Back at CES 2020 — probably the only major tech event we’ll see in 2020 — Samsung debuted its completely unexpected high-end Galaxy Chromebook and, starting today, you can finally buy it.
To recap the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook, this high-end machine holds nothing back in the spec department. It offers a 4K display that’s the first AMOLED display on a Chromebook, a 10th-gen Intel Core i7…
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Xcover FieldPro for professionals needing extra rugged phones back in October 2019. The phone was on the website of the companys US division but wasnt available to end users until now.
At last, AT&T is offering the ultra-durable device…
Infinix is following up on the recently launched Infinix S5 Pro with two more phones with emphasis on the cameras and batteries.
Infinix Note 7
The Infinix Note 7 is the more intriguing of the two. It has a 6.95-inch 1640x720px LCD with a 16MP selfie camera punched-in.
It…
For those that want a real rugged smartphone, you might want to take a look at the new Samsung Galaxy XCover FieldPro.
The newly announced device is essentially a slightly more beefy version of the XCover Pro that was announced at the very start of 2019. That does mean a far higher price tag of around $1000, although this is a business-oriented rugged phone that has been designed for usage “in…
The Xiaomi Heylou Solar smartwatch is not solar-powered, but offers a lot of bang for your buck
April 8, 2020
The Haylou Solar smartwatch (its pronounced hello, by the way) has reached its crowdfunding goals and will start shipping on May 18 later this year. By the way, if you thought that the name Haylou was not the best, just wait until you find out that the watch called…
The folks at CASETiFY are no strangers to pairing unique smartphone and computer accessories with prominent brands. Still, today the company is announcing its latest collection, which dwarfs the collaborations we’ve seen in the past. Partnering Coca-Cola, CASETiFY has…
In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org this week, IBM researchers describe SeizureNet, a machine learning framework that learns the features of seizures to classify various types. They say that it achieves state-of-the-art classification accuracy on a popular data set, and that it helps to improve the classification accuracy of smaller networks for applications with low memory and…
If you’ve ever used Apple’s Siri, you probably know the digital assistant has specific strengths and weaknesses, including annoyances that have stopped some people from using it at all. Instead of a top-to-bottom refresh of the service, Apple has spent nearly a decade…
Stanford researchers propose AI in-home system that can monitor for coronavirus symptoms
April 8, 2020
During the “COVID-19 and AI” livestream event run by the Stanford Institute of Human-Centered AI (HAI), Stanford professor and HAI codirector Dr. Fei-Fei Li presented a concept for an AI-powered in-home system that could track a resident’s health, including for signs…
A preprint paper coauthored by researchers at Microsoft, the Indian Institute of Technology, and TCS Research (the R&D division of Tata Consultancy Services) describes an AI framework designed to help cities and regions make policy decisions about lockdowns, closures, and physical distancing in response to pandemics like COVID-19. They claim that because it learns policies automatically as a…
