Xiaomi Summer Sale 2023 on Amazon, Flipkart: Deals available on smartphones - Times of India

Xiaomi’s Summer Sale 2023 is now live on Amazon and Flipkart. During Amazon’s Great Summer Sale and Flipkart’s Big Saving Days, shoppers will have access to discounts on Xiaomi phones. Moreover, customers can also save extra on Xiaomi smartphones with exchange offers and other bank discounts. Amazon’s Great Summer Sale will begin on May 4 at 12 pm. Meanwhile. Flipkart’s Big Saving Days sale is set to commence on May 5 and will go on until May 10.
Xiaomi 13 Pro: Offers, discounts and specs
The 12GB + 256 GB variant of the Xiaomi 13 Pro was released at Rs 79,999. This phone comes in two different colours -- Ceramic White and Ceramic Black. Users can avail of exchange offers and discounts on this phone at Amazon.com. ICICI bank card holders can avail of an instant discount of Rs 8,000 and purchase this device at Rs 71,999. Customers will also get an exchange bonus worth Rs 8,000 on non-Xiaomi/ Redmi devices. Buyers who will exchange Xiaomi/ Redmi smartphones will get a bonus of Rs 10,000 on this phone.
Xiaomi’s latest flagship smartphone houses a triple-camera setup, featuring Leica optical lenses. The Xiaomi 13 Pro features the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and a 120Hz WQHD+ AMOLED display. The phone also supports 120W Hypercharge technology.
Xiaomi 12 Pro: Offers, discounts and specs
ICICI Bank card holders can purchase the Xiaomi 12 Pro at Rs 42,999 on Amazon.com. The phone was previously available at Rs 44,999.
Xiaomi 12 pro features Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and an AMOLED display. The company claims it to be India's first smartphone with a 50MP + 50MP + 50MP triple camera setup. This smartphone also supports 120W Xiaomi HyperCharge technology.
Redmi K50i: Offers, discounts and specs
Redmi K50i was previously available at Rs 20,999 and will be available on both Flipkart and Amazon at a discounted price. ICICI bank card holders can avail of an instant discount of Rs 1,500 and purchase this device at Rs 19,499. An exchange bonus worth Rs 2,000 can also be availed which will bring the effective price down to Rs 18,999.
The Redmi K50i 5G is powered by the Dimensity 8100 chipset and sports a 6.6-inch display with a 144Hz refresh rate. This phone also supports 5G connectivity.
Redmi Note 12 Pro+: Offers, discounts and specs
Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G was launched at Rs 29,999 and can be purchased with exchange offers and discounts on Flipkart.com. At this sale, ICICI bank card holders can avail of an instant discount of Rs 3,000 and purchase and can also add an exchange bonus worth Rs 3,500 to get the phone at Rs 26,499.
Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G has a 200MP primary camera sensor which also features Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). The device comes with a 120W Hypercharge and packs a 4980mAh battery unit. It features a 120Hz AMOLED Display with Dolby Atmos and Vision support. Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G also has a 3D Arc Design & metal camera deco. The device also features Corning Gorilla Glass 5 & is IP53 rated.
Redmi Note 12 Pro: Offers, discounts and specs
This smartphone was launched at Rs 24,999 and is available on Amazon.com and Flipkart.com. During the sale, ICICI bank card holders can avail of an instant discount of Rs 3,000 and an exchange bonus worth Rs 4,000 can be availed making the effective price Rs 20,999.
Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G sports a 120Hz AMOLED display that supports Dolby Vision. The smartphone features the 50MP Sony IMX766 camera sensor and is backed with a 5000mAh battery unit that offers 67W Turbo Charge technology.

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Reliance unveils JioDive VR headset f in India. Details here - BusinessLine

Reliance Jio has unveiled its JioDive Virtual Reality (VR) headset in India, to help IPL fans watch a match in 360-degree stadium view while sitting in front of a 100-inch screen.

Also Read: Where is IPL 2023 happening?

Also Read: Apple Reality Pro: All you need to know about mixed-reality headset

JioDive is compatible with phones having display sizes between 4.7 and 6.7 inches, equipped with gyroscope and accelerometer. The operating systems supported in VR headset are Android 9 or above, and iOS 15 or above.

