Way ahead of schedule, Android 11 is here with its first developer preview! While the beta program with its easy OTAs won’t be available for a little while yet, you can install the Android 11 Developer Preview on most Google Pixel smartphones. If you want to give it a shot, here’s how to sideload the update.
How to sideload Android 11 Developer Preview on Google Pixel
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Rumors of an inexpensive new entry-level iPhone have been circulating for over a year now, alternating between the names “iPhone SE 2” and “iPhone 9.” A new video posted on social media (via Stefan Constantine) appears to show the device, and while it has some…
Element Space lands on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 24
February 19, 2020
Sixth Vowel and Blowfish Studios announced today that the sci-fi tactics RPG Elemental Space is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 24.
Element Space debuted on PC in February 2019. It features turn-based combat and a story with multiple endings. It’s the first…
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White box and black box AI are getting a lot of…
Google used AI and human moderation to take down over 75 million Google Maps reviews
February 19, 2020
Hundreds of millions of people contribute over 20 million reviews, ratings, and other pieces of content to Google Maps’ over 200 million points of interest daily — it’s how the platform continues to grow so rapidly. But user contributions are intrinsically fraught.
SentinelOne raises $200 million for its AI security platform at a $1 billion valuation
February 19, 2020
SentinelOne has raised $200 million in a venture capital round that pushes its valuation past $1 billion as investors continue to bet big on artificial intelligence to bolster cybersecurity.
The Mountain View-based startup has developed a platform that automates endpoint…
Amazon researchers train AI to rewrite queries for better spoken language understanding
February 19, 2020
Ever heard of query rewriting? It’s a technique used to mitigate errors in spoken language understanding (SLU) pipelines like those underpinning Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and other voice assistants. Many SLU systems are split into two components — an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system responsible for converting audio to text and a natural language understanding…
Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 1
February 19, 2020
Google today launched the first Android 11 developer preview, available for download now at developer.android.com. The preview includes a preview SDK for developers with system images for the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 4, Pixel 4…
Spotify is one of the most-used music streaming platforms out there, and now, it’s finally getting a highly requested feature. After some small rollouts over the past few months, Spotify is adding song lyrics to its Android app, and on iOS, too.
In what appears to be a…
Last fall, Microsoft launched a new Office for iOS beta with a unified design including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Sticky Notes in one app for a simpler experience. Now the new Office app for iPhone is available for all users.
Microsoft launched the public version of the new iOS Office app today that features “mobile-first features.” Here’s how it describes the major update:
The new…
