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Google has banned the Infowars Android app over false coronavirus claims

Google has banned the Infowars Android app from the Google Play store, the company confirmed to Wired on Friday. Google also confirmed the app’s removal to The Verge, and we couldn’t find the Infowars app in a search on the Play Store this evening. The app was apparently removed because of a video posted by radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that, according to Wired, “disputed…
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Motorola One is finally receiving Android 10

The original Motorola One smartphone launched almost two years ago, but it’s still not forgotten. It’s maker is now seeding the Android 10 update to it. The update has been spotted in Brazil and has build number QPK30.54-22. Aside from the inherent Android 10…
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iPhone 12 production is not getting delayed, insider claims

There are conflicting reports as to whether Apple will delay the launch of the new iPhone 12. Yesterday, a Nikkei report claimed that Cupertino is considering delaying the launch by a couple of months, today a report from Digitimes refutes that claim. PCB suppliers for…
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OnePlus 8 images and specs leak once again

Judging by the recent influx of leaks, as well as at least a couple of suggested launch dates pointing to mid-April, the OnePlus 8 pair is fast approaching. Notable leakster, @OnLeaks clearly has the scoop on both phones and has been feeding us info piece by piece. After showing-off the OnePlus 8 Pro, now we get a very similar showcase of the vanilla OnePlus 8. Once again, we get to see it from…
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Microsoft’s AI determines whether statements about video clips are true

In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, researchers affiliated with Carnegie Mellon, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 AI Research describe a challenge — video-and-language inference — that tasks AI with inferring whether a statement is entailed or contradicted by a given video clip. The idea is to spur investigations into…
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AI Weekly: Coronavirus prompts call to service for ML talent

On Thursday afternoon, the United States became the country with the greatest number of known COVID-19 cases in the world. With millions out of work and the spread of the virus taking its toll, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and in anguish without ever getting off the couch. Inadequately supplied frontline healthcare workers are the heroes in the trenches of this war, but the world’s scientific…
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