Cloud firm NetApp to lay off 5.5% workforce amid Covid-19

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Cloud firm NetApp to lay off 5.5% workforce amid Covid-19

California-headquartered global Cloud data services company NetApp is trimming its workforce by about 5.5 percent amid the Covid-19 pandemic, The Register reported.

Most of the affected employees are likely to be part of marketing staff and engineers and developers acquired with all-flash array vendor SolidFire in 2015, said the report on Wednesday.

The report comes ahead of the company announcement of quarterly results on Wednesday.

NetApp which currently has about 11,000 employees is “realigning resources and investments” in a bid to “position the company for long-term success,” the enterprise IT supplier told The Register in a statement.

“We continue to sharpen our focus on markets where we have both a significant presence and clear competitive advantage, specifically with our storage software and systems and cloud data services,” the statement added.

NetApp on May 27 reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020, which ended on April 24.

For the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2020, the company reported net revenues of $1.40 billion, compared to $1.59 billion in the same period last year.

In its outlook for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2021, the company said that net revenues are expected to be in the range of $1.090 billion to $1.240 billion.

Trump welcomes Indian as new US citizen at WH rite

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Trump welcomes Indian as new US citizen at WH rite

In a show of his support for legal immigration, US President Donald Trump dramatically welcomed an Indian software developer to “the great American family of citizens” in a White House ceremony during the Republican National Convention.

He introduced Sundari Narayanan “a talented software developer” who is a “phenomenal success” after she was sworn-in as a citizen on Tuesday.

Trump said that Narayanan had been in the US for 13 years and she and her husband have “two beautiful, wonderful children”.

Turning to her, he asked, “They are the apple of your life, right?” She nodded, “Yes.”

Clad in a bright pink sari with bright gold border, she added a dash of color to the ceremony in which Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf administered the oath of office to her and to four others, including a hijab-wearing veterinarian from Sudan. The others were from Bolivia, Lebanon, and Ghana.

They showed the changing face of America, a multicultural amalgam with non-White immigrants of different religions from around the world being the majority of immigrants.

Criticized by Democrats and immigration activists who conflate legal and illegal immigrants and cite Trump’s opposition to illegal migration to assert that he is anti-immigrant, the president was using the ceremony to emphasize the difference and show his support for legal immigration.

“You followed the rules, you obeyed the laws, you learned your history, embraced our values, and proved yourselves to be men and women of the highest integrity,” he said underlining they are coming to the US legally and following the rules for getting citizenship.

He said that they followed the laws although it was not easy and they went through a lot to get citizenship, the “priceless possession in the world”.

Later in the convention session, another immigrant took the stage to praise Trump and ask for to re-elect him.

That was Trump’s wife Melania, who immigrated from Slovenia.

She recalled that she had studied for the citizenship test and became a citizen through “hard work and determination”.

Trump has taken a hardline on illegal immigration, building a wall on the southern border to stop migrants and deporting illegal immigrants, especially those with criminal backgrounds. He has also temporarily stopped the granting of green cards – or immigrant visas – and H1-B professional work visas, most of which goes to India.

But he has also proposed a reform of the immigration to make it merit-based and to break the long waits for it, and changing the way the H1-B visas are granted.

During the presidential election campaign, Trump and his supporters have made illegal immigration a key issue as they had also in 2016 and accused Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden of advocating a policy of open borders.

Australian Covid-19 vaccine yields positive pre-clinical results

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Australian Covid-19 vaccine yields positive pre-clinical results

An Australian-developed Covid-19 vaccine has shown promising results in pre-clinical testing, raising hopes for its potential effectiveness and manufacturability.

The University of Queensland (UQ) released detailed results of animal trials of its vaccine candidate on Tuesday to the International Society for Vaccines, Xinhua news agency reported.

UQ’s “Molecular Clamp” vaccine works by locking on to the normally unstable, perfusion proteins on the surface of the virus, allowing the body’s immune system to respond more effectively.

“The neutralizing immune response created by our molecular clamp vaccine in animal models was better than the average level of antibodies found in patients who have recovered from Covid-19,” Project co-leader Associate Professor Keith Chappell said.

