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Science is paving the way for bringing lions back from the list of endangered species of animals. Two lion cubs, Victor and Isabel, have been born by the means of artificial insemination and scientists at the University of Pretoria, who are researching the reproductive system of female African lions, say that they are the first such pair of lion cubs in the world. Andre Ganswindt, the Director of University of Pretoria's mammal research institute, says that the two cubs, a male and a female, were born on August 25 and are healthy and normal. He further informs that they had collected sperm from a perfectly healthy lion and his team has pulled off the scientific feat after 18 months of intensive trails, reports AFP.  The female lion that gave birth to the two cubs was artificially inseminated after her hormone levels were found to be viable. "And luckily it was successful," said Ganswindt, adding that "there were several attempts, but surprisingly it didn't take

Science is paving the way for bringing lions back from the list of endangered species of animals. Two lion cubs, Victor and Isabel, have been born by the means of artificial insemination and scientists at the University of Pretoria, who are researching the reproductive system of female African lions, say that they are the first such pair of lion cubs in the world. Andre Ganswindt, the Director of University of Pretoria's mammal research institute, says that the two cubs, a male and a female, were born on August 25 and are healthy and normal. He further informs that they had collected sperm from a perfectly healthy lion and his team has pulled off the scientific feat after 18 months of intensive trails, reports AFP.  The female lion that gave birth to the two cubs was artificially inseminated after her hormone levels were found to be viable. "And luckily it was successful," said Ganswindt, adding that "there were several attempts, but surprisingly it didn't take

Humans have always had a fascination with robots. From being a mainstay in science fiction to aiding smooth operations of large warehouses, robots have been becoming a mainstream entity over the last few years. Given the sudden boom in robotics development, a common open-source Robot Operating System was created by Willow Garage and Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. ROS acts as middleware and provides low-level device control and other services. Users of Microsoft Windows have had to rely on an experimental build for now, one maintained by the community, but Microsoft has now announced that they will support ROS natively on Windows. Core ROS was ported to Windows in September thanks to the community’s efforts, but with Microsoft’s announcement, companies deep into robotics can expect Windows to natively support ROS. However, the feature is still very much experimental and hopefully, Microsoft will continue to improve it and make it final sooner than later. “People have al

Humans have always had a fascination with robots. From being a mainstay in science fiction to aiding smooth operations of large warehouses, robots have been becoming a mainstream entity over the last few years. Given the sudden boom in robotics development, a common open-source Robot Operating System was created by Willow Garage and Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. ROS acts as middleware and provides low-level device control and other services. Users of Microsoft Windows have had to rely on an experimental build for now, one maintained by the community, but Microsoft has now announced that they will support ROS natively on Windows. Core ROS was ported to Windows in September thanks to the community’s efforts, but with Microsoft’s announcement, companies deep into robotics can expect Windows to natively support ROS. However, the feature is still very much experimental and hopefully, Microsoft will continue to improve it and make it final sooner than later. “People have al

If newly leaked information is to be believed, then the Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 and the Surface Pro 6 will not be blessed with USB Type-C ports. Until now, we were under the impression the new Microsoft Surface devices would feature the port that’s steadily growing in popularity and prevalence, but leaked images from MySmartPrice show a Surface Laptop 2 in a new black colour but with no USB Type-C ports. In the same way, a report from WinFuture explains that “the hardware of the new Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 remains completely identical externally.” The German site WinFuture also says that the base variant of the new Surface Laptop 2 will feature an Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of SSD-based storage. This is definitely a bump over the previous model, which offered only 4GB of RAM on the base variant. While there’s a spec upgrade on the Surface Laptop, WinFuture claims the base variant of the new Surface Pro 6 will still ship with an Intel Core m3-7y30 CPU and 4G

