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Qualcomm president says ‘priority number one’ is working with Apple to develop a 5G iPhone

December 4, 2019

After agreeing to end a messy legal battle earlier this year, Qualcomm and Apple are now working closely on bringing 5G capabilities to the iPhone. Speaking at the company’s Snapdragon Tech Summit today, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon emphasized that the relationship with Apple is currently “priority number one.” As reports…

Twitch introduces new dashboard so more people can create livestreams

December 4, 2019

Twitch is announcing a new set of features and tools for its Creator Dashboard. That’s a big deal, since the livestreaming platform has more than 3 million creators, or people who livestream. And the easy way to boost that number is to make better tools that make it easier…

Microsoft may be building a disc-less next-gen Xbox after all

December 4, 2019

Just when it seemed Microsoft’s plans for Project Scarlett, its next-generation Xbox console, were getting simpler, there’s a new wrinkle to the narrative. According to Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier, Microsoft is “working” on a more affordable…

Sensor Tower — Call of Duty: Mobile hits $87 million and 172 million downloads in 2 months

December 4, 2019

Call of Duty: Mobile has reaped nearly $87 million in global player spending and more than 172 million downloads in its first two months, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates. While there have been a few Call of Duty mobile games in the past, none have ever gotten this kind of traction out of the gate. The Tencent-developed title reached a record-breaking 100 million in just…

Galaxy Buds+ support page goes live in South Korea

December 4, 2019

Samsungs Galaxy Buds were unveiled way back last February which means were due for an update in the coming months. Just in time, Samsung published a support page for a product bearing the SM-R175 model number which is rumored to be the upcoming Galaxy Buds+. The original…

Snapdragon 865 will be first SoC to support on-phone ID card APIs in Android R

December 4, 2019

Qualcomm and Google announced today at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit that the company’s new Snapdragon SoCs — referring to the new Snapdragon 865 and 765 — will be the first to support the new Android Identity Credential APIs coming with Android R. We’re…

Teenage Engineering’s OP-Z companion app is now available on Android

December 4, 2019

When it came out earlier this year, there was one small omission to the otherwise excellent package that was Teenage Engineering’s diminutive but powerful OP-Z synth: you couldn’t use its handy companion app if you had an Android phone. Nine months after the fact, the company has addressed that issue with a new beta release that you can download from the Google Play Store. The…

Samsung Galaxy S9 to get second Android 10 beta next week

December 4, 2019

According to Samsung’s beta operations manager, last year’s flagships – the Galaxy S9/S9+, will start receiving the second iteration of One UI 2.0 beta based on Android 10 next week. And it’s about time because the Galaxy Note9, for example, received…

Nintendo Switch launches in China on December 10 for $300

December 4, 2019

(Reuters) — Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it will officially launch its Switch gaming console in mainland China on December 10 priced 2,099 yuan ($298) with local partner Tencent. Pre-orders for the console began at noon (0400 GMT) in China on Wednesday, opening a…

AI & Robotics News

MIT creates an AI that understands the laws of physics intuitively

December 4, 2019

We often think of artificial intelligence as a tool for automating certain tasks. But it turns out that the technology could also help give us a better understanding of ourselves. At least that’s what a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) think they’ll be able to do with their new AI model. Dubbed ADEPT, the system is able to, like a human being…