Phase 1 human trials for the drug commenced in Australia in July, prior to the current pre-clinical trial results being made public.

Chappell said if everything proceeded as planned, large-scale manufacturing efficacy assessments could move ahead before the end of the year.

“One of the big challenges in the development of vaccines is the ability to produce them at sufficient scale for widespread use,” Chappell explained.

In June, UQ revealed an agreement with Australian biotechnology giant CSL to locally manufacture millions of doses of the vaccine should it continue to prove viable throughout the rest of the trial process.

Queensland Innovation Minister Kate Jones said a vaccine was vital for putting an end to the pandemic and the team from UQ was committed to sharing their data and comparing it to the international reference standard.

“From the outset, we’ve been clear that we are racing against the virus and not against other projects, and now more than ever it is important for the scientific world to work together,” Jones said.

YouTube adds OnePlus Nord to its signature device list

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YouTube adds OnePlus Nord to its signature device list

Google has added the recently released OnePlus Nord to the YouTube Signature Devices list.

The YouTube Signature Devices program certifies smartphones that, according to Google, deliver the best YouTube-viewing experience, reports XDA Developers.

Features like HDR video, 4K video recording, high frame rate playback, good DRM performance, and VP9 codec decoding are among the required features that YouTube Signature Devices must support.

Google said it works closely with smartphone manufacturers to verify these phones meet the minimum performance standards.

It’s only after a phone has passed through Google’s rigorous testing criteria that it earns the YouTube Signature Device badge.

Earlier, OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, LG V60 ThinQ, and Motorola Edge+ devices have been added to YouTube’s Signature Device list.

Since its inception in 2018, the YouTube list has grown to over 50 devices from the biggest Android OEMs out there � which now includes the most recent OnePlus devices.

Ex-Prez Mukherjee is in deep coma

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Ex-Prez Mukherjee is in deep coma

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is in a deep coma and on ventilator support, the Army Research and Referral Hospital said on Wednesday. He has been hospitalized for the past 16 days and been critical following brain surgery.

The hospital authorities said, “Hon’ble Shri Pranab Mukherjee is being treated for a lung infection. His renal parameters are slightly deranged since yesterday.”

Last week, Mukherjee’s health condition deteriorated after he developed a lung infection. A team of specialists has been monitoring his vital and clinical parameters.

Mukherjee was also found to be Covid-19 positive when he was admitted on August 10 for the life-saving emergency surgery for a brain clot. There has been no improvement in his health status since.

The veteran leader was admitted to the hospital at 12.07 p.m. on August 10 in a critical condition.

UP Panchayat polls likely to be deferred due to pandemic

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UP Panchayat polls likely to be deferred due to pandemic

The Yogi Adityanath government has indicated that the Panchayat elections, scheduled to be held in December this year, maybe postponed for six months due to the corona pandemic.

Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Manoj Kumar Singh told reporters, “The issue is under active consideration of the government. Once the term of the Panchayati Raj bodies from the level of the village head to the Zila Panchayat head ends in December, local officers would take over as administrators and run the Panchayati Raj institutions.”

With over 52,000 village Panchayats, 61,000 block members, 821 blockheads, 3,000 Zila Panchayat members, and 75 Zila Panchayat chiefs, the election was to be held for nearly 8.50 lakh posts with a voter base of 10.50 crore — the highest in the country.

The extension of the elections by six months would take the poll process tentatively to May-June next year when the state will also be gearing up for the Assembly elections, due to be held in early 2022.

The decision on deferring local bodies elections in the rural areas in the state has also led to murmurs of dissent in the ruling BJP with leaders wanting to know that when Assembly elections can be held in Bihar in the pandemic, then why the Panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh are being deferred.

“For the state machinery also, it would be a challenge to hold the Panchayat elections and then the Assembly elections after six months,” said a senior officer in the state Election Commission.

Odisha registers record single-day spike of 3,371 corona cases

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Odisha registers record single-day spike of 3,371 corona cases

Odisha has reported 3,371 more coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike so far, taking its total cases to 87,602, the Health Department said on Wednesday.

The Covid-19 death toll increased to 441, as 13 more patients succumbed to the deadly virus during the said period in the state.

