It’s been a year since that day and internet connectivity, including broadband usage, has been restored in the region just a few months ago. However, mobile users still have to use 2G connectivity and there are frequent shutdowns that cut them off. Here’s a look at how this has affected people in the region over the past year, as well as during the pandemic — and what it tells us about the power governments wield over people by controlling access to digital service After India became an independent nation in 1947, Jammu & Kashmir was given a special status under Article 370 of the constitution....

DataReportal‘s Digital 2021 July Global Statshot Report – published in partnership with Hootsuite and We Are Social – shows that social media continues to drive connected activity around the world, with global social media user numbers fast approaching another impressive milestone. This quarter’s data reveals some potential challenges ahead for marketers though, with the impact of changes in Apple’s privacy policies and the rollout of the EU’s ePrivacy Directive starting to appear in some of our numbers....

The term, a conceptual catch-all of interconnected virtual spaces, has surged in the cultural zeitgeist since Facebook changed its name to Meta. Once simply the domain of gamers and niche commercial applications, a mainstream embrace of extended reality seems practically inevitable. The immediate problem with this future — whether you’re excited, apprehensive, or otherwise — is that current extended reality (XR) hardware just isn’t ready for the metaverse. Not for mainstream consumers, anyway....

The models There are three models of the Honor 20 series: the Pro, the regular, and the Lite. In regards to the rest of this piece, we’re going to be focusing on the Honor 20 Pro and the Honor 20. Processors and displays Each phone uses the same Kirin 980 processor. Both displays come with: 6.26-inch IPS screens 2,340 x 1,080 resolution Excitingly, they also have a screen-to-body ratio of 91....

According to a report from 91Mobiles, the 8th-generation iPad will feature a 10.8-inch screen and a shared design scheme with the new iPad Pros. Plus, the new device will have a USB-C port, a smart connector for keyboards and other accessories, and a magnet for Apple Pencil on the side. Exciting. In May, revered Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo said that Apple will release a 10.8-inch iPad and a 9-inch iPad Air this year....

If you were born with an eye for style, it never really switches off. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, a particular shade of paint on a wall or the dye of a fabric can instantly catch your attention. But since there’s no telling when inspiration will find you, it’s best to always be prepared. The Nix Mini Color Sensor V2 is the kind of EDC item any aesthetic-conscious fashionista needs — and right now as part of the 2020 highlight sales event we’re calling TNW’s Three-Day VIP Annual Sale, it’s available for just $69....

It’s a better option than ever for potentially replacing your car — or at least helping those who don’t drive carry a whole lot of cargo. For one, the company says it lowered the center of gravity to provide a more stable ride — something you definitely want when hauling loads of groceries or a passenger or two on the rack. The company is now using custom 22 x 3-inch tires, smaller but wider than its predecessors to lower the center of gravity and provide more cushioning....

There’s no school like the old school, and that goes for game consoles as well. Even with the rise of retro consoles like the SNES Classic or the PlayStation Classic, there’s no beating the originals. But how do you hook up such old consoles to new TVs? There are a few different options available. When I went to the National Videogame Museum recently, my favorite exhibit was the mock-up 80s living room, complete with the curved-screen CRT monitor hooked up to an Intellivision....

Autonomous Vehicles (AV) hit the bottom of Gartner Hype Cycle’s trough of disillusionment in 2019-2020. Since the middle of last year, we have observed an acceleration in funding and valuation which has led to a few acquisitions. More importantly, this is further singling out a few major players which accelerate their technology development and the deployment of pilots. In addition, these select companies are aggregating an increasing number of OEMs, both light vehicles and heavy trucks, around them — the latter are shifting more of their focus to EVs and software development....

On one hand, personal safety and security are still top-of-mind for consumers, driving changes in everything from online shopping to brick-and-mortar store layouts and delivery models. On the other hand, despite a deep recession and a highly disruptive business environment, some retailers are flourishing. A starting point in approaching retailing in the time of coronavirus is to understand that it’s currently a tale of two consumers. While millions have lost their jobs, many who remained working skipped expensive vacations and were limited in attending live sports and entertainment....

