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Honor X10 5G photos from Everest shared before phone's announcement, Honor 30 Pro+ shots too

May 8, 2020
A few days ago China sent a survey team to study Mt. Everest, today they reached the Advanced Base Camp at 6,500m (21,300ft). What’s interesting about this expedition (besides the scientific work that it will do) is that two photographers, Li Pu and Cai Qing, used two Honor phones to capture some beautiful shots. One of these was the Honor X10 5G, which hasn’t been officially announced yet (so…
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Redmi 9 listed on Xiaomi's official site as launch nears

May 8, 2020
The Redmi 9 just popped up on Xiaomi’s global RF certification page, confirming that the phone exists and its model number – M2004J19G. This number was also spotted in a batch of devices that were recently certified by the 3C. These certifications don’t reveal much. A…
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The OnePlus Z coming in July

May 8, 2020
The OnePlus Z – the expected “lite” version of the 8-series – did not join its siblings during the April 14 event. Now leakster Max J is hinting that the phone will be revealed in July instead. As with many things these days, the delay of the Z was blamed on the COVID-19 outbreak. Unofficially anyway, OnePlus never confirmed that it is working on a “lite” model. This was set to be the first…
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Xiaomi launches Mi 10, new earbuds, Mi Box 4K w/ Android TV in India

May 8, 2020
In some parts of the globe, Xiaomi’s affordable smartphones and other gadgets are some of the best-selling devices on the market. Today, Xiaomi is launching three new products in India — its flagship Mi 10, a new pair of truly wireless earbuds, and an Android TV-based Mi Box 4K. Looking in the past, Xiaomi’s flagship smartphones haven’t been very successful in India, leaving Xiaomi to…
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DeepMind compares the way children and AI explore

May 8, 2020
In a preprint paper, researchers at Alphabet’s DeepMind and the University of California, Berkeley propose a framework for comparing the ways children learn about the world to the way AI learns. The work, which was motivated by research suggesting children’s learning supports behaviors later in life, could help close the gap between AI and humans when it comes to aquiring new abilities. For…
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