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LifeProof launches new WĀKE iPhone case line made from recycled ocean-based plastic

LifeProof is out today with a new iPhone case series created from recycled ocean-based plastics like old fishing nets. comes in some neat colors with a unique textural design and is also the company’s slimmest case yet. LifeProof announced the for iPhone today in a press release along with a short behind the scenes video. As a brand, LifeProof is diving headfirst to reduce the amount of…
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MobileNews

iPhone battery life compared: How does the new iPhone SE stack up?

Battery life is one of the most important factors for smartphones these days. Apple doesn’t make it particularly easy to compare the lifetimes between iPhone models, so we’ve collated all the specs so you can break it down, and help with your buying decision. The latest entrant to this arena is the just-announced iPhone SE 2nd-generation. But how does the new iPhone SE battery life compare to…
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GamingNews

Minecraft with RTX is out, and it’s worth seeing for yourself

Ray tracing is now available in the Windows 10 version of Minecraft. This enables you to get the next-gen lighting technology in the block-building game. Since it’s out now, I can talk a bit about my experience with it, why you should try it, and how it performs. Let’s start with the performance, because I think the visual fidelity is evident in videos and trailers. As is the case in every…
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AI & RoboticsNews

MIT’s AI suggests that social distancing works

In a preprint academic paper published in early April, MIT researchers describe a model that quantifies the impact of quarantine measures on the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Unlike most of the models that have so far been proposed, this one doesn’t rely on…
AI & RoboticsNews

Vast Data raises $100 million to develop storage solutions for AI workloads

Vast Data, a company developing large-scale flash storage solutions, today announced that it raised $100 million at a $1.2 billion valuation (up three times since February 2019). CEO Renen Hallak says it’ll be used to drive expansion and lay runway for the startup’s future growth, which bodes well for customers like the National Institutes of Health, Squarepoint, Ginkgo Bioworks, General…
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