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6 Exciting Smartphones Rumored to Launch in India in February 2021 Even though2020 was a disastrous yearfor many, smartphone launches did not stop as companies kept unveiling new devices viavirtual events. Moving into 2021, major phone makers are now gearing up to launch their latest offerings in the market, and India, being the second-largest market in the world, is one of the top priorities. We have already seen companies like Oppolaunch 5G-supported smartphonesin India in January....

Apple Is Working to Upgrade Face ID with New Heat-Mapping Technology Fromin-display fingerprint sensorstoadvanced facial recognition technology, we have seen companies implementvarious forms of biometric authentication techinto phones over the past few years. Now, a recent patent hints that Apple is working to improve its 3D facial recognition technology, Face ID, by enabling heat mapping for facial features. The patent,“Occlusion detection for facial recognition processes”, suggests that any occlusion or obstruction of facial features can be detected and assessed by a special heat-mapping camera on a device....

Check out Windows 10X Running Perfectly on a Nokia Lumia 950 XL Microsoft unveiled a ChromeOS-like variant of Windows dubbedWindows 10Xwith the unveiling of thenow-postponed Surface Neoback in 2019. Since then, we have seen various rumors,leaks, andreportssurrounding this new OS. Now, a couple of screenshots show off that Microsoft’s ChromeOS competitor bodes well with mobile devices too, apart from working on desktops, tablets, and dual-screen devices. Now, if you are unaware, an almost-final build of the Windows 10X leaked online recently....

Kinetic Touchless Buttons Mimic a Physical Press Without Any Contact As the rise of the Coronavirus pandemic hasmade every surfacewe touch potentially life-threatening,we have seen companiesandorganizationscome up with touchless technologies to minimize physical contact with any kind of surface, especially those in public spaces. So now, a Singapore-based innovation studio has developed a new kind of touchless technology that mimics the pressing of a button without actually pressing it. Sounds confusing?...

Sony Sold Twice the Number of PlayStation 5 Units than the Xbox Series X in 2020: Report After a lot ofanticipationanddelays, Sonyfinally started selling its next-gen gaming console, the PlayStation 5, on November 12 last year. The console debuted alongside Microsoft’s offerings – the Xbox Series X and Series S. Various analysts predicted that Microsoft’s next-gen console would edge out Sony’s next-gen console. However, as per recent reports, it seems that Sony has dominated most of the markets as the PS5 sold twice as much as the Xbox consoles as of the end of 2020....

This Software Lets Disabled Gamers Play Minecraft with Their Eyes Through various means of technological innovations,we have seen organizationsand even companies likeMicrosoft make gaming easier for the disabled community. Well now, a UK-based charity organization has created a software application thatallows gamers to play Minecraft with their eyes. And the best part, it is free for all. The nonprofit organization from the UK, Special Effect, developed the free application dubbed “EyeMine” to help disabled gamers play the super-popular open-world game, Minecraft, just with their eye gaze....

Lucknow Police to Deploy AI Cameras to Read Facial Expressions of Women in Distress Indiahas been trying out various AI-based techfor many of itsnational projects. Now, in order to safeguard women, Lucknow’s Police department has taken an initiative to install several AI-based security cameras that can detect facial expressions. The idea of this project is to protect women who are in distress or being harassed in some of the city’s hotspots....