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The Xbox peripheral was designed as a camera that allows you to control video games with your movements, now it’s been used to map the skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Researchers with MIT’s Camera Culture group realized the equipment they currently had wasn’t capable of getting the information they needed. So they turned to the $150 Kinect to solve their problems. Undaunted they were able to rig up a chest-mounted Kinect camera and get a full scan.

The Xbox One X promises to be the most powerful console ever, when it launches later this year. Speaking to MCVUK, Microsoft’s Head of Xbox Operations Dave McCarthy stated that it will ‘feel like a premium PC experience overall.’ He added that consumers really want to balance price against capabilities. But, there will always be customers in your segment of gamers that want the best of the best, and that the PC space was really the only place they could go to get that. They now have the ability to get that in the console space.

In2IT Technologies, the IT consulting and services company, announces that it has become a Microsoft Authorized Education Partner (AEP), demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft academic customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment. To earn a Microsoft AEP authorization, partners must complete a test to prove their level of academic licensing and market expertise.

A team of 30 researchers at Microsoft labs in Redmond and Bengaluru are busy developing a new class of machine-learning software and tools to embed artificial intelligence onto computer processors. The project is part of a paradigm shift that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described recently: “We’re moving from today’s mobile-first, cloud-first world to an intelligent cloud and intelligent edge. The researchers imagine all sorts of intelligent devices that could be created, from smart soil-moisture sensors deployed for precision irrigation on remote farms to brain implants that warn users of impending seizures.

The integration of Skype Lite and Aadhaar will help Skype Lite users identify the true identity of the person on either end of the call. Both can verify their identities at the beginning of the video call by requesting Aadhaar verification. To confirm their identity, the user has to click on “Verify Aadhaar identity”, enter their Aadhaar number. They will be asked to authenticate with a one-time password (OTP). Once validated, they can choose to share the Aadhaar information with the other person to confirm their identity.

While artificial intelligence (AI) is getting bigger and broader in the market, Microsoft has planned to bring its presence on small devices to grow further. The Redmond company is looking to build a computer-vision model for the hardware even tinier than a Raspberry Pi. An early preview of Embedded Learning Library (ELL), which has been released on GitHub, is designed to initiate the process of bringing AI to miniature devices. The software is lauded to embed AI onto bread-crumb size computer processors and enable an all new class of machine learning.

Lava International Limited collaborated with Microsoft and Intel to launch the Notebook, Helium 14. This product is delightfully light and is designed to offer productive, simplified and user-friendly experience.

Tech Data, a global wholesale distributor of technology products and services, has announced that Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of Tech Data, can now deliver Microsoft’s entire cloud portfolio, inclusive of Azure, SaaS and PaaS, to their valued channel partners across India via the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program.

Jetking, an institute that offers digital courses, has launched a programme in association with Microsoft. The master course called Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) will include 360 degree training on Microsoft certified solutions expert server infrastructure credential by certified faculties across Jetking’s training centers.