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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...
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WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted cloud backups likely coming on Android, iOS soon

WhatsApp is likely working on end-to-end encrypted cloud backups. As per a report, the Facebook-owned company is currently beta testing the feature both on Android, and iOS platforms.

As per WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is currently rolling out the feature to beta testers on both platforms. While common passwords across different and services are more susceptible to being hacked by miscreants. As per the report, if the new end-to-end encryption is activated on your backup, hackers will not be able to view your content.

The cross-messaging platform has begun testing end-to-end encrypted cloud backups for iPhone users via WhatsApp for iOS beta version 2.21.200.14., and for select beta testers via WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.21.21.5.

To recall, WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encrypted cloud backups as an optional feature last month. The feature allows user to secure their data history available on Google Drive and iCloud. By enabling the feature one can protect their message history backed up on WhatsApp from third parties.

Notably, the instant messaging app provided an option to use a 64-bit encryption key for the added layer to backups instead of creating a new password. However, the encryption key support has only been made available for beta testers on iOS, as per the WhatsApp tracker.

If you have an iOS device and are a beta tester you can check for end-to-end encrypted cloud backups by heading to WhatsApp Settings > Chats > Chat Backup > End-to-end Encrypted Backup. But before you proceed make sure to disable “WhatsApp” for your device backup, as it is not end-to-end encrypted. It can be done by opening iPhone settings then Name > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backup > Disable WhatsApp.

Alongside end-to-end encrypted backups, WhatsApp is spotted testing a global voice message player feature that is said to allow users to listen to voice messages even after exiting the chat window. As per WABetaInfo, WhatsApp will provide an option to pause and dismiss the voice message at any time as well. In addition, the company is found to be a redesigned contact info section for Android. As per the screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, users will witness the existing Chat, Audio, and Video buttons just below the profile photo of their contacts following the revamped contact info section.

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