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US Census Bureau teaming up with Apple to equip 500,000 canvassers with iPhone 8

In October, Apple said that it was teaming up with the US Census Bureau for the 2020 census. Now, a report from CNET dives deeper into that partnership, including details on how Census Bureau employees will use iPhone 8 devices and a new app for this year’s national census. For the 2020 census, the goal is for as many people as possible to respond via an online portal. For those who don’t…
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OnePlus 8 cases to refresh ‘Sandstone’ w/ new cyan and purple color options

The OnePlus 8 series is just around the corner, and the leaks are ramping up ahead of its April 14 launch date. The latest leaks reveal the stylish and colorful official cases you’ll be able use to accentuate both the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. This morning, renowned leaker Evan Blass shared a new set of renders to his Patreon, revealing six different colorways for OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro cases.
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Microsoft’s Mahjong-winning AI could lead to sophisticated finance market prediction systems

Last August, Microsoft Research Asia detailed an AI system dubbed Super Phoenix (Suphx for short) that could defeat Mahjong players after learning from only 5,000 matches. A revised preprint paper out this week delves a bit deeper, revealing that Suphx — whose performance improved with additional training — is now rated above 99.99% of all ranked human players on Tenhou, a Japan-based global…
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Nokia 7.2 now receiving stable Android 10 update

The Android 10 update is now rolling out for the Android One-powered Nokia 7.2. Launching at IFA 2019, the impressively premium Nokia 7.2 shipped with Android 9.0 Pie out of the box but during the launch keynote, HMD Global confirmed that it would be one of the first in…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 now receiving the April 2020 security patch

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 owners might not be getting the far more wanted Android 10 update but at least you can get the April 2020 security patch. The former flagship is still a solid smartphone and while it’s disappointing not to get another OS update, the latest security patch coming pretty early is definitely something many other smartphones can’t claim. We’ve sung Samsung’s praises…
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