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HP Omen 16 (2022), Omen 17 (2022), Victus 15 (2022), Victus 16 (2022) Gaming Laptops Launched in India

HP Omen 16 (2022), Omen 17 (2022), Victus 15 (2022), and Victus 16 (2022) were launched in India on Thursday as the company’s latest gaming laptops. The laptops are powered by 12th-generation Intel Core and AMD Ryzen 6000 series processors. In addition to the new gaming laptops, HP introduced the Omen 45L, 40L, 25L, and Victus 15L desktops. The new Victus desktop comes in both Intel and AMD Ryzen options. The entire new range of HP gaming PCs and laptops come with Omen Gaming Hub that includes a range of customisations.

HP Omen 16 (2022), Omen 17 (2022), Victus 15 (2022), Victus 16 (2022) price in India

HP Omen 16 (2022) price in India starts at Rs. 1,09,999, and the laptop is available in a Shadow Black colour option. The HP Omen 17 (2022), on the other hand, starts at Rs. 1,99,999 and will go on sale from August. The HP Victus 15 (2022) will be available from July with a price starting at Rs. 67,999, while the Victus 16 (2022) is already available with an initial price tag of Rs. 84,999.

Alongside the laptops, the HP Omen 45L, Omen 40L, and Omen 25L desktops are available starting at Rs. 1,49,999. The Victus 15L desktop, however, is on sale at an initial price of Rs. 93,999.

In May, HP introduced the Omen 16 (2022) and Victus 15 (2022) in the US. The PC maker also unveiled its Omen and Victus gaming desktops at CES 2022 in January.

HP Omen 16 (2022) specifications

The HP Omen 16 (2022) features a 16.1-inch IPS display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and up to QHD resolution and 165Hz refresh rate. It is powered by up to a 12th-generation Intel Core i7-12700H or AMD Ryzen RX 6650M processor, along with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM and up to 2TB PCIe SSD storage. The laptop also includes a keyboard with up to RGB lighting.

HP Omen 17 (2022) specifications

The HP Omen 17 (2022) also has specifications similar to that of the Omen 16 (2022), though it comes with a larger, 17.3-inch display.

HP Victus 15 (2022) specifications

The HP Victus 15 (2022) comes with a 15.6-inch display and is powered by up to a 12th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, with Nvidia RTX 3050Ti graphics. The laptop also includes a Temporal Noise Reduction (TNR) technology that is claimed to help reduce noise in videos.

HP Victus 16 (2022) specifications

The HP Victus 16 (2022) comes with a 16.1-inch display that has up to full-HD resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. The laptop also comes with Eyesafe low-blue light emission technology. Under the hood, it has up to an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor, along with up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050Ti graphics and maximum 32GB of DDR5-4800MHz RAM. The laptop comes with a backlit keyboard with the memorable font that is available on Omen devices and integrated power button as well as calculator quick keys.

HP has provided wide rear vents along with four-way airflow and a two-heat pipe design on the Victus 16 (2022). The laptop packs up to 512GB of PCIe NVMe TLC SSD storage.

HP Omen 45L, Omen 40L, and 25L specifications

The HP Omen 45L, 40L, and 25L desktops come with up to Intel Core i7-12700K processor, along with up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics with 10GB dedicated memory. Specifically, the Omen 40L includes HyperX 32GB DDR4 RAM.

HP Omen 45L come with up to Intel Core i7-12700K processor
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HP has designed the new desktops with an Omen CRYO Chamber that is claimed to harness ambient air and integrated fans to minimise overheating. Further, the desktops come with Omen Gaming Hub that enable overlocking to software-based fan control, BIOS access, and RAM frequency. The machines come with tempered glass panels and full metal body, tool-free entrance, and complete RGB control.

HP Victus 15L specifications

The HP Victus 15L is powered by an Intel Core i7-12700F processor, along with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics with 8GB of dedicated graphics. The desktop also comes in an AMD Ryzen 7 5700G processor option. It includes a customisable RGB logo.