If you’re thinking of purchasing a new laptop then you’re in the luck as we have found some good deals today on Paytm Mall on laptops. The products we have picked out from the platform are from brands like HP, Lenovo, Asus and more.  Lenovo Ideapad 320E  Price: Rs 35,390 Deal price: Rs 22,390 (inclusive of cashback) The Lenovo Ideapad 320E features a 15.6-inch HD display with a resolution of 1366 x 720 pixels. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i3 6th Gen processor, which is paired with a 4GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB hard drive. The machine comes with DOS, which means you need to install OS on your own. Click here to buy.  Asus VivoBook X507   Price: Rs 35,980 Deal price: Rs 26,419 (inclusive of cashback) The Asus VivoBook X507 comes with a 15.6-inch FHD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The laptop is backed by an Intel Core i3 6th Gen processor, which is paired with a 4GB RAM and 1TB hard drive. The laptop also has a fingerprint sensor with Windows hello. Click here to buy

If newly leaked information is to be believed, then the Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 and the Surface Pro 6 will not be blessed with USB Type-C ports. Until now, we were under the impression the new Microsoft Surface devices would feature the port that’s steadily growing in popularity and prevalence, but leaked images from MySmartPrice show a Surface Laptop 2 in a new black colour but with no USB Type-C ports. In the same way, a report from WinFuture explains that “the hardware of the new Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 remains completely identical externally.” The German site WinFuture also says that the base variant of the new Surface Laptop 2 will feature an Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of SSD-based storage. This is definitely a bump over the previous model, which offered only 4GB of RAM on the base variant. While there’s a spec upgrade on the Surface Laptop, WinFuture claims the base variant of the new Surface Pro 6 will still ship with an Intel Core m3-7y30 CPU and 4G

If you’re thinking of purchasing a new laptop then you’re in the luck as we have found some good deals today on Paytm Mall on laptops. The products we have picked out from the platform are from brands like HP, Lenovo, Asus and more.  Lenovo Ideapad 320E  Price: Rs 35,390 Deal price: Rs 22,390 (inclusive of cashback) The Lenovo Ideapad 320E features a 15.6-inch HD display with a resolution of 1366 x 720 pixels. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i3 6th Gen processor, which is paired with a 4GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB hard drive. The machine comes with DOS, which means you need to install OS on your own. Click here to buy.  Asus VivoBook X507   Price: Rs 35,980 Deal price: Rs 26,419 (inclusive of cashback) The Asus VivoBook X507 comes with a 15.6-inch FHD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The laptop is backed by an Intel Core i3 6th Gen processor, which is paired with a 4GB RAM and 1TB hard drive. The laptop also has a fingerprint sensor with Windows hello. Click here to buy

The Nokia 5.1 Plus smartphone will go on sale for the first time on Flipkart at 12PM today. Interested buyers can also head to Nokia’s official website to order the budget smartphone. HMD Global, the Finnish company that sells the Nokia-branded smartphones, launched the smartphone in August but unveiled the price of the device in the last week of September. The Nokia 5.1 Plus (Review) is priced at Rs 10,999 in India. The company has also attached offers and discounts with the smartphone. Customers can buy the handset on “No cost EMI” which is available at Rs 1,834 per month. Standard EMI is also available. There are bank offers under which customers can get 10 percent instant discount on Mastercard for ‘First Online Payment’ and Axis Bank Buzz credit card users can avail 10 percent off. HMD Global has partnered with Airtel and customers can get Rs 1,800 cashback and upto 240GB free data on a recharge with Rs199, Rs 249 and Rs 448 per month. The sale starts at 12PM today Nokia 5.1 Plus

OnePlus is updating its OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T phones with the latest OxgenOS 5.0.6 Over The Air update. The new patch brings the September Android security patch for the two smartphones, along with some general bug fixes and improvements. However, that is all there is to the update as there are no new features or additions to the operating system. As mentioned, the new patch is being seeded as an OTA update and can take some time to reach every device. One can check if it’s available on their unit by heading over to Software Updates in Settings.  As per OnePlus’ Software Maintenance Schedule, which was announced back in June, the OnePlus 3/3T will receive regular OTA updates till November 2018. The company will be seeding new features, Android version updates and Security patches once in two months for two years since a phone was launched. This will be followed by bi-monthly Android security patch updates for another year. This means that the OnePlus 3/3T should be up-to-date in te

