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Microsoft’s new feature to let users react to comments in Word

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Microsoft is introducing a new feature in Word that can let users react to comments just like the reactions feature in Outlook.

The firm is incorporating a Like button into Word, designed to make it simpler for the users to reply to comments.

According to Windows Central, the feature is rolling out to Current Channel (Preview) users working Version 2305 or later, and is already obtainable for the online users and Beta Channel users.

To react to a remark in Word, users will want to open a doc and head to the remark part and click on the ‘Like’ button in the highest proper nook.

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It is probably going that this doc already has comments, and if not, users will want to create one.

Moreover, the report talked about that the tech big has additionally indicated that the feature ships with two identified points.

First, iOS and Android users will not find a way to see remark reactions, and second, the feature may not be obtainable when modifying older paperwork.

However, users ought to find a way to react to newer comments added to the doc.

Further, the tech giant added that the feature will likely be obtainable to Word for Mac users in the following few weeks, the report mentioned.

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Meanwhile, Microsoft has launched a new Windows 11 dev construct that permits Insiders to view their cellphone’s digicam roll in the File Explorer Gallery.

After putting in the newest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build, users can add pictures from their cellphone by clicking a new button added to the File Explorer’s command bar.

(With inputs from IANS)

June 10, 2023
ED issues showcause notice to Xiaomi over FEMA violation; what does it mean [details]

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday mentioned that the Adjudicating Authority has issued showcause notices to Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited, its officers and three banks below the related provision of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) on the premise of a criticism filed by the probe company in reference to unlawful remittances made by the corporate to the tune of Rs 5,551.27 crore.

“The showcause notices have been issued to the corporate together with Manu Kumar Jain, ex-Managing Director, and Sameer B. Rao, the present Director and Chief Financial Officer of the corporate. The Adjudicating Authority has additionally issued present trigger notices to three banks, CITI financial institution, HSBC Bank and Deutsche financial institution AG for contravention of Section 10(4) and 10(5) of FEMA and instructions issued by RBI by permitting overseas outward remittances within the identify of royalty by way of the banks with out conducting due diligence and with out acquiring any underlying Technical Collaboration Agreement from the corporate,” mentioned the ED.

A Xiaomi firm’s brand is pictured throughout a presentation to have fun the entry of the corporate into the Mexican market, in Mexico City, Mexico, May 9, 2017.REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

The ED had earlier frozen Rs 5,551.27 crore of Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited mendacity in its financial institution accounts below the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act for unauthorised remittance of this quantity within the guise of royalties overseas by the corporate.

“The competent authority additionally noticed that cost of royalties is nothing however a instrument to switch overseas change out of India and the identical is in blatant violation of provisions of FEMA,” the official mentioned.

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The ED initiated a PMLA investigation in reference to the unlawful remittances made by the company final yr.

During investigation, it was discovered by the ED that the corporate remitted overseas forex equal to Rs 5,551.27 crore to three foreign-based entities which embrace one Xiaomi group entity within the guise of royalty, in violation of Section 4 of the FEMA.

(With inputs from IANS)

June 10, 2023
Duolingo wins Apple Design Award for innovation in design; exec reveals secret to success

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US-based language studying app Duolingo introduced on Friday that it received a Design Award throughout the 2023 version of the Apple Design Awards, which honour excellence in innovation, inventiveness, and technical achievement in app and sport design.

The studying app included a sequence of main redesign enhancements throughout this previous 12 months.

“I would like to thank our VP of Design, Ryan Sims, for his work in main this effort and for his continued inventive imaginative and prescient,” Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-Founder at Duolingo, mentioned in a press release.

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Moreover, the corporate mentioned that the app has found out how to make a every day language lesson a enjoyable second, as an alternative of classwork, because of this, Apple awarded Duolingo among the many Delight and Fun Winners, a class that recognises platforms that present memorable, participating, and satisfying experiences which can be enhanced by Apple applied sciences.

