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Google AI is now piloting Loon's internet-beaming balloons

December 7, 2020
Alphabet’s Loon has shifted to a different type of navigation system for its internet-beaming balloons. Rather than relying on algorithms designed by humans, the balloons are using an artificial intelligence system Loon developed with Google AI over the last few years. A reinforcement learning (RL) system is now in charge of navigation for a fleet of balloons over Kenya, where Loon switched on…
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Hands-on: MNML’s Google Pixel 5 case lineup

December 7, 2020
Below we go hands-on with the super-sleek and ultra-thin MNML case lineup for the “premium” Google Pixel 5. 9to5Google readers can grab a MNML case now for  for a limited time. Check out our hands-on video with the superb MNML Pixel 5 case lineup: The company has made…
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This Afghan Photographer’s Camera is 100 Years Old

December 5, 2020
Travel vlogger Drew Binsky was wandering the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, recently when he came across an older photographer named Haji. In this 9-minute vlog, Binsky tells the story of Haji and how he has been shooting for 65 years using a 100-year-old box camera.After meeting Haji, Binsky visited the photographer at his house and was invited to sit down in front of the ancient camera for a…
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DxOMark re-tests the iPhone 11, gets a much higher score

December 5, 2020
DxOMark recently changed its testing protocol and is now doing the fourth version of the said protocol. This means that some of the devices deemed relevant will go through the new round of testing because the overall score changes too. Not to mention the software…
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vivo V20 Pro 5G gets Android 11 update

December 5, 2020
The vivo V20 Pro 5G was announced in September with Android 10-based Funtouch OS 11, and ahead of its India debut, vivo said the smartphone will receive the Android 11 update this week. Well, vivo kept its promise as Android 11 has started rolling out for the V20 Pro 5G. The Android 11 update has build number PD2020F_EX_A_6.70.8 and requires a download of around 3.6GB. It comes with notification…
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A new Nokia phone surfaces on TENAA's website

December 5, 2020
After the FCC’s listing of two upcoming Nokia smartphones from yesterday, we now have a TENAA listing with an unnamed Nokia device. The model number is TA-1335, which is suspiciously close to the TA-1333 model number of the FCC handset. However, early findings suggest…
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Apple will replace unresponsive iPhone 11 screens for free

December 5, 2020
“A small percentage of iPhone 11” units suffer from touch issues, Apple says, and it’s swapping out their displays for free as part of a new replacement program. In its announcement, the tech giant admits that the screens on iPhone 11s manufactured between November…
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AI Weekly: In firing Timnit Gebru, Google puts commercial interests ahead of ethics

December 5, 2020
This week, Timnit Gebru, a leading AI researcher, was fired from her position on an AI ethics team at Google in what she claims was retaliation for sending an email to colleagues critical of the company’s managerial practices. Reportedly the flashpoint was a paper Gebru coauthored that questioned the wisdom of building large language models and examined who benefits from (and who’s…
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