The latest deaths were reported from seven districts, including three each from Sambalpur and Sundergarh district, two each from Cuttack and Ganjam districts, and one each from Keonjhar, Khordha, and Puri districts.

Of the new cases, 2,053 were reported from quarantine centers and 1,318 were local contacts.

Khurda district recorded the highest 547 new cases, followed by Cuttack (357) and Ganjam (196). As many as 11 districts reported over 100 new cases each in the last 24 hours.

Active cases in the state increased to 27,638, with a total of 59,470 recoveries so far.

Amazon’s Hyderabad campus still has space for 8K employees: Report

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Amazon’s Hyderabad campus still has space for 8K employees: Report

Amazon’s Hyderabad campus, which is its biggest so far in the world, still has the capacity to accommodate 8,000 employees, according to a new report in The New York Times.

This 15-story campus — three amenity floors and 12 office floors — which opened last year has the capacity to accommodate 15,000 employees and currently, it is home to 7,000 employees, the report said on Tuesday.

The workforce in this office largely comprises tech teams focused mainly on using Machine Learning and software development to innovate services.

Sprawling over 9.7 acres, the Hyderabad campus is the online retail giant’s biggest when compared to its other offices around the world.

Amazon, which has also faced protests from the country’s retail industry groups from time to time over concerns of crushing competition, says that the total built-up area of the Hyderabad office when spread out will span over 68 acres — approximately 65 football fields.

The campus contains over 2.5 times more steel than the Eiffel Tower, measured by weight, Amazon earlier said in a blog post.

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) which claims to represent seven crore traders and over 40,000 trade associations have time protested against what it describes as deep discounting and unfair means by Amazon and Flipkart, which has impacted the offline traders.

Amazon also faced criticism after it announced the start of Amazon Pharmacy in Bengaluru this month.

The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), which claims to represent more than 850,000 members across the country demanded that the government should immediately stop these “illegal online pharmacies”.

While retailers suffered during the pandemic, Amazon saw a sharp spike in demand for its services.

Anushka Sharma: We owe it to each other to stay cautious during pandemic

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Anushka Sharma: We owe it to each other to stay cautious during pandemic

Actress Anushka Sharma is keen to see Bollywood bounce back after the COVID pandemic and feels the industry is good at taking precautions.

“Our industry is very good at taking precautions to ensure the safety of the cast and crew. Going forward, the atmosphere on set will definitely be different, but we all need to embrace the changes as we know there is a good reason for these. We owe it to each other to stay cautious during this pandemic,” said the actress.

The pandemic has made Anushka introspective. “Living in the moment is the only thing that makes sense to me now, it makes me feel calm. The minute I start planning or thinking of the future, I have to bring myself to the present and deal with what I have to deal with right now,” she said.

Anushka is happy that she has achieved a work-life balance after over three years of trying to perfect it since her wedding. She says she is happy that she has become less judgemental.

“I’ve been introspective over the last three years. I don’t want to think that my only value is what I’ve achieved in life. Peace of mind is my priority and I’m happy that I have become more compassionate and less judgmental,” she says.

Karnataka ready to resume interstate bus services

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Karnataka ready to resume interstate bus services

The Karnataka government is ready to restart interstate bus services to four states and Puducherry and is awaiting their nod, a minister said.

“From our end, we are all set to restart bus operations to these states, Telangana, Goa, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. We are also ready to restart services to Puducherry, but not Maharashtra,” said Transport Minister Laxman Savadi.

He said, the state government has already corresponded with its counterparts in these states and is awaiting their nod to resume operations after the coronavirus enforced disruption. Savadi said the neighboring state governments are yet to respond to the letter correspondence.

According to Savadi, the state government went ahead with the bus service restoration idea after the new guidelines emerged from the Central government, easing most of the earlier restrictions.

On Monday, the Karnataka government lifted almost all the restrictions it put in place for interstate travelers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic under Unlock 3.0.

The state has discontinued registration on the Seva Sindhu portal, medical checkups at state borders, screening at receiving centres in the districts, categorization of passengers, hand stamping, and fortnight quarantine.

It also waived off isolation and testing, posters on the doors of the infected persons, intimation to neighbors, and monitoring by Panchayat or ward level teams, among others, for all asymptomatic arrivals.

