PUBG IS BACK ?

 

TECHNOPEDIA       1.PUBG hints at India return with Microsoft       Azure deal Krafton Inc, the South-Korean company that owns PUBG Corp. has signed a deal with Microsoft that will let the PUBG parent host the game on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. The deal allows Krafton to host products directly operated by the company and its subsidiaries’, including PUBG on PC and Consoles, in addition to PUBG Mobile, which was banned in India two months ago. PUBG Corp. still holds the rights of the popular battle royale mobile game. “With privacy and data security being a top priority for Krafton, the company will be working with Microsoft to ensure personal data protection through Azure,” the company said in a press release. “The collaboration will ensure that privacy rights are respected and relevant software will be in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.” Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing service that allows game creators to build and run their games on a global scale. Krafton will also be working with the American tech-giant to introduce a verification process to ensure the storage of personally identifiable information of its players follow all appropriate requirements in all territories. While reports suggest that PUBG Mobile is planning a return to India with such cloud deals, others indicate that data security and Chinese ownership was only a part of why the app was banned. A report by TechCrunch noted that PUBG Corp. has privately informed some streamers that it expects the game to return in the country by year end. Some streamers are expecting an official announcement about the return as early as Diwali. Besides, Krafton has been working on rebranding the game to get around the government’s ban. The game developer previously said that it had localized its Indian servers before the ban. 2.MediaTek unveils Dimensity 700 5G chipset The new chipset features 5G carrier aggregation (2CC 5G-CA) and 5G dual SIM dual standby (DSDS). It is claimed to give users access to the fastest speed and 5G-exclusive Voice over New Radio (VoNR) services. It is equipped with power-saving features like UltraSave Network Environment Detection, MediaTek 5G UltraSave OTA Content Awareness, Dynamic BWP and Connected Mode DRX. MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G chipset can support 90Hz refresh rate displays with FullHD+ resolution. It can also support 48MP or 64MP main camera sensors with AI-bokeh, AI-color and AI-beauty features. It is integrated with hardware-based imaging accelerators enabling multi-frame noise reduction. The chipset comes with support for digital voice assistants like Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Google and Tencent. Additionally, the company has also launched MediaTek 8192 and MediaTek 8195 chipsets for the next generation of Chromebooks. The MT8192 and MT8195 chipsets come integrated with an AI processing unit (APU) to power a wide range of voice and vision-based applications. The duo also have a dedicated audio digital signal processor (DSP) to enable ultra-low power voice wakeup (VoW) for voice assistants. The chipsets allow users to integrate super-large 80MP 4-cell cameras, single 32MP cameras or dual camera setups up to 16 MP + 16 MP to Chromebooks. MediaTek 8195 is built on the 6nm TSMC process and integrates an octa-core CPU with four Arm Cortex-A78 cores. It also integrates MediaTek’s APU 3.0, providing up to 4 TOPS performance. Other features include five-core Arm-Mali G57 GPU and quad-channel 2133MHz LPDDR4X. It comes with support for Dolby Vision, 7.1 surround sound audio and a Codec AV1 hardware video accelerator. MediaTek 8192 integrates an octa-core CPU with four Arm Cortex-A76 cores and four Arm Cortex-A55. It is said to offer up to 2.4 TOPs performance. The chipset also packs a powerful five-core Arm Mali-G57 GPU with 2133MHz LPDDR4x and UFS 2.1 storage. It supports wide quad high definition (WQHD) displays with standard 60Hz refresh-rates, or FullHD+ displays with up to 120Hz refresh-rates. 3.Samsung ‘The Sero’ rotating TV launched in India: Price, features samsung has introduced its rotating TV geared for social media consumption, called The Sero, in the Indian market. The Sero can switch between horizontal and vertical orientations and uses Samsung’s QLED technology. Samsung had showcased the Sero back at the . Samsung says the Sero will be exclusively available at Reliance Digital stores in India. The Sero is priced at Rs 1,24,990 in India for the 43-inch screen size with a navy-blue bezel design. Samsung is offering customers benefits like 5 percent cashback and EMIs starting at Rs 1,190 when they purchase the Sero. The Sero will come with a 10-year no screen burn-in warranty from Samsung and a one-year comprehensive warranty and one-year additional warranty on panel. The unique selling point here is that this TV is optimised for streaming content from your mobile. A user can switch between horizontal and vertical orientations with just the press of a button. Samsung’s Sero: Specifications The Sero has a QLED display technology and the company has introduced the 43-inch variant in India. This is a LED TV with Quantum Dots, and we’ve seen Samsung offer various TVs with the technology. QLED also relies on an LED backlight for the pixels to light up, unlike an OLED where they emit light on their own. The Sero TV also comes with the company’s Adaptive Picture+ feature which controls the light and analyses the video and surroundings to deliver the best picture quality, according to the company. It will also rely on AI Upscaling feature to boost low-resolution content in to 4K quality. It also comes with an  Ambient Mode+, which will allow the TV to blend with the background of your room. Samsung says the Sero can analyse the texture and colour of the walls and adjust its screen to match the surroundings. It has an Always On Display mode, and users can choose from different backgrounds Samsung says the Sero is optimised for social media content, streaming services and gaming. The screen can be rotated by remote control, voice command and via the SmartThings app from Samsung. The TV also comes with 4.1ch 60W front firing speakers. Its Portrait mode will let consumers pick from different stylish vertical backgrounds as well. It has an All-in-one Stand with a 360-degree clean and removes the clutter of wires.  In order to share content from their mobile onto the Sero, users will be able to just tap on the bezel and the same will appear on the TV.