“The secret to Duolingo is that we’re not an training firm. We’re a enjoyable and motivation firm. Fun is a very powerful a part of the work we do,” mentioned Ryan Sims, VP of Design, Duolingo.

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This previous 12 months, Duolingo launched a serious studying path redesign.

In earlier variations, it targeted on a most important display — often called “the tree” — that permit folks explore quite a few routes.

The path redesign coincided with one other essential replace — animations for Duolingo’s fantastic forged of characters.

There’s Lily, a perpetually unimpressed teen with a dismissive slow-clap; Oscar, a dramatic trainer who takes his job very significantly; and Eddy, a health buff with an enthusiasm for nearly every thing, in accordance to the corporate.

June 10, 2023
Asmi Jain’s work exemplifies Indian iOS developers’ creativity: Tim Cook

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Apple CEO Tim Cook, who met Indore’s Asmi Jain who was chosen among the many winners of WWDC23 Swift Student Challenge, has mentioned that the thriving iOS developer neighborhood in India at all times fascinates him and 20-year-old Jain’s work solely exemplifies the creativity.

As an Apple Swift Student Challenge scholar winner, Jain had a digital assembly with Cook.

“I had an incredible time assembly so many individuals from India’s progressive iOS developer neighborhood earlier this 12 months, and Jain’s unbelievable work exemplifies the creativity and ingenuity on show all throughout this nation,” mentioned the Apple CEO.

“She’s already poised to make a profound impression on the world by serving to individuals with their well being, and we’re excited to see what she does subsequent,” Cook added.

Asmi Jain’s work exemplifies Indian iOS builders’ creativity: Tim CookApple

While at Medi-Caps University, Jain came upon her good friend’s uncle needed to bear mind surgical procedure. As a consequence, he was left with eye misalignment and facial paralysis.

She sprung into motion, designing her successful playground to trace a consumer’s eye actions as they attempt to observe a ball transferring across the display.

The playground’s function is to assist strengthen the attention muscular tissues, and although it was impressed by her good friend’s uncle, Jain hopes it may be utilized by individuals with a wide range of eye situations and accidents.

Speaking about utilizing coding to unravel issues, Jain mentioned that “coding lets me create issues that assist my pals and my neighborhood”.

“It offers me a way of independence that may be very empowering,” she added.

Apple Swift Student Challenge

Every 12 months, as a part of its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple points a problem to college students throughout the globe: create an unique app playground utilizing the Swift coding language.

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This 12 months, Apple elevated the variety of winners from the 350 awarded in earlier years to 375 so much more college students may very well be included within the occasion and recognised for his or her artistry and ingenuity.

“At Apple, our mission is to assist individuals all over the place pursue their passions and produce their greatest concepts to life,” mentioned Cook.

More than 15,000 builders have been hosted on the iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru.

The iOS App Economy is an engine of progress and alternative for builders, supporting a million jobs throughout the nation in gaming, app design, software program growth and extra.

June 9, 2023
Apple launches 15-inch MacBook Air, new high-end Macs; unleashes raw power [details]

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Apple on Monday launched the 15-inch MacEbook Air, with an expansive 15.3-inch Liquid Retina show, M2 chip, and as much as 18 hours of battery life.

The MacEbook Air with M2 is on the market to order and can arrive to prospects, and in Apple Store areas and Apple Authorized Resellers, from June 13.

The 15-inch MacEbook Air with M2, obtainable in midnight, starlight, silver, and area grey, begins at Rs 134,900 and Rs 124,900 for schooling.

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“With its unbelievable efficiency and hanging design, the new MacEbook Air is the world’s greatest 15-inch laptop computer. And it is solely potential with Apple silicon,” mentioned John Ternus, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering.

“From its expansive Liquid Retina show and remarkably skinny and fanless design, to extraordinary battery life and an immersive six-speaker sound system, the new MacEbook Air has all of it.”