Only for symptomatic interstate travelers, it advised self-isolation and medical attention according to the latest protocol.

The minister said the state will take some more time to restore bus services with Maharashtra as it is still reeling under the COVID pandemic.

In all likelihood, Karnataka will take a call on resuming services to Maharashtra in September.

Currently, interstate bus services have only been resumed to Andhra Pradesh. In normal times, the southern state used to ply as many as 2,500 government buses to its neighboring states using its state road transport corporations’ buses.

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) operates services in 17 of the 30 districts across the state and also to Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.

The corporation has about 8,650 buses and ferries around 30 lakh passengers daily in normal circumstances.

40 new Covid-19 cases in Agra, 30 in Mathura

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40 new Covid-19 cases in Agra, 30 in Mathura

The Agra district administration is prepared to contain the spread of Covid-19 which has dented economic activities in Agra, Mathura, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, and Kasganj.

With a leap in daily testing, the state health department has streamlined the medical infrastructure in the last four months. Continuous sanitation and conducting training in health camps for people and paramedical staff have contributed in a big way to stall the infection spread and lower the mortality rate. The overall recovery rate remains healthy, say, medical college doctors.

In the past 24 hours, there were 40 fresh cases in Agra, followed by 30 in Mathura, 25 in Mainpuri, 29 in Etah, 10 in Firozabad, and 28 in Kasganj.

The number of active cases in Agra is 296. The number of samples collected is 1,02,958 and 2,189 patients have recovered.

An additional city Magistrate and two of his staffers were found COVID-positive on Tuesday. The office has been sealed for two days for sanitization.

The SN Medical College management has directed doctors to conduct two COVID tests before undertaking any surgery, to ensure that the medical staff is secured against the coronavirus.

A health department official said the seven hospitals in Agra now have 1,055 beds for COVID patients, out of which only 94 were occupied while 165 patients were in home isolation.

Medical practitioners in Agra foresee a mini population explosion early 2021, as a large number of migrants have returned, people are forced to stay back home and there has been a disruption in the supply of family planning campaign material and contraceptives.

Another notable feature in the current battle against Covid-19 that has come to light is the contribution of women warriors. Almost 70 percent of the health force consists of lady doctors, paramedical staff, the Asha, Sangini, and ANM workers who collect samples, sanitize and distribute medicines and also counsel anxious patients.

Agra district has 2,395 Asha volunteers and 120 Sangini volunteers in addition to hundreds of ANMs.

Top 5 fat burning recipes to lose excess body fat

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Top 5 fat burning recipes to lose excess body fat

Fat burning recipes can be tried out to lose weight. They are easy to prepare and are tasty as well. These quick weight loss recipes are worth trying out. Losing weight needs effort.

It is not easy to lose weight and also maintain lost pounds. There are ways to lose weight quickly and burn off that excessive fat. It is best to try out fat burning recipes.

It is worth trying out good fat burning recipes and thus lose weight. What one eats and drinks does matter. It is important to have a diet that not only tastes good but also sheds off the fat.

Being slim is not so easy if one is overweight. Apart from workouts, food also plays an important role in losing weight. Dieting can be monotonous and naturally tasty mouth-watering fat loss recipes can be tried out.

Healthy fat-burning recipes

Banana and almond butter toast

The breakfast can be simple and also taste delicious. Banana and almond butter toast is tasty. Banana, almond butter, and bread are the ingredients. It is an excellent source of potassium, protein, low-fat carbs, as well as healthy monounsaturated fat. It is possible to have it for breakfast or even a snack whenever the cravings occur. Quick weight loss recipes are worth trying out.

Blueberry pancakes with oats

The next meal is a blueberry pancake prepared with oats. Pancakes are popular American breakfast. However, pancakes have a lot of unhealthy amount of sugar and bad carbs. Blueberry oat pancakes are rather full of natural and delicious ingredients that will keep a person on one’s feet throughout the day. The ingredients for such pancakes are oats, cottage cheese, eggs, vanilla extract, blueberries, and Greek-style yogurt. No syrup is required for such pancakes.

