The trend of spending more and more time playing online games is worrying and should be stopped in its tracks to avoid long-term health and behavioural issues, say healthcare professionals.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Apple is gearing up for the 15 September launch of the new iPhone 13 series along with the Apple Watch Series 7. However, reports are pouring in about products that will be launched during the fall this year. New reports suggest that Apple might finally introduce the new 16-inch and 14-inch MacBook Pro.

Publication: Mint

The semiconductor chip short- age, which has put most indus- tries, especially the auto sector, on a bumpy road, is unlikely to resolve soon. According to a recent report by Nomura, spread of the delta variant amid the low vaccination rates in many ASEAN economies and China’s zero-tol- erance Covid strategy have prompted governments to impose restrictions and order factory or port closures.

Publication: Business Standard

The current hikes are at around pre-pandemic levels. In IT, where demand for talent is more, increments have been even higher,” said S Venkatesh, group president at RPG Enterprises. At Aditya Birla Group, hikes have varied across group companies but are higher than last year. Compensation is an outcome of many factors, but uncertainty is lesser than last year, its global HR director Santrupt Misra said.

Publication: The Economic Times

Book Slim marks Realme’s entry into the Indian laptop market. It is powered by an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 processor and the price range starts at ?46,999. The aluminium alloy body is also the lightest in its segment, weighing just 1.3 kg. Its smooth matte finish flap and interiors give it a premium look, and the device comes in Real Blue and Real Grey colours.

Publication: The Economic Times

Qualcomm is providing key 4G connected octa core android platform which provides connectivity, computing capabilities and enables rich immersive displays with power saving software. (OLA)

Publication: Business Standard

Gartner has identified four trends in its Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence, 2021 that are driving near-term artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. These are: responsible AI; small and wide data approaches; operationalisation of AI platforms; and efficient use of data, model and compute resources.

Publication: The Economic Times

The initiative failed to take off. The unique technology neces- sary to create these microproc- essor chips lie with only global firms like Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung etc. which have been able to leverage the low-cost la- bour and other incentives in China for manufacturing pur- poses for years now.” “There is a need for big Indian corporate houses to become contract manufactur- ers or establish partnerships with semiconductor compa- nies,” he added.

Publication: The New Indian Express