LG wants to hop on the vegetarian bandwagon, and it’s venturing into unfamiliar territory to make that happen. The company will use CES 2020 to launch its first-ever indoor gardening appliance. The modular device you see at left grows lettuce, arugula, basil and other plants by matching outdoor conditions through time-sensitive LED lighting, air circulation and fine-grained water control.
This week’s top stories: Bubbles in Google Messages, early Pixel 4a and Galaxy S20+ renders
December 28, 2019
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Five iOS 13 sleeper features that everyone should know [Video]
December 28, 2019
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2016 indie hit 'Hyper Light Drifter' is free in the Epic Games Store
December 28, 2019
The Epic Holiday Sale is still going, and today’s daily free game is Hyper Light Drifter. The top-down action RPG was crowdfunded a few years ago before it was eventually released in 2016, and now you can try it out yourself for zero dollars. Hyper Light…
In 2020, we’re getting both the PlayStation 5 and the new Xbox. And with that next-generation of hardware on the horizon, we’re looking forward with anticipation. What do we want from yet another round of consoles? We talk about that on this special episode of the…
AI Weekly: Facial recognition, deepfakes, privacy, and jobs automation defined 2019
December 27, 2019
As the year draws to a close, it’s instructive to look back at the months preceding to see what the future has in store. History is cyclical in nature, and this is true of the field of AI. Consider that backpropagation, an algorithm widely used in the training of machine learning systems, appeared as a theory as early as 1980, but it wasn’t until the 2010s that it returned thanks in part to…
Microsoft proposes AI that improves when you smile
December 27, 2019
Positive affectivity, or the characteristic that describes how people experience affects (e.g., sensations, emotions, and sentiments) and interact with others as a consequence, has been linked to increased interest and curiosity as well as satisfaction in learning. Inspired…
These are the most important Android smartphones of the decade
December 27, 2019
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ProBeat: Google only updated Android distribution data once in 2019
December 27, 2019
There are still a few days left in 2019, but I’m not holding my breath. After more than six months of no updates, Google updated its Android distribution data in May. Since then, more than seven months (234 days to be exact) have passed without a single update.
The Android developer website hosts a distribution dashboard that details the adoption of Google’s mobile operating system versions.
