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HTC is apparently planning to launch a 5G smartphone this year

February 24, 2020
Over the past few years, the smartphone industry has changed dramatically and lost some players. HTC is a shell of what it once was, but the company isn’t completely done with smartphones. In a recent interview, HTC confirmed it has plans to launch a 5G smartphone this year. Speaking with  (via ), HTC’s CEO confirmed some of the company’s plans in smartphones for 2020. HTC is apparently…
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GamingNews

Cyberpunk 2077 supports Xbox One and Series X cross-buy

February 24, 2020
Xbox boss Phil Spencer revealed today how the company’s gaming ecosystem is going to work going forward. In addition to the powerful new Xbox Series X hardware, Spencer detailed Smart Delivery. This initiative ensures that if you buy a first-party Microsoft game on Xbox…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s AI detects adversarial attacks against image classifiers

February 24, 2020
Defenses against adversarial attacks, which in the context of AI refer to techniques that fool models through malicious input, are increasingly being broken by “defense-aware” attacks. In fact, most state-of-the-art methods claiming to detect adversarial attacks have been counteracted shortly after their publication. To break the cycle, researchers at the University of California, San Diego…
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MobileNews

Huawei MatePad Pro 5G hands-on: Is this Android’s answer to the iPad Pro? [Video]

February 24, 2020
The Huawei MatePad Pro 5G bears an uncanny resemblance to one of Apple’s finest products. At a time when “good” Android tablets are shockingly few and far between, could this be the answer many of you have been waiting for? We’ve gone hands-on to find out. If you cast your mind back, you might remember that Huawei has released this tablet in China already in 4G. This updated version…
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MobileNews

Sony Xperia 1 II goes official w/ ‘Super-smooth’ display, 5G connectivity, more

February 24, 2020
Sony has officially announced the Xperia 1 II (or Mark 2) even despite the cancellation of its MWC 2020 appearance due to coronavirus concerns. The follow-up to last years Sony Xperia 1 comes with some impressive internals including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of internal storage, and a 4,000mAh battery. On top of that, the Sony Xperia 1 II will ship with Android 10…
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