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…
The World Health Organization reports that 1.5 million people were killed in road accidents in 2018, of which more than half were pedestrians and cyclists. One of the biggest culprits is the so-called “hidden pedestrian” problem, in which people obscured by obstacles…
Andrew Yang ended his campaign Tuesday after a tepid showing in New Hampshire, bringing to an end what can be characterized as the only AI-first presidential campaign in U.S. history. Some will argue Yang’s campaign simply rose to prominence because of his support of a…
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…
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…
Realme X50 Pro 5G still coming on February 23, only in online event
February 13, 2020
Realme was set on attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for the first time this year, but as you know that isn’t happening. The good news is Realme has found a way around the major disruption and is still announcing the X50 Pro 5G. Much like Sony the company…
MIT CSAIL’s AI corrects outdated Wikipedia articles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…
Israeli robotics startup Intuition Robotics has raised $36 million in a series B round of funding co-led by Sparx Group and OurCrowd, with participation from Samsung Next, Toyota AI Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, iRobot, Sompo Holdings, Union Tech Ventures, Happiness Capital…
Samsung Galaxy S20 and S20+ get new color options before release
February 13, 2020
Samsung unveiled only a very limited color selection for its S20 phones, but it looks like people will have more hues to choose from than initially thought. The Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ are available in Cosmic White. You can see those on the pre-order pages of Samsungs…
Motorola's foldable Razr is unsurprisingly hard to repair
February 13, 2020
Motorala’s contemporary take on the Razr has been quite publicly panned by testers. CNET, for example, wanted to see if the device could withstand 100,000 folds — it only made it to the 27,000th fold before it started showing problems (which Motorala has subsequently defended). With foldable smartphones still far from the norm, consumers are understandably wary of making such a…
