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Bloomberg: Apple Car team adds more ex-Tesla executives, release at least 5-7 years away

January 8, 2021
A new report from Bloomberg today offers new details on Apple’s ongoing efforts to build a self-driving electric car. According to the report, Apple has a “small team” working on Apple Car, but a release is likely at least five to seven years away. The Apple Car team has also added even more former Tesla executives, the report says. The report explains: The Cupertino, California-based…
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Researchers design AI that can infer whole floor plans from short video clips

January 7, 2021
Floor plans are useful for visualizing spaces, planning routes, and communicating architectural designs. A robot entering a new building, for instance, can use a floor plan to quickly sense the overall layout. Creating floor plans typically requires a full walkthrough so 3D sensors and cameras can capture the entirety of a space. But researchers at Facebook, the University of Texas at Austin, and…
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Behind the Scenes of How Kodak Film is Made

January 7, 2021
Curious how Kodak manufactures its film? In this 8-minute video, Studio C-41 shows the process from making the original giant rolls of plastic that eventually becomes film, to the finished product found on store shelves around the world. Despite the demand for film falling…
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The UK is investigating NVIDIA's acquisition of ARM

January 7, 2021
The UK’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into NVIDIA’s $40 billion acquisition of ARM. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has asked interested third parties to submit views on the deal ahead of an investigation that will commence later in…
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Lenovo's Tab P11 Android tablet is targeted at families

January 7, 2021
Lenovo has released a new Android tablet at this year’s CES, though it has a rather familiar name. It’s called the Lenovo Tab P11, and it appears to be a more budget-friendly and lesser version of last year’s Tab P11 Pro. While the P11 Pro is aimed at professionals, the P11 is aimed more at families.  The P11’s display, for example, is not quite as advanced as the one on the P11 Pro.
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OxygenOS 11.0.6.8 for OnePlus 8T fixes previous OTA issues

January 7, 2021
The OxygenOS 11.0.6.8 update is now rolling out for the OnePlus 8T with the aim of resolving some of the issues that many owners encountered after updating to the previous 11.0.6.7 build. Announced in an official OnePlus Forum post, the changelog is effectively the exact same as the previous build but includes a hotfix that resolves a problem whereby the media player would pause in a strange…
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