Your daily routine can always use some fine tuning. From work productivity to how you spend your leisure time, there’s always something out there that can make that time spend go a little faster, work a little better, or just help you enjoy it more. The 10 apps featured as part of this deal are all efficiency beasts. In fact, if you get ‘em all and use ‘em all, then you actually end up saving so many hours that it virtually negates all time spent on these tasks....

Developer Thomas Davis built the system by training machine learning models on the key properties of 6,000 resumes. The result is Almost Real Resume, a website that spits out an endless stream of fake career highlights for tech job candidates. It gives you a new name, contact details, personal statement, work experience, and interests in a variety of formats and color schemes. But the best part is the references. Check out this one I got from my former boss Juan Carlos Carlos Carlos Martins De De De De De De Oliveira: Thank you, Juan Carlos Carlos Carlos....

And, by god, I’m in love. Once you’ve got it installed (more on that in a bit), using Bird Folder is a breeze. I merely click on this bit of my toolbar… …and then a new folder appears named after a random bird. Some examples? I now have folders called “Red-billed malkoha,” “Zambezi indigobird,” and “Slender-billed greenbul.” [Read: How Polestar is using blockchain to increase transparency] The names of the specific birds are pulled from Wikipedia, and there are almost 10,000 possible outputs....

AI startup Merlin Labs today deactivated stealth mode to announce a $25 million funding round and a partnership with Dynamic Aviation to put a fleet of 55 King Air planes in the sky without humans aboard. Merlin Labs CEO and founder Matthew George told Neural: The big idea: See a need, fill a need. Merlin Labs is taking autonomous software technology and building an artificially intelligent pilot. Autonomous fixed-wing flight might sound familiar, but there’s a huge difference between designing a remote or hybrid-controlled drone from the ground up and building a system that can fly nearly any fixed wing aircraft....

The model was trained on data from more than 2.5 million users of the COVID Symptom Study app developed at King’s College London, which anyone can download to report their daily health status. Around a third of the users had logged symptoms associated with COVID-19. Some 18,374 reported having had a test for coronavirus, 7,178 of whom had tested positive. The researchers then investigated which symptoms were most likely to be associated with a positive test — and made some striking discoveries....

The so-called macintosh.js, which is practically an Electron app pretending to be a Quadra, comes with a bunch of iconic games and software like Duke Nukem 3D, Dungeons and Dragons, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere (it’s crazy to think how long Adobe has been around). It’s also got Internet Explorer (yes, on a Mac) and Netscape, but you can’t quite use the internet on it. Even sweeter, the app works on practically all desktop systems, including macOS, Windows, and Linux....

Whether you’re pour-over person or French press fanatic, the coffee-making process is pretty straightforward and requires just three ingredients: beans, hot water, and time. But, as with nearly everything else, technology has upended even the time-tested process of brewing beans in hot water. The folks at Wilfa used newly discovered tech innovations to unearth untapped levels of precision and consistency in the fine art of coffee brewing. Their work led to the Red Dot Award-winning Precision Automatic Coffee Maker, a brew system that looks gorgeous, knocks out perfectly brewed coffee every time — and right now, is available with an extra $10 price drop down to $74....

This doesn’t help me in the least when I’m looking for something to binge — yeah, I know I went on true crime documentary spree last month, but that doesn’t mean that’s all I care about. And telling me that a certain show is a ‘72% match’ with my habits doesn’t encourage me to watch it either. That’s why I’m glad I just discovered TV Chart, a clever new Chrome extension that brings IMDb ratings to your Netflix account....

Mr. Kang-mo, alongside a raft of his executives, were found to have deceived thousands of CoinUp customers by promising returns of up to 200 percent on cryptocurrency investments, just 4-to-10 weeks after purchase. A judge also sentenced the firm’s chief financial officers, Mr. Kwon and Mr. Shinmo, to 11 years in prison. CoinUp’s “governor” Mr. Yunmo was given 7 years imprisonment, alongside his mother-in-law. Several other executives were reportedly sentenced to between six and nine years in prison....

The U.S. Department of Energy has a new goal to scale up direct air capture, a technology that uses chemical reactions to capture CO2 from air. While federal funding for carbon capture often draws criticism because some people see it as an excuse for fossil fuel use to continue, carbon removal in some form will likely still be necessary, IPCC reports show. Technology to remove carbon mechanically is in development and operating at a very small scale, in part because current methods are prohibitively expensive and energy intensive....