DSC-JGI — Weekly Digest #002

Here we are back again with our weekly digest #2 providing you the insights into what new stuff is happening around you.

Continue to read ahead and fill up your knowledge hunger with this list of cool articles by DSC-JGI.

Placements and recruitments

Here’s a little something for you, we have assembled a lineup of some of the leading companies in the market with an ongoing hiring process for the freshers:

• UST Global is hiring freshers for the position of Software Developer (Job).

Location: Bangalore, Hyderabad

• Amazon hiring for Software Development Engineer Intern (Internship) — Read More
• IBM published a job link for hiring freshers as Technical Support Associate (Job) — Read More
• Expedia group recruiting interns for the SDE role (Internship). — Read More

Technical

The world as we know it is changing at a rapid pace. Here are some of the trending topics on emerging technologies from the last week:

• Microsoft plans big Windows 10 UI refresh in 2021 codenamed ‘Sun Valley’:

Microsoft is preparing a major OS update for Windows 10 in 2021 that sources say will bring with it a significant design refresh to the Windows UI. I’m told that Microsoft is planning to update many top-level user interfaces such as the Start menu, Action Center, and even File Explorer, with consistent modern designs, better animations, and new features. — Read More

• YouTube rolling out player page redesign with gestures, suggestions for Android and iOS:

YouTube today announced a series of Android and iOS updates as part of a video player page redesign. The general look stays the same, but the Google company has worked to optimize button placement and layouts while adding some convenient shortcuts. — Read More

• Vi Fastest 4G Operator in India, Followed by Airtel and Reliance Jio: Ookla

Vi (formerly Vodafone Idea) was reportedly the fastest mobile operator in India in Q3, 2020. That’s according to global internet speed test leader, Ookla, which claims that the merged British-Indian company emerged the leader in both upload and download speeds in the three months ending September 30th, while Airtel and Jio came in at numbers two and three, respectively. — Read More

• Raspberry Pi Foundation announces the cute little Raspberry Pi400:

Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced Raspberry Pi 400, the company’s all-new compact personal computer built right into a sleek keyboard. The product is inspired by the classic PCs of the 1980s such as BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore Amiga. — Read More

• $100 a month for SpaceX Starlink seems really good :

SpaceX has announced its (US-only) Starlink public beta will begin, under the name the ‘Better Than Nothing’ beta. In an email to some newsletter subscribers, the company revealed some information including the all-important speeds, data cap, and pricing. — Read More

Computer Science

To help you stay updated with new developments in the field of computer science. Here are some of the popular headlines from the last week:

• Graphene-based memory resistors show promise for brain-based computing

As progress in traditional computing slows, new forms of computing are coming to the forefront. A team of engineers is attempting to pioneer a type of computing that mimics the efficiency of the brain’s neural networks while exploiting the brain’s analog nature. — Read More

• Toward ultrafast computer chips that retain data even when there is no power

An international team of researchers has created a new technique for magnetization switching — the process used to ‘write’ information into magnetic memory — that is nearly 100 times faster than state-of-the-art spintronic devices. The advance could lead to the development of ultrafast magnetic memory for computer chips that would retain data even when there is no power. — Read More

• A math idea that may dramatically reduce the dataset size needed to train AI systems

A pair of statisticians at the University of Waterloo has proposed a math process idea that might allow for teaching AI systems without the need for a large dataset. Ilia Sucholutsky and Matthias Schonlau have written a paper describing their idea and published it on the arXiv preprint server. — Read More

• Breakthrough Quantum-Dot Transistors Open the Door to a Host of Innovative Electronics

Quantum dot logic circuits provide the long-sought building blocks for innovative devices, including printable electronics, flexible displays, and medical diagnostics. Researchers at Los Alamos National. — Read More

• Efficient Brain-Based Computing Using Graphene-Based Memory Resistors

As progress in traditional computing slows, new forms of computing are coming to the forefront. At Penn State, a team of engineers is attempting to. — Read More

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