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Expanding its product portfolio, Panasonic has launched a new range of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled refrigerators in India. The new products come with intelligent Econavi sensors to optimize the cooling. Available in capacities ranging from 270L to 601L, the new range comes with a starting price of Rs 22,990. The price goes up to Rs 88,990. As mentioned above, the new range of refrigerators comes with Econavi sensors. These include a door sensor, a temperature sensor and a light sensor. The door sensor automatically switches between energy-saving mode and other modes by sensing how often the door is opened. The temperature sensor on the other hand detects both external and internal temperature to adjust cooling power without need for any human intervention. While the light sensor adjusts temperature according to ambient light. The new frost-free refrigerators are equipped with a 6 speed inverter compressor that allows refrigerators to regulate temperature in real-time. Other … [Read more...] about Panasonic launches new range of frost-free refrigerators, price starts at Rs 22,990

Electronics brand Panasonic has expanded its range of mirrorless cameras in India. The company has launched Lumix G9 digital single lens mirrorless camera in the country at a price tag of Rs 98,990 (body only). It can be purchased at Panasonic brand stores across the country. Panasonic Lumix G9 mirrorless camera is equipped with a 20.3 MP Digital Live MOS Sensor. The camera comes with multi-pixel Luminance Generation and Intelligent Detail Processing technology. It has a dedicated high-resolution mode which, the company says, can produce an 80MP equivalent (10368 x 7776) image by synthesizing eight consecutively shot images. As mentioned above, it is priced at Rs 98,990 for body only. The cost increases to Rs 1,39,990 with 12-60 leica lens kit. Lumix G9 comes with Body Image Stabilizer and uses a 6.5-stop slower shutter speed to offer a stable handheld photography and videography. Some of the features include HDR video recording, V-Log L recording and Waveform Monitor (WFM). As per … [Read more...] about Panasonic launches Lumix G9 digital single-lens mirrorless camera in India

Microsoft Corp has expressed interest in buying Warner Bros' gaming unit, The Information reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Warner Bros parent AT&T Inc was discussing a sale of its Interactive Entertainment gaming division that owns popular videogame "Mortal Kombat" for a deal that could be worth about $4 billion (3 billion pounds) , CNBC reported last month. Microsoft and AT&T did not immediately respond to requests for comment on The Information report. … [Read more...] about Microsoft interested in buying Warner Bros’ gaming unit: Report

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition technology to police, making it the latest big firm to back away from the business following protests against law enforcement brutality and bias. The announcement came shortly after rival Amazon.com Inc declared it was pausing police use of its "Rekognition" service for a year and International Business Machines Corp said it no longer offers the software generally. In a statement, Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the software's use. "We do not sell our facial recognition technology to U.S. police departments today, and until there is a strong national law grounded in human rights, we will not sell this technology to police," the company said. The Washington Post first reported the news. The death of George Floyd, a black man pinned down by a white officer who kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, prompted worldwide protests against … [Read more...] about Microsoft bans face-recognition sales to police

GENEVA: China accused the United States on Thursday of undermining the global tech industry's supply chains with a renewed executive order barring US companies from using telecoms equipment made by firms deemed to pose a national security risk. Jiankai Jin, a diplomat at China's mission to the World Trade Organization, denounced the U.S. move during closed door multilateral talks at the body's headquarters in Geneva. "We would also like to know how the US will ensure measures taken under this Executive Order will not abuse the WTO national security exception and be consistent with WTO rules," Jin said, according to a transcript reviewed by Reuters. He did not indicate whether China would launch a formal dispute. The US delegation said Thursday's meeting of the WTO's Goods Council was not the appropriate forum to discuss national security issues, a Geneva-based trade official said. Last month, President Donald Trump extended for another year an executive order signed in May … [Read more...] about China hits back at US telecom supply chain order at WTO