The firm additionally launched the new Mac Studio and Mac Pro, the 2 strongest Macs ever made.

Mac Studio begins at Rs 209,900 and Rs 188,900 for schooling.

Available in each tower and rack-mounted enclosures, Mac Pro (Tower Enclosure) begins at Rs 729,900 and Rs 687,900 for schooling.

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Mac Studio options M2 Max and the new M2 Ultra, delivering an enormous increase in efficiency and enhanced connectivity in its stunningly compact design.

Mac Studio is as much as 6x sooner than probably the most highly effective Intel-based 27-inch iMac 1 and as much as 3x sooner than the previous-generation Mac Studio with M1 Ultra.

Mac Pro, now that includes M2 Ultra, combines the unprecedented efficiency of Apple’s strongest chip with the flexibility of PCIe enlargement.

Mac Pro is as much as 3x sooner than the previous-generation Intel-based mannequin.

Featuring as much as 192GB of unified reminiscence, Mac Studio with M2 Ultra and Mac Pro have way more reminiscence than probably the most superior workstation graphics playing cards, taking up demanding workloads different programs cannot even course of, mentioned Apple.

June 8, 2023
WhatsApp launches new feature ‘Channels’ for broadcast messages

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Meta-owned WhatsApp on Thursday launched a new feature referred to as — “Channels” throughout the app for broadcast messaging, i.e., a easy, dependable and personal strategy to obtain necessary updates from individuals and organisations.

The firm stated that it’s constructing Channels in a new tab referred to as Updates, the place customers will discover Status and channels they select to comply with — separate from their chats with household, pals and communities.

“Channels are a one-way broadcast instrument for admins to ship textual content, photographs, movies, stickers, and polls. To assist you choose channels to comply with, we’re constructing a searchable listing the place you could find your hobbies, sports activities groups, updates from native officers, and extra,” WhatsApp stated in a blogpost.

Users also can get to a channel from invite hyperlinks despatched in chats, e-mails or posted on-line.

To shield the private info of each admins and followers, the corporate stated that as a channel admin, their telephone quantity and profile photograph will not be proven to followers, likewise, following a channel will not reveal their telephone quantity to the admin or different followers.

WhatsApp launches new feature ‘Channels’ for broadcast messages.IANS

Moreover, WhatsApp talked about that the corporate will retailer channel historical past on their servers for as much as 30 days and can add methods to make updates disappear even quicker from followers’ units.

Admins can even have the choice to dam screenshots and forwards from their channels.

Channels is not going to be end-to-end encrypted by default because the purpose of Channels is to achieve a large viewers.

“We do assume there are some instances the place end-to-end encrypted channels to a restricted viewers would possibly make sense, resembling a non-profit or well being organisation, and we’re exploring this as a future choice as nicely,” WhatsApp stated.

With this feature, the corporate believes there is a chance to help admins with a approach for them to construct a enterprise round their channel utilizing their increasing fee companies in addition to the flexibility to advertise sure channels within the listing to assist improve consciousness.

The company is launching Channels in choose markets — Colombia and Singapore and stated it should convey Channels to extra nations and the flexibility for anybody to create a channel over the approaching months.

(With inputs from IANS)

June 8, 2023
WhatsApp global outage: Users scramble for reason, back now

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Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is now back on-line after dealing with a global outage, together with India. Several WhatsApp customers had been unable to make use of the platform on their cellular and desktop gadgets for hours.

Many folks additionally reported to have skilled points with sending and downloading media, experiences WABetaInfo. It stated the outage began on Monday and was rectified a while later. Taking to Twitter a number of customers identified the outage.

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While one consumer requested, “Is WhatsApp down or is it simply me?” one other posted, “#WhatsApp down? Hello Twitter.”

According to the outage monitor web site DownDetector, 76 per cent of individuals had reported issues whereas utilizing the web site, 17 per cent whereas utilizing the appliance, and seven per cent whereas sending messages.

The firm has not but launched any official assertion or supplied any data on the explanations behind the problem.

