Redmi A1 leak reveals the likely specs ahead of its September 6 launch: Check them out here

It’s techtember and we are going to witness the launch of several tech devices including smartphones. Redmi has scheduled the unveiling of its budget offering named Redmi A1 in India on September 6, i.e. Tuesday. And ahead of the event, we have got a slew of Redmi A1 leaks (courtesy of 91Mobiles and other sources) that tells us what to expect from the handset in terms of its key specifications and features.

Redmi A1 Specs and design renders (Leaked)

The front of the phone is said to sport a 6.52-inch display with an HD+ resolution, 60Hz refresh rate, and 20:9 aspect ratio. The resolution and refresh rate and expected for the phones of this ilk.

Speaking of which, the leaked design reveal a dewdrop notch that is said to house a 5MP selfie snapper.

Meanwhile, on the back, there could be an 8MP main camera. The details of the secondary sensor is currently unclear.

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The back of the phone could come in 3 colorways viz. Black, Green, and Blue with leather-like texture finish.

Redmi A1 could ship with stock-esque clean Android software and digital payment feature as well.

Inside the phone, the rumored hardware components are a 5000mAh battery (supposedly supported by a 10W charger), a MediaTek Helio A22 processor, at least 2GB LPDDR4x RAM and 32GB of eMMC 5.1 storage (expandable up to 1TB using microSD card). The rest of the repertoire could consist of a 3.5mm jack, Dual SIM, Bluetooth 5.0, single-band Wi-Fi, and FM radio. The device could weigh around 192 grams.

Well, it’s a matter of days to know all the details about the Redmi A1 as it sees the daylight on September 6. You could also expect special festive offers with the device.

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SKorean govts YouTube channel hacked to stream Elon Musk video

Seoul, Sep 3 (IANS) The South Korean government's YouTube channel was hacked on Saturday, apparently to broadcast a cryptocurrency-related video including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, but has been restored, according to sources.

At 3.30 a.m., the government's official channel on the video-sharing platform appeared to have been hacked as its name changed to "SpaceX Invest" and showed a live broadcast on cryptocurrency that included an interview with American billionaire and SpaceX founder Musk.

An official at the culture and tourism ministry, which manages the YouTube account, said they had become aware of the situation at 6 a.m., took security measures and restored the account at 7:20 a.m.

The official said the account's ID and password were suspected to have been stolen.

Google, YouTube's parent company, confirmed that the channel had been hacked, reports Yonhap news agency.

An official at Google Korea said that it was currently looking into the cause of the incident.

The attack follows a hack of a YouTube channel operated by the Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), under the tourism ministry, earlier this week.

According to KTO, the channel, which has around 509,000 subscribers, was initially targeted on Thursday and again the next day. The channel is currently unavailable.

A KTO official said that Google automatically blocks access to the account if it spots abnormal connections.

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FIFA 23 India Prices for PlayStation, Xbox Tipped to Be Hiked by EA, Standard Edition to Be Affected

Fifa 23 prices in India could soon be increased. A tipster has suggested that EA and its India distributor E-xpress have decided to hike the price of the Standard Edition on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.

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Harvard-backed startup develops EV battery tech with over 10K cycles

New York, Sep 3 (IANS) US-based startup Adden Energy has achieved solid-state battery charge rates as fast as three minutes with over 10,000 cycles in a lifetime in lab settings.

The startup has now been granted a technology license from Harvard University to scale innovative lithium-metal battery technology for commercial deployment.

"We have achieved in the lab 5,000 to 10,000 charge cycles in a battery's lifetime, compared with 2,000 to 3,000 charging cycles for even the best in class now, and we don't see any fundamental limit to scaling up our battery technology. That could be a game changer," said Xin Li, associate professor of materials science at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

The battery also offers high energy density and a level of material stability that overcomes the safety challenges posed by some other lithium batteries, according to results published in Nature and other journals.

Harvard's Office of Technology Development has now granted an exclusive technology license to Adden Energy.

Adden Energy has closed a seed round with $5.15 million in funding led by Primavera Capital Group, with participation by Rhapsody Venture Partners and MassVentures.

The license and the venture funding will enable the startup to scale Harvard's laboratory prototype toward commercial deployment of a solid-state lithium-metal battery that may provide reliable and fast charging for future EVs to help bring them into the mass market.

The startup aims to scale the battery up to a palm-sized pouch cell, and then upward toward a full-scale vehicle battery in the next three to five years.

"If you want to electrify vehicles, a solid-state battery is the way to go," said Li.

