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Want to learn guitar, bass, ukelele with your extra time? Check out the Fender Play iOS app

April 23, 2020

Looking to pick up a new skill with the extra time on your hands? Follow along for a look at how to learn to play guitar, bass, and ukelele with the Fender Play app on iPhone and iPad, as well as some other options. Whether you want to pick up a new instrument for the very first time or have dabbled with guitar, bass, or ukelele in the past, Fender Play uses mini lessons to get you playing your…

Android 11 DP3: Status bar padding bug cuts off time, battery level on Pixel 4

April 23, 2020

The latest Android 11 Developer Preview is now available for those with a compatible device but for those with the Pixel 4, a bug is causing the time and battery within the status bar to be cut off. For those that are happy to install essentially pre-beta software, bugs…

Your Super Mario Maker 2 levels are a lot less cute in World Maker

April 23, 2020

Super Mario Maker 2’s latest update reveals that almost no one knows how to make a fun Mario stage. This was once easy to ignore, because that’s not actually what you should go to Super Mario Maker for. Instead, this series has always provided players with a familiar…

AI & Robotics News

MIT CSAIL aims for energy efficiency in AI model training

April 23, 2020

In a newly published paper, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researchers propose a system for training and running AI models in a way that’s more environmentally friendly than previous approaches. They claim it can cut down on the pounds of carbon emissions involved to “low triple digits” in some cases, mainly by improving the computational efficiency of…

Android 11 DP3: You can ‘undo’ removing an app from Recents multitasking

April 23, 2020

Android’s multitasking screen is getting some useful new tweaks in Android 11, and now, we’ve spotted another. Starting with Android 11’s third developer preview, you can now bring back or “undo” recent apps after they’ve been swiped away. One of our awesome…

Android 11 DP3: All notifications can be dismissed, even those annoying ongoing ones

April 23, 2020

Android 11 is making some notable changes to notifications. In the third developer preview of Android 11, we’ve discovered that you can now dismiss notification, even ongoing ones that were previously always in place. An ongoing notification in Android is typically…

Android 11 DP3: Gesture sensitivity can now be independently adjusted for left, right

April 23, 2020

We spotted a handful of features in the first Android 11 developer preview that are finally coming to light in the third developer preview. The latest of those is the ability to adjust the sensitivity of gestures on the left and right side of a device running Android 11. The system gestures Google introduced in Android 10 allow users to swipe in from either the left or right side of the screen…

Here’s everything new in Android 11 Developer Preview 3 [Gallery]

April 23, 2020

Despite just being developer previews, the first two Android 11 releases have had their share of interface revamps and new features. Android 11 DP3 is available today and we’re finding every new feature. Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into Android 11 DP3’s new…

PSA: Sideloading Android 11 DP3 is failing on Pixel 3, Pixel 4 devices

April 23, 2020

We’re still in the process of uncovering all of the new things in Android 11 Developer Preview 3, a process that is currently taking a longer time than usual. Our normal routine of manually “sideloading” the update to Android 11 DP3 via ADB — which our Ben Schoon has…

Android 11 DP3: ‘Recents’ multitasking redesigned w/ bigger panels, new buttons

April 23, 2020

Google is constantly tweaking different aspects of Android in new releases and, now, for Android 11’s third developer preview, the Recents screen has been redesigned with some added functions. Upon firing up Android 11 DP3 on our Pixel 3a, one of the first changes that were immediately noticeable was the redesigned multitasking or “Recents” screen. The gesture to access is still the same…