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Qualcomm promises better AI for its next Snapdragon PC chip

September 3, 2020
Here’s a sign that the troubled Windows on Snapdragon platform isn’t going away anytime soon: Qualcomm is announcing today its new made-for-PC processor based on ARM design. The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 follows up 2018’s Snapdragon 8cx, and back then the company said the “x” in the name stood for “extreme” power. This year’s model offers better AI performance and support for newer…
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Acer's Spin 7 convertible will support sub-6 and mmwave 5G

September 3, 2020
After a busy week of news, Acer isn’t quite done. The company has announced its Spin 7 convertible laptop, which is one of the first to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2. It supports both types of 5G, mmWave and sub-6, though it’s not the first notebook to do so. On…
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HTC CEO Yves Maitre resigns after less than a year

September 3, 2020
Earlier today, HTC announced that its President and CEO Yves Maitre has resigned due to personal reasons, making his stint at the company just a few days shy of a full year. Chairwoman and co-founder Cher Wang has once again assumed the CEO position. According to HTC’s statement, “the strict international travel restrictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic… have had an impact on”…
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Fujifilm XF 50mm F1.0 pre-production sample gallery

September 3, 2020
Nearly one year after its development announcement (which was itself a year after the original idea of producing an F1.0 XF lens), we’ve gotten our hands on a pre-production copy of the Fujifilm XF 50mm F1.0 R WR. Offering a 75mm-equivalent field of view, it’s…
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Fujifilm XF 50mm F1.0 R WR will sell for $1500 this fall

September 3, 2020
Fujifilm has formally announced its XF 50mm F1.0 R WR portrait prime lens, the world’s first F1.0 lens for mirrorless cameras that includes autofocus capability. It’s also the 35th lens Fujifilm has developed for its lineup of X-series cameras. The XF 50mm F1.0…
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Biofourmis raises $100 million for AI remote medical tools

September 3, 2020
Biofourmis, an AI health IT company based in Singapore, today announced it raised $100 million in a series C funding round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. CEO Kuldeep Singh Rajput said the company will use the proceeds to accelerate expansion, advance therapeutics pipelines, develop care pathways, and drive integration with health system, hospital, pharmaceutical, and research clients.
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Hands-on with the new Fujifilm XF 50mm F1.0 R WR

September 3, 2020
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hands-on with the new Fujifilm XF 50mm F1.0 R WR Fujifilm’s fastest lens is here – the new XF 50mm F1.0 R WR is a versatile low-light lens aimed at portrait photographers and creative photographers that need extremely narrow…
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YouTube for Android adding big ‘create’ button to bottom bar

September 3, 2020
For most, YouTube — especially on mobile — is primarily for content consumption. The app can also be used to upload video or go live, and Google is now better emphasizing that with a giant “create” button in YouTube for Android and later iOS. A video camera icon in the top-right corner — between Cast and search — today brings up a screen to record, go live, or select video clips…
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