AI & RoboticsNews

Nvidia researchers use AI to teach robots how to hand objects to humans

In a preprint research paper published this week, Nvidia researchers propose an approach for human-to-robot handovers in which the robot meets the human halfway, classifies the human’s grasp, and plans a trajectory to take the object from the human’s hand. They claim it results in more fluent handovers compared with baselines, and they say it could inform the design of collaborative warehouse…
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GamingNews

Nintendo will show off Switch indie games on March 17

Nintendo announced that it will host an Indie World broadcast at 10 a.m. Pacific on March 17. You can watch it here. In the past, these video presentations have coincided with the Game Developers Conference. But even with that event cancelled this year (it would’ve started…
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Xbox Series X specs revealed: Here’s what matters and why

Microsoft revealed more details about its upcoming next-gen console this morning, and that includes the full Xbox Series X specs. But while it’s always fun to stare blankly at a list of gigabytes and gigahertz, let’s dive in and pick apart what matters. Here is the full list of the Xbox Series X specifications direct from Microsoft: Above: Xbox Series X has got it where it counts…
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Xbox Series X’s ‘Quick Resume’ demo is better than magic

Microsoft is showing off many of the details of its upcoming next-gen console in the lead up to that system’s holiday release. And one of the key new features it’s demonstrating is the Xbox Series X’s Quick Resume technology. This enables you to continue playing multiple games from a suspended save point. And since the Xbox Series X has backward compatibility, the feature works with existing…
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ComputersNews

Windows 10 now runs on 1 billion devices

Windows 10 is now running on over 1 billion monthly active devices, just six months after passing the 900 million device milestone. Microsoft has been consistently adding 100 million active Windows 10 devices every six months over the past two years. Windows 10 also passed…
MobileNews

Roundup: Everything we know about iOS 14, watchOS 7, WWDC 2020, and more

watchOS 7 | We kicked things off with the news that Apple is developing the ability for Apple Watch to detect blood oxygen levels for the first time. This is based on code from iOS 14 that was seen by . We also expect Apple Watch Series 6 to include a new Infograph Pro watch face, SchoolTime features, sleep tracking and much more. Apple Watch blood oxygen detection feature found in iOS 14 code…
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