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Boston Dynamics gives its robot dog a developer SDK

January 24, 2020
Now that Spot is more clever and polite, Boston Dynamics is ready to set it free. The Softbank-owned robotics company announced that it’s making Spot’s SDK available to anyone who wants it via GitHub, starting today. The release will allow developers and even non-traditional roboticists “develop custom applications that enable Spot to do useful tasks across a wide range of…
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Sprint will fix anyone's cracked Samsung Galaxy screen for $49

January 24, 2020
Sprint has launched an affordable screen repair program for Samsung Galaxy phones, and it doesn’t even matter if you’re a subscriber. The company will fix cracked screens on eligible devices for $49 until February 9th, 2020 “no matter who your carrier is,” according to the program’s website. While it doesn’t cover the tech giant’s latest flagship devices…
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Intel CEO: We’re confident in the future, we generated $3.8 billion in AI revenue in 2019

January 24, 2020
Intel reported strong fourth-quarter earnings and revenues that beat Wall Street’s expectations today. And Bob Swan, CEO of the biggest maker of PC and datacenter processors, said in an analyst call today that the company had gained market share and was confident in its future. In 2019, Swan said Intel generated $3.8B in AI-based revenue. The AI market opportunity is expected to be $25 billion…
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Bjork and an AI collaborated on an eerie soundtrack for a hotel lobby

January 23, 2020
I sat in the lobby of the Sister City hotel in downtown New York, laying back on a comfy couch, breathing as deeply as I could. Bjork stayed here for a month last year. I thought that, maybe If I breathed hard enough, I could absorb some of her essence. It’s a surprisingly unassuming setting for Kórsafn, the “generative audio experience” the Icelandic musician created in…
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