Also Read:Airtel brings a new plan to Xstream Fiber broadband

Specifications

JioDive VR headset comes with a 3-way adjustable strap. With a click of a button, one can navigate and interact in VR. One can also adjust the lenses with side and centre wheels, according to their preference.

Availability and Price

Jio’s VR headset is currently available in Black variant at ₹1,299 with Paytm wallet offer of ₹500. It can be purchased from JioMart. All-new Jio VR headset has a three month warranty.

Also Read:India to introduce new Digital India Act to regulate Big Tech

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Amazon Great Summer Sale: Deals on TVs, laptops and other electronics | Mint - Mint

E-commerce giant Amazon is back with its summer sale, starting from May 4 – May 8, 2023. It will provide customers with offers on several products across categories including smartphones, consumer electronics, home and Kitchen, large appliances, TVs and more. 

Customers can avail discounts with great offers from brands like Samsung, Mamypoko, Loreal, TCL, V Guard, Godrej, Zydus, LG among others. All the offers will be made available to Prime members 12 hours prior allowing them to exclusively shop, avail deals and best offers ahead of others.

The Prime Early Access will be active from midnight of May 4, 2023. Prime members will also have an extra ₹250 instant bank discount on shopping from ICICI Bank Credit Cards and Kotak Bank Credit/Debit Cards on a single order of ₹15,000 and above from 2nd May when the deals, a preview to the main shopping event goes live at midnight. Prime members can avail this discount till 4th May 23:59 pm.

Customers will also get the chance to win up to ₹5000 as rewards during the Pay & Shop Rewards Festival by making daily payments such as sending or receiving money, paying bills and more. In addition to this, avail instant credit up to ₹60,000 with Amazon Pay Later along with welcome rewards worth ₹600. 

Here are the great deals across categories on Amazon.in Great Summer Sale. Check out all the offers here. 

Laptops and Televisions 

• Up to 40% off on laptops, up to 60% off on Smart TVs and appliances across top brands including Samsung, Godrej, LG, Haier and Llyod
• Up to 60% on wide range of smart TVs, up to 50% off on 32-inch smart TVs, up to 60% off on QLED TVs, up to ₹14,000 exchange on large screen TVs, up to 50% off on OLED TVs, up to 55% off on 4K TVs
• Upto 50% Off on tablets such as Samsung S8 WiFi Graphite and newly launched OnePlus Pad 
• Avail an exchange up to ₹21000, up to 10% cashback on Amazon Pay, NECMI for up to 12 months on select products
• Buy Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Intel Core i3-1115G4 11th Gen 15.6" (39.62cm) FHD Laptop (8GB/256GB SSD accessorised with Win 11/Office 2021, in colours such as Platinum or Grey/ with 2 Year Warranty

Electronics and Large Appliances: 

• Up to 75% off on PC accessories such as Lenovo 15.6" (39.62cm) Slim Everyday Backpack that comes with water-resistance, 2-side pockets, padded adjustable shoulder straps
• Up to 70% off on speakers and soundbars from top brands such as Boat, Sony, JBL, Zebronics and Blaupunkt 
• Avail exciting offers on JBL Wave Beam and Zebronics jukebar 9750 5.1.2 soundbar 
• Buy smartwatches including BeatXP Vega, BeatXP Marv Neo and BoAt Flash among others at their lowest prices ever
• Up to 35% Off on printers, up to 60% off on monitors, up to 30% off on desktops, up to 40% off on Gaming Headsets, Keyboards, and other Gaming Accessories
• Buy washing machines starting from ₹6,990. chimneys starting from INR 4,490, microwaves starting from ₹499

Smartphones & Mobile accessories:

• Up to 40% off on Smartphones across top brands including OnePlus, Samsung, Xiaomi, iQOO, realme narzo, Apple, Tecno and many more 
• Buy 5G smartphones starting ₹10499 with exciting exchange offers on select smartphones
• Avail iPhone 14 as Biggest Deal of the Sale with a massive price drop
• New smartphones such as OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G, Redmi 12C, Realme Narzo N55, Samsung M14 5G, Lava Blaze 2 Tecno Spark 10 and Tecno Phantom V Fold will be available at exciting prices. 
• Redmi A1 available  starting ₹5699 and Lava Blaze 5G starting ₹10499
• Buy Oneplus 10 series starting ₹11000 with additional exchange bonus upto ₹10000. OnePlus 10R 5G and OnePlus 19 Pro 5G at ₹29999 and ₹54999 respectively. OnePlus 10T 5G will be also be available starting ₹53999 and One Plus Nord series starting from ₹17499
• Buy newly launched Samsung Galaxy M14 5G starting at ₹12490, Samsung Galaxy M33 5G starting ₹14499, Samsung Galaxy S22 5G starting ₹51999 and more. 
• Newly launched Redmi 12C with high performance MediaTeK Helio G85 processor starting ₹8499. Redmi Note 12 5G available at ₹15499 and Redmi 11 Prime 4G available at ₹9499 
• Up to 75% off on headphones on exisiting and newly launched headphones such as JBL Wave Beam, boAt Airdopes Atom 81, boAt Airdopes 170, ZEBRONICS PODS 2 Wireless TWS Earbuds
• Latest headset launches such as OnePlus Buds Pro 2, Jabra Elite 4 and Elite 5, OnePlus Buds Pro 2R, Ptron Zen, OnePlus Buds Nord 2, Ikodoo Buds Z and Ikodoo Buds One will be available at exciting offers 
• Avail great deals and offers on newly launched accessories such as OnePlus Bus Pro 2, Jabra Elite 5, OnePlus Bus Pro 2R, Ptron Zen, OnePlus Buds Nord 2, Ikodoo Buds Z, Ikodoo Buds One 

 

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AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to spread awareness against 'dangers' of artificial intelligen - Economic Times

Geoffrey Hinton, the man who won the 'Nobel Prize of computing' for his work on neural networks and is known as the godfather of AI, is now speaking against the dangers of artificial intelligence.

Hinton, alongside two other so-called godfathers of AI, bagged the Turing Award in 2018 for their trailblazing work in artificial intelligence, recently quit his job at Google.

The reason why Hinton handed over his resignation and walked out of Google is so he can finally speak on the dangers of artificial intelligence, a tech that powers popular chatbots such as ChatGPT, Bing and more.
In 2012, the 75-year-old along with two of his graduate students at the University of Toronto created tech that eventually became the foundation for the artificial intelligence that the biggest companies in the tech industry believe is the next step towards the future.

However, it was pretty shocking when Hinton joined the growing chorus of critics who have been raising their voices to warn masses of the danger of generative AI.

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After working for over a decade at Google and stepping up the ranks to become a respected voice in the tech world, Hinton quit his job so he can "freely" speak out and warn people about the risks of AI. In an interview with New York Times, Hinton says that a part of him now regrets his life’s work.“I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have,” Hinton told NYT.

On Thursday, Hinton spoke to Google CEO Sundar Pichai after handing over his resignation last month.

Tech industry leaders believe that artificial intelligence could have an equal impact as the web browser had in the early 1990s, and could be a breakthrough in different fields such as drug research and education.

However, many critics of AI, including Elon Musk, feel that generative AI can be a tool for misinformation and could become a huge risk to jobs, or worse, a risk to humanity.

“It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things,” Hinton said.

When a group of leaders, including Eric Horvitz, the chief scientific officer at Microsoft which uses OpenAI's tech across a variety of its products, released their own letter warning of the rising risks of AI, Hinton did not sign it.

The computer scientist said that the reason he did not sign those letters was because he did not want to publicly criticise Google or other companies until he had left his job.

Hinton joined Google after the company spent $44 million to acquire a company started by him and his two students in Toronto - Ilya Sutskever and Alex Krishevsky - that could analyse thousands of photos and teach itself to recognise common objects such as cats, dogs and flowers.

Their system led to other technologies that are becoming increasingly powerful such as ChatGPT and Google's Bard.

As companies across the world continue to improve their AI systems, Hinton believes they are becoming "increasingly dangerous".

"Look at how it was five years ago and how it is now,” he said of AI technology. “Take the difference and propagate it forwards. That’s scary.”

As per NYT, all was good between Hinton and Google until Microsoft launched the new OpenAI-based Bing, which sparked a "code red" at Google.

Spreading of misinformation is one of Hinton's many concerns regarding AI, including replacing workers. Hinton fears that as the world gets filled with fake imagery and text that nobody will be able to tell "what is true anymore". The former Google employee further emphasised on the dangers of the technology which could quickly displace workers, and become a greater danger as it learns new behaviours.

