AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s AutoFlip uses AI to crop videos for you

February 13, 2020
Video filmed and edited for TV is typically created and viewed in landscape, but problematically, aspect ratios like 16:9 and 4:3 don’t always fit the display being used for viewing. Fortunately, Google is on the case. It today detailed AutoFlip, an open source tool for intelligent video reframing. Given a video and a target dimension, it analyzes the video content and develops optimal tracking…
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MobileNews

Rumor: Sony Xperia 1.1 to shoot 8K HDR video, Xperia 9 leaked

February 13, 2020
While Sony was originally about to announce a few Xperia smartphones at the Mobile World Congress (that event was cancelled), we barely know anything about them. We expect a new flagship phone called the Xperia 5 Plus, a new midrange device, which could be the Xperia 9, with…
MobileNews

Oppo Find X2 Pro shines on Geekbench with Snapdragon 865 and 12 GB RAM

February 13, 2020
Oppo Find X2 Pro appeared on Geekbench ahead of its official announcement that has been postponed due to MWC 2020 being canceled. We know this is the exact device because the codenamed phone CPH2025 was already certified to be the Pro variant of the upcoming model. The listing revealed the phone will have Snapdragon 865 and a 12 GB RAM option, as well as Android 10 out of the box, which is hardly…
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GamingNews

30XX is the sequel to Mega Man-inspired roguelike 20XX

February 13, 2020
Indie developer Batterystaple Games announced today that it is working on 30XX, a sequel to its 2017 roguelike action sidescroller 20XX. Like its predecessor, 30XX takes its inspiration from the Mega Man franchise, especially the Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero games. It also supports two-player co-op play. 30XX does not have a release date yet, but Batterystaple plans ot release it on PC via Steam…
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MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy A30 receives Android 10 and One UI 2.0 update

February 13, 2020
Hours after the Galaxy A50s got promoted to Android 10, the Galaxy A30 joins in (despite reports that the update was delayed for next month). Users in India are the first to receive it. As usual, the Android 10 update also brings One UI 2.0. The changelog features the usual…
AI & RoboticsNews

MIT CSAIL’s AI corrects outdated Wikipedia articles

February 13, 2020
The English-language Wikipedia contains over 6 million articles, and the combined versions for all other languages contain over 28 billion words over 52 million articles in 309 languages. It’s an incomparably valuable resource for knowledge seekers, needless to say, but one that requires pruning by the over 132,000 registered active monthly editors. In search of an autonomous solution…
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