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Intel and Alibaba to Provide AI at Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Intel and Alibaba have partnered to develop an AI-powered technology called 3D Athlete Tracking for the 2020 Olympics, which are to be held in Japan, with the intention to enhance athlete training and audience experience.

According to Navin Shenoy, Intel EVP and general manager of the Data Center Group, the 3D Athlete Tracking is a novel technology concept and is optimized to run on Alibaba’s Cloud. The tool integrates computer vision and AI deep learning algorithms to provide coaches and trainers with “intricate real-time biomechanical data” via various video cameras to detect motion and activity.

Here is the complete report from Intel’s newsroom… https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-alibaba-team-ai-powered-3d-athlete-tracking-technology-olympic-games-tokyo-2020/#gs.93z3fe

Russia’s New Internet bill ‘Runet’

**Russia has formally adopted a law that gives its government more control over its domestic internet.**

The purpose of the law is to maintain the stability of the Russian internet and the services running over it, in case foreign aggressors try to cut it off the global whole.

In a couple of years, Russia will have the ability to safely disconnect its internet from the World Wide Web or to initiate an internet blackout in a region if it is rocked by unrest or opposition.
But it is now set to come into effect in November, with telecoms operators obliged to abide by its terms from the start of 2021.

To that end, Russia will need to build its own Domain Name System (DNS), and internet service providers will need to install special equipment.

According to media reports, the majority of Russians oppose the ‘Sovereign Internet Bill’.

For more detailed info, please visit : https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/05/01/putin-signs-internet-isolation-bill-into-law-a65461

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/putin-signs-bill-tightening-government-grip-on-the-russian-internet/

The much awaited ‘reality’ is released by scientists…’Black Hole’

a historic day in science

first close-up image of black hole

The image of a dark core with a flame-orange halo of gas and plasma shows a supermassive black hole 50 million light years away…
YES…It happened. Scientists using the Event Horizon Telescope (not through computer-generated imagery) have captured the first real image of a black hole. The snapshot of the supermassive black hole in the Messier 87 galaxy (about 55 million light years away) shows the “shadow” created as the event horizon bends and sucks in light. It also confirms that the black hole is truly huge, with a mass 6.5 billion times that of the Sun.

In a historic feat by @EHTelescope & @NSF, a black hole image has been captured for the 1st time. Several of our missions observed the same black hole using different light wavelengths and collected data to understand the black hole's environment. Details: https://t.co/WOjLdY76ve pic.twitter.com/4PhH1bfHxc
— NASA (@NASA) April 10, 2019

Taking this picture was tricky — it required worldwide collaboration that wasn’t possible until recently.

The first-ever image of a black hole, which experts are calling a monumental discovery, confirms some of Albert Einstein’s long-standing theories about general relativity https://t.co/t8FEqmDhz1 pic.twitter.com/5iUrlqiOmT
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 10, 2019

The image required connecting eight existing high-altitude telescopes, including ones Chile and Antarctica, to reach an angular resolution high enough to capture such a relatively compact object (the event horizon is “just” 24.9 billion miles across).
This technique, also involved synchronizing atomic clocks and even taking advantage of the rotation of the Earth. Supercomputers at the Max Planck Institute and MIT’s Haystack Observatory had to combine “petabytes” of raw data from the telescopes.

What an incredible effort by @ehtelescope scientists to capture the first black hole image – huge congrats! https://t.co/2zHuTz85wm
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) April 10, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZsR9zPYTDg

For more amazing and detailed info, please visit – https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/black-hole-image-makes-history/

Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes as big as the Sun in the early universe

“It is remarkable that such massive dense objects were able to form so soon after the Big Bang,”
said Michael Strauss, a professor at Princeton University in the US.

Astronomers have discovered 83 quasars (a massive and extremely remote celestial object) powered by supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away from the Earth, from a time when the universe was less than 10 per cent of its present age.

Astronomers have spotted the brightest quasar ever discovered in the early universe. The actively feeding supermassive black hole is not only as bright as 600 trillion suns, it's also located a whopping 12.8 billion light-years from Earth. https://t.co/k9DAp0syjy pic.twitter.com/J2YLmVU02x
— Astronomy Magazine (@AstronomyMag) March 4, 2019

Supermassive black holes, found at the centres of galaxies, can be millions or even billions of times more massive than the Sun.

While they are prevalent today, it is unclear when they first formed, and how many existed in the distant early universe.

A supermassive black hole becomes visible when gas accretes onto it, causing it to shine as a “quasar”.

Please visit these links to get more info –

https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/83-supermassive-black-holes-discovered-astronomers-early-universe-1477973-2019-03-14

https://www.telegraphindia.com/science/83-supermassive-black-holes-found-in-early-universe/cid/1686812

Difference between ROUTER and MODEM. Confused ???

Here, I have provided the link which provides best content to get a complete and satisfactory answer of this question…

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/modem-vs-router/2/

These days, our internet connections are fast, quiet, typically reliable, and always there given you’re keeping up with subscription payments. But you may not know quite how networks function, thus enter our modem versus router comparison.

Both are necessary components for wired and wireless internet access in your home. Understanding the difference between the two can help you diagnose and possibly fix networking problems before placing time-consuming calls with technical support.

We provide an explanation of each and illustrate how and why each device is important. We also explain a new alternative to using the standard router if you’re considering an upgrade to your current home network setup.

Please visit this for complete info:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/modem-vs-router/2/

Celebrating Valentine’s Day: love yourself

Source:The Hindu

Here is the complete article:

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/valentines-day-tech-self-love-binary/article26245330.ece

Tokyo 2020 games’ medals will be made from recycled electronic gadgets

Called the Tokyo 2020 Medal Project, the initiative aimed to salvage precious metals such as gold, silver and bronze from mobile phones and other small electronic devices.

The medals in the 2020 Tokyo games will be made from recycled electronic gadgets
The committee in charge of the project aims to produce approx. 5000 medals for the Olympic and Paralympic games.
By October 2018, the committee had collected approximately 47,488 tons of small electronic devices, including mobile phones.

For more information please visit:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/08/olympics-medals-recycled-gadgets-electronic-waste