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Opinion: I couldn’t be happier Samsung is ditching curved screens w/ Galaxy S20

Leaks of Samsung’s Galaxy S20 have been hitting the web all week, but there’s one I couldn’t be more excited about. After five generations of madness, Samsung is ditching curved screens on the Galaxy S20. Going back to the Galaxy S6 years, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S6 Edge, a phone with two curved sides and a curved AMOLED display underneath to match. Visually, it’s a gorgeous look…
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GamingNews

Google Stadia plans to add over 120 games in 2020

When Google Stadia launched in November, it didn’t garner an overwhelming reception, but it didn’t exactly flop, either. It’s a competent product that lets gamers play new titles with a modest investment in hardware. Just open up Chrome, an app or turn on…
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iPhone: How to turn off Live Photos for existing pictures

Do you have some, or maybe even a lot of pictures you’ve shot with iPhone that you’d like to turn off the Live Photos effect? Follow along for how to turn off Live Photos for existing pictures. Live Photos is a neat feature that captures 1.5 seconds before and after you snap an image that can really bring a moment to life. But sometimes you might have had the feature turned on by accident…
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Barclays: iPhone 12 to feature ‘refreshed’ Face ID, 3D time-of-flight sensors

Analysts from Barclays are out with a new investor note, in which they predict that Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup will include upgraded Face ID sensors, among other changes. The analysts also corroborate claims made by Ming-Chi Kuo. According to the Barclays note obtained by CNBC, the iPhone 12 lineup will include “refreshed” Face ID. What exactly this means is unclear, but theoretically it…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Amazon details the AI behind Alexa’s Whisper Mode

In October 2018, months after a brief reveal, Amazon brought Whisper Mode to select third- and first-party Alexa devices. It expanded the feature to all locales in November 2019, such that all smart home appliances powered by Alexa — the company’s virtual assistant — now respond to whispered speech by whispering back. Amazon was a bit light on the technical details initially, save that…
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