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Five Planets Align in Rare Occurrence, Earth’s Moon to Join the Formation This Week

Stargazers may want to glue their eyes to the night sky this week as a stellar formation of celestial bodies is set to take place. In a rare occurrence, five planets will appear aligned in order in the predawn sky along with the moon. The planets namely Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will align in order of their proximity to the Sun and form a breathtaking parade. While it may be not surprising to spot two or three bright planets in the sky, the formation of five planets is quite rare. Such alignment hasn’t been seen in the last 158 years after it occurred on March 5, 1864.

What’s more exciting is that the event will also witness the Moon making its appearance in the lineup, reported Space.com. It will be seen joining the array of planets from June 23 to June 25.

The five planets had already remained aligned in the month of June but will be now getting more visible at the end of the month. They will appear forming an arc stretched out in the sky from the east-northeast to the due south.

The planets will show up in the sequence in which they revolve around the Sun. This means that while observing the formation from the east-northeast, one would first spot Mercury followed by Venus, Mars, Jupiter and then Saturn.

In the spectacular lineup, Saturn will be the first one to get visible and will make its appearance around the middle of the night. It will remain observable into the predawn hours after which Jupiter and Mars will show up. Venus is likely to appear at the break of dawn and 30 to 40 minutes later, Mercury will also be seen.

After passing through the vicinity of the planets in the last few days, the moon will lodge itself in the space between Mars and Venus from June 23 to June 25. Its appearance can also help determine the position of Earth in the lineup.

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Samsung ISOCELL HP3 200-Megapixel Image Sensor Unveiled With Super QPD Auto-Focus Technology



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Xiaomi 12 Ultra With Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC Hinted to Launch on July 5

Xiaomi 12 Ultra will reportedly launch on July 5. The tech company is expected to tease the arrival of the smartphone from June 28. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun had announced this week that the Chinese tech giant is preparing to launch a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC-powered handset in July, which was believed to be the Xiaomi 12 Ultra. Key specifications regarding the smartphone were leaked earlier this month including that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra will come with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB storage.

According a recent report by Hong Kong-based tech media platform Tech Going, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra will launch on July 5 along with the Asus ROG 6 series smartphones. The Chinese company is also said to start releasing the official teasers of the Xiaomi 12 Ultra on June 28 in China. Interestingly, the report added that they got the information from a tipster without a good track record, so there are chances that this leak may be false too.

Lei Jun, the CEO of Xiaomi had announced recently that the company will launch a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC-powered handset in July. This handset is expected to be the Xiaomi 12 Ultra, although the company hasn’t officially revealed the name of the upcoming smartphone.

As mentioned earlier, some key specifications of the Xiaomi 12 Ultra was leaked earlier this month. The smartphone is said to sport a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate. An earlier leak had suggested that the phone will feature a 6.6-inch AMOLED 2K (1,440×3,200 pixels) curved display with 20:9 aspect ratio, 120Hz refresh rate, and up to 1,700 nits of peak brightness.

To recall, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra is expected to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC paired with 8GB or 12GB RAM and 256GB or 512GB UFS 3.1 inbuilt storage.

For optics, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra is said to offer a triple rear camera setup headlined by a 50-megapixel camera with optical image stabilisation (OIS). It is said to come with a 48-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and a 48-megapixel periscope telephoto shooter that has a 5x optical zoom. There could be another time-of-flight (ToF) sensor and laser AF. For selfies and video calls, the smartphone from Xiaomi is expected to feature a 20-megapixel front camera. Another report earlier this month also hinted that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra could become the first smartphone to come with the iconic red logo of the German camera maker Leica.

The Xiaomi 12 Ultra is expected to come with a 4,800mAh battery with support for 67W wired as well as 50W wireless charging. A report this February had indicated that the phone will get a 4,860mAh battery with 120W fast charging. The phone is tipped to run Android 12 out-of-the-box and get a dual speaker setup.

