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Allen Institute’s VeriSci uses AI to fact-check scientific claims

Researchers affiliated with the University of Washington and Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence say they’ve developed an AI system — VeriSci — that can automatically fact-check scientific claims. Ostensibly, the system can not only identify abstracts within studies that support or refute the claims, but can also provide rationales for their predictions in the form of evidence…
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OxygenOS 10.5.6 now rolling out for OnePlus 8 Pro w/ front- and rear-facing camera tweaks

OxygenOS 10.5.6 is now rolling out for the OnePlus 8 Pro with a series of camera fixes for the latest and greatest flagship OnePlus. The update was spotted over on Reddit on the /r/OnePlus community, with the OxygenOS 10.5.6 update already available from the fantastic Oxygen Updater. As always shortly after release, the update brings mainly tweaks to any known hardware issues, with the bulk of…
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Android 10-based OxygenOS Open Beta 2 now available for OnePlus 5/5T w/ April patch

The second OxygenOS Open Beta based upon Android 10 is now available for the OnePlus 5 and 5T, just days after the first beta was released for the former flagships. OnePlus has wasted no time in getting this latest build out and available. The original road map pins the full Android 10 update for the OnePlus 5 and 5T for a May release date, so we’d expect a few more rounds of Open Beta updates…
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GamingNews

Call of Duty: Warzone — Why Activision’s battle royale has so much traction

If you have gamers in your household, chances are one is playing Call of Duty: Warzone. The new battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer arrived on March 10 just in time for the lockdown in the United States and elsewhere. And it’s become my game of choice to take my mind off the pandemic. In its first month, the free-to-play game was downloaded more than 50 million times…
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