Tart cherries protein-rich shake

This protein shake can be prepared within minutes and requires very simple ingredients. The main ingredient of course are tart cherries. Studies do indicate that tart cherries do easily burn belly fat and can even help to lower cholesterol as well as blood fat.

Apple Cider Vinegar

This is not a whole meal or even a snack. It is something you can repeat daily for guaranteed results. It can lower blood sugar levels, it can decrease insulin levels, it can also improve one’s metabolism and reduce one’s fat storage, it can burn fat, and it can suppress one’s appetite.

Oatmeal

Oatmeal can be had for breakfast. It is loaded with fiber and tastes great with fruit or other flavors. It can be had with a combination of other foods such as with some banana, a little peanut butter, and a hint of cinnamon.

Losing weight can indeed be a very grueling and difficult thing to try out. It requires a lot of hard work and perseverance as well as patience. Diet does play an important role and that too delicious tasty snacks that can be nourishing as well help in weight loss. It is necessary to stick to diet. Having tasty and good foods, makes dieting easy. It is like normal eating.

Some people are surprised to learn that burning fat as well as losing weight can be done by eating such nutritious and delicious foods. One will enjoy dieting. It does not matter how many calories a person burns local gym’s treadmill if a person does not replace those calories with high-quality carbs, clean protein, and plenty of fiber and water

It is worth trying out these recipes to reduce bloat, cut out excess flab, and eliminate inflammation. Fat burning foods do help in losing weight.

Keep healthy by losing weight. Eat delicious fat burning foods that are easy to prepare.

 

T20 Blast: Joe Root to play for Yorkshire in their opening game

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T20 Blast: Joe Root to play for Yorkshire in their opening game

England Test captain Joe Root is set to play his first T20 match since May 2019 when he plays for Yorkshire in their opening clash of T20 Blast competition against Nottinghamshire in Headingley on Thursday.

According to Yorkshire Cricket’s official website, Root has asked the England management to allow him to get some game time in T20 cricket, a format he is not an automatic choice for in international cricket.

A decision on his further availability will be made after the game. “We’re going to have Joe back for Thursday,” confirmed coach Andrew Gale on Tuesday morning.

“I spoke to Rooty last night, and he’s chomping at the bit.

“He’s got a point to prove not being in the England T20 set-up, which is a good thing for us.

“I’m not quite sure how many games he will play.

“He’s definitely going to play on Thursday. England is making a selection on the Australian T20I series on Sunday night. So he might play on Sunday (Derbyshire at home) and Monday (Notts away) as well. Everything’s a bit up in the air.

“I just see anything as a bonus because we didn’t expect to have him at all,” he added.

The 29-year-old has so far played 32 T20Is for England in which he has scored 893 runs with a strike rate of over 125.

England is scheduled to next play Pakistan in the three-match T20I series beginning Friday. After that, they will face Australia in three T20Is from September 4.

Realme C12: Huge battery, impressive design in a budget

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Realme C12: Huge battery, impressive design in a budget

Expanding its affordable smartphone portfolio, handset maker Realme has launched a C12 device, with a massive 6000mAh battery and premium features for the price-conscious India market.

The Realme C12 is available in one variant which is (3GB+32GB) priced at Rs 8,999 and comes in two color options — Power Blue and Power Silver.

The USP is a 6000mAh battery along with impressive design at the back in a budget.

Let us see how the device fares that house a three-card slot (dual SIM+ MicroSD) and can support up to 256GB memory.

There are several budget smartphones out there and Realme C12 enters the fray with an attractive design, massive battery, and decent performance.

The device features a 13MP AI triple square-shaped camera module at the top left corner of the back along with an LED flash and a fingerprint sensor neatly situated in the top center which worked well.

The rear camera setup also includes a 2MP monochrome sensor and a 2MP sensor with an f/2.4 macro lens.

The device offers additional features such as chroma boost, portrait mode, black and white mode, and slow-motion video recording.

The smartphone did produce some good pictures but lacked sharpness especially with the indoor ones.

When recording the slow-motion videos, the device produced better quality videos.

The device houses the power button and the volume rocker on the right side while the SIM and microSD card tray is on the left side.

