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Chinese Student Bracketed on basis of numeral of WeChat friends

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Recently an university professor in China graded students on basis of adding number of friends on WeChat for an assignment. WeChat is a messaging app and today's generation is even more cleared on how to use it, even then some professors aren't that old not to use it. This was a task as a part of social media management module and the name of the course is Internet and New Media at Henan university of Economics and Law in heart of China's Henan province. Source:  https://www.pymnts.com/mobile-applications/2019/wechat-video-streaming-satellite-apps/ What was the no. of people to add? It was at least 1000 new WeChat friends to pass the assignment. This module accounts to 30% of the total weightage of the course. In China, Whatsapp doesn't work, so WeChat is the only option to communicate at ease rate on daily basis. According to recent statistics, there are more than ! billion users of WeChat in China only. All of these lead to a great social fusion. ...

Netflix will enter for it's own age rating under BBFC system.

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Netflix to setup it's own official UK age ratings for its own films and shows. This will advanced by it's own algorithm. Till now, the ratings set by British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) was PG, 12 and 18. Netflix will be the first company to be approved by BBFC. According to the algorithm, words like violence and swearing will be picked automatically as per age rating. As said by BBFC spokeswoman, "This is the first time that the BBFC have collaborated with a content provider and put together a scheme that will eventually mean that they will rate their own content. This content will then receive a BBFC rating." Though it will take a year long piloting, but as per them this will bring accurate results. Also series and films on Netflix will have BBFC rating overall. "Our research clearly shows a desire from the public to see the same trusted ratings they expect at the cinema," BBFC chief executive David Austin said.

Nvidia took over a bid for Israel's Mellanox in data centre push! (Part 1)

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Nvidia Corp. an US chip supplier agreed to buy Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies Ltd. for $6.8 billion, thumping down it's rival Intel Corp. in a deal. This deal will assist the firm to boost its data centre and it's AI business (Artificial intelligence). Due to this offer, Mellanox shares rose 8.2% to $118.35, while Nvidia shares rose to 7% to $161.23 on Monday. These prices are per share of the market. Beside providing gaming chips, now Nvidia will also sell artificial intelligence chips to speed up the image processing. Basically, Mellanox makes chips which is used to connect those servers together inside the data centre. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Reuters in an interview, "We want to double down on data centres". Quarter of Nvidia's revenue is generated from data centre, with $2.9 billon in sales in 2018. This segment incremented over 52% over each year. As per Nvidia, Market is worth $60 billion while Mellanox's high-speed net...

Family (Part 2)

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Source :  https://www.123rf.com/photo_30337980_stock-vector-happy-cartoon-family.html Not everyone is lucky to have a family. Some of them have lost their family in a battle while some of them in a search of heaven. They are with you from the time of your beginning on this planet and will be till you die. They know what you are looking for and how to nurture you. They know what are your likes and dislike. They love you unconditionally. Whenever they said NO to you, it's because they think for your better sake. You are the luckiest if you have a backbone of them. Never ever leave them.

Earthquake in Mariana Trench!

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As per the research there are no major earthquakes recorded in the deepest point in the ocean on earth till now. But talking about the minor one, they are many. In 2016, researchers heard an earthquake from the dead end of it i.e. Challenger Deep in Mariana Trench. A NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) project lowered a microphone which can work under water at that greater depth which is also known as hydrophone. They did this in July and took out the hydrophone in November. Over the course period, they gave a recorded file which is copyrighted by them. If you are curious about how it actually sounds at that great depth, below is link. Source :  https://www.cnet.com/news/hear-an-earthquake-from-deep-in-the-oceans-mariana-trench/ This file contains earthquakes which happened at that near area or from far, also the sound of moaning by gigantic whale at that depth, 4 typhoons as said by "Robert Dziak" the NOAA oceanographer.

Family (Part 1)

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Source :  http://imageafter.com/ I don't know where this ship will take me but I know very well that It will be in the right direction. You alone are not capable of what you want to achieve, you need a side hand. Just like the wind for this ship is important so is a family for you. Family is the foundation of your life. Without this you will fall apart. Be nice to your family. Share. Tell them that you are in danger, they will help you. Create memories with them. Many will come by but the only one who will stand by your side is family. Cont. Have a good weekend. Thank you.

Deepest part of the ocean!

