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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...

WhatsApp Desktop app gets voice and video calling feature; group calls support coming

Facebook owned messaging platform WhatsApp begins rolling out voice and video calling feature for Desktop app users starting today. WhatsApp has been working on rolling out this feature for a long time now and has finally released it for everyone around the globe.

With the video and voice calling feature on WhatsApp Desktop app, the messaging platform will aim to take on the likes of other video calling platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Skype, among others.

Similar to WhatsApp voice and video calling on the mobile app, calls on the desktop app will also be end-to-end encrypted, which means no one apart (including WhatsApp and parent company Facebook) from you and your friend will be able to hear the conversation.

The messaging platform says that it aims to offer “reliable and high-quality experience”. WhatsApp Desktop calling is available on Windows 10 64-bit version 1903 and newer and macOS 10.13 and newer. Let’s now explain how to make voice and video calls on WhatsApp Desktop.

How to make video, voice call on WhatsApp Desktop app

STEP 1: You’ll first need to get an active internet connection on your computer and phone

STEP 2: WhatsApp will then access your computer’s microphone or webcam depending on the voice or video calling feature you want to use

STEP 3: To continue, you will then need to have an audio output device and microphone connected to your computer for calls

STEP 4: Next, open the individual chat you would like to call.

STEP 5: Click the Voice call icon and you’re good to go.

Group WhatsApp calling feature coming

WhatsApp has also confirmed that video and voice calling feature will come to group calls on Desktop app in the near future. The messaging platform said, “We will be expanding this feature to include group voice and video calls in the future.” The release timeline hasn’t been revealed as of yet.

The messaging platform recently announced the roll out of a new security feature for WhatsApp Web and Desktop including face and fingerprint unlock feature when linking devices.



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