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Researchers Unravel The Origin And Composition Of Red Spot On Pluto’s Moon Charon

Combining data obtained from several sources, scientists have managed to unravel the mystery behind the red cap on Pluto’s moon Charon and its composition. NASA’s interplanetary space probe New Horizons had captured the reddish region on the top of Charon and collected data in 2015. After the encounter, scientists soon speculated that the tholin-like material on Pluto’s moon could be synthesized by breaking down methane molecules with the help of ultraviolet light.

However, now, scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) combined data from the New Horizons mission, exospheric modeling, and laboratory experiments to describe the red spot and shed more light on its origin.

“Prior to New Horizons, the best Hubble images of Pluto revealed only a fuzzy blob of reflected light. In addition to all the fascinating features discovered on Pluto’s surface, the flyby revealed an unusual feature on Charon, a surprising red cap centred on its north pole,” said SwRI’s Randy Gladstone, a member of the New Horizons science team.

The tholins, on the red spot, tend to escape from the surface of Pluto and get frozen upon reaching Charon’s polar region during long winter nights. These are basically sticky organic residues that are the result of chemical reactions powered by light.

“Our findings indicate that drastic seasonal surges in Charon’s thin atmosphere, as well as light breaking down the condensing methane frost, are key to understanding the origins of Charon’s red polar zone,” said SwRI’s Dr. Ujjwal Raut, lead author of the study published in Science Advances.

For the study, the team replicated conditions on Charon’s surface at SwRI’s new Center for Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Science Experiments (CLASSE). They analysed the composition and colour of the hydrocarbons produced in Charon’s winter hemisphere and fed the data into a new model of Charon. This helped them demonstrate how methane was breaking down into residue on Charon’s north pole. According to Raut, their “‘dynamic photolysis” experiment offered information on the role of interpolantary Lyman-alpha in the formation of Charon’s red material.

After conducting experiments, the researchers used a model to estimate the distribution of complex hydrocarbons that emerged in the decomposition of methane under ultraviolet light. “We think ionizing radiation from the solar wind decomposes the Lyman-alpha-cooked polar frost to synthesize increasingly complex, redder materials responsible for the unique albedo on this enigmatic moon,” said Raut. He added that as ethane is less volatile than methane it stays frozen on the Charon’s surface for long after spring sunrise. “Exposure to the solar wind may convert ethane into persistent reddish surface deposits contributing to Charon’s red cap,” Raut said.

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Meta Is Expanding Its NFT Testing to Instagram Stories, Reveals Mark Zuckerberg

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg addressed creators on Wednesday announcing that the parent company of Facebook and Instagram will begin testing the display of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Instagram Stories using its augmented reality platform named Spark AR. After launching an initial test of NFT display options on Instagram back in May, Meta is now expanding the test pool for the option, while it’s also planning to bring NFT display to Facebook as well, “starting with a small group of US creators.”

Speaking on the integration of NFTs into Meta’s apps, Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook, “We’re expanding our test so more creators around the world can display their NFTs on Instagram.” The company also stated in an announcement, “Creators and collectors will be able to share their digital collectibles across Facebook and Instagram after we begin rolling out the feature on Facebook with select US creators at a later date.”

Zuckerberg had first mentioned the integration of NFTs on Instagram back in March which he followed up with a video in May stating that the team at Meta had begun work on integrating digital collectibles for its metaverse and Reality Labs plan, and also across the company’s family of apps.

Back in May, Zuckerberg had also stated that user’s part of test group will be able to post NFTs at no-cost by linking their third-party digital wallets in-app. The NFTs will get a special “shimmer” around the photo with attribution to both the creator and the owner.

The blockchain networks that are supported for the feature include Ethereum and Polygon, with Flo wand Solana launching soon, a company spokesperson confirmed with The Block. Third-party wallets that’ll be compatible with the platform include Rainbow, MetaMask, and Trust Wallet, with Coinbase, Dapper and Phantom.