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Deepest point in the ocean on earth is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. In 2010, United States Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping measured the depth at 10,994 meters (36,070 feet) below sea level with an estimated accuracy of ± 40 meters. If the highest mountain on the earth, Mount Everest were to be placed at this location it would be covered up by over one mile of water. However the first ever depth measurement in the Mariana Trench was made by the British survey ship HMS Challenger. This ship was used by Royal Navy in 1875 to conduct research on trench. At that time the measured depth was 8,184 meters (26,850 feet) which was the greatest measurement at time. After 76 years, In 1951, another Royal Navy vessel, also names as HMS Challenger went for even more accurate measurement. The depth of 10,900 meters (35,760 feet) was recorded by echo sounding technology. Royal Navy vessel named that as The Challenger Deep after this measurement. While in 2009, sonar m...

World's oldest hockey operating arena!

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"World's oldest continually operating arena" is located in Cambridge, Ontario worth nearly completing a century's worth of ice activity. The Galt Arena Gardens is one the oldest continuously-operating ice hockey arena in world. It was built throughout 1921 and opened in January 1922. Location : 98 Shade St., Cambridge, Ontario It served home building for the 'Detroit Red Wings' farm team, the Galt Red Wings, for three seasons beginning in 1944. "There's a lot of history in here,” Dean Bevan, the arena’s supervisor, told CTV Kitchener." Some of the arena are located in Ottawa (Aberdeen Pavilion) (1898) and Windsor (Stannus Street Rink) (1897) which are older than the Galt bu they are no longer used. The Matthews Arena in Boston is also older than the Southern Ontario facility, having opened in 1910, but due to renovations many plays has been closed, leaving the Cambridge oldest continually operating hockey arena in the world. Many of ...

Untouched Mayan ceramics found!

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Mexican archaeologists discovered cave which was filled with Mayan ceramics which was nearly perfect. Maya ceramics are the ceramics which were produced in Pre-Columbian Maya Culture of Mesoamerica. It contains diverse vessels which had various shapes, colors, size and their own significance. As per the information provided by these archaeologist they found a cave at the Mayan ruins in Chichen Itza where they found more than 150 of those ceramic vessels in nearly untouched condition. As per National Institute of Anthropology and History (A Mexican Institute), those vessels date back to around A.D. 1000 and as per the analysis they conducted, they contained fragments of bone and burnt offering materials (a form of sacrifice offer to God). One of the archaeologist Guillermo de Anda said that the exploration began in 2018 when the local residents (Maya residents) told about this to experts. Talking about the cave, it was already discovered but it wasn't explored by the loca...

Every picture tells a story. Own perception! (Part 2)

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Have you ever imagined why we always overthink things? I will try to relate it to this picture. It is just as living in a cave where there will be no light. If you want to, then you need to find a solution how to. It all depends on you, whether you want to live in shine or you want to live in dark. To live in a cave is not an inferiority but a chance to get out of that darkness and get to know how we really are in the hard times. It's a medium through which we get to know more of us rather than depending on someone. You can lighten up a cave and make it more interesting inside but all you need is a step of courage. CAVE'S MAKE A WAY TO GET KNOW TO THE OUTER WORLD.

QuadrigaCX Auditor: Around $150 million in lost crypto has been void.

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Let's see what it actually means. According to the report posted by the Big Four Auditing Firm, Ernst & Young(EY) contend that they have identified six separate Crypto wallets which were used to store the cryptocurrency which used to be exchanged. The all harm was absorbed by non other than QuadrigaCX investors. The issue was their investors wallets were empty i.e. near to $150 million in cryptocurrency was missing. This report was based on following the death of the exchange's CEO who is Gerald Cotten. It is strange and the hunt is on till now. As per Ernst & Young reports stating that there were no deposits found into QuadrigaCX Crypto Cold wallets since April 2018. Also they affirm about till date no applicants were unable to identify why Quadriga stopped using the identified cold wallets for deposit in April 2018, however they will continue monitoring the database of it till they find what is the actual reason. Significantly, there is still over $100 mill...

What China did will amaze you!

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What did China do? Something that will harm someone or something beneficial? Let's see. Last year (May) China banned people from buying plane or train tickets. That's strange! Source :  https://www.gettyimages.ca/ Why? Because their social credits were low. and it was not hundred times, but it was more than 22 million times were people were refused to buy it. According to a report from China’s National Public Credit Information Center from last week, it stated that Airplane tickets were refused to or blocked for people around 17.5 million while high speed trains for 5.5 million times from buying. The reason for these was they were identified under unspecified behavioral times. Chinese government also employs a public blacklist, wherein if found guilty in court will punishes them partly buy limiting their ability to buy a ticket for the commutes i.e. airplane and train(high speed). Annoying behavior included as in one of the case where a person refused to get up f...