DSC-JGI — Weekly Digest #010
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By Rishabh Kumar (DSC-JGI, Technical Team: Web Development)
Antitrust, Big Giants and Users:
“The antitrust lawsuits against Facebook and Google” were the headlines of a popular news article over the internet dated 17 Dec. 2020.
Where Facebook was accused of “ illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct”, as well as google accused of “the search engine pays mobile phone manufacturers to keep Google as the default browser, helping it rake in millions of dollars in ad revenue”.
There are thousands of cases revolving around Antitrust lawsuit allegations not only for the Giants in tech industries but even for companies like Ultratech, LafargeHolcim, Visa, and many more, but very few of them get hyped up when only belonging to popular brands.
But what is an Antitrust lawsuit and why do you need to care for it?
Antitrust laws are developed by governments to protect consumers and regulate companies. These laws try to level the playing field by ensuring similar businesses can operate in an industry without having their competition gain unfair advantage or power. Antitrust laws evolved as markets around the world opened up as a means to guard against the monopolization of competition.
In simple words, Antitrust Monopolies destroy competition, making only one rule the market in their own terms and conditions making the User/Consumer abide by them without any choices.
What are Antitrust Monopolies?
There exist some policies made by some internal authority of an organization/company to boost their profit and market value, which some of them result in controlling over the market or ruling it, this is what is known as building a monopoly. The trust in antitrust refers to a group of businesses that team up or form a monopoly in order to dictate pricing in a particular market. One of these can be, the Microsoft 1998 antitrust lawsuit, where Microsoft was found performing anti-competitive practices to build their monopoly by not allowing their Windows Operating System to install other competing software as well as to not allow users of that OS to uninstall the default application.
In Conclusion, Antitrust among Companies is something which needs to be controlled and monitored by the general public itself, to ensure healthy competition and rapid development towards making ‘their’ products great instead of making ‘themself’ great.
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:
- Oracle hiring freshers and Experienced candidates as Technical Analyst Profile for Bangalore location. — Read More
- IBM hiring freshers as Software Intern Profile for Bangalore Office. — Read More
- Cyient job opening for freshers as Software Engineer Profile in Hyderabad. — Read More
- Cognizant to hire freshers as Programmer Analyst Trainee Profile for Kolkata location. — 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:
- Tesla’s India entry confirmed in 2021:
After Elon Musk confirmed India's launch plans in Oct, the Union Minister of India has confirmed the same in the forum recently. Tesla will open bookings from January 2021, the sales will start from June. It is likely to start operations with the Model 3 and only online. — Read More
- The Mobile Version of Cyberpunk 2077 Is Actually a Ransomware:
While Cyberpunk 2077 has had a bumpy launch after a lot of delays, as the game is only available for PC and gaming consoles. So unmistakably, there is no mobile version of the game. However, a malware analyst surprisingly has found an Android version of Cyberpunk 2077 in the wild but it is actually ransomware. — Read More
- Inside India’s first-ever driverless train:
India’s first-ever driverless train was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on December 28, 2020. The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, officials said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line, the Pink Line of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021. — Read More
- Apple’s Next-gen AirPods to Take Through-Body Inputs, Can Be Controlled Using Body Movements:
Not long after releasing the super-expensive AirPods Max, Apple has been awarded a patent detailing some pretty exciting features, possibly for its upcoming AirPods TWS earbuds. The patent suggests an entirely different way to control media functions for wireless earphones. — 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:
- Important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer:
One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum computer and perform the actual calculations, the qubits, have hitherto been made by universities and in small numbers. But in recent years, a pan-European collaboration has been exploring everyday transistors that are present in billions in all our mobile phones for their use as qubits. — Read More
- Big step with small whirls:
Skyrmions are small magnetic objects that could revolutionize the data storage industry and also enable new computer architectures. However, there are a number of challenges that need to be overcome. A team of researchers has succeeded for the first time in producing a tunable multilayer system in which two different types of skyrmions — the future bits for ‘0’ and ‘1’ — can exist at room temperature. — Read More
- Scientists create entangled photons 100 times more efficiently than previously possible:
Super-fast quantum computers and communication devices could revolutionize countless aspects of our lives — but first, researchers need a fast, efficient source of the entangled pairs of photons such systems use to transmit and manipulate information. Researchers have done just that, not only creating a chip-based photon source 100 times more efficient that previously possible, but bringing massive quantum device integration within reach. — Read More
- DeepMind’s MuZero conquers and learns the rules as it does:
Albert Einstein once said, “You have to learn the rules of the game, and then you have to play better than anyone else.” That could well be the motto at DeepMind, as a new report reveals it has developed a program that can master complex games without even knowing the rules. — Read More
- Optimized Quantum Algorithms: Breakthrough Toward Quantum Advantage:
Researchers from the University of Bristol and quantum start-up, Phasecraft, have advanced quantum computing research, bringing practical hybrid quantum-classical computing one step closer. — Read More
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