This week was rocked by both positive and negative news stories!
Be it the Typhoon in Japan, Earthquake in Afghanistan, No ice cover on the famous Om Parvat (India), the world rethinking the inflow of foreign students (Canada and Australia), Sunita Williams’ elongated 8-month stay in the ISS, or the rejection of a peace proposal from Ukraine.
But the hope of humanity is alive via Spain’s La Tomatina festival 2024, Paris Paralympics 2024, Indian scientists finding ways to make semiconductor chips better, Madras High Cout allowing nighttime Formula 4 race, the Israel Museum inviting a toddler and his family on a guided tour after he broke a 3500-year-old vase, or India surpassing the UK in vital technological research!
While the news we got for you in this Weekly Roundup will blow your socks off!!
Shall we start?
California passes AI bill, awaiting Governor’s signature
California just passed an AI safety bill in their legislative assembly! It is now pending the governor’s signature.
Governor Gavin Newsom has until today to approve or Veto it!
As per SB 1047, aka the AI Bill, the big Tech has been avoiding their duty to conduct security checks on their AI models and were avoiding SB 1047 as well.
Elon Musk has shown his support for the AI bill, which will ensure that the,
- AI companies perform mandatory security testing on their AI models that cost more than USD 100 million to develop.
- AI companies to develop a Kill Switch for AIs for the time when AIs go bad!
- The government can sue AI companies if there is an ongoing AI threat.
Preparing beforehand is always good when it comes to AI!
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NASA has discovered Earth’s hidden Electric Field
NASA has discovered the cause behind the Polar Winds!
It is the hidden Electric Field of the Earth that propels charged particles into space at supersonic speeds.
Although the electric field is weak, it can still manipulate the charged particles, which even after supersonic propulsion remain cold.
The field, which was detected by NASA’s Endurance Mission, is ambipolar or has two poles and is bidirectional too!
It increases Earth’s atmosphere’s height, and every planet with an atmosphere needs it. If you like to read the full findings, here is NASA’s report.
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Do you wish to boost your Brand’s SEO?
Google’s Gemini Gems has got your back when it comes to SEO!
With its AI experts that can be created and modified as per the requirements.
These AI experts will help in,
- Coding
- Coaching
- Content Creation
- Brainstorming
- Handling miscellaneous tasks.
But it is available to the Advanced, Enterprise, and Business subscribers of Gemini.
You can use the Gemini Gems for,
- Content SEO
- Screaming Fog Gem
- Evaluation of content as per the Images
These Gems can take away subscriptions of the other AI solutions that people are currently using!
You can also use ChatGPT Prompts to boost your SEO!
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Are your Blogs also Crawled but not Indexed?
Many users across the internet are facing the “Crawled but not Indexed” issue with their blogs and other content on Google!
89% of profiles on Google Search Console are facing this error.
The reasons behind this error can be,
- 404 Error Code
- “Noindex” tag attached to the page.
- Duplicate Content
This basically means that after crawling, Google is judging your content, and if found not useful, then that content is not getting indexed! Google is doing this to decrease their crawling budget.
How to fix the Crawled but not Indexed issue on Google Search Console?
Here is how you can resolve this issue,
- Manually check the pages that have been facing this issue.
- Starting an Internal Linking project to implement hierarchy.
- Use self-pointing Canonical tags to avoid duplication.
- Check your Hreflang Tags
- Conduct an audit of the XML Sitemap
- Check the rectified URLs in the URL inspection tool.
Lastly, switch to value-adding and helpful content to ensure this never happens again!
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What could Reliance and Walt Disney’s collaboration mean for the Advertising industry?
Reliance has just partnered up with Walt Disney, and it is putting the whole advertising industry in a fix!
Their combined TV channels now stand at 110, out of which Viacom owns 38 and Disney owns 70, catering to sports, general entertainment, and more niches.
The deal approved by the CCI, or Competition Commission of India, and is worth USD 8.5 billion.