At the bottom, the device houses a micro-USB charging port, primary microphone and speaker, along with a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The Realme C12 is equipped with a 6.5-inch touchscreen smooth HD+fullscreen (720×1,600 pixels) display with a 20:9 aspect ratio.

On the front, the device comes with a teardrop notch at the top of the display which houses the camera. The brightness of the display worked well in both low and sharp light conditions.

It has a 5MP in-display selfie camera with an f/2.4 aperture and provides multiple functions such as the AI beauty mode and portrait mode.

The front camera also supports a “Panoselfie” mode, enabling users to take wider selfies.

The Realme C12 smartphone packs MediaTek Helio G35 SoC processor and is powered by the LPDDR4X RAM and comes with Realme’s own UI. It runs the Android 10 operating system (OS).

Along with a massive battery, the smartphone also supports reverse charging. On normal usage, it lasted for nearly two days on a single charge.

Gaming enthusiasts, kindly note that while playing PUBG Mobile and Asphalt 9: Legends, the device worked well in basic settings. We didn’t face any lag and the quality of graphics was just okay at this price point.

Also, basic daily tasks went smoothly.

Conclusion: Realme C12 comes with a massive battery and premium features to give some tough competition in the under Rs 10,000 segment.

The youth who are looking to buy a good budget gaming smartphone, this device may fulfill their expectations.

‘You’re the GOAT’: Indian cricket fraternity hails James Anderson

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‘You’re the GOAT’: Indian cricket fraternity hails James Anderson

Indian cricket fraternity has heaped praise on James Anderson after he became the first fast-bowler in the history of Test cricket to claim 600 wickets.

Anderson achieved the feat after he dismissed Pakistan, captain Azhar Ali, on Day 5 of the third Test which ended in a draw at the Ages Bowl in Southampton on Tuesday.

“Well done James Anderson…this milestone is just greatness…156 Test matches as fast bowler is just unthinkable…u will make every young fast bowler believe that greatness is achievable,” former India captain and current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said in a tweet.

Sachin Tendulkar said: “What an incredible achievement James Anderson. Many congratulations on your feat. 600 wickets in Test Cricket over a span of 17 years for a fast bowler is a testament to your grit, perseverance, and accurate bowling.”

“Congratulations James Anderson for this outstanding achievement of 600 wickets. Definitely one of the best bowlers I’ve faced,” said current Team India skipper Virat Kohli.

Anderson is now the fourth-highest wicket-taker of all time in Test cricket behind Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets), Shane Warne (708) and Anil Kumble (619). Among fast bowlers, the 38-year-old is followed by Glenn McGrath (563), Courtney Walsh (519) and his long-time new-ball partner Stuart Broad (514).

“Never thought I’d see in my lifetime a fast bowler take 600 test wickets! It’s not just the quantity but the quality with which he has bowled – be it slow or fast wickets, bounce or no bounce, seam or no seam, for him conditions never mattered! Sir James Anderson, you are the #GOAT,” tweeted Yuvraj Singh.

VVS Laxman said: “For a fast-bowler to play 156 Test matches is an incredible achievement, a testament of his endurance. And becoming the first fast bowler to 600 test wickets is a just reward for the hard work & the passion with which James Anderson has played his cricket. Many congratulations.”

“The legend of #JimmyAnderson grows with every ball, every innings, and every game. Congratulations on 600 Test wickets and counting…,” tweeted Mohammad Kaif.

“Great skills and even greater performer James Anderson #600wickets #test,” said Irfan Pathan.

Samsung Galaxy S21 series may get S-Pen support in 2021

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Samsung Galaxy S21 series may get S-Pen support in 2021

South Korean tech giant Samsung is likely to launch the 2021 flagship Galaxy S21 series with S-Pen support.

According to a report from The Elec Korea, the Galaxy S20’s successor, referred to as the Galaxy S21, will come with an S Pen but only on the Ultra variant.

Samsung will reportedly launch three devices under the Galaxy S21 line, namely the S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra. The S21 lineup is set to be launched in the first half of next year.

The Galaxy S21 is reportedly codenamed “Unbound” with variants: M1, N2, and O3. The S Pen will apparently arrive with the O3 model.

