Abhishek Singh, Author at Exhibit Tech

Apple AirPod Will Tell Whether You’re Breathing or Not

I follow the Science Monitor show that telecasts every Saturday at 2 PM. Now, some of you may not know, or some of you know who are preparing for some government exams. But, a tech nerd will ask me why am I talking about something out of the tech domain. If you want to know on which channel it comes, let me tell you a clear cut answer – RSTV (Rajya Sabha TV). Once, there came about a research that an IIT did on music’s impact on the human brain. I guess the Apple team took inspiration from it. According to Apple, their flagship product – AirPod, will help to monitor breathing rate. Now, that may look strange, but hey, why worry when Exhibit is there to unveil the mystery behind this research. Let’s know more about this new development.

I CAN BREATHE

George Floyd was not just a phenomenon. He came like that ignition engine that promoted the consolidation of human rights all around the world. And, “I can’t breathe” became the war-cry of that social movement that started last year. But, here, I want to talk about the “I can breathe” moment. The Apple research team has claimed that there’s a possibility through which they can measure your and mine respiration rate. How? Through the sound produced during the music beats or vocals during which we all breathe. Apple has come up with such results after testing it on 21 individuals by their “microphone-enabled, near-field headphones” technique.

How did they test?

During this research, the individuals got the instruction to record four one-minute audio clips. Now, to record audio clips, participants had to do them before, during, and immediately after the workout gets over. Individuals also had to go for some sort of workout for exactly nine minutes every time. This workout helped to induce huge palpitation and heavy breathing among the participants during the research. Once recorded, the pattern in the difference of sound was observed through the in-built versatile non-contact sensors (present also in Apple AirPod series). These sensors act as a breathing measurement instrument. After eliminating the acoustic distortion, researchers were able to come to a concrete conclusion.

Potential of this Apple AirPod Research

The Apple research team has clearly said that these trials were not for devising any clinical mechanism. However, the research paper can help out many in medical applications, one of which is working on cardiovascular therapy and other breathing tracking applications. But, through this Apple AirPod can create a complete revolution.

Facebook Updates its Data Transfer Tool: Know What’s New In It

Facebook likes to be in the news. As if Zuckerberg has given instruction that there should be some development coming out the company’s front every day when he wakes up. Why? See the frequency of news related to Facebook that Exhibit has covered in the last few days. A few days back, news came out associated with Metaverse and Smart Glass, on which the R&D and development team is working. But this time, it is about Facebook’s Transfer Your Information feature. Facebook has updated this feature by adding more traits. Let’s find out more about this Facebook updating its data transfer tool news from this edition of Exhibit blog.

Facebook Data Transfer Tool

Facebook has announced that they have expanded data portability in the Transfer Your Information feature. According to the organization, this update will widen the choice of users like you to add events at other places. This update will also help users understand what sort of data gets support from the Facebook social media platform to store information on other applications, e.g., Google Calendar. In addition to this, Facebook will empower you to add filters on which data you want to transfer. And, for data transferring, Facebook has selected two new destinations, Google Calendar and Photobucket.

What is the use of adding different data transfer destinations?

Let me help you understand this entire thing with an example. Today, it’s the 11th of August. You opened your Facebook application and found that your friend’s birthday is on the 20th of August. Now, you know that Facebook will surely send a notification. But sending a birthday wish that too through a call or message from other platforms can create a huge impact. It will look to your friend that you remembered their special dates. But, how to do that? Well, here’s what Facebook has helped you. Now, you can directly store these events to Google Calendar. You know that Google Calendar has the habit of sending alarm messages regarding events. So, it may happen that on the 20th of August, you will wake directly with that alarm message.

Final Word

No doubt that Facebook updating its data transfer tool will enhance its functionality for sure. However, it also becomes important that one must note what steps Facebook has taken to transfer them securely. If Facebook allows transferring data with Google Calendar, will such information get shared with Google by default? Facebook has said that their development team will come forward to contribute to the open-source projects that deal in data transfer.

