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Oppo officially unveils its first smartwatch with its own ‘signature design’ that may just be a tad familiar

March 6, 2020
OPPO has made an ascendancy in recent years with its high-spec low-price smartphones, and now the company is making its break into the smartwatch market with its Apple Watch clone, err I mean, competitor. The OPPO Watch was announced at an event in China today; the company touted its signature design, curved AMOLED display, health features, built-in cellular and its range of rubber or leather…
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How to livestream the Oppo Find X2 and Oppo Smartwatch launch

March 6, 2020
Oppo is set to unveil the follow-up to its legendary pop-up Find X at a launch event in London, but you can livestream the entire thing from the comfort of your home. Despite many other firms canceling launches because of coronavirus concerns, Oppo is still powering through…
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Samsung Galaxy S20’s second update includes camera improvements

March 6, 2020
Since the Galaxy S20 went out to reviewers and early adopters, there have been a few complaints about the cameras. Now, Samsung is starting to roll out an update to the Galaxy S20 series that works on improving the camera among other things. reports that the second firmware update for the Galaxy S20 series — following up on the recent March security patch — is rolling out now in South Korea…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Microsoft’s AI generates 3D objects from 2D images

March 6, 2020
The AI research labs at Facebook, Nvidia, and startups like Threedy.ai have at various points tried their hand at the challenge of 2D-object-to-3D-shape conversion. But in a new preprint paper, a team hailing from Microsoft Research detail a framework that they claim is the…
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Ubisoft Paris gets new managing director to oversee 700 employees

March 6, 2020
Ubisoft has one of the most intricate and coordinated development cultures in the entire games industry. That’s one of the reasons it’s putting company veteran Marie-Sophie de Waubert in the role of managing director at Ubisoft Paris. Running the Paris studio requires a deep understanding of Ubisoft operations, and that’s something that de Waubert gained over her 20 years with the…
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DeepMind technique encourages AI players to cooperate in zero-sum games

March 6, 2020
In a preprint paper, DeepMind described a new reinforcement learning technique that models human behavior in a potentially new and powerful way. It could lead to much more capable AI decision-making systems than have been previously released, which could be a boon for enterprises looking to boost productivity through workplace automation. In “Learning to Resolve Alliance Dilemmas in Many-Player…
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