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Apple releasing second public beta of iOS 13.4 and more today

February 20, 2020
Apple will release the second public betas of iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 today. This comes after the update was released to developers yesterday, bringing even more changes to the Mail app. Update: The second public betas of iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, and tvOS 13.4. The first beta of iOS 13.4 included a handful of notable changes, such as a CarKey framework for NFC access to your car, iCloud Drive…
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Google Cloud AI removes gender labels from Cloud Vision API to avoid bias

February 20, 2020
Google Cloud AI is removing the ability to label people in images as “man” or “woman” with its Cloud Vision API, the company told VentureBeat today. Labeling is used to classify images and train machine learning models, but Google is removing gendered labels because it violates Google’s AI principle to avoid creating biased systems. “Given that a person’s gender cannot be inferred by…
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Microsoft set to bring its antivirus app to iOS and Android sometime this year

February 20, 2020
Microsoft launched a preview of its Defender antivirus software for Mac last spring and now the company is preparing to bring the app to iOS and Android something this year. For the mobile versions, it’s unclear exactly how it will work or what features will be available, but the antivirus software for iOS and Android could be more focused on preventing phishing. Microsoft announced that it…
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HTC teases Vive Proton ‘display headset’ concept for 5G smartphones

February 20, 2020
Now that its Vive and Vive Cosmos families have been firmly established as PC-tethered virtual reality headsets, HTC is tentatively looking towards a future where its hardware is used with 5G cellular devices, and considerably less bulky than its current goggles. That explains the company’s unexpected disclosure today of Project Proton, a pair of concept “display headsets” that could rely on…
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