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BrainBox raises $8.59 million to optimize HVAC systems with AI

Autonomous building tech startup BrainBox AI today announced the closure of a $12 million Canadian (~$8.59 million)  convertible debt round, which it plans to put toward expansion in North America (particularly its home market of Canada) and international markets like the U.K., Ireland, and Australia. The cash infusion comes as companies unaffected by shelter-in-place orders aim to head off the…
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MIT presents AI frameworks that compress models and encourage agents to explore

In a pair of papers accepted to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2020, MIT researchers investigated new ways to motivate software agents to explore their environment and pruning algorithms to make AI apps run faster. Taken together, the twin approaches could foster the development of autonomous industrial, commercial, and home machines that require less computation…
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Hulu app crashing for many iPhone and Apple TV users

The Hulu app is crashing today for many Apple device owners as the service experiences unexpected outage for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV users. The most common symptom of the problem is that the Hulu app simply crashes to the home screen. However, readers who are able to get…
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Unlocked OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro face connectivity issues on Verizon

The new OnePlus duo doesn’t officially launch in the US until tomorrow, but some already received their pre-orders. However, those that intended to run their new phone on Verizon’s network are faced with compatibility issues. The phones require something called “CDMA-less” mode to operate on the carrier, but that can’t be activated – Verizon’s network has a whitelist of allowed devices and…
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Meizu 17 up for pre-registrations in China, 17T also listed

We’ve been seeing plenty of leaks about Meizu’s upcoming 17 series flagships in the past weeks and now the Meizu 17 is listed for pre-registration on the company’s official web store as well as several Chinese online retailers. In addition to the vanilla and Pro versions, a third phone dubbed Meizu 17T was also spotted on JD.com. Unfortunately, there are no specs or real images that give us…
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