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Technology to detect electricity thefts

Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can detect electricity theft and meter misreadings - a common problem in developing countries. Electricity theft is a huge problem, some countries see as much as 40 per cent of their supply syphoned off largely by users who have tampered with meters, researchers said. A team from University of Luxembourg looked at the energy use of 3.6 million Brazilian households over five years. The researchers specifically focused on nearly 200 million monthly readings made by professional meter readers. They then developed an algorithm that, after sifting through the readings, could recognise when energy use at a property was suspiciously low. Researchers verified their results with data on past inspections, checking if their tool was correctly highlighting potential cases of fraud or faulty metering. The most accurate versions of the system were able to identify problem cases just over 65 per cent of the time, &

Rally for Rivers

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This planet earth is 75% of water and there are many water bodies which plays a vital role in saving billions of living beings by continously supplying water in different regions of the globe and it's also helps to earn money for the people who are living happily by providing water to the farm regions,fishermen etc.The one water body which has a huge significance in our country is RIVERS which has both spiritual,traditional and commercial value. Rivers like Ganga,Yamanaka,Sarasota,Krishna,godavari are very famous rivers and the water flowing in such rivers are considered as holy water for which we travel kilometers of distance to feel that magic and say that we got some positive vibes as its so spiritual and powerful. Sometimes we will wait years of time to take a holy dip in rivers like Krishna,godavari, Ganga in name of pushkaralu which has a belief that all the sadness will be disappeared from ourselves and gain positive attitude and energy to fulfill our goals. This much ri

Malwares stealing money from users

: A new malware  Xafecopy Trojan has been detected in India which steals money through victims' mobile phones, cyber security  firm  Kaspersky  said in a report. Around 40 per cent of target of the  malware has been detected in India. "Kaspersky Lab experts have uncovered a mobile malware targeting the WAP billing payment method, stealing money through victims' mobile accounts without their knowledge," the report said. Xafecopy  Trojan  is disguised as useful apps like BatteryMaster, and operates normally. The trojan secretly loads malicious code onto the device. Once the app is activated, the Xafecopy malware clicks on web pages with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) billing - a form of mobile payment that charges costs directly to the user's mobile phone bill. After this the malware silently subscribes the phone to a number of services, the report said. The process also does not require user to register a debit or  credit card  or set up a user-nam