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iPhone