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Google releases Pixel 5a with 5G ‘barbet’ factory images

August 27, 2021
With the Pixel 5a officially launching in the US and Japan today, Google has published the Android 11 factory images for customers that have already received the phone. There are two Pixel 5a with 5G builds today: RD2A.210605.006 for Japanese carriers and RD2A.210605.007 in the US. Both oddly run the June security patch, and it’s unclear whether Google will release an August update or wait for…
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The best ray-tracing games fully playable on Android with GeForce NOW [video]

August 27, 2021
Ray tracing is the very next level in graphical enhancement for your favorite video games but it’s out of the reach of most mobile gamers. However, with you can enjoy some of the biggest and best titles using ray tracing, almost unbelievably, on your Android device. To summarize just what ray tracing is, it provides realistic lighting by simulating the physical behavior of light in a 3D space.
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CoCoPie, which optimizes AI for edge devices, raises $6M

August 26, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  CoCoPie, a startup developing a platform to optimize AI models for edge devices, today announced that it raised $6 million in a series A funding round led by Sequoia China Seed Fund. The capital, which values the company at $50 million post-money, will be put toward R&D and growing CoCoPie’s customer base…
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Giant Tortoise Caught on Camera Killing and Eating Bird

August 26, 2021
Scientists have captured the first-ever images of a giant tortoise hunting, killing, and eating a bird. The “gentle giants” were previously believed to be herbivores. Scientists were doing research on Frégate Island in Seychelles (an archipelago off the coast of East…
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How to wrangle data and manage your AI pipeline

August 26, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Rahul Singhal, who led IBM Watson products and now serves as chief product officer at Innodata, has a few strong beliefs about AI. One is that Google CEO…
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Scientists Teach AI Cameras to See Depth in Photos Better

August 26, 2021
An oft-underappreciated feature of human sight is the ability to perceive depth in flat images, and while computers can “see” thanks to camera technology, that kind of depth perception has been a challenge — but perhaps not anymore. Humans can naturally see depth in photographs from a single point of view, even if the image is flat. Computers struggle with this, but researcher scientists…
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