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Engineer Makes an AI Camera Sprinkler to Keep People Off His Lawn

To keep people from walking on his lawn and inhibiting its growth, Inventor and YouTuber Ryder of the YouTube Channel Ryder Calm Down built a people-detecting smart camera rigged to a sprinkler system that would spray those who got too close. Ryder explains that the city where he lives inexplicably removed a chunk of sidewalk from the front of his house, leaving only unsightly dirt. “About a…
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Announcing nominees for the 2021 Women in AI Awards

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! As part of Transform 2021, we’re excited to announce the full list of nominees for the third annual Women in AI Awards. While only a handful will…
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Britain’s BT to end 3G support in two years; iPhone 12 helped 5G market grow

Britain’s BT announced that it’s phasing out 3G in the next two years as it maintains its plans to bring 5G to the entire country by 2028, reports Reuters. According to BT Consumer CEO Marc Allera, traffic has more than quadrupled on its 5G network since October, when the iPhone 12 launched. “EE is the first operator to set a time frame to stop supporting 3G services in early 2023, with…
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Google Sheets racks up 1 billion Play Store downloads

Google Sheets has joined a very exclusive club after reaching the 1 billion download milestone over on the Play Store. Although an excellent free alternative to Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets isn’t necessarily as useful on mobile as it is in a full web browser — making it less of a “must download” than other Workspace applications. The experience is fine when working with smaller…
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Google Pixel phones stop charging at 80% to improve battery health in certain scenarios

Battery technology nowadays generally means that a phone will last a couple of years before longevity issues start to set in. However, a known trick to extend battery health is to stop charging around 80% capacity, and that’s something Google has quietly been doing on Pixel phones in some situations. In late 2020, Google introduced a new feature for Pixel phones known as “Adaptive…
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