When was the last time you saw an authentic take on video games in mainstream media such as a television series? I can’t think of any myself that didn’t talk down to gamers. But Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, which debuts today on the new Apple TV+ entertainment service, is a first in that respect.
It’s a live-action comedy series with nine half-hour episodes in its first season. I binged…
Samsung Galaxy S20 pops up on Amazon, key specs revealed
February 7, 2020
Samsungs big Unpacked event for the Galaxy S20 series is scheduled for next week but the countless leaks and teases keep pouring in. In a new development, the Galaxy S20 is now listed on Amazon UAE. The listing reveals the phone will sport the SM-G980F model number which…
An official poster of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G has surfaced ahead of the February 11 unveiling.
The poster doesn’t really reveal anything new but corroborates previous design leaks.
While Samsung hasn’t shared any details about the Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G…
MIT CSAIL’s TextFooler generates adversarial text to strengthen natural language models
February 7, 2020
AI and machine learning algorithms are vulnerable to adversarial samples that have alterations from the originals. That’s especially problematic as natural language models become capable of generating humanlike text, because of their attractiveness to malicious actors who would use them to produce misleading media. In pursuit of a technique that illustrates the extent to which adversarial text…
France has fined Apple €25M ($27M) for the battery-management features that slowed the performance of older iPhones in order to prevent unexpected shutdowns.
It’s taken quite a while to reach this point: the French consumer watchdog DGCCRF began its investigation more…
Most people would have thought that the first Android phone to come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset would be the Samsung Galaxy S20 series. In fact, ZTE has beaten Samsung to the punch with the release of the ZTE Axon 10s Pro.
The ZTE Axon 10s Pro has now gone…
Samsung Galaxy M20 Android 10 update rollout expands to Europe
February 7, 2020
Samsung releasedAndroid 10 and One UI 2.0 for the Galaxy M20in India in December. Now it’s time for the European units to get a taste of the latest version of Android.
The update is currently seeding in Germany, Greece and Luxembourg, but it should expand to more countries of the Old Continent in the coming days.
The new build skips some features like the built-in screen…
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro appear in a promo image
February 7, 2020
The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro have appeared in a leaked promo banner ahead of their expected February 13 announcement.
The bluish-colored handset with four cameras is the Mi 10 Pro, while the green unit is likely the vanilla Mi 10, which also sports four snappers on the…
The Samsung Galaxy Fold announced last February is still running Android Pie and the stable build of Android 10 is slated to begin rolling in April. But the smartphone has appeared on Geekbench with Android 10, indicating Samsung may release the latest version of Android…
Motorola Razr teardown looks inside the flexible phone
February 7, 2020
YouTube channel PBKreviews has given Motorola’s modern Razr the teardown treatment a day before it becomes available. And based on how many screws and cables the host had to go through to get to the flexible display, you’ll probably want to go straight to a repair center instead of trying to fix the device yourself in case anything happens to it.
In fact, you’ll have to…
