AI & RoboticsNews

Waymo’s AI Content Search tool lets engineers quickly find objects in driving records

February 6, 2020
AI is the method by which self-driving cars perceive joggers, cyclists, traffic lights, road signs, trees, shrubs, and more, and it informs the way in which they choose to behave when encountered with those signals. The vehicles in Waymo’s fleet aren’t an exception to the rule — they tap AI to make real-time driving decisions, in part by matching obstacles spotted by their onboard sensors to…
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Netflix has started streaming to Android in AV1

February 6, 2020
Netflix has started rolling out AV1 encoded content on the Android platform. Users will be able to watch select titles encoded in AV1 by enabling the ‘Save Data’ feature in the app. Netflix currently streams its content in a wide variety of codecs, including…
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Ubisoft’s Uplay revenue is up 73% compared to last year

February 6, 2020
Ubisoft’s sales are down significantly, but the company has some bright spots as it works to regroup. The publisher’s net bookings (which is its primary metric for measuring revenue) reached €1.117 billion ($1.226 billion) for the first nine months of the fiscal year. That’s down 17.4% year-over-year. But even as games like Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint struggles and drags down…
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Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo working on a Play Store alternative for Android

February 6, 2020
In the midst of its struggles with a ban from the US government, Huawei has been working on alternatives to the Play Store. Now, a report from  is shedding light on plans from Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo to create a Play Store competitor of sorts. As it stands today, the Google Play Store can’t be used in China along with other Google applications and services. This has left Android…
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Google promises "something exciting" at Galaxy Unpacked event

February 6, 2020
Samsung is having an event on February 11 and we expect to see plenty of new hardware from the S20 debut through a new foldable screen phone to Galaxy Buds+. Apparently, the event will also see Android make its own announcement, according to a tweet that has appeared earlier…
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Hands-on with iOS 13.4 beta 1 changes and features [Video]

February 6, 2020
Yesterday Apple released the first beta of iOS 13.4, the first beta in a while to contain any notable new features and changes. New additions include the much-anticipated return of iCloud Drive Folder Sharing, new Photos app keyboard shortcuts, and more. Watch our brief hands-on video walkthrough for a first look at what’s new in iOS 13.4. What’s new? iOS 13.4 beta 1 changes and…
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