According to the report, Samsung may discontinue the Galaxy Note and instead launch an S-Pen enabled Galaxy Z Fold 3 too next year.

“If Samsung decides to end the Note series, the only flagship that will be launched instead, every year, is the Fold series of Smartphones”.

Currently, Samsung is capable of producing roughly 600,000 foldable panels every month and plans an end goal of 1 million folding displays per month by the end of the year.

The company also ships about 10 million Galaxy Note devices every year.

Samsung retained the top spot in the global smartphone market with selling nearly 55 million units in Q2, according to Gartner.

Marvel’s Avengers game to get early access on Google Stadia

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Marvel’s Avengers game to get early access on Google Stadia

Marvel’s Avengers by Square Enix is one of the exciting new games coming to Google’s Cloud gaming service Stadia on September 1 with 72-hour early access.

Square Enix is already available on pre-orders for a while on other platforms such as Xbox, Steam, and PlayStation but Google Stadia was left out, reports 9to5Google.

A key difference between Stadia and other platforms that have early access is the lack of a requirement to buy the game via pre-order. Early access also comes with the Marvel Legacy outfits.

Developed by Crystal Dynamics, Marvel’s Avengers will reportedly offer both co-op and single-player gameplay along with a wealth of familiar faces including Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, and Thor.

Stadia Pro members received five new games for free with Stadia Pro this month.

Five new games for free with Stadia Pro are Strange Brigade, Kona, Metro 2033 Redux, Just Shapes And Beats as well as Rock of Ages 3: Make And Break.

The US-based search engine giant also announced a new Stadia experiment that lets users play games on mobile devices over 4G and 5G cellular networks.

In addition, Google has finally started testing YouTube live streaming for Stadia Cloud gaming service alongside exclusive “Crowd Play” features.

North Korean hacking group using LinkedIn to attack crypto firms

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North Korean hacking group using LinkedIn to attack crypto firms

The infamous North Korean Lazarus group is back and this time, the hackers belonging to the group are targeting cryptocurrency organizations by sending phishing emails via Microsoft-owned LinkedIn.

According to the researchers at global cybersecurity firm F-Secure, a system administrator from the target organization received a phishing document via their personal LinkedIn account.

“The document masqueraded as a legitimate job advert for a role in a blockchain technology company that matched the employee’s skills,” F-Secure said in a statement.

Though the document on the target’s host had been altered to remove malicious content after execution, F-Secure assessed that the original document was the same, or similar to, a sample publicly available on internet security website VirusTotal.

According to data by VirusTotal, the original malicious content was created in 2019.

In 2019, F-Secure uncovered technical details on Lazarus Group’s modus operandi during an investigation of an attack on an organization in the cryptocurrency vertical.

“Lazarus Group’s activities are a continued threat: the phishing campaign associated with this attack has been observed continuing into 2020, raising the need for awareness and ongoing vigilance among organizations operating in the targeted verticals,” the cybersecurity firm said.

Earlier this year, the hacker group stole cryptocurrency from Mac and Windows users.

Lazarus was also involved in stealing nearly $600 million worth of crypto between 2017 and 2018.

“There is evidence in recent reporting of Lazarus Group leveraging similar techniques to those observed in this campaign, such as the preference of LinkedIn as a delivery medium, to compromise organizations in other verticals,” F-Secure said.

“It is F-Secure’s assessment that the group will continue to target organizations within the cryptocurrency vertical while it remains such a profitable pursuit, but may also expand to target supply chain elements of the vertical to increase returns and longevity of the campaign”.

In July this year, reports surfaced that North Korea-based hackers have engaged in a large scale digital skimming activity since May 19, breaking into online stores like international fashion chain Claires to insert malicious code that steals payment card details of the users in the US and Europe.

In June, a ZDNet report said India was among six nations that may see a large cyber attack in the form of Covid-19 themed phishing campaign from North Korean state hackers.

“The attack is part of the Lazarus Group’s large-scale campaign targeting more than 50 lakh individuals and businesses, including small and large enterprises, across six countries: India, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, the UK, and the US, according to the report.

Telangana sees biggest single-day spike in Covid cases

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Telangana sees biggest single-day spike in Covid cases

In the biggest single-day spike, Telangana on Wednesday reported 3,018 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 1,11,688.

