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YouTube Starts Showing More Local Language Content to Users

by Rajdeep April 4, 2024

written by Rajdeep

YouTube Starts Showing More Local Language Content to Users

YouTube on Thursday said that it will start showing Indian users more local language content in the Home and Trending tabs. The change in displayed content will start rolling out for all users from Thursday itself, and users will not need to adjust any settings.

The Google-owned video sharing platform in a press statement said that it will automatically identify the user’s preferred Indic language, based on the user’s watch history, user interface language, and location. Languages include Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.

In case YouTube identifies the wrong language for users, they can change their language setting from the bottom of the page on desktop. On the Android and iOS mobile apps, language settings are based on the device settings. YouTube adds that users can alternatively also just watch more videos in their language, and it “will gradually correct itself.”

youtube local language content gadgets360 YouTube Local Language The company says that thanks to the move, users will see more local language content in the Home tab such as movies and music, especially if they are first time users. The Trending section will show videos that are popular with other users with similar language preferences.

“We are excited to help more Indians find content in their local languages, especially those who are coming online for the first time. We hope this will make their experience even more engaging and relevant. We’re equally excited to help regional content creators reach audiences in their local languages more quickly,” YouTube said in its statement.

[Source:- gadgets.ndtv]

April 4, 2024 0 comment

Education

Grammar school entrance exams undermined by study showing how children learn

by Rajdeep April 4, 2024

written by Rajdeep

A new psychological study has cast doubt both on the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” and claims that entrance exams for selective schools can accurately determine a child’s “true potential”.

The researchers tested more than 550 school pupils aged 11 to 18 and more than 100 adults on various skills such as “non-verbal reasoning”, a process involved in maths.

And they found that children aged 11 to 13 – older than the age when children typically take entrance exams – were able to improve their performance by 10 percentage points in just three weeks.

They also found a greater effect of training on older adolescents than on their younger counterparts, according to a paper in the journal Psychological Science.

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, of University College London, who led the research, said: “Although adults and older adolescents benefited most from training in non-verbal reasoning, the average test score for adolescents aged 11-13 improved from 60 per cent to 70 per cent following three weeks of ten-minute online training sessions.

“This calls into question the claim that entry tests for selective schools that include non-verbal reasoning ‘assess the true potential of every child’.”

In the non-verbal reasoning test, participants were shown a grid of different shapes and colours with one space left blank. They then had to work out the correct shape to complete the pattern.

Another test, which measured “numerosity discrimination”, they were shown two groups of different coloured dots in quick succession and had to judge which group had the most dots.

“We find that these cognitive skills, which are related to mathematics performance, show greater training effects in late adolescence than earlier in adolescence,” said Dr Lisa Knoll, who co-wrote the paper.

“These findings highlight the relevance of this late developmental stage for education and challenge the assumption that earlier is always better for learning.

“We find that fundamental cognitive skills related to mathematics can be significantly trained in late adolescence.”

Delia Fuhrmann, another of the researchers, stressed there were limits to what could be claimed about good performance in such tests.

“However, there is no evidence that this leads to an improvement in overall cognitive ability. All we can say for sure is that training to spot patterns in a three-by-three grid of abstract shapes improves your ability to spot patterns in a three-by-three grid of abstract shapes.

“While this ability is commonly tested in IQ tests, it might not be appropriate to make judgements about other forms of intelligence based on the outcomes of such tests.”

[Source:- independent.co.uk]

April 4, 2024 0 comment

Gadgets News

Black Shark 2 TENAA Listing Showing Display Size, Battery Capacity, Dimensions Leaked

by Loknath Das September 27, 2018

written by Loknath Das

Black Shark 2 TENAA Listing Showing Display Size, Battery Capacity, Dimensions Leaked

Black Shark 2 has two vertically-placed camera sensors at the back

HIGHLIGHTS

Black Shark 2 has received TENAA certification
The smartphone comes with AWM-0 model number
The original Black Shark smartphone was launched in China in April

Black Shark debuted as the first gaming smartphone from Xiaomi-backed Black Shark back in April. But just months after the arrival of its first generation, the Chinese company has apparently started preparing its successor that could launch as the Black Shark 2. The new offering has received a TENAA certification with model number AWM-0. This is notably the same model that was assigned to the original Black Shark smartphone. However, there are certain design-level changes on the new model. The dual rear camera setup that was horizontally-aligned on the original model is now appeared to be vertically aligned. Similarly, the fingerprint sensor that was sitting on the front panel of the first-generation Black Shark has now been moved to the back of the Black Shark 2. The original Black Shark arrived in China with a starting price of CNY 2,999 (roughly Rs. 31,700). The Black Shark 2 is likely to carry a similar price tag for its base variant.

As per the TENAA listing, as reported on SlashLeaks, the Black Shark 2 has a 5.99-inch display that could come with an FHD+ resolution – identical to the original model. The listing also highlights the presence of a 4,000mAh battery, which is the same as the predecessor. Further, the dimensions of the smartphone come at 160×75.26×8.7mm. These show that the new model is slightly thinner and compact in size than its previous generation that 9.25mm of thickness and 161.62mm of height. However, the width of the original model was almost the same as its new generation with 75.4mm of measurement.

SlashLeaks has also provided a total of four images of the new Black Shark smartphone sourced from TENAA. While the side view of the new model looks similar to its predecessor, its back view shows some notable differences in the form of a vertically-placed dual rear camera setup and a fingerprint sensor. Since the fingerprint sensor is now at the back, the front view of the new model looks quite plain. Furthermore, the Black Shark branding along with the S-shaped logo can be seen on the back.

The source at SlashLeaks wasn’t able to provide any further details about the Black Shark 2. Similarly, the link to the TENAA listing on the SlashLeaks page was showing a “no record” page at the time of filing this story.

If we look at the hardware of the original Black Shark smartphone, its successor is expected to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, coupled with Adreno 630 GPU and up to 8GB of RAM. The smartphone could also have a dedicated liquid cooling technology to offer out-of-the-box thermal management for an enhanced gaming experience.

Details about the price and availability of the Black Shark 2 are yet to be revealed. Nevertheless, considering the listing on TENAA, some more information about the developing model is likely to emerge in the coming future.

[“Source-gadgets.ndtv”]

September 27, 2018 0 comment