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Google Photos surpasses 5 billion downloads on the Play Store

December 8, 2020
Google Photos has drifted past the 5 billion download milestone on the Play Store, that’s despite the news that free photo and video backups are set to end very soon. When Google Photos launched, there simply was nothing else like it in the mobile landscape. A replacement gallery app that would effectively backup all of your precious memories for free in the cloud, making them instantly…
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Oppo Find X3 Pro leak reveals detailed camera specs, more

December 8, 2020
The Oppo Find X2 Pro has been one of the standout devices in 2020, with a stacked spec sheet that tackled just about any flagship out there. Now thanks to a detailed leak, we have a good idea of what to expect from the upcoming Oppo Find X3 Pro — at least where specs are concerned. Notorious leaker Evan Blass shared a Voice post where he detailed just what the early-2021 flagship Oppo…
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Tesla (TSLA) announces $5 billion capital raise at insane stock price

December 8, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) is announcing today a new $5 billion capital raise as the automaker simply couldn’t resist raising money at low dilution, thanks to its insane stock price. In 2020, Tesla has already done two capital raises; $2 billion in February and $5 billion in September. That’s after CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla wouldn’t raise money again, but the automaker couldn’t resist after its…
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AI & RoboticsNews

BMW develops AI-powered big data hub with AWS to boost manufacturing efficiency

December 8, 2020
(Reuters) — BMW has developed a data hub with Amazon’s cloud computing division, in a sign of how companies are increasingly using “big data” to try to boost efficiency. “We want to switch from gut-driven decisions to data-driven decisions,” said Kai Demtroder, vice president of data transformation at BMW. “We have a few hundred data scientists at BMW, but the aim is to make the data…
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