AI & RoboticsNews

Podcast: Solving AI’s black box problem

March 2, 2020
What happens when you don’t know why a smart system made a specific decision? AI’s infamous black box system is a big problem, whether you’re an engineer debugging a system or a person wondering why a facial-recognition unlock system doesn’t perform as accurately on you as it does on others. In this episode of the The AI Show, we talk about engineering knowability into smart systems. Our…
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MobileNews

Apple agrees to $500 million settlement for throttling older iPhones

March 2, 2020
Apple has tentatively agreed to a $500 million settlement after admitting to slowing down older phones. The deal would provide small payouts for many iPhone owners in the US, plus greater compensation for named class members and attorneys. It covers people who bought any product in the iPhone 6 and 7 lineup — which Apple secretly throttled to conserve battery life. As Bloomberg Law notes, the…
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GamingNews

Marvel: Future Revolution is an open-world RPG for mobile

March 2, 2020
Netmarble has announced Marvel: Future Revolution, a new mobile game based on the superhero brand. Future Revolution will be an open-world RPG starring a large cast of Marvel heroes and villains. The title does not have a release date, and Netmarble did not say how its…
MobileNews

Google admits long-standing Bluetooth disconnect issue on Google Home speakers

March 2, 2020
You’d be forgiven if you didn’t know that Google Home speakers and smart displays double as Bluetooth speakers, but they do. For those who’ve been using that functionality over the years, a strange bug has popped up over the past year or so where Google Home devices disconnect from Bluetooth and, now, Google is finally acknowledging the problem. Support threads dating back to late 2018…
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MobileNews

Facebook debuts lighter, ‘more responsive’ Messenger app for iOS

March 2, 2020
Facebook is rolling out a new version of Messenger for iOS from today, built with speed and responsiveness firmly in mind. The upgraded app, built on a new code base, also lays the foundation for Facebook’s previously stated goal to unite all its apps and make it possible for people to message between Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The new version of Messenger was built under an…
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