Spotify’s Integration With Windows 11 – A Cool Combination

Sometimes I feel like getting fed up with offensive ads provided by Spotify. As if they let you like you are somewhere deprived of so many cool things that Spotify has kept as a treasure. In the end, I felt like paying INR 1348/- for the whole year as a premium subscription. But with this announcement that Microsoft is integrating your Spotify account into it, it is like reaching the zenith of peace. Considering the workload that one faces every day, music is the only option that doesn’t allow me to get into the lethargic mode. But people like me and you will surely welcome this step by Microsoft. Let’s get more ideas related to Spotify’s integration with Windows 11 through this Exhibit blog.

How did this news come out?

Microsoft has added a feature. You can call it a Focus Session. In this Focus Session, you can find a Pomodoro-style timer. The news related to this came out through a tweet by a Microsoft hype man Panos Panay. Panos laid out some of Microsoft’s interesting features to its new flagship product – Windows 11. Some of you may feel like you have not a single clue about this Pomodoro-style timer. But you don’t need to worry as you are on a platform that tries to make the perfect blend of lifestyle and technology. Let’s understand it with some examples later in this article.

About Pomodoro Timer

A Pomodoro timer can help you in making yourself more productive. How? Consider that you can concentrate on your laptop for 1 hour and then you need to stretch your legs and relax your eyes. So what? Well, you will take a short break in relaxing, say about 10 minutes. But what in these 10 minutes? Well, here’s the catch. If you add a keyword like a paradise with this timer and application, it may open Spotify and let you listen to Mylo Xyloto’s album’s Paradise song. Now, that should get a big Wow! isn’t it? Well, I leave such expressions to your wisdom. But it is cool that once you take a break, Windows 11 can directly open this song for you without taking any action, not even with your voice. Well, Windows 11 has also eased the work of Cortana.

How does this Spotify’s integration work with Windows 11?

Well, I guess the Microsoft development team has requested an API from Spotify to get access to the user’s account. Now, if you start working, a program will run in the background that will measure your work in real-time, along with the current time. Now, before running this program, Windows 11 has stored some essential keywords and activities that it has to perform in case the user, like you, takes a break or needs a distraction (if the keyword is Spotify, music, or any relevant word, it will open Spotify).

Final Word

Microsoft! You are simply amazing. But I will like what more applications Windows 11 will integrate into it. However, as of now, there’s a thumbs up from my side for Spotify’s integration with Windows 11.

Pluto Wants To Talk With You Using Google LaMDA

I don’t surf anything on Facebook as I can’t see the frequency of poison these platforms are penetrating into Indian society. However, I have never left LinkedIn, and it has become a habit of following it like Facebook. Yesterday, I found one post where Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, shows how their new tool, LaMDA, will work. Considering what I have seen in Google I/O editions, I feel amazed with whichever product they bring every time. This Exhibit blog is for you to give you more details on this Google LaMDA tool.

Pluto Conversing With Human

Through the video, Pichai shared the information that LaMDA is currently in the research and development stage. But, the Google team created a snippet to show this tool is working. LaMDA was acting like a dwarf planet, Pluto, where it was talking about itself. The concerned individual who was interacting with Pluto asked about the information of whether came to visit it. In reply, Pluto answered that it was New Horizon that came a few days back. This conversation can simply give some an awestruck mode. I remembered how their voice module booked a haircut with one shop.

Working Principle of Google LaMDA tool

Many may like this part or section as it contains the granular detail of anything the Exhibit discusses. First of all, it is clear that this tool has added some essential libraries like NLP, speech recognition, apart from machine learning models. The machine learning model and the dataset help this tool grab information on any domain, in this case, Pluto. When it recognizes the words that the user has told, it stores the essential keywords and accordingly sends a reply. This process continues unless the tool gets any hint that the individual is going to stop the conversation.

Cons of Google LaMDA tool

Well, no one will tell, but I think I got one. You will say that even Google or any Tech review firm has not come up with it. But, yes, I got one. How? Here’s it. If you watch the video, you will see that this tool, when acting like Pluto, said that New Horizon had visited it a few days back. It means this tool has no information if any extraterrestrial object went to the dwarf planet. Hence, the information on the basis of which this tool will interact can be limited if the Google team has not provided it. Therefore, it may also happen that if you are talking to the coral reefs of Thailand about the sun cream ban, it may not be able to tell anything on the issue.