The Nokia 5.1 Plus smartphone will go on sale for the first time on Flipkart at 12PM today. Interested buyers can also head to Nokia’s official website to order the budget smartphone. HMD Global, the Finnish company that sells the Nokia-branded smartphones, launched the smartphone in August but unveiled the price of the device in the last week of September. The Nokia 5.1 Plus (Review) is priced at Rs 10,999 in India. The company has also attached offers and discounts with the smartphone. Customers can buy the handset on “No cost EMI” which is available at Rs 1,834 per month. Standard EMI is also available. There are bank offers under which customers can get 10 percent instant discount on Mastercard for ‘First Online Payment’ and Axis Bank Buzz credit card users can avail 10 percent off. HMD Global has partnered with Airtel and customers can get Rs 1,800 cashback and upto 240GB free data on a recharge with Rs199, Rs 249 and Rs 448 per month. The sale starts at 12PM today Nokia 5.1 Plus

OnePlus is updating its OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T phones with the latest OxgenOS 5.0.6 Over The Air update. The new patch brings the September Android security patch for the two smartphones, along with some general bug fixes and improvements. However, that is all there is to the update as there are no new features or additions to the operating system. As mentioned, the new patch is being seeded as an OTA update and can take some time to reach every device. One can check if it’s available on their unit by heading over to Software Updates in Settings.  As per OnePlus’ Software Maintenance Schedule, which was announced back in June, the OnePlus 3/3T will receive regular OTA updates till November 2018. The company will be seeding new features, Android version updates and Security patches once in two months for two years since a phone was launched. This will be followed by bi-monthly Android security patch updates for another year. This means that the OnePlus 3/3T should be up-to-date in te

Another day, another OnePlus 6T teaser. OnePlus, on its official social handles, has released a small 5 second video teasing the edge of the smartphone. One glimpse of the teaser, and it looks like the smartphone will have an edge-to-edge display with slim bezels. Information circulating the internet suggests that the OnePlus 6T will be announced on October 17. The date seems to be a little early as historically OnePlus has launched its “T” devices in November. Additionally, an image of the launch invite also features the new tagline “Unlock The Speed,” which is most likely a reference to the presence of an in-display fingerprint sensor on the upcoming phone. Vivo was the first company that launched a smartphone with an in-display fingerprint sensor. The OnePlus 6T is rumoured to feature a ‘waterdrop’ notch display, same as the Oppo R17 Pro or the Vivo V11 Pro. In terms of display size, it is rumoured to sport a 6.4-inch AMOLED screen with a 2340x1080p resolution. As mentioned above,

Another day, another OnePlus 6T teaser. OnePlus, on its official social handles, has released a small 5 second video teasing the edge of the smartphone. One glimpse of the teaser, and it looks like the smartphone will have an edge-to-edge display with slim bezels. Information circulating the internet suggests that the OnePlus 6T will be announced on October 17. The date seems to be a little early as historically OnePlus has launched its “T” devices in November. Additionally, an image of the launch invite also features the new tagline “Unlock The Speed,” which is most likely a reference to the presence of an in-display fingerprint sensor on the upcoming phone. Vivo was the first company that launched a smartphone with an in-display fingerprint sensor. The OnePlus 6T is rumoured to feature a ‘waterdrop’ notch display, same as the Oppo R17 Pro or the Vivo V11 Pro. In terms of display size, it is rumoured to sport a 6.4-inch AMOLED screen with a 2340x1080p resolution. As mentioned above,

Google’s Chromecast has been a vastly popular device, with just enough features to keep the users happy, and enough missing for everyone to look forward to the next generation of the device. The Google Chromecast is up for an upgrade and turns out, even before Google had a chance to reveal the new entertainment dongle, Best Buy has already sold a unit to a lucky customer. The news comes directly from the customer himself, who took to Reddit to discuss his experience. In a post titled “I think I bought the 3rd gen Chromecast too early,” the OP (original poster) writes “I went to Best Buy earlier to pick up a Chromecast for my new TV, then I noticed the packaging and design was different from my first one. I thought it was just a design refresh taking queues from the Chromecast Ultra. Then when I was at the cashier, they couldn't scan the item because it wasn't in the system yet because the release date is on the 9th of October (Same day as the 2018 Google event) but I guess the

