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The ending of Doom Eternal

March 25, 2020
I’ll give it to the developers at id Software. They really know how to stretch out an ending. I’ve played through Doom Eternal on the easy setting, and I’ve included two videos of the actual ending in this post. And it feels like he ending goes on for a long time, especially if you die a lot. Now it’s not so bad as Death Stranding’s ending, which involves hours of cinematics. Or at least…
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Doom Eternal has the best launch weekend in franchise history

March 25, 2020
Bethesda announced today that Doom Eternal has had the best launch weekend of any game in the franchise’s history. The publisher did not specify how many copies it sold, but Bethesda did note that the launch weekend doubled the launch weekend revenue for the last entry in…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google details MetNet, an AI model better than NOAA at predicting precipitation

March 25, 2020
In a blog post and accompanying paper, researchers at Google detail an AI system — MetNet — that can predict precipitation up to eight hours into the future. They say that it outperforms the current state-of-the-art physics model in use by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and that it makes a prediction over the entire U.S. in seconds as opposed to an hour. It…
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MobileNews

Xiaomi postpones the launch of Mi 10 in India due to COVID-19

March 25, 2020
Last week Xiaomi announced that it will launch the Mi 10 in India on March 31, but the company has now announced that the launch has been postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. This decision comes after Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra…
MobileNews

OnePlus is seeking beta testers for its Instant Translation feature

March 25, 2020
Thanks to the recent OxygenOS Open Beta program, the new Instant Translation feature is now available for the OnePlus 7 series and 7T series. While it has come bundled with the latest beta update for the flagship devices, OnePlus is now seeking beta testers to thoroughly put the feature through its paces. The roll call came as part of an announcement on the official OnePlus forums but does have a…
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Google Podcasts rolls out new design, launches on iOS

March 25, 2020
Google is starting to take its Podcasts app a bit more seriously today: the company is reportedly rolling out a more advanced design to Android users and launching the app on iOS for the first time (also featuring the new design), via Engadget. It’s a move that sets Google Podcasts up to better compete with more established podcast providers like Apple, Overcast, or Spotify. The new design…
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