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Apple releases iOS 13.7 with new built-in COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Express system

September 1, 2020
Apple has announced that it will release iOS 13.7 to the public today, including a major expansion of the COVID-19 Exposure Notification platform. Apple and Google have unveiled a new Exposure Notifications Express system that allows public health authorities to support COVID-19 contact tracing without developing and maintaining their own application. Update: iOS 13.7 is now available. You can…
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Nintendo now lets you cancel digital Switch game preorders

September 1, 2020
Nintendo is changing how it handles digital game preorders for the Switch’s eShop, and it’s starting by giving customers the chance to cancel preordered games instead of getting billed upfront. Under the old system, Nintendo would charge customers the full price of the…
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Amazon Music adds artist Twitch streams

September 1, 2020
Amazon Music and Twitch are teaming up to bring live streaming to the Amazon Music app. Beginning today, artists can do things like stream live performances and charity events or host Q&As directly in the Amazon Music app. Fans will be able to flip back and forth between…
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Watch NVIDIA's RTX 3000 GPU event here at 12PM ET

September 1, 2020
It’s that time again, gamers: NVIDIA is getting ready to show off its next-generation GPUs at a special GeForce event today. Judging from all of the leaks so far, we’re definitely expecting to hear more about the “RTX 3000” graphics cards, which likely include a high-end RTX 3090 model, along with 3080 and 3070 variants. They’ll be based on NVIDIA’s new “Ampere” architecture, which…
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16 Inspiring Wildlife Photos in the WPY 2020 Contest

September 1, 2020
The prestigious annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition put on by London’s Natural History Museum has released a collection of Highly Commended entries submitted to this year’s contest. While the grand prize and category winners will be announced on October…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google expands AI-powered flood alerts to all of India

September 1, 2020
In late 2018, in collaboration with the Central Water Commission of India, Israel Institute of Technology, and Bar-Ilan University, Google piloted a flood-predicting model in portions of Patna, India as a part of its Flood Forecasting Initiative. The company and its partners claimed the model could predict riverine floods — that is, floods from overrun riverbanks — with 75% accuracy during…
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Nvidia Broadcast brings RTX-powered AI to livestreaming video

September 1, 2020
Nvidia is improving the suite of features it offers to livestreamers with its GeForce RTX graphics cards. The company introduced a revamped Nvidia Broadcast tool today as part of the rollout of its next-generation RTX 3000-series GPUs. This software uses RTX-accelerated artificial intelligence to help broadcasters improve their audio and video. Nvidia was already testing some of these features…
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