This would mean that the Adverts on TV and OTT platforms (Disney+Hotstar and JioCinema) linked to Reliance and Disney will now have a bigger chunk of ad revenue and can increase the ad tariffs as well.
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Airtel shuts down Wynk and may offer Free Apple Music and Apple TV+
When Airtel’s shut down the Wynk music app after running it for 10 years, everyone became curious!
And the reason was a partnership with Apple to counter the Reliance and Walt Disney partnership.
Airtel is retaining all its Wynk employees and will use them to cater for free,
- Apple Music (to the Premium Wynk users)
- Apple TV+ (to the users who subscribe to Airtel’s WiFi)
- And more.
Airtel Premium users will get both later this year.
This move will bring Apple TV+ to the forefront of OTT platforms in India.
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Can a YouTube video Dry your Wet phones?
A YouTube video by the name of “Sound to Remove Water From Phone Speaker” is claiming to remove all water from wet phones.
Verge, an American publication, tested it on the iPhone 13, Nokia 7.1, Pixel 3, and Pixel 7 Pro using a UV dye solution.
Water from the speakers was removed by the video. But each phone had a different result,
- Pixel 7 Pro got dry as a bone.
- Nokia 7.1 was ruined.
- IPhones were in the middle.
But a phone has other openings too, like the USB port, SIM card slot, and buttons where the sounds of this video won’t work!
Try this innovative video at your own risk!
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New rules for Aadhar Card, FD, and Credit Card from September 2024
The top 5 rules that will impact your personal finances and banking are changing from September 2024 in India!
They are,
- Payment due date on Credit cards will now be 15 days on IDFC credit cards.
- Aadhar card update can happen till 14th September 2024.
- From September 6th, 2024, Banks will have to provide Credit Cards with multiple card networks.
- FDs from IDFC Bank with 444, 375, and 300 days will be available from September 30, 2024.
- Benefits of RuPay Credit Cards on normal and UPI usage will not be lower.
So, plan your finances accordingly!
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Rare Electron phenomenon found by Indian scientists!
Researchers from
- the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, or JNCASR, along with
- the University of Syndey, Australia, and
- the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany,
have found a rare localisation phenomenon in the electrons of semiconductors.
This will help in,
- Allowing other materials to be used in semiconductor chip manufacturing.
- Allow usage of semiconductors in lasers, photoconductors, optical modulators, and more.
This means better, cheaper, and faster production of electronic gadgets!
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Mpox alert sounded in Gurgaon!
The Gurugram Health Department has issued an alert regarding Mpox as it is the hub of international travellers in India and Delhi-NCR.
Mpox is rarely fatal, but it is quite infectious and troublesome. Try to avoid meeting with international travellers and get yourself tested appropriately as soon as you land in India!
As per the news,
- Any infected individual can become a transmitter of this disease as soon as they start having the rashes and until the scabs fall off.
- The causes behind the disease are deforestation, risky sexual behaviour, encroachment of animal reserves, and the and the end of smallpox vaccination.
Precautions include,
- Safe sex
- Proper hygiene
- Avoiding contact with the effected individuals.
While Gujarat is reeling under the Chandipura Virus, which has takenthe livess of 82 individuals out of 245 cases of AES, or Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, and is being called the worst such outbreak in 20 years by the WHO.
Better safe than sorry!
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Defence Stocks to watch in Indian Market
With the current Indian government under the aegis of Shri Narendra Modiji, the defence sector is booming, and so are its stocks!
The Defence stocks to watch are,
- Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)
- Cochin Shipyards (COCHINSHIP)
- Bharat Electronics (BEL)
- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MAZDOCK)
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders (GRSE)
If you have their stocks, hold on to them; if not, buy them!
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This brings our 17th edition of the weekly roundup to an end!
As we can see from the above news, technological advancements are paving the way to a brighter future, but they need to pass security checks that ensure that these advancements will not harm humans or the life on Earth.
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