stopped selling its smartphones in India and reportedly retreated last year amid limited marketing budget and less prudent portfolio management. "India was never a focus market for the Huawei Technologies-owned Honor until 2020 - when it was forced to spin-off the brand and reassess strategy," said Neil Shah, vice president at Counterpoint Research. Honor's comeback is underpinned by a licensing deal with a newly formed Gurugram-based firm Honor Tech for an undisclosed "agreed-upon cost" tied to the transfer of technology and hardware. It will launch three variants of Honor phones in India, with the mid-ranged Number series expected by September. The company, wholly owned by local shareholders, will make, sell and service Honor-branded smartphones in I...