‘Flipkart Leap’ Startup Accelerator Program Launched with $25,000 Grant Flipkart on Monday launched its first startup accelerator program that it said will help new and upcoming startups grow, scale and navigate challenges. Called ‘Flipkart Leap‘, the new venture will identify ‘disruptive’ B2C (business-to-consumer) and B2B (business-to-business) startups and will conduct a 16-week virtual program. The selected startups will receive $25,000 (~Rs. 18.75 lakh) each as equity-free grant as part of Flipkart’s efforts to contribute to the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem....

Apple Might Embed Display Panels In-Between the Window Glasses of the “Apple Car” It has been quite a few months since we heard about thelong-rumored “Apple Car”. Previously, we heard that the Cupertino tech giant is working on“Advanced Headlights” for their car. Now, a recent patent suggests that Apple might embed displays into the windshield and the windows of the Apple Car for easy viewing of information. The US Patent and Trademark Office recently granted a patent by Apple dubbed “Systems with windows“....

MIT’s New Video-Conferencing Platform is All About “Impromptu Conversations” As the Coronavirus-led pandemic has locked up most of the global population indoors, working from home using the help of technology has become a norm in 2020. So, with the mandatory lockdowns in place, we have seena massive increasein the usage of video-conferencing platforms likeSkypeandZoom. However, virtual meetings still lack some of the key features of in-person meetings like those hallway talks between you and your colleague before....

Netflix and Ubisoft to Bring a New “Splinter Cell” Anime Series If you are someone who loves action-adventure games, then I am sure you have heard of Ubisoft’s popular title series, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. The first iteration of the game released way back in 2002 and the last one, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist, released 7 years back, in 2013. Although we aregetting hintsabout an upcoming Splinter Cell game, but there is no confirmation whatsoever....

These Trendy “Stoggles” Are Designed to Block Your Fingers From Touching Your Eyes After the inception of the Novel Coronavirus, we have seen different kinds of face masks pop up in the market. We have seen some high tech masks like the“Leaf” self-sterilizing face maskand thefancy mask with an LED screen. However, these masks cover our mouths and noses, but what about our eyes? This is the question that led to the creation of “Stoggles”....

This Software Can “Cloak” Faces From Face Recognition Tools With thedevelopment of facial recognition technologiesover the past few years, privacy is gradually becoming a myth for the general public. Facial recognition tools like the“Clearview AI” simply kills the concept of privacyas it can recognize anyone from its database of 3 billion pictures. So, to protect users from these kinds of facial recognition tools, scientists have developed a tool that can make minimal changes to your face in your pictures to trick most of the facial recognition tools out there in the market....

YouTuber Literally Did Nothing on a Video for Over 2 Hours; Gains Millions of Views Google-owned video streaming platform, YouTube is a place where one can find any and every type of video. We have seen YouTubers do some crazy things likebuild a Cyberbike,open 6000 tabs on Google Chromeand eventurn an 1895 video into 4K. However, we have never seen a YouTuber sitting and do nothing for over two hours and gain 1....