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In January this 12 months, the messaging platform WhatsApp had confronted a server-side subject, making it not possible to replace the privateness setting “who can see when I’m on-line,” globally on iOS.

The platform in October final 12 months additionally had suffered a global outage, together with in India, that lasted for over two hours.

On security entrance, WhatsApp has lately upgraded its know-how to filter out scammers utilizing it to deceive folks via worldwide calls. They lure unsuspecting customers by putting missed calls, prompting the recipients to provoke contact or reply with a message, solely to fall prey to the rip-off.

WhatsApp stated the platform continues to offer security measures resembling “Block and Report” and consumer security schooling, the corporate proactively expunges dangerous actors from its platform.

(With inputs from IANS)

June 8, 2023
Video game retailer GameStop fires CEO without cause; Ryan Cohen is Executive Chairman

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Video game retailer GameStop has fired CEO Matt Furlong without trigger, appointing Ryan Cohen as Executive Chairman, efficient instantly.

Furlong began at GameStop in June 2021 and oversaw issues like the corporate’s transfer into NFTs, November layoffs, and firing the corporate’s CFO.

GameStop has additionally made Mark Robinson the corporate’s new aceprincipal government officer” with a title of normal supervisor, in keeping with a kind 10-Q from the corporate within the US.

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Last yr, GameStop terminated its Chief Financial Officer Mike Recupero, whereas sacking workers in one other spherical of mass layoffs.

Furlong had instructed employees in an e-mail that the “reductions” have been an try to assist the corporate function extra “nimbly”.

“After investing closely in personnel, expertise, stock and provide chain infrastructure over the previous 18 months, our focus is on reaching sustained profitability,” Furlong wrote.

“This means eliminating extra prices and working with an intense proprietor’s mentality. Everyone within the organisation should grow to be much more hands-on and embrace a heightened degree of accountability for outcomes,” he instructed workers.

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GameStop then appointed Diana Saadeh-Jajeh as the brand new CFO.

GameStop earlier laid off over 100 workers in May 2022.

In 2021, GameStop was probed for driving tens of millions of his prospects to purchase up the inventory and take it “to the moon”.

The firm obtained vital media consideration throughout January and February 2021 as a result of volatility of its inventory value and the GameStop quick squeeze, inflicting main monetary penalties for sure hedge funds and enormous losses for brief sellers.

(With inputs from IANS)

June 8, 2023
Samsung launches Galaxy F54 5G with 108MP camera, 6.7-inch display; priced Rs 27,999

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Samsung on Tuesday launched a brand new smartphone underneath its F collection ‘Galaxy F54 5G’ with a 108MP digital camera and 6.7-inch Super AMOLED+ 120Hz show in India.

Available in two beautiful colors — Meteor Blue and Stardust Silver — the Galaxy F54 comes within the 8GB + 256GB storage variant for Rs 27,999, which is obtainable for buy throughout the corporate’s official web site, on-line and offline shops.

“With options akin to Nightography and Astrolapse, mixed with an unmatched 120 Hz Super AMOLED+ show, 6000 mAh battery and 4 generations of OS updates, we’re guaranteeing a revolutionary consumer expertise with Galaxy F54 5G,” Raju Pullan, Senior Vice President, MX Division, Samsung India, mentioned in a press release.

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The smartphone boasts a 108 MP (OIS) No Shake Camera, alongside with an 8 MP ultra-wide lens, 2 MP macro lens, and 32 MP selfie digital camera with flagship digital camera options akin to Astrolapse and Nightography.

It additionally helps ultra-HD 4K video recording at 30 frames per second on each the primary and selfie cameras.

Moreover, the Galaxy F54 comes powered by a robust 6000 mAh battery with the 25W Super-Fast Charging function, guaranteeing that customers’ machine rapidly regains energy, holding them related and productive all through the day.

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The cellphone comes outfitted with an Exynos 1380 5nm processor, providing extra energy and velocity for seamless multitasking and a lag-free expertise.

