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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 is 2021’s flagship Android processor, 25% better performance [U]

December 2, 2020
Qualcomm is the name of the game when it comes to high-end Android smartphones, and today we’re getting the first details on what’s next. For 2021, the processor we’ll see in many major Android phones will be the Snapdragon 888. Succeeding the Snapdragon 865, the 888 will make its debut in the Xiaomi Mi 11 series before showing up in flagship phones from LG, OnePlus, and more throughout…
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Nvidia introduces AI for generating video conference talking heads from 2D images

December 2, 2020
Nvidia AI researchers have introduced AI for generating talking heads for video conferences from a single 2D image capable of achieving a wide range of manipulation, from rotating and moving a person’s head to motion transfer and video reconstruction. The AI uses the first frame in a video as a 2D photo then uses an unsupervised learning method to gather 3D keypoints within a video. In addition…
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Huawei's EMUI 11 reaches 10 million users worldwide

December 2, 2020
Huawei has just announced that 10 million users across the world are using smartphones with its latest EMUI 11. The accomplishment was done in 82 days since the user interface’s announcement back in September, which is a month and a half faster than the EMUI 10…
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Exclusive: Realme "Race" is coming with the Snapdragon 888 chipset, here's what it looks like

December 2, 2020
Realme’s next flagship will be code named “Race” and will have the model number RMX2202. This can be seen in a screenshot of the About screen sent to us by a reliable source. The Race will be powered by the Snapdragon 888 – that’s the name of Qualcomm’s new flagship chipset (which was rumored as the 875). This will be among the first S888-based phones to reach the market. The chipset…
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Oppo Find X3 series will unsurprisingly use the Snapdragon 888

December 2, 2020
Oppo may currently be very busy preparing the launch of the Reno5 series, but the Chinese company is also developing its next flagship smartphones, which are due to arrive in the first quarter of next year, according to a press release we received. Oppo doesn’t say it…
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Caviar removes the cameras of the iPhone 12 Pro to make it Stealth

December 2, 2020
You may not remember this, but back in the day companies used to make special versions of their phones without cameras. Those were for business and government employees working in sensitive areas where cameras are banned. With today’s always-connected devices the bigger worry is that the phone can be compromised and its camera used to spy on you. As usual, Caviar’s phones arrive in a…
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