“The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people — a few people believed that,” he said, adding “But most people thought it was way off. And I thought it was way off. I thought it was 30 to 50 years or even longer away. Obviously, I no longer think that."

In his tweet, Hinton said Google itself had "acted very responsibly" and denied that he had quit so that he could criticise his former employer.

When Reuters reached out to Google, part of Alphabet Inc., the company did not immediately reply to a request for comment. However, the Times quoted Google’s chief scientist, Jeff Dean, as saying in a statement: “We remain committed to a responsible approach to A.I. We’re continually learning to understand emerging risks while also innovating boldly.”

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Scientists use brain scans and AI to 'decode' thoughts - HT Tech

Scientists said Monday they have found a way to use brain scans and artificial intelligence modelling to transcribe "the gist" of what people are thinking, in what was described as a step towards mind reading.

While the main goal of the language decoder is to help people who have the lost the ability to communicate, the US scientists acknowledged that the technology raised questions about "mental privacy".

Aiming to assuage such fears, they ran tests showing that their decoder could not be used on anyone who had not allowed it to be trained on their brain activity over long hours inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner.

Previous research has shown that a brain implant can enable people who can no longer speak or type to spell out words or even sentences.

These "brain-computer interfaces" focus on the part of the brain that controls the mouth when it tries to form words.

Alexander Huth, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of a new study, said that his team's language decoder "works at a very different level".

"Our system really works at the level of ideas, of semantics, of meaning," Huth told an online press conference.

It is the first system to be able to reconstruct continuous language without an invasive brain implant, according to the study in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

- 'Deeper than language' -

For the study, three people spent a total of 16 hours inside an fMRI machine listening to spoken narrative stories, mostly podcasts such as the New York Times' Modern Love.

This allowed the researchers to map out how words, phrases and meanings prompted responses in the regions of the brain known to process language.

They fed this data into a neural network language model that uses GPT-1, the predecessor of the AI technology later deployed in the hugely popular ChatGPT.

The model was trained to predict how each person's brain would respond to perceived speech, then narrow down the options until it found the closest response.

To test the model's accuracy, each participant then listened to a new story in the fMRI machine.

The study's first author Jerry Tang said the decoder could "recover the gist of what the user was hearing".

For example, when the participant heard the phrase "I don't have my driver's license yet", the model came back with "she has not even started to learn to drive yet".

The decoder struggled with personal pronouns such as "I" or "she," the researchers admitted.

But even when the participants thought up their own stories -- or viewed silent movies -- the decoder was still able to grasp the "gist," they said.

This showed that "we are decoding something that is deeper than language, then converting it into language," Huth said.

Because fMRI scanning is too slow to capture individual words, it collects a "mishmash, an agglomeration of information over a few seconds," Huth said.

"So we can see how the idea evolves, even though the exact words get lost."

- Ethical warning -

David Rodriguez-Arias Vailhen, a bioethics professor at Spain's Granada University not involved in the research, said it went beyond what had been achieved by previous brain-computer interfaces.

This brings us closer to a future in which machines are "able to read minds and transcribe thought," he said, warning this could possibly take place against people's will, such as when they are sleeping.

The researchers anticipated such concerns.

They ran tests showing that the decoder did not work on a person if it had not already been trained on their own particular brain activity.

The three participants were also able to easily foil the decoder.

While listening to one of the podcasts, the users were told to count by sevens, name and imagine animals or tell a different story in their mind. All these tactics "sabotaged" the decoder, the researchers said.

Next, the team hopes to speed up the process so that they can decode the brain scans in real time.

They also called for regulations to protect mental privacy.

"Our mind has so far been the guardian of our privacy," said bioethicist Rodriguez-Arias Vailhen.

"This discovery could be a first step towards compromising that freedom in the future."

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Apple rolls out Rapid Security Response update to iPhones, iPads, Macs - Deccan Herald

Apple regularly rolls out incremental updates to its devices to bring new features, resolve issues caused by software bugs and also fix loopholes in the system to curb cyber threats.

Now, for the first time, Apple has deployed an emergency firmware iOS/iPadOS 16.4.1(a) dubbed-- Rapid Security Response Update-- to iPhones and iPads.

