Samsung is leading the charge for foldable smartphones in 2020 with two pretty compelling offerings to date. However, they both share something in common with massive price tags. To offer the technology to a wider audience, the “Galaxy Fold Lite” might ditch some extras for a lower price point.
According to friend of the site and reliable Samsung leaker Max Weinbach, the “Galaxy Fold Lite”…
SteelSeries’ new iOS gaming controller claims 50 hours of battery life and better buttons
May 12, 2020
SteelSeries has announced the Nimbus Plus, a new controller designed for gaming on Apple devices.
The Nimbus Plus improves on its predecessor with some new features, such as clickable joysticks, a claimed 50-hour battery life, and ultra-responsive triggers.
Like its…
Instagram iOS update brings bulk comment deleting, control for who can mention or tag you
May 12, 2020
Instagram is rolling out some changes today to keep the platform a more positive place for users. Two features rolling out now include the ability to control who can tag or mention you in comments, captions, or Stories as well as the ability to delete comments in…
LG is trying new things in an attempt to re-establish itself in the smartphone market and, apparently, that includes a unique new take on secondary displays. According to reports from Korea, the upcoming LG “Wing” will have a rotating second display in a “T” shape.
and report today that LG is working on a new project codenamed “Wing.” This device would pack two displays with one…
As consumers continue to await affordable augmented reality glasses, the key platforms for AR applications have been smartphones — portable devices that use their screens and cameras to create little windows into a merged real and digital world. Now a developer is using…
Facebook is using more AI to detect hate speech
May 12, 2020
In Q1 2020, 9.6 million pieces of content posted on Facebook were removed for violation of company hate speech policy, the “largest gain in a period of time,” Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer told journalists today. For context, as recently as four years ago, Facebook…
In a paper published this week on the preprint server Arxiv.org, researchers affiliated with Google, Princeton, the University of Southern California, and Simon Fraser University propose BabyWalk, an AI that learns to navigate by breaking instructions into steps and completing them sequentially. They claim it achieves state-of-the-art results on several metrics and that it’s able to follow long…
The Android world as a whole has been getting a bit better when it comes to software updates over the past few years, but there have been a few standouts. Motorola, for example, has a dreadful update policy. Now, for its flagship Motorola Edge+, the company is promising more…
Spark email gains full mouse and trackpad support on iPad, emoji reactions for iOS and Mac
May 12, 2020
Popular email client Spark is out with a nice update today that sees full iPad mouse and trackpad support arrive as well as new email emoji reactions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Spark detailed the update in a blog post today. First up, the iPadOS version of Spark is joining…
Kite launches Pro plan for its AI-powered Python code completions, adds JavaScript support
May 12, 2020
Kite, which suggests code snippets for developers in real time, today announced a Pro plan for $19.90 per month ($16.60 per month if you sign up for a whole year). Additionally, the company debuted a new engine for Python completions and added JavaScript support, its second programming language. Support for both languages is now powered by deep learning. Kite also shared that 250,000 developers…
