DSC-JGI — Weekly Digest #004

Here we are back again with our weekly digest #004 providing you the insights into what new stuff is happening around you.

Continue to read ahead and fill up your knowledge hunger with this list of cool articles by DSC-JGI.

Placements and recruitments

Here’s a little something for you, we have assembled a lineup of some of the leading companies in the market with an ongoing hiring process for the freshers:

• Internship Opportunity at Google Inc as an Information Technology Intern for 2021 in Youtube India Office. (Internship) — Read More
• Full-time opportunity at Flipkart as a QA Engineer. (Job) — Read More
• MountBlue published an opportunity for Freshers to work as Software Engineer Trainee Profile at Bangalore office. (Job) — Read More
• HCL Hiring for “Developer -Robotics Process Automation — Ui Path” role. (Job) — Read More

Technical

The world as we know it is changing at a rapid pace. Here are some of the trending topics on emerging technologies from the last week:

• Google Photos Will Not Offer Free Unlimited Storage from June next Year:

One of the most beloved features of Google Photos, unlimited backups at reduced high quality, is going away next year. With effect from June 1, 2021, new images and videos you upload to Google Photos will count towards the free 15 GB of storage offered with every Google Account. — Read More

• Everything you need to know about Apple’s new M1 chip for the Mac:

Apple has officially announced its first processor designed specifically for the Mac, dubbed the M1. The M1 chip features an eight-core design alongside a powerful Neural Engine and GPU, offering dramatic efficiency and performance improvements for the Mac. — Read More

• Privacy activist files complaints against Apple’s tracking tool:

A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems on Monday filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple’s online tracking tool, alleging that it allows iPhones to store users’ data without their consent in breach of European law. — Read More

• SpaceX’s Starlink still provides rapid internet speeds in bad weather:

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite-internet service gives users rapid speeds reaching 175 Mbps even in high-speed winds, deep snow, and freezing temperatures. Users of SpaceX’s “Better Than Nothing Beta” test have posted pictures and videos on the Reddit Starlink community proving that the Starlink terminal still works in extreme weather conditions — and in some cases, it’s even faster. — Read More

Computer Science

To help you stay updated with new developments in the field of computer science. Here are some of the popular headlines from the last week:

• Computer scientists launch a counteroffensive against video game cheaters:

Computer scientists have devised a new weapon against video game players who cheat. The researchers developed their approach for detecting cheaters using the popular first-person shooter game Counter-Strike. But the mechanism can work for any massively multiplayer online (MMO) game that sends data traffic to a central server. — Read More

• The system brings deep learning to ‘internet of things’ devices:

A new system brings machine learning to microcontrollers. The advance could enhance the function and security of devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). — Read More

• Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography:

In 2018, Aayush Jain, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, traveled to Japan to give a talk about a powerful cryptographic tool he and his colleagues were developing. As he detailed the team’s approach to indistinguishability obfuscation (iO for short), one audience member raised his hand in bewilderment. — Read More

• Computer Scientists Break the ‘Traveling Salesperson’ Record:

Finally, there’s a better way to find approximate solutions to the notorious optimization problem, often used to test the limits of efficient computation. — Read More

• New Circuit Compression Technique Could Deliver Real-World Quantum Computers Years Ahead of Schedule:

A major technical challenge for any practical, real-world quantum computer comes from the need for a large number of physical qubits to deal with errors… — Read More

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