The Galaxy F54 comes with a Voice Focus function, which minimises background noise throughout voice and video calls, guaranteeing crystal-clear conversations.

The new smartphone runs on the newest One UI 5.1, providing a user-friendly interface and seamless navigation.

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It additionally helps as much as 4 generations of OS upgrades and as much as 5 years of safety updates.

(With inputs from IANS)

June 8, 2023
Samsung Galaxy F54 5G first impressions
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Samsung’s aggressive method to cowl all bases on the subject of smartphone choices shouldn’t be new. With the most recent addition of Galaxy F54 5G, Samsung goals to push the envelope additional because it targets probably the most aggressive value class in India. Priced at Rs 27,999, the Galaxy F54 5G will likely be pitted towards the likes of OnePlus, Realme, Poco, iQoo choices. Can it break by means of the competitors? It stays to be seen.

Here’s a take a look at what the Galaxy F54 packs for the value.
1. Display: 6.7-inch sAMOLED+ 120Hz panel
2. Cameras: 108MP (OIS)+ 8MP (ultra-wide)+ 2MP (macro); 32MP front-facing (selfie)
3. CPU: Exynos 1380 5nm processor
4. RAM: 8GB
5. Storage: 256GB
6. Battery: 6000mAh, 25W charging help
7. OS: OneUI 5.1
8. Colors: Meteor Blue and Stardust Silver
Note: Samsung India despatched us the Galaxy F54 5G in Stardust Silver for evaluation.

Our first impressions

Samsung Galaxy F54 5G takes on a contemporary design language, akin to its flagships. The F54 is probably the most premium within the F-series, providing a brand new selection for shoppers who need a mixture of premium and affordability in a single. Though Samsung despatched us Stardust Silver, the Meteor Blue appears extra elegant. The former has a gradient look, which produces totally different shades of colours relying on which angle the lights fall on it. More than the appears, it is the texture issue. Samsung Galaxy F54 has a polycarbonate again, which does not absolutely convey the premium issue. But the metallic silver end conceals the plastic vibe nicely, simply not in addition to fingerprint smudges.

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The F54 5G has a fingerprint sensor on the aspect, built-in inside the facility button, which works effectively. The quantity controls are positioned above the facility button, which isn’t simple to succeed in. At the underside, the telephone has USB Type-C port, and speaker grille. There’s no headphone jack and the SIM card tray is positioned on the appropriate aspect of the telephone, once more on the high.

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Though there’s nothing extraordinary concerning the design, the show takes the cake. The punch-hole show is trendy and even the bezels are on the slim aspect. Samsung’s experience within the show house is obvious because it continues to impress with F54’s sAMOLED 120Hz panel. The show is vibrant, vibrant, and ideally suited for watching films and taking part in video games.

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Samsung boasts concerning the battery and digital camera within the F54, and we principally agree. The 6,000mAh battery is big and might final two days with combined use. At the identical time, the charging pace is simply 25W, which isn’t quick by at the moment’s requirements, definitely not once we are speaking a couple of large battery. It takes over 90 minutes to cost the telephone to full, even when it isn’t drained out. But the telephone retains battery anxieties at bay by outlasting our day by day utilization.

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The cameras on the F54 are good. The main sensor on the again is exceptional, the supporting ultra-wide sensor is nice too. Then there’s the macro sensor, which did not impress us, merely fills up the spec-sheet. The 108MP sensor produced detailed photographs with good colours and dynamic vary in well-lit scenes. Low mild photographs come out fairly good, with wealthy particulars.

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Though we had our reservations concerning the Exynos 1380 chipset, the F54 lived as much as our expectations of day-to-day operations. Paired with OneUI 5.1, the telephone performs nicely and multi-tasking is dealt with with ease. Even gentle gaming and binge-watching classes aren’t a difficulty for the F54, making it fairly succesful for common customers.
June 7, 2023