Potential of Google LaMDA tool

I see one can use it anywhere and everywhere, wherever one wants to use it. Consider that the Indian railway reservation system integrates this tool. Then, you can book a ticket merely using it and without tapping on any button or options. You will only have to use your hand when you have to book your tickets. Take another instance, you are VP of sales of your organization, and your ERP cum CRM software application has Google LaMDA as one of its features. You can easily check out the potential sales and actual revenue by comparing the leads generated in any stipulated timeline.

WBU? I Just Downloaded Windows 11 Updates

Hrithik Roshan transformed the narration of stories from ‘once upon a time’ to ‘one day’ with his Masala-type movie Bang Bang. One day comes when it becomes necessary to download some system updates. You get notifications regarding new updates that you have to download to your smartphone or laptop. You have witnessed this problem in yourself where you like to act as a bureaucrat and try to avoid and delay such essential updates. But a day comes when these updates start downloading automatically. Okay, it’s understood now that you are feeling this frustration of even listening about updates and your reaction towards them. But why is there so much talk about updates? Windows 11 has brought a new set of updates. So, if you do not have a laptop or computer with Linux or macOS, you must go through this Microsoft Windows 11 updates blog by Exhibit.

WaaS

Some of you must be thinking that I am derailing myself by delivering linguistic errors even in the headings. But that’s not true. If you are the one who has used ERP and CRM applications, you must have heard about SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS; here’s another for you – WaaS (Windows as a Service). WaaS is the core model on which Microsoft is trying to work upon to bring essential and sophisticated features in their new Windows 11. With these new updates, Windows 11 will add some more niche and security elements.

Microsoft Windows 11 Updates At a Glance

Additional microcodes to identify vulnerabilities or hardware issues that the CPU is facing
Windows Defender Antivirus can handle more risks by mitigating the probability of attacks and deter them properly.
Malicious Software Removal Tool will help to detect any known infection that is created due to threat-building applications. MSRT will get new updates every month.
Compatibility and reliability updates will help a user like you to install applications seamlessly on your system.

Hence, cumulatively you can say that more focus is towards one core matter – security.

Patch & Release

Every second Tuesday of each month will have a Windows 11 B update that will work upon security issues and quality resolution of bugs. It will be known as Patch Tuesday. In addition to this, there will be Windows 11 C & D updates that will come on every third and fourth week. Hence, the development, support, and other concerned teams will constantly work to ensure that you get a better experience every time you think about using it.

Conclusion

If you have Windows in your system and have downloaded the latest OS – Windows 11, get ready to add the new updates. You will see the difference for sure when using the applications and other utilities provided by Windows 11.

Windows Getting Engaged With OneNote: Next Step By Microsoft

Quest is the key. Microsoft is consistently working on building better applications for users like you. Firstly Microsoft Windows 11 Update and now OneNote. And, now the time has come for OneNote. As per the current news Microsoft will integrate its OneNote application with Windows. To know more about this update, check out this Exhibit blog.

OneNote Getting Engaged With Windows

Ohh No! There’s nothing like any social alliance about which the talk is going around. As per the latest reports and announcements that are coming out, people like you will have one OneNote application for usage and not a separate one. As per Microsoft, this integrated application will be there within the next 12 months. Hence, by 2022, you will find something more sophisticated with their Windows-loaded OneNote application.

What is OneNote? What features does it have?

Wait, wait, don’t throw so many bombshells of queries in one shot. Many of you who use their smartphones like EverNote as their note writing app may not know about OneNote. But, OneNote has more edges than EverNote in terms of its functionality and features. It’s for sure that this is also a note storing and writing application. However, this information gathering allows you to go for multi-user collaboration. OneNote is a component of Microsoft Office Suite. Just like EverNote, you can also share data over the network. You don’t need to save documents by clicking on the Save option or pressing the shortcut key – CTRL + S. The documents you store here at OneNote come with file extension – .one. If you have a Microsoft account, Microsoft gives the leverage to you to store data upto 5 GB through the OneDrive platform.

What does this merger mean to you?

It means you don’t need to call upon the Competition Commission of India to investigate whether this merger is proper or not. Bad joke, isn’t it? Microsoft wanted to bring an integrated Windows-OneNote platform after it released Windows 10. But then, they dropped the plan and revived it again now. Microsoft has been upgrading its note-taking application for a very long time by enhancing its features and functionality. Microsoft has also announced that it will allow OneNote to get access to the latest Microsoft pen apart from this merger. In addition to this, the development team at Microsoft will work towards better UI layout options. With all this, there is an assurance that now users like you do not have to maintain segregated accounts and have more comfort.

