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How to install the Android 12 public beta

Android 12’s public beta is now available, following Google’s deep dive into the new software at Google I/O 2021. My colleague Dieter Bohn got an exclusive in-depth look at the new Material You design language, as well as everything else that’s new. And good news: if you’ve got an eligible device, you can try it out right now, and that’s what I’m going to walk you through. What’s…
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You can now play ‘Super Mario 64’ in a web browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Previously spotted by Nintendo Life, you can now play the iconic Super Mario 64 inside a web browser on almost any device, including your Apple products. The website stems from a GitHub project called the “Super Mario 64 decomp project.” The game plays tremendously well in Safari on iPad, iPhone, and on the Mac. It’s unclear how long Nintendo will allow this site to stay up, but it was…
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BeingAI unveils human-like AI character named Zbee

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  BeingAI is creating virtual beings with artificial intelligence. And its first AI being is a virtual character named Zbee. Zbee can exist on different platforms and so can interact with people…
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How AI can tackle complex social problems, from loneliness to stigma

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! For many people, nothing sounds more tech-y than AI and machine learning. But the field is of rising interest in social sciences, too. Arezou Soltani Panah, a computer scientist and the winner of VentureBeat’s Women in AI rising star award, has made strides using AI…
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A prescription for AI use in medical research

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Since proteins are the molecular machines that are responsible for most life processes, studying them gives insight into how diseases develop at the…
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Moon Over Zabriskie Point, or: Seeing Photos in a New Light

In 1991, near the end of some book projects that took me on some lengthy photographic journeys through the American West by car for two years, I came up with the idea of creating posters of some of my black and white images for a few of our western National Parks. My idea was to provide park visitors with a choice instead of the commonplace color posters. Some of those color posters were…
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