Gadgets
Netizens are angry with iPhone pregnant man emoji: See here
Apple recently started rolling out an iOS 15.4 beta software update for iPhone developers and testers that introduced some new features, including a pregnant man emoji. The company’s decision to include the emoji comes after these emojis were revealed by the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit body that regulates how these emojis appear online. The industry body also releases new emojis each year that Android and iOS smartphones include with the latest software updates. It appears the inclusion of the pregnant man emoji has stirred controversy as Republican leaders and right-wing commentators indirectly deem it unnatural.
Why did Unicode include the pregnant man emoji in the first place?
Unicode released 37 new emoji codes back in September 2021 as a part of the Unicode 14.0 database. It included emojis like “melting face,” “biting lip”, “troll”, “beans”, “pouring liquid”, “pregnant man”, and “pregnant person.” The pregnant man and gender-neutral pregnant emojis were included to boost efforts to make “gender options consistent” for all emojis, Emojipedia – an emoji reference and tracking website. The website quoting a senior Emoji Lexicographer Jane Solomon notes, “The new pregnancy options may be used for representation by trans men, non-binary people, or women with short hair… People of any gender can be pregnant too. Now there are emojis to represent this.
What are people saying online?
Following the update, Sean Spicer, who served as White House Press Secretary to Donald Trump and the current host of right-wing Newsmax network, mocked Apple’s decision. In a tweet, he said, “In college I satisfied the science requirement by taking geology — now I see what I missed — those biology classes would have helped explain the new pregnant man emoji.”
Business
Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside
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Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13
Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.
If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.
Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)
Features of Apple iPhone 13
The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.
The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.