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Google previews Android exposure notification API to let health agencies build contact tracing apps

April 29, 2020
Google and Apple earlier this month announced a partnership to build contact tracing into iOS and Android. Ahead of the capability launching in mid-May, both companies are previewing the exposure notification API for health agency developers. Contact tracing involves keeping a record of everyone you’ve recently interacted with so that they can be alerted if you later test positive for…
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MobileNews

Apple releases iOS 13.5 beta with first version of its COVID-19 exposure notification API

April 29, 2020
Apple has released a new beta of iOS 13.5 today, containing the first version of its exposure notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing. The beta is available to developers now alongside the first beta release of Xcode 11.5. The Xcode release includes an updated version of the iOS SDK that incorporates the exposure notification API. In conjunction with this, Apple and Google representatives…
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GamingNews

Streets of Rage 4 review — A brawl down memory lane

April 29, 2020
Here’s a nice thought: What if your childhood never ended? What if they just kept making games like they always did? Well, companies have tried that, and it hasn’t always worked out well. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 are both miserable. So, is there any hope for Streets of Rage 4? Developers Dotemu and Lizardcube worked together to produce Streets of Rage 4, which is…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Researchers propose ways to apply AI to agriculture and conservation

April 29, 2020
During a workshop hosted at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2020, taking place on the web this week, panelists discussed how AI and machine learning might be — and already has been — applied to agricultural challenges. As several experts pointed out, countries around the world face a food supply shortfall — an estimated 9% of the population (697 million…
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