Google’s Chromecast has been a vastly popular device, with just enough features to keep the users happy, and enough missing for everyone to look forward to the next generation of the device. The Google Chromecast is up for an upgrade and turns out, even before Google had a chance to reveal the new entertainment dongle, Best Buy has already sold a unit to a lucky customer. The news comes directly from the customer himself, who took to Reddit to discuss his experience. In a post titled “I think I bought the 3rd gen Chromecast too early,” the OP (original poster) writes “I went to Best Buy earlier to pick up a Chromecast for my new TV, then I noticed the packaging and design was different from my first one. I thought it was just a design refresh taking queues from the Chromecast Ultra. Then when I was at the cashier, they couldn't scan the item because it wasn't in the system yet because the release date is on the 9th of October (Same day as the 2018 Google event) but I guess the

The Huawei9 Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro are just 2 weeks away from being officially announced, yet, that hasn’t kept the leaks machine from holding back the information on the two phones. Turns out, there has been a massive leak from the house of Huawei. Isreali tech website Girafa seems to have got hold of the launch presentation of the two phones, revealing some very interesting features, some of which don’t exist on any phone, let alone other Huawei’s phones. The first unique feature we may see be announced is Voice ID. This is supposed to be some sort of voice unlocking feature which could involve bone conduction.  As you can see in this image, Huawei says the Mate 20 phones will be the first in the world to support voice unlocks. It is very likely that in order to use the feature, you’re going to have to use Huawei’s own headset, similar to HTC’s USonic, which tailored the sound profile based on the inner structure of the listener’s ear. However, this only worked with HTC’s supplied

The Huawei9 Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro are just 2 weeks away from being officially announced, yet, that hasn’t kept the leaks machine from holding back the information on the two phones. Turns out, there has been a massive leak from the house of Huawei. Isreali tech website Girafa seems to have got hold of the launch presentation of the two phones, revealing some very interesting features, some of which don’t exist on any phone, let alone other Huawei’s phones. The first unique feature we may see be announced is Voice ID. This is supposed to be some sort of voice unlocking feature which could involve bone conduction.  As you can see in this image, Huawei says the Mate 20 phones will be the first in the world to support voice unlocks. It is very likely that in order to use the feature, you’re going to have to use Huawei’s own headset, similar to HTC’s USonic, which tailored the sound profile based on the inner structure of the listener’s ear. However, this only worked with HTC’s supplied

OnePlus has been relentless with software updates for the OnePlus 6, a phone that launched in June. The flagship smartphone was the first outside of Google’s own devices to receive the Android 9 update and the company is continuing to enhance the user experience through the beta program. In that regards, OnePlus has rolled out OxygenOS Beta 4 for OnePlus 6 users and the new update brings a number of improvements and as usual bug fixes. You can see the detailed changelog below OxygenOS Open Beta 4 Detailed Change Log System Fixed touch latency issue Optimized standby power consumption Communication Optimized UI for speed dial and calling interface Fixed issue of accidentally answering the second call while using answer calls by gesture Community 2.2.0 Community notices added as feature New feed for following community members Stickied comments displayed on the app Added more options to share threads General user interface tweaks and bug fixes Of the above changes, the most notable is p

OnePlus has been relentless with software updates for the OnePlus 6, a phone that launched in June. The flagship smartphone was the first outside of Google’s own devices to receive the Android 9 update and the company is continuing to enhance the user experience through the beta program. In that regards, OnePlus has rolled out OxygenOS Beta 4 for OnePlus 6 users and the new update brings a number of improvements and as usual bug fixes. You can see the detailed changelog below OxygenOS Open Beta 4 Detailed Change Log System Fixed touch latency issue Optimized standby power consumption Communication Optimized UI for speed dial and calling interface Fixed issue of accidentally answering the second call while using answer calls by gesture Community 2.2.0 Community notices added as feature New feed for following community members Stickied comments displayed on the app Added more options to share threads General user interface tweaks and bug fixes Of the above changes, the most notable is p

