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The Enforcement Directorate (ED), after conducting raids at multiple locations belonging to payment gateways, i.e., Paytm and PayU in connection with a case of Chinese loan apps, asked Paytm to freeze certain amounts from a few Merchant IDs (MIDs).Sources said the raids were conducted in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram, Lucknow, and Kolkata.The ED has not given any official comment on the matter.On September 3, raids were conducted at the premises belonging to online payment gateways including Razorpay Pvt Ltd, Cashfree Payments,…

The smallest little siege you ever did see Rainbow Six Siege, one of the most successful shooters in the history of the genre, is preparing to go pint-sized today, with the launch of the first closed beta for Rainbow Six Mobile, which go live presently on Android devices in select territories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceKBhaJD41k Rainbow Six Mobile, essentially a scaled-down edition of the excellent tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege, hopes to replicate the nail-biting five-on-five action as teams of…

This is a gem of a book which creeps up on you as you begin reading it. My first reaction on coming across it was “Why should I read it? It’s probably a mere rehash of two distinguished civil servants’ careers and a narration of the government’s current initiatives.” But once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down and found I had much to learn. In a very welcome recent trend, many of our senior and retired civil servants are penning their experiences and lessons gained from their long public service. There are many…

A cool and useful algorithm explained and extendedBy Carl M. Kadie and Christopher MeekA crab selecting a random line of text from a file — Source: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/If I (Carl) interviewed you for a job at Microsoft, I probably asked you this question:How would you select a random line from a text file of unknown length?I asked this question in Microsoft Research, in the original anti-spam team, and in an Office Machine Learning/Data Science group. We love the question because it touches on probability,…

Image Source : PIXABAY Netflix Netflix, a video streaming platform is reportedly working on features that will let customers play its mobile games against one another and rank themselves on gaming leaderboards. According to TechCrunch, starting from July this year, Netflix quietly launched the ability for users to create unique "game handles" in a subset of its mobile…

Netflix is developing features that would allow members to play its mobile games with one another and competitively rank themselves on gaming leaderboards. The company, starting last month, quietly launched the ability for users to create unique “game handles” in a subset of its mobile games, including Into The Breach, followed by Bowling Ballers, Mahjong Solitaire and Heads Up!. In addition, references uncovered in the Netflix app point to expanded gaming ambitions, including the ability to invite other users to…

Google Play Games, an application that lets users play select Android games on PC, is officially releasing in beta for the following countries: Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia.If you're a player in those regions, you'll need to sign up in order to try out Google's feature. There are 50+ titles, and include mobile titles like Summoners War, Cookie Run: Kingdom, Last Fortress: Underground, and Top War. Check Google Play Games' website to see how you can register.Google also lowered the…

‘Global economic environment’ cited as cause In something of an unprecedented move, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it is officially raising the retail price of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) hardware. The consumer shelf cost for the powerful console will increase in select territories, including Europe, Japan, and Canada. The news was announced in a new blog post by SIE’s Jim Ryan, wherein the President & CEO cited the “Global economic environment” as the key reason behind the price rise. “The global…

Warner Bros will reportedly screen Batgirl on its studio lot in Burbank, California, for people who worked on the movie, both cast and crew, as well as representatives and executives.It was announced earlier this month that the film studio had decided to shelve Batgirl due to a changing regime behind the scenes.The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that Warner Bros would host the “funeral screenings” this week, before the footage is put under lock and key.The DC film starred Leslie Grace in the lead role of Barbara…

A cool and useful algorithm explained and extendedBy Carl M. Kadie and Christopher MeekSource: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/If I (Carl) interviewed you for a job at Microsoft, I probably asked you this question:How would you select a random line from a text file of unknown length?I asked this question in Microsoft Research, in the original anti-spam team, and in an Office Machine Learning/Data Science group. We love the question because it touches on probability, algorithms, and systems issues.Even having retired from…