Apple’s Tool to Tackle Child Sex Abuse Cases

Coincidences matter. Coincidences do occur. And, some coincidences happened recently. Just a few days before, the Cabinet decided to extend the timeline of POCSO fast track courts. And, now Apple has decided to bring more compliance in child sex abuse regulation. Child sex abuse is one of the burning topics which has increased in current times. Just file an RTI application from the Ministry of Women & Child Development or check the National Criminal Records Bureau portal to know how many child sex abuse cases get registered in a year. Figures are disturbing. But, with this update, Apple is displaying its firm intent to mitigate such instances. Let’s know more about this news in detail from this Exhibit blog.

Apple’s Tool for Child Sex Abuse

A report is out where there is information available that Apple is working to develop a tool that can scan child sex abuse images. This report thoroughly talks about how Apple is working towards child safety and other measures that can reduce the frequency in such cases. Apple will bring this tool with its flagship OS-based products, including iOS 15, watchOS 8, and macOS Monterey. Apple has also announced that they are enhancing the utility of their default message application to tackle this issue.

How will this tool work?

If it’s about the Message app, the essential element that will help to scan such incidents through rich libraries is NLP (Natural Language Processing). Whenever any message comes, it will try to detect keywords like ‘child,’ ‘sex,’ or something quite relevant to this domain and understand what the sender or receiver tries to express. Once understood, it will send the notification for the same to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, a regulatory agency in the USA. This apple tool will also scan images and comparing same with the large data set on child sex abuse. If your child thinks about seeing sensitive images, this tool has the power to send notifications to you.

Potential of Apple’s Tool

The new Apple tool has immense potential to reduce child sex instances to a greater extent. Apple should think about collaborating with other social media messaging apps to read messages or request those app-based companies to send a red alert by using the tool without storing it somewhere (hence, it will keep privacy intact). Even in India, both MoWCD and MHA should talk about this tool that can help their law enforcement agencies catch culprits.

Final Word

Apple has taken a giant step to bring betterment to society. It will be great to see other smartphone makers take the same type of measures by building such tools to make humanity feel safer, especially for your kids.

Make a Job Application with TikTok Resume

Copy That. An epic line by Akshay Kumar in the movie “Mission Mangal” tells many things. There are hardly any instances when we say others copy us. But, here’s a time again where a foreign company has tried to copy our trend. The social video app TikTok is coming up with its resume section platform that one can use as a job application. An Indian firm, Naukri, already has such a feature, but with TikTok adopting it will surely get worldwide coverage. What’s more there and what new will be coming with this TikTok Resume will get covered with this Exhibit blog.

I Need A Job

Creating a job gets more recognition than finding a job. Remember such similar lines from the movie ‘The Social Network.’ But, there will be some like us who want to get a job rather than creating it. And, to cater to this requirement, you will need someone else who is running a company. Several job portals are floating all around that can help you in landing a good designation. TikTok can also be their name among these platforms. TikTok Resume will now help people like you who just love to create quirky videos and get a fascinating life where you can feel employed.

What will this TikTok Resume mean to the people?

Now please don’t take a stand considering that you are sitting in the opposition panel of the Parliament seeking a reply from me about the number of jobs lost in recent times. Honestly, I am not a minister who is bound to give such replies. It’s well known about the aggravated situation as the economy got shut for some months. Hence, TikTok Resume is no less than a golden opportunity for those who posted about their unemployment status on social media profiles like LinkedIn. And, yes, many of you may curse such platforms with a job section, but you cannot tap the same. Well, it’s all about the day and suitability of you and the company where you got an interview offer. So, sit tight and showcase your best look and best of yours to express why you will be a perfect match for any employer.

Can TikTok Resume be successful?

Once again, I want to say that I am not Cybill Trelawney of Harry Potter, who predicted the birth of a boy in July. Predicting the success of TikTok Resume is not possible as of now. However, one should expect to raise the question of the relevance of this application of TikTok. I mean, considering TikTok’s niche and outreach, such applications and moves may look irrelevant. But, there’s one thing that will happen for sure: this feature and functionality will push other job portals to add such quotients.

