One Robot makes cocktails from 25 bottles hanging upside-down from the ceiling, another carves perfect ice balls in the fraction of the time it takes a human with a knife and an ice pick. Robo-bartenders are shaking up South Korea’s cafe and bar culture as the country transitions from intensive to make social distancing to what the government calls “distancing in daily life.” And they look snazzy doing it too. In a tailored vest and bow tie, six-foot-tall Cabo narrates his actions as he carves ice for a whisky on…
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Samsung Extends Warranty on All Products in India Till June 15 Owning to Coronavirus Lockdown !!!
Samsung is offering extended warranty to all customers in India whose warranty expired between March 20 and May 31. The warranty across all Samsung products in the country has been extended till June 15. The decision is particularly beneficial for customers residing outside containment zones, however, customers residing in the latter might face problems as they are placed under lockdown till June 30. Samsung in April had also extended warranty on its products owning to the coronavirus pandemic. At that time, the warranty was extended till May 31. The announcement…
Read MoreStrawberry Moon 2020 June 6 at 12:42am IST !!!
June 2020 full moon is all set to grace the night skies over the next few days. The full moon or the Strawberry Moon will occur on June 5 at 3:12pm EDT (June 6 at 12:42am IST) and lunar enthusiasts in India will be able to watch it with the naked eyes. Coincidentally, the June full moon is joined by a lunar eclipse that will start at 11:15pm IST on June 5 and end at 2:34am on June 6. What is a full moon? Full moon is an astronomical phenomenon…
Read MoreAre Indians exporting data via Chinese software?
When data is regarded as the vital fuel for digital economy, data-access requests that most Chinese mobile applications make outnumber their non-Chinese alternatives. Either available on the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store, these applications usually list permissions they require for installation. A comparative analysis of Play Store information reveals startling facts about the volume of data Chinese applications seek from their users. TikTok, owned by the Chinese tech company ByteDance, requests around 30 permissions compared to its German counterpart Dubsmash seeking 19 and Scandinavian counterpart Funimate asking them…
Read MoreSC steps in to end chaos at Delhi borders, tells government to decide on common policy with UP and Haryana!!
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that the central government to convene a meeting between the officials from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to end the chaos over Delhi borders. The apex court has ordered the government to arrive at a consensus with regard to allowing interstate transport between Delhi and the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The decision regarding the same has to be taken within a week, by the top court. This came after a petitioner named Rohit Bhalla, a Gurugram resident, challenged the sealing of borders…
Read MoreYou have played constructive, very positive role in these difficult times’: Scott Morrison lauds PM Modi !!
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a visionary leader and lauded him for playing a “constructive and very positive role in these very difficult times”. Morrison thanked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending an invite for the virtual bilateral meet and said that PM Modi’s leadership is laudable not just within India but “broadly throughout the G20 and the Indo-Pacific”. Morrison’s comments came during his first-ever virtual bilateral summit with PM Modi on Thursday. He commended the India on its leadership on taking Chair…
Read MoreWhy Facebook Is Blocking the Sikh Hashtag From Some Users?
Facebook appears to be blocking the hashtag #Sikh for some of users. This was highlighted by a huge number of users on Twitter and independently verified by Gadgets 360 as well. Curiously, the blocking of the hashtag appears to be happening selectively, as some of the members accounts could not search for the term, but results were showing up for others. Gadgets 360 has reached out to Facebook for more details about why #Sikh was hidden, and why this appears to have been done only for some users but not…
Read MoreRobot enforces health measures as South Korea relaxes social distancing!!
The robot was jointly developed by SK Telecom and industrial automation specialist Omron Electronics in South Korea. It is intended to help enforce remaining public health measures to help prevent the transmission of Covid-19, such as temperature checks & enhanced hygiene. The upright white robot is equipped with cameras and an LED screen to show thermal images and transmits data in a real-time over SK Telecom’s 5G network. In a demonstration at the headquarters of SK Telecom, the robot greeted visitors, dispensed hand sanitiser and disinfected its surroundings using disinfectant…
Read MoreOn World Bicycle Day, Atlas Cycles announces temporary layoffs!!
On the International World Bicycle Day, which falls on June 3rd, Atlas Cycles (Haryana) Limited pasted a notice outside its production plant in Sahibabad announcing temporary lay off of its employees. Mahesh Kumar, a leader of worker union from the unit told reporters that close to a thousand workers used to work in the factory. “This notice should have been given in advance, atleast a week before to all the employees. We were called to duty for two days and then suddenly we found this notice pasted today. Many people…
Read MoreJets with enhanced protection to join PM’s fleet by September!!
Two specially modified Boeing-777 Aircraft, capable of countering missile threats, will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Air India One fleet by September-end, two people are familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The first head-of-state Boeing-777 Aircraft will arrive in India from the United States by the end of August followed by the second one a month later, they said on condition of anonymity. The planes will come equipped with self-protection suites (SPS) consisting of aircraft infrared counter measures, advanced integrated defensive electronic warfare suite and the counter-measures dispensing system to protect…
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