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Realme UI 2.0 early access program announced for C15 Qualcomm Edition, 7i gets Open Beta

A few days ago, Realme announced the Realme UI 2.0 early access program for the X7 Pro in India, and today, the company added another smartphone to the list – the C15 Qualcomm Edition. Additionally, the company also released the Realme UI 2.0 Open Beta for the 7i in the Asian country. If you own the C15 Qualcomm Edition and want to get a taste of Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 through the…
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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra is finally reaching Europe on May 11

Xiaomi went all-in with the Mi 11 Ultra this year, producing what is its first proper mainstream flagship smartphone ever to be released internationally (as last year’s Mi 10 Ultra was a China-only affair). The company unveiled the Mi 11 Ultra’s European eye…
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See if the Huawei Mate X2 survives a durability test

Foldable smartphones are generally considered to be more fragile than ‘normal’ ones, unlike gaming phones for example – then again it turns out that among the latest batch of the latter, two out of three do snap in two or three parts when bent. So you may be thinking that foldables should fare even worse in such testing, but is that actually true? Let’s find out. Zack from…
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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE mentioned on Samsung Mexico’s website

Following the buzz around the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE as of late, the latest leak comes from the actual phone maker. As first reported by , Samsung Mexico had briefly displayed mention of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE in its homepage. The website read “Conoce más sobre Galaxy…
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Google Home Essentials: How does the Ecobee Smart Thermostat stack up in the Nest world?

If you’ve already bought into the Google Home ecosystem, it’s easy to think that Google’s own Nest thermostats are the only way to go. However, Ecobee’s line of smart thermostats offer full integration with the Google Assistant, but how do they stack up against Nest? Before you buy As with all other smart thermostats, the first thing you need to consider is whether or not your system is…
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German pilots film their drone hack of a Tesla

It’s well known short traders are atop the many, many things Tesla honcho Elon Musk hates in this world. But it’s a safe bet mischievous drone geeks now populate that list ­– especially after a pair of pilots hacked one of his luxury rides open from the air. Pushing…
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My Time with the Fujifilm X-E4

I’m not the first on the block to write about the Fujifilm X-E4, but I finally got around to doing it and I’m glad that I did. Full disclosure: Fujifilm North America sent me the Fujifilm X-E4 free of charge along with the new 27mm f/2.8 II, thumb grip, and bottom plate…
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Reinforcement learning competition pushes the boundaries of embodied AI

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Since the early decades of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have been a staple of sci-fi books, movies, and cartoons. Yet after decades of research and development in AI, we still have nothing that comes close to The Jetsons’ Rosey the Robot. This is because many of our intuitive planning and motor skills —…
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