MobileNews

Weekly poll results: Honor 80 and Magic Vs well liked, Honor 80 and 80 SE get the cold shoulder

December 11, 2022
A few months ago, the Honor 70 launched in Europe, and it received a warm welcome in our polls. Now, we’re already talking about the Honor 80 series – which hasn’t reached Europe yet, but it is coming. Are people excited? Yes and no. More specifically, yes to the Honor 80 Pro, and no to the vanilla and SE models. Technically, there is no Pro+ this generation, but the Honor 80 Pro…
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MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy A54 5G and F04s spotted on Geekbench

December 11, 2022
Two of Samsung’s upcoming smartphones have been spotted in the Geekbench online database today, which most likely means they’re due to become official very soon. The handsets in question are the Galaxy A54 5G and the Galaxy F04s. The former will be the newest…
MobileNews

Google Home app showing ‘could not reach’ error for many when adding smart home devices

December 11, 2022
An increasingly widespread issue with the Google Home app is causing many users to be unable to add new devices with a “could not reach” error preventing the process from finishing. The Google Home app is able to control devices from Google itself such as the latest Nest Cams and Nest Thermostat, but it also can control thousands of third-party devices from other brands. Adding devices…
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GamingNews

November 2022 NPD: God of War, Sonic and Pokémon chart high

December 10, 2022
Connect with gaming and metaverse leaders online at GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 3 this February 1-2. Register here. Several of November’s game releases have shot to the top — well, close to the top — of the charts, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Consumer spending in the U.S. is also slightly higher than it was last year, thanks in part to a surge in hardware…
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NewsSpace

Practice Makes Perfect for Student Inventions at JPL Competition

December 10, 2022
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Invention Challenge made a lively return to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday. Now in its 23rd year, the long-running tradition brings together students and professional engineers to compete…
AI & RoboticsNews

DeepMind created an AI tool that can help generate rough film and stage scripts

December 10, 2022
Have you ever thought up an idea for a movie or play that you just know will be a smash hit, but haven’t gotten around to writing the script? Alphabet’s DeepMind has built an AI tool that can help get you started. Dramatron is a so-called “co-writing” tool that can generate character descriptions, plot points, location descriptions and dialogue. The idea is that human…
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