The death toll also rose to 780 with 10 more people succumbing to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said.

This is the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in March that the state has registered over 3,000 new cases in a single day. It came a day after the state saw the biggest jump of 2,579 new COVID cases.

Officials explained that the number of cases increased with the ramping up of tests. During the last 24 hours, the state conducted 61,040 tests, breaking the previous day’s record of 52,933 tests.

According to a media bulletin issued from the office of the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, this has taken the total number of tests done so far to 10,82,094.

Under flak from various quarters for its poor testing, the Telangana government doubled the daily number of tests. During the last four days, over 1.90 lakh tests were conducted.

A total of 16 government and 31 private laboratories are conducting RT-PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT types of tests while there are 1,076 rapid antigen test centers. However, the authorities have not been providing a breakup of the type of tests conducted.

The samples tested per million population mounted to 29,146 against a daily testing target of 5,600 per day as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) benchmark of 140 per million per day. The results of 1,176 samples were awaited.

Health officials said the case fatality rate in the state came down further to 0.69 percent against the national average of 1.84 percent. Out of the total fatalities, 53.87 percent had comorbidities.

The number of cases in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) spiked on Wednesday with an increase in overall numbers. The state capital reported 475 cases against 295 the previous day. Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy district abutting GHMC reported 204 and 247 new cases respectively. Sangareddy, another district bordering the state capital, saw 88 new cases.

Outside the GHMC and surrounding districts, Nalgonda was the worst affected district with 190 new cases followed by Khammam with 161 cases, Warangal Urban with 139 cases, Nizamabad with 136 cases, and Karimnagar 127 cases. Jagtiyal reported 100 new infections, Bhadradri Kothagudem 95, Siddipet 88, Peddapalli 85, and Mahabubabad 60.

During the last 24 hours, 1,060 people recovered from COVID, taking the total number of recoveries to 85,223. The state’s recovery rate stands at 76.30 percent against the national average of 75.92 percent.

The number of active cases in the state stands at 25,685 including 19,113 in-home/institutional isolation.

Age-wise COVID positive details show that 65.3 percent of those tested positive were in the age group of 21-50 years. Terming this as a susceptible age group, authorities have urged them not to go out unless absolutely necessary. They were advised to strictly exercise precautions like wearing face masks and maintain physical distancing.

Among COVID positive cases, 24.71 percent are above 51 years of age. About 10 percent were aged below 20 years.

Officials said 64.41 percent of those tested positive were male, while the remaining 35.59 percent were female.

According to the media bulletin, out of 20,396 beds in the government-run hospitals, 17,958 beds were vacant.

India’s Covid tally crosses 32L, toll nears 59.5K

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India’s Covid tally crosses 32L, toll nears 59.5K

With 67,151 fresh coronavirus infections in 24 hours, India’s tally mounted to 32,34,474 on Wednesday, while the death toll climbed to 59,449 with 1,059 more fatalities, said the Health Ministry.

The actual caseload is the active cases, which currently stands at 7,07,267. The silver lining is that the recoveries are over three times more than the active cases.

The country breached the 30-lakh mark on August 23 and added more than two lakh fresh COVID cases in just three days.

Recoveries have crossed the 24-lakh mark and surged to 24,67,758 with 63,173 more people recuperating in the past 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 75.92 percent.

Out of the total active cases, 2.7 percent of patients are on oxygen support, 1.92 percent of patients in intensive care units (ICU), and 0.29 percent are on ventilator support.

In India the fatality rate, which is the proportion of people who die from the disease among individuals diagnosed, has dropped to 1.84 percent, the Health Ministry said.

As per the Ministry’s data, 87 percent of deaths due to coronavirus were recorded among people aged 45 and above, while people in the 60-years and above category were among the 51 percent of total deaths. Meanwhile, the mortality rate among people under 26 years of age was 2 percent.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative of 3,76,51,512 samples have been tested till August 25 with 8,23,992 samples being tested on Tuesday.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 6,93,398 cases and 22,465 deaths; followed by Tamil Nadu with 3,85,352 cases and 6,614 deaths. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, and Bihar come next.

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