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Samsung Galaxy S, Note devices eligible for $29 screen repairs w/ Premium Care

Screens are one of the most fragile parts of any smartphones and, really, costs for a repair can be ridiculously expensive. For a limited time only, Samsung is offering Galaxy S and Note owners screen repairs for just $29 as part of its Premium Care program. Pointed out by , anyone who purchased their Samsung smartphone with the company’s Premium Care program — a $12 monthly subscription…
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GamingNews

MicroProse returns with 3 new games coming to Steam

One of standout developers from the early days of PC gaming is back. MicroProse announced its return today along with three new games that are in development. As fans of the name MicroProse might expect, the studio is getting right back into the simulation and strategy…
AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI begins publicly tracking AI model efficiency

OpenAI today announced it will begin tracking machine learning models that achieve state-of-the-art efficiency, an effort it believes will help identify candidates for scaling and achieving top overall performance. To kick-start things, the firm published an analysis suggesting that since 2012, the amount of compute needed to train an AI model to the same performance on classifying images in a…
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Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro up to $131 off, official iPhone 11/Pro/Max cases on sale, more

Today’s best deals include the first discounts on Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro, plus various first-party iPhone 11/Pro/Max cases, and Apple Watch Series 3 returns for a notable price drop. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. 13-inch MacBook Pro sees first discounts Yesterday Apple refreshed its 13-inch MacBook lineup and now we’re getting a solid…
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AI & RoboticsNews

PlotMachines AI system writes long-form stories from outlines

In a preprint paper published this week on Arxiv.org, scientists at Microsoft, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and the University of Washington describe PlotMachines, an AI system that learns to transform outlines into stories by tracking plot threads. PlotMachines — whose code is available on GitHub — could bolster the development of systems capable of writing case studies…
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