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Flutter SDK 1.17 brings Metal for iOS apps and better performance

While Google I/O is no longer happening this year, many of the company’s planned announcements, especially for developers, are still going forward as intended. Today, Flutter, Google’s massively cross-platform app development framework, is launching its first stable update of 2020, Flutter SDK version 1.17, complete with support for Apple’s Metal graphics API on iOS devices. Those eager…
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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 team’s work might shed light on offensive language in terms of genderedness, and perhaps even control for gender bias in…
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Another report says Google will switch to Android TV for its next streaming device

Back in March, 9to5Google reported that Google’s next streaming device will run Android TV and thus offer a more traditional user experience that’s closer in line with Roku and Amazon Fire TV than the company’s previous Chromecast efforts. Now, Protocol is corroborating that news and saying that the new device will “likely” be branded as a Google Nest product to help differentiate it…
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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 that its developer conference, Google I/O, had to be canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Google is promising that the…
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