Intel’s 3nm Technology Will Soon Hit Electronic Market

Some races never end. Some debates never end too. When it comes to improvement, the quest always continues. If you want to know what I am talking about, considering that you are a tech nerd, let me tell you. It’s about chip technology. Gone were the days when tech giants felt it like an accomplishment when they were making chips for smartphones on 90nm. Now they are not even satisfying even for 10nm. Time is for single-digit nanometer technology. Intel is thinking of going beyond the new norm – 3nm technology. This update is absolutely an impressive shot that they have made to create a threat for their counterparts and contenders.

Intel New Series of Chips

A few days back, Intel came with an announcement where their CEO and SVP of Technology laid out the future plans of this organization. First of all, Intel will rename its manufacturing node. It means you don’t have the right to call it ‘Enhanced Superfin’ again. In addition to this, Intel will come up with some updates on their existing products. And, lastly, Intel came with the intent that they will launch more core processors based on 3nm technology. There are expectations that these Alder Lake chips will be there in the market by this fall.

What is nanometer technology?

Yeah, many of you are feeling bamboozled about this new phenomenon. But, Exhibit always comes to the front to ensure that we get every single piece of info about the news. You may be knowing that there are some electronic chips that get integrated with devices and gadgets. These chips contain millions and billions of transistors due to which a device shows particular functionality or niche. But what is this 3nm technology? Well, it’s merely a part of nomenclature in chip process technology. It means that if a chip is developed on 22nm technology, the size of the chip in the gadget is 22nm. This size of the feature is precisely the silicon channel length between source and drain in field-effect transistors. Don’t worry as I am not going to give a lecture on this domain.

What does it mean to others?

I would like to answer with just two words – a lot. Yes, it is. As of now, Intel’s 10nm technology gives tough competition to Samsung and TSMC’s 7nm. In addition to this, there’s one more giant in the chip technology race – Qualcomm. Reducing the size of the chip helps to add more features and functionality as you as an electronic geek will like to install more sensors and elements.

Oppo Will Release Smartphones with Under-Screen Camera

COVID-19 has added several terminologies. One of them was ‘new normal.’ Adopting the new norms of life has become a core issue when it comes to getting back to what you were living before a virus came to disturb human existence. This new normal has brought several changes. Even technology witnessed some mutation, forget about mutants that are creating a catastrophe. And, currently, some technical advancement has given space to this new normal. Under-Screen Camera is becoming the new normal of cellular technology. Oppo is coming up with its new generation cameras with its next series of smartphones. For a tech geek like, here we are at Exhibit, appearing again to unmask the facets of this latest update.

Techie Masala

As per Oppo, this new development will create that perfect balance that smartphone users like you always demand between camera image quality and consistent screen quality. When Oppo came out with this announcement, they also shared a prototype for the same to ensure some people can feel it properly. Oppo was working on this for the past few times to devise a solution by removing the notch and hole punch in the selfie camera. Under-screen cameras somewhere are like a solution when it comes to reducing the weight and realizing a dust-free camera capture experience. Hence, Oppo coming on this front will surely give a push to a new set of competition. ZTE already has opened gates for this domain.

Pros and Cons of Under-Screen Camera Technology

There is an assurance that the lens gets inserted into the smartphone’s body with under-screen camera technology. Hence, the screen-to-body ratio will increase for you, giving you a better visibility experience. This lens getting inside also reduces the probability of wear and tear of the motor (for smartphones that have a pop-up camera design). Thus, you add the durability quotient with this feature. But, this comes with a cost. And, that cost is the cost of the smartphone itself. Yeah, such technology gives space to the new design on which the smartphone industry has to work. Body design will change as chips, and other electronics parts will have complete integration. The question can also arise on the image quality front. It is because, with such technology, the camera converts analog signals into digital. Hence, there can be some sort of detailing loss.

Final Word

Look, I can understand that you are feeling like getting into awestruck mode. But, you need to know that USC technology can give you a hit on the cost and quality domain. So, it’s better to allow Oppo to come up with accurate configurations and information with the smartphones in which they are bringing it.