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The surge of sensationalist COVID-19 AI research

April 25, 2020
There seems to be a tendency to hastily use imperfect and questionable data to train an AI solution for COVID-19, a dangerous trend that not only does not help any patient or physician but also damages the reputation of the AI community. Dealing with a pandemic — as significant as it is — does not suspend basic scientific principles. Data has to be curated by medical experts, full and rigorous…
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Android 11 Developer Preview 3 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

April 24, 2020
The third installment of our favorite smartphone operating system has arrived ahead of the user-facing beta phase, which means we have been delving into “Android 11 Developer Preview 3” to figure out what might be the top new features of this pre-release OS. As with the previous preview builds, we could potentially see some of these neat features appear in Android 10 thanks to the immensely…
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YouTube Music’s new player UI seeing wider rollout on Android

April 24, 2020
After first A/B testing in February and announcing last month, YouTube Music’s new player UI is seeing a wider rollout around the world over the past 24 hours. This revamped now playing screen starts by putting all key controls on the same page. Shuffle and repeat are no longer hidden in the queue, but rather next to rewind/forward at the bottom of the screen. Thumbs down/up gets moved next to…
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Android 11 DP3: New ‘auto revoke’ toggle cuts off app permissions if they’re not used

April 24, 2020
The past few releases of Android have seen a heavy focus on security features, specifically with permissions. Now, in Android 11’s third developer preview, Google has added a new “auto revoke” feature. Live in Android 11 DP3, all apps now have a new option that turns off permissions after a “few months” of not being used. What does this mean? If an app has been given permission to do…
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