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Report: Android TV getting a content-focused UI redesign that downplays apps

In March, exclusively revealed Google’s plans for a new Chromecast Ultra based on Android TV, and we’ve since heard rumors about a possible rebrand of the OS to “Google TV.” A report today suggests that one aspect of this upcoming streaming dongle will be an Android TV UI redesign. today describes a “new user interface that will put a bigger emphasis on individual movies and TV…
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Facebook’s AI detects gender bias in text

In a technical paper published this week, Facebook researchers describe a framework that decomposes gender bias in text along several dimensions, which they used to annotate data sets and evaluate gender bias classifiers. If the experimental results are any indication, the…
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TiVo Stream 4K goes on sale w/ Android TV, $49.99 for a limited time only

After its debut at CES and a slight delay, the latest Android TV dongle is here. TiVo’s Stream 4K is set to offer a unique streaming experience in your living room, and for a limited time, the device is super affordable. First things first, let’s talk hardware. The TiVo Stream 4K is one of the first HDMI dongles powered by Google’s Android TV platform. There have been a couple of other…
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Android TV rolls out ‘Stay home and stay informed’ notification for coronavirus news

Google has been pushing Android TV as a way for users to stay both entertained  informed during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, Google has rolled out a new “stay home and stay informed” notification for Android TV users to help them find news on the coronavirus. Rolling out widely as of the past few days, a notification appears on Android TV devices on the homescreen which simply…
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Android 11’s public beta to launch with June 3rd live stream

Google will announce the first public beta for Android 11 in a live stream at 11AM ET on June 3rd, according to a promotional video spotted by Android Police. The search giant typically debuts Android’s latest public beta in May each year, but the difference in 2020 is…
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Health care at ICLR: AI tackles poor data, low resources, and black boxes

Mihaela van der Schaar, a Turing Fellow and professor of ML, AI, and health at the University of Cambridge and UCLA, believes that when it comes to applying AI to health care, we need a new way to think about the “complex class of problems” it presents. “We need new problem formulations. And there are many ways to conceive of a problem in medicine, and there are many ways to formalize the…
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