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Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro up to $131 off, official iPhone 11/Pro/Max cases on sale, more

May 5, 2020
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

May 5, 2020
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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GamingNews

Dazzle Rocks raises $6.8 million for Minecraft-like mobile MMO

May 5, 2020
Dazzle Rocks has raised $6.8 million in funding to bankroll its massively multiplayer online mobile game that is a sandbox world (think similar to Microsoft’s popular Minecraft). Galaxy Interactive, via its Galaxy EOS VC Fund, led the round with additional participation by…
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Samsung Galaxy S10 series now receiving the May 2020 security patch

May 5, 2020
In keeping with their recent update promptness, Samsung is now pushing the May 2020 security patch for 2019’s flagship Galaxy S10 series. With the May 2020 security patch also rolling out for the Google Pixel series, it’s credit to Samsung for ensuring that they are patching security holes alongside Google. Although on the other hand, given that OEMs are aware of the issues long in advance…
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ComputersNews

Lenovo launches two-processor servers with 64-core AMD Epyc chips

May 5, 2020
Lenovo is launching two-socket ThinkSystem servers today that feature Advanced Micro Devices Epyc processors with 64 cores each. The ThinkSystem SR645 and SR665 two-socket server platforms have 128 central processing unit (CPU) cores per system, with AMD Epyc Zen 2 processors that have 64 cores each. These chips represent the high end of AMD’s processor lineup and are designed to break Intel’s…
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