MobileNews

Clubhouse reaches 8 million downloads on the iOS App Store

February 19, 2021
Clubhouse is a new social network that has been available for a while now, but it has been getting a lot of attention in recent weeks — which has even prompted Twitter and Facebook to work on competitors for the app. A new report points out that Clubhouse, which is exclusive for iOS so far, has already been downloaded 8 million times on the App Store. Based on data from research firm App Annie…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: February 18, 2021

February 19, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
MobileNews

Android 12 Developer Preview 1 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

February 19, 2021
The next major installment of the world’s No. 1 smartphone operating system is here in its earliest guise. This means we’ve been delving deeper into “Android 12 Developer Preview 1” to figure out what might be the top new user-facing features of the 12th OS iteration. As we saw with the very first wave of Android 11 builds last year, there are some notable and highly requested features…
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GamingNews

Call of Duty League postpones matches due to Texas power outages

February 19, 2021
The Call of Duty League has postponed its second week of competition due to the snowstorms and subsequent power outages in Texas that have left some dead and millions without electricity. Instead, the league will combine the second and third weeks of play into a full seven…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI-powered math tutoring app Photomath raises $23 million

February 19, 2021
AI-powered math tutoring app Photomath today announced that it raised $23 million in series B funding. The company says the proceeds will be used to grow headcount, invest in AI, and scale both product and marketing development. An estimated 65% of households in the U.S. with children report using online learning during the pandemic, with 11% reporting having no live contact with a teacher in the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

MIT CSAIL taps AI to reduce sheet metal waste

February 19, 2021
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) say they’ve created an AI-powered tool that provides feedback on how different parts of laser-cut designs should be placed onto metal sheets. By analyzing how much material is used in…
DefenseNews

Less Combat Center Focus, More Small-Unit Skills: Army to Release New Training Manual

February 19, 2021
Vehicles with the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, line up for a convoy, September 17th, at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, Sept. 17, 2020. (Jared Simmons/U.S. Army) The Army will soon release a new training manual as it scales back its strategy of high-intensity training cycles to prepare for combat training center rotations — and instead…
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