AI & RoboticsNews

DeepMind's latest AI can master games without being told their rules

December 24, 2020
In 2016, Alphabet’s DeepMind came out with AlphaGo, an AI which consistently beat the best human Go players. One year later, the subsidiary went on to refine its work, creating AlphaGo Zero. Where its predecessor learned to play Go by observing amateur and professional matches, AlphaGo Zero mastered the ancient game by simply playing against itself. DeepMind then created AlphaZero, which…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

EGEB: Americans, solar tax credits just got a two-year extension

December 24, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Considering installing rooftop solar panels? You now have more time to get the current tax credit. Here are some of the big green energy and climate change wins that came out of US Congress. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…
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MobileNews

Samsung deletes post mocking Apple’s charger removal now that it plans to do the same thing

December 24, 2020
The world was less than shocked when Apple confirmed that its iPhone 12 series would ship without a charging brick in the box, but some Android OEMs didn’t waste a second before gloating about the fact that their phones do include chargers — and much better ones than Apple ever did, at that. Now, Samsung is backtracking by deleting a post making fun of Apple regarding the charger…
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MobileNews

Samsung opens Android 11 beta to Galaxy A51, M31 devices

December 24, 2020
The rollout of Android 11 to Samsung’s massive portfolio of devices has started and, so far, things are way ahead of schedule. Now, some of Samsung’s more affordable devices from the Galaxy A and Galaxy M series are getting an Android 11 beta program, including the ultra-popular Galaxy A51. Like the Galaxy S20, Note, and other devices before them, Samsung users on select Galaxy A and Galaxy…
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