Apple recently launched the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max at an Gather Around event in the US. The phones went on sale last week and users have already started to report some issues with the premium smartphone’s charging. According to a report, several users are facing problems when they charge their iPhones with wired chargers. They say that when they plug-in their iPhones to charge with the charger, the handsets didn’t charge until they had to manually wake the screen up. Some users said they had to flip the cable before it started to charge the smartphone. According to Gizmochina, the users have created a thread on the Apple Community website which lists the problems. Famous YouTube personality Lewis Hilsenteger of the Unbox Therapy has also confirmed the issue. He asked for eight iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max smartphones and he claims that of the eight, seven units suffered from the issue. He claims that “one iPhone XS Max didn’t even wake up even after pushing the power button while

Apple recently launched the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max at an Gather Around event in the US. The phones went on sale last week and users have already started to report some issues with the premium smartphone’s charging. According to a report, several users are facing problems when they charge their iPhones with wired chargers. They say that when they plug-in their iPhones to charge with the charger, the handsets didn’t charge until they had to manually wake the screen up. Some users said they had to flip the cable before it started to charge the smartphone. According to Gizmochina, the users have created a thread on the Apple Community website which lists the problems. Famous YouTube personality Lewis Hilsenteger of the Unbox Therapy has also confirmed the issue. He asked for eight iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max smartphones and he claims that of the eight, seven units suffered from the issue. He claims that “one iPhone XS Max didn’t even wake up even after pushing the power button while

Google will reportedly pay Apple an amount of $9 billion (approx Rs 65,000 crores) to remain the default search engine for iPhone's Safari browser this year. According to Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall, the amount could go up to $12 billion (about Rs. 87,000 crores) in 2019. The also claims that Apple is one of the biggest sources of traffic for Google on Search. “We believe this revenue is charged ratably based on the number of searches that users on Apple's platform originate from Siri or within the Safari browser,” Business Insider quoted Hall as saying in an investor note. According to the report, in 2013 and 2014 the sum was $1 billion (Approx Rs. 7,250 crores), and in 2017 the figure was reportedly $3 billion (about Rs 21,750 crores). Apple is said to use Google as the default search engine in Safari on iPhones and iPads that run on iOS. Apart from this, the Cupertino-based giant also uses Bing in several other places such as searching the web via Siri. Apple recently an

Last week, an image made rounds on the internet claiming to show the back panel of the Nokia 7.1 Plus smartphone. The image is claimed to have leaked from the factory and showed a dual-camera setup. Now the phone has been spotted on TENAA essenstially confirming the back panel design with two cameras and a fingerprint scanner. The listing also shed light on the specifications of the smartphone. The dual rear camera setup allegedly consists of a 12MP sensor coupled with a 13MP lens. The front shooter consists of a 20MP unit. According to the specs sheet, the Nokia 7.1 Plus comes with a 6.1-inch panel featuring 1080 x 2246 pixel resolution. There is an octa-core CPU clocked at 2.2 GHz, which could be a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 chipset. The SoC is paired with two sets of RAM and storage, the 4GB/64GB or 6GB/128GB. The phone is powered by a 3,400 mAh battery and runs on Android 8.1 Oreo. Source Last week, the back panel that leaked showed Android One marked implying that the smartphone may

Google will reportedly pay Apple an amount of $9 billion (approx Rs 65,000 crores) to remain the default search engine for iPhone's Safari browser this year. According to Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall, the amount could go up to $12 billion (about Rs. 87,000 crores) in 2019. The also claims that Apple is one of the biggest sources of traffic for Google on Search. “We believe this revenue is charged ratably based on the number of searches that users on Apple's platform originate from Siri or within the Safari browser,” Business Insider quoted Hall as saying in an investor note. According to the report, in 2013 and 2014 the sum was $1 billion (Approx Rs. 7,250 crores), and in 2017 the figure was reportedly $3 billion (about Rs 21,750 crores). Apple is said to use Google as the default search engine in Safari on iPhones and iPads that run on iOS. Apart from this, the Cupertino-based giant also uses Bing in several other places such as searching the web via Siri. Apple recently an