It is said to fix critical security issues more quickly, such as issues that might have been exploited or reported to exist 'in the wild.' As most security loopholes are not known to all cyber criminals and to give a chance for Apple device owners to update to the latest firmware, the company has not disclosed the specific information of the issue. All Apple device owners are advised to update to the latest version as soon as possible.

It should be noted that a similar macOS 13.3.1 update is also released to Macs, MacBooks, and iMacs.

Apple's First Rapid Security Response update to iPhone 14 Pro Max (screen-grab)

It is a welcome move by Apple. It greatly reduces the time taken to release security software updates rather than wait for other less-priority issues to be resolved.

Compared to the last decade, there are more people online than ever before and it will only increase, thanks to affordable smartphones, tablets, and computers. Now, most people perform tasks, work and even study on smart devices more easily than physically attending at designated places. So, cybercriminals and even private and state-run spy agencies are investing their sources in cracking platforms such as Windows, Android, iOS, ChromeOS, and macOS, to try to infiltrate into potential victims' devices to steal their hard-earned money and in some cases track targeted people such as journalists, human rights activists and politicians.  

With Rapid Security Response Update, Apple will be able to roll out security patches as and when the security loophole is identified and the fix is ready for deployment.

Procedure on how to enable Auto updating of Rapid Response Security Update (screen-grab)

Here's how to enable the automatic installation of Rapid Security Response Update on your Apple device:

On iPhone/iPad
Go to Settings > General > Software Update > Automatic Updates, then make sure that "Security Responses & System Files" is turned on.

On Mac device
Tap on the Apple menu (with Apple logo) >> System Settings. Click General in the sidebar, then click Software Update on the right. Click the Show Details button next to Automatic Updates, then make sure that "Install Security Responses and system files" is turned on.

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Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for May 2: Know rewards, freebies, codes, and events for today - HT Tech

Garena Free Fire MAX redeem codes for May 2, 2023: Free Fire MAX players can collect tokens of different colours to exchange them for rewards, including MP40 skins and many bundles. Giving details of the same Garena Free Fire North America tweeted, "Get the MP40 gun skins collection from Token Wheel. Collect yellow and purple poker tokens to exchange for rewards, including MP40 skins and many bundles. Green tokens from top-up can also be exchanged for purple tokens. Event is available until May 7th! Don't miss out!"

Want to claim more freebies and rewards? Players can get Denim Dino and Bonefreeze Dino bundles today. Informing about the same, another tweet by Garena Free Fire North America stated, "Step up your fashion game with the Denim Dino and Bonefreeze Dino bundles. Now available on the Lucky Wheel starting at only 9 diamonds! Don't miss out on this limited-time event, available until May 7th."

Free Fire players can also participate in the Booyah Fiesta to grab several rewards including Boho Dagger knife skin, Festive Growl backpack, Chunky Shades sunglasses, and more. Notably the event will be live until May 7, 2023.

Meanwhile, in order to claim Garena Free Fire MAX in-game items, you can check the daily redeem codes released today below. It can be known that Garena Free Fire MAX is the higher version of Free Fire and uses the same codes and redemption website to claim the in-game items for free.

Players can use the codes to claim freebies by visiting the redemption website of Garena Free Fire at https://ift.tt/xpiyS5F. The codes come with an expiry time of 12-18 hours and need to redeem them as early as possible. Check the Garena Free Fire MAX redeem codes for today below:

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem codes for May 2, 2023:

1. FFIC33NTEUKA
2. FFAC2YXE6RF2
3. FF9MJ31CXKRG
4. FFCMCPSEN5MX
5. HNC95435FAGJ
6. 6KWMFJVMQQYG
7. FFICJGW9NKYT
8. FFCO8BS5JW2D
9. VNY3MQWNKEGU
10. ZZATXB24QES8
11. U8S47JGJH5MG

Step 1: Visit the official redemption website of Garena Free Fire at https://reward.ff.garena.com/en. Existing Garena Free Fire players can login to Free Fire MAX by using their Free Fire account.

Step 2: Log in to your game account using either Facebook, Google, Twitter, Apple ID, Huawei ID, and VK.

Step 3: Enter any of the above-mentioned redeem codes into the text box and click on the confirm button.

Step 4: Completed the above mentioned steps? Now, the rewards will be displayed in your mail section within 24 hours. However, if not, you will be informed about the same via a message.

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