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Motorola stealth launches the Moto G9 Plus in Brazil

September 12, 2020
Motorola has quietly released its new budget phone, the Moto G9 Plus, in Brazil. As leaks previously mentioned, the new smartphone includes a 6.81-inch display screen, a quad-camera setup on the phone’s back, plus a 5,000mAh battery. The Moto G9 Plus is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G — the same chip used by Google’s recently released Google Pixel 4A — plus 4GB of RAM and 128GB of…
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Gary Marcus: COVID-19 should be a wake-up call for AI

September 12, 2020
The global pandemic has been cited as a “wake-up call” for many things — the environment, economic and social rights, and general global inequalities. However, scientist, author, and entrepreneur Gary Marcus thinks that the COVID-19 crisis should also be considered a wake-up call for AI. Speaking at the virtual Intelligent Health AI conference yesterday, Marcus lamented decades of missed…
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Apple gives Stadia and xCloud the green light to run on iOS

September 11, 2020
Apple has issued revised App Store guidelines that pave the way for game streaming services such as Google Stadia, Microsoft’s xCloud, NVIDIA’s GeForce Now and Facebook Gaming to run on iOS devices. But there’s a catch: you’ll need to download each game individually from the App Store. “Games offered in a streaming game service subscription must be downloaded directly from the App Store…
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Canon EOS R5 vs R6 Astrophotography and High ISO Comparison

September 11, 2020
Photographer Brent Hall recently went out to shoot a comparison video that a lot of Canon shooters are eager to see: the brand new EOS R5 vs the EOS R6, for astrophotography, at high ISO. Does the lower resolution sensor of the R6 give it a low-light advantage? The answer…
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KUVRD's new Universal Lens Hoods claim to fit 99% of lenses

September 11, 2020
Photography accessory manufacturer KUVRD has announced a crowdfunding campaign for its latest product, the Universal Lens Hood. As its name suggests, the new product is a collapsible silicone lens hood that KUVRD says will fit 99% of lenses. The Universal Lens Hood is the result of more than seven iterations, with the final version being put through ‘rigorous field testing in varying…
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