Earlier this week, Meta also announced it would join with other tech companies to create a metaverse standards body. The group intends to build the next version of the web and develop a shared ethos for Web 3 and the metaverse. Some of the companies who joined the initiative include Adobe, Epic Games, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Qualcomm; Apple was noticeably missing from the pack.

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Hunter Schafer Cast in Hunger Games Prequel Movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has joined the cast of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games prequel movie The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

The movie is being adapted from Suzanne Collins’ 2020 book of the same name, which takes place decades before Katniss Everdeen’s — played by Jennifer Lawrence in the movie tetralogy — adventures in The Hunger Games.

Schafer joins Tom Blyth, and West Side Story stars Rachel Zegler and Josh Andrés Rivera in the prequel.

On Tuesday, Nick Benson, Laurel Marsden, Lilly Cooper, Luna Steeples and Hiroki Berrecloth were reportedly added to the cast.

The story of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes revolves around Coriolanus Snow, an ambitious boy who eventually becomes the tyrannical leader of the dystopian country of Panem.

Blyth will play the young Snow, while Zegler is taking on the role of Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. Rivera plays Snow’s close friend Sejanus Plinth.

Schafer will play Tigris Snow, Coriolanus’s cousin and confidante, who advises him in everything — from his role as mentor to the core of his moral compass.

The latest draft of the screenplay is by Michael Lesslie, who builds on the work of writers Suzanne Collins and Michael Arndt.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be produced by Nina Jacobson and her producing partner Brad Simpson, along with Francis Lawrence. Suzanne Collins, Tim Palen, and Jim Miller will serve as executive producers.

Schafer made her acting debut portraying Jules in the HBO critically acclaimed series Euphoria. She is currently working on the film Cuckoo by director Tilman Singer.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set to open on November 17, 2023, in cinemas worldwide.

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Android Auto for Mobile Screens App Being Pulled Down; Replaced by Google Assistant Driving Mode: Report

Google has started taking away the Android Auto screen from phones after about seven years, according to a report. Back in August last year, Google had confirmed that it be shutting down the standalone Android Auto for Phone Screens application from Android 12 onwards. Early this month, a popup message had reportedly appeared for some users saying that the Android Auto for phone screens will stop working soon. At that time, Google had not specified the date of closure but now reports of it disappearing have started coming in.

According to a report from 9To5Google that cites posts on Reddit, Google has started shutting down the Android Auto for phone screens. The application was launched back in 2015 and it is now meeting its end about seven years later. The report added that the Google Assistant Driving Mode will be the replacement to the Android Auto for phone screens. The move is reportedly being dubbed as an attempt to move users to the Google Assistant Driving Mode.

In August 2021, Google had announced in a statement that the tech giant will be moving users who want phone experience to the Google Assistant Driving Mode starting with Android 12. The Driving Mode called by Google is a built-in mobile driving experience.

A recent report said that Android Auto for Phone Screens application that was being used to get the Android Auto features on older cars was being shut down. According to the report, a popup message had appeared on the Android Auto for Phone Screens applications saying that the feature will soon stop working. At that time, Google had not provided any details or exact date of the shutting down.

Google had recently announced that the company will be releasing a bunch of new features for Android Auto later in 2022. The features could include a new user interface and support for suggested responses that are based on Google Assistant’s suggestions.

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ISRO’s GSAT-24 Successfully Launched On-Board Ariane-v VA257 Flight From French Guiana



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ISRO’s GSAT-24 Successfully Launched On-Board Ariane-v VA257 Flight From French Guiana

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s GSAT-24 satellite, built NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday.

GSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite weighing 4180kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs.

It was the first “demand driven” communication satellite mission undertaken by NSIL post space sector reforms.

NSIL, a Government of India company under the Department of Space, has leased the entire satellite capacity to Tata Play.

GSAT-24 was launched on-board Ariane-V VA257 flight from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s spaceport in Kourou.

It was reported earlier this month that GSAT-24 satellite, after completing assembly, integration and environmental test, was cleared by PSR (Pre-Shipment Review) committee on May 2.

