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…
Publisher Deep Silver announced today Saints Row: The Third is getting a remaster, which will release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 22.
The open-world game first came out back in 2011. This third entry in the franchise was something of a turning point for Saints…
In a paper published in the journal Nature Physics, DeepMind researchers describe an AI system that can predict the movement of glass molecules as they transition between liquid and solid states. The techniques and trained models, which have been made available in open…
It’s not quite 28 Days Later out there, but I did get the chance to put the iPhone 11 Pro camera to an unusual test some 28 Weeks Later – almost to the day since the phone’s launch.
The UK is under lockdown at present, with people allowed out only for four reasons: work which cannot be done from home; shopping for essentials; medical or emergency needs, for you or someone else; and exercise…
