Marine plastic litter detected and quantified using deep-learning tool

Researchers at the University of Barcelona have developed an open-access web app, based on deep learning techniques, which enables the detection and quantification of floating marine litter from aerial photography.  Floating marine plastic is a serious threat to the conservation of marine ecosystems. For instance, marine plastics can cause damage to marine animals through ingestion, suffocation, restraint … Read more

What New in Asterisk 16

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What New in Asterisk 16 One of the major improvement in asterisk 16 from the earlier version is the WEBRTC, Text Messaging in Conference, Wrap up time in queue, Originate function and PJSIP Also there is one major changes regarding macro application being used in dialplan. Applications: The ‘Macro’ dialplan application has been deprecated and is no … Read more

How to automate SSH login with password?

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How to automate SSH login with password? Method 1: Here is the steps to generate passphraseless SSH key Generate a passphraseless SSH key and push it to your other machine. If you already have an SSH key, you can skip this step… Just hit Enter for the key and both passphrases: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 Generating … Read more

Riding high on MoRTH projects

Infrastructure development, education and transport are among the highlights of the Union Budget 2021-22.  Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the National Infrastructure Pipeline in December 2019. This first-of-its-kind, whole-of-government exercise undertaken by Government of India was launched with 6,835 projects. The project pipeline has now expanded to 7,400 projects. Around 217 projects … Read more

Learn lessons from Huawei 5G row, MPs warn

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has published a report advising the government to develop a new strategy for implementing new technologies, with consideration for security and competition.  Last year, the government performed a U-turn and blocked network operators from using Huawei equipment in any part of their 5G infrastructure. The government said … Read more

install Brave Browser

sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add – echo “deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list sudo apt update sudo apt install brave-browser

6G demonstrated in lab tests with uncompressed 8K video stream

Researchers have made strides developing ‘6G’ wireless technologies by using 300GHz terahertz waves to transfer uncompressed, 8K ultra-high definition (UHD) video with a data rate of 48Gbit/s over the air.  The next-generation 6G mobile communication standard – which is beyond the present 5G system – is expected to transmit 8K and other UHD videos with … Read more

Children exposed to air pollution suffer reduced thinking skills

Exposure to air pollution in childhood is linked to a decline in thinking skills in later life, Edinburgh University researchers have said.  A greater exposure to air pollution at the very start of life was associated with a detrimental effect on people’s cognitive skills up to 60 years later, the research found. The team tested … Read more

OneWeb’s broadband satellites could be used to plug rural black hole

OneWeb is reportedly in talks with BT to use its satellite broadband technology to provide coverage to rural areas of the UK.  The firm, which was bought by the UK government after nearly going bankrupt last year, intends to launch a network of more than 650 low Earth orbit satellites that will be able to beam down … Read more