The satellite and its allied equipment were shipped to Kourou, French Guiana on May 18 using C-17 Globemaster aircraft.

The France-based satellite launch service Arianespace announced in April that India’s newest space PSU NSIL’s first demand-driven communication satellite for Tata Sky will be launched on June 22. It said the satellites will be launched for two long-standing Arianespace customers – MEASAT, the leading Malaysian satellite operator, and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under Department of Space (DOS).

MEASAT-3d, to be co-located with MEASAT-3a and MEASAT-3b at the 91.5°E orbital slot, is a multi-mission telecommunications satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space. “This new satellite will significantly enhance broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps per user in areas with limited or no terrestrial network throughout Malaysia while continuing to provide redundancy and additional capacity for video distribution in HD, 4K, and ultimately 8K in the Asia-Pacific region,” it said.

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Samsung to Reportedly Begin Mass Production of 3nm Chips in a Bid to Surpass TSMC

Samsung is anticipated to announce the beginning of the mass production of 3nm chips next week. In doing so, the company will surpass TSMC, whose 3nm chip production is anticipated to start in the second half of this year.

According to a news report from GSM Arena citing Yonhap News, in comparison to its 5nm process, Samsung‘s 3nm node will result in a 35 percent reduction in area, a 30 percent increase in performance, or a 50 percent reduction in power consumption (which was used for the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100).

By switching to a Gate-All-Around (GAA) design for transistors, this will be accomplished. The foundry can shrink transistors without affecting their ability to carry current, which is the next step after FinFET. The MBCFET flavor is the GAAFET design used in the 3nm node.

Last month, US Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to the Samsung facility in Pyeongtaek to see a demonstration of the company’s 3nm technology. There were rumours that the company might spend $10 billion (nearly Rs. 78,000 crore) to construct a 3nm foundry in Texas last year. The plant is reportedly anticipated to start operating in 2024, with an investment that has grown to $17 billion (nearly Rs. 1,32,000 crore).

The yield of Samsung’s 3nm process is “approaching a similar level to the 4nm process,” the company said in October of last year. Analysts believe that Samsung’s 4nm node had severe yield problems even though the company never provided official statistics.

A MBCFET based 2nm node is also included in the company’s roadmap for 2023, along with a second-generation 3nm node in 2025.

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Amazon Working on Feature to Enable Alexa to Mimic Any Voice, Confirms Senior Vice President

Amazon wants to give customers the chance to make Alexa, the company’s voice assistant, sound just like their grandmother — or anyone else.

The online retailer is developing a system to let Alexa mimic any voice after hearing less than a minute of audio, said Rohit Prasad, an Amazon Senior Vice President, at a conference the company held in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The goal is to “make the memories last” after “so many of us have lost someone we love” during the pandemic, Prasad said.

Amazon declined to share when it would roll out such a feature.

The work wades into an area of technology that has garnered close scrutiny for potential benefits and abuses. For instance, Microsoft recently restricted which businesses could use its software to parrot voices. The goal is to help people with speech impairments or other problems but some worry it could also be used to propagate political deepfakes.

Amazon hopes the project will help Alexa become ubiquitous in shoppers’ lives. But public attention has already shifted elsewhere. At Alphabet‘s Google, an engineer made the highly contested claim that a company chat bot had advanced to sentience. Another Amazon executive said on Tuesday that Alexa had 100 million customers globally, in line with figures the company has provided for device sales since January 2019.

Prasad said Amazon’s aim for Alexa is “generalisable intelligence,” or the ability to adapt to user environments and learn new concepts with little external input. He said that goal is “not to be confused with the all-knowing, all-capable, uber artificial general intelligence,” or AGI, which Alphabet’s DeepMind unit and Elon Musk-co-founded OpenAI are seeking.

Amazon shared its vision for companionship with Alexa at the conference. In a video segment, it portrayed a child who asked, “Alexa, can grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?”

A moment later, Alexa affirmed the command and changed her voice. She spoke soothingly, less robotically, ostensibly sounding like the individual’s grandmother in real life.

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