"We set out to commercialise this technology because we do see our technology as unique compared to other solid-state batteries," he added.

The technology developed at Harvard, which includes core innovations in solid-state battery design and electrolyte production methods, may offer other crucial advantages.

"Typically, lithium-metal anodes in other solid-state designs develop dendrites, twig-like growths that can gradually penetrate through the electrolyte to the cathode. We defeat the growth of dendrites before they can cause damage, by novel structural and material designs," said Luhan Ye, CTO of Adden Energy.

As a result, the device can sustain its high performance over a long lifetime, he added.

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Apple Watch saves UK man whose heart stopped 138 times in 48 hours

London, Sep 3 (IANS) Apple Watch's ECG heart sensor has once again saved a man's life by sending him alerts for a low resting heart rate on almost 3,000 occasions.

David Last, 54, from the UK credited Apple Watch for saving his life after his heart stopped an astonishing 138 times in a 48-hour testing period at the hospital, reports the Independent.

His heart resting rate was found to have dropped as low as 30 beats per minute (it is normally between 60-100bpm).

After tests like a 48-hour ECG and MRI, his cardiologist told him that he had a massive heart blockage.

His heart stopped 138 times in 10-second intervals over a 48-hour ECG period.

Last was operated this month, and a pacemaker was installed to detect abnormal heart rhythms.

His wife gave him Apple Watch as a gift on his birthday in April this year.

"If she hadn't bought me my Apple watch for my birthday, I wouldn't be here. I will always be eternally grateful to her for it. Apart from charging it, it's always staying on me now," he was quoted as saying.

The Apple Watch has saved several lives in the past across the world.

With iOS 16 and watchOS 9 this fall, Apple Watch and iPhone will offer features that focus on 17 areas of health and fitness, from heart health to sleep, women's health, mobility and more, according to the tech giant.

Apple recently collaborated with Stanford University in the US to build the Apple Heart Study, which was a first of its kind in the medical community and the largest virtual cardiac clinical study during its time.

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Google receives a record 137,657 user complaints in India

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Google received a record 137,657 user complaints in July this year in compliance with the new India IT Rules, 2021.

Most of the content it removed was related to copyright violations (135,341), while other categories included trademark, court order, graphic sexual content, circumvention, and others.

The tech giant received 37,173 complaints from individual users via designated mechanisms in the country in the same period, related to third-party content that is believed to violate local laws or personal rights on various Google platforms.

In June, Google removed 1,11,493 pieces of bad content based on user complaints.

"The complaints consist of various categories. Some requests may allege infringement of intellectual property rights, while others claim violation of local laws prohibiting types of content on grounds such as defamation," Google said in a statement.

"In addition to reports from our users, we invest heavily in fighting harmful content online and use technology to detect and remove it from our platforms," it said in its monthly compliance report.

The company said that as part of its automated detection processes, it removed 551,800 accounts in the country.

"We invest heavily in fighting harmful content online and use technology to detect and remove it from our platforms. This includes using automated detection processes for some of our products to prevent the dissemination of harmful content such as child sexual abuse material and violent extremist content," said Google.

In accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules), Google, along with other social media platforms, is mandated to publish monthly transparency reports with details of complaints received from users in India and the actions taken, as well as removal actions taken as a result of automated detection.

Under the new IT rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms -- with more than 5 million users -- have to publish monthly compliance reports.

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Google allows controversial Parler app back on Play Store

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Google has finally allowed conservative social media app Parler to be back on its Play Store, after it removed the app in January 2021 for violating its policies following the US Capitol riots.

In April, Apple approved Parler's return to the App Store, following improvements the company made to better detect and moderate hate speech.

"Major news: We're back on the Google Play Store. Happy downloading, Android users," Parler app tweeted on Saturday.

Parler Chief Technology Officer Sam Lipoff said that while away from Google Play, "we have worked diligently to build a more feature-rich and dynamic user experience".

"Now is a perfect time to join Parler and rediscover the non-partisan platform where we enable people to speak freely," Lipoff posted.

Parler, an alternative to Facebook and Twitter that bills itself as a haven for free speech, was removed from major tech platforms in early January following the US Capitol riots of January 6.

Parler was kicked off of Apple and Google's app stores, as well as Amazon Web Services, which had been hosting the company's product.

Former US President Donald Trump's social media platform called Truth Social is also facing similar issues with both Apple and Google, and the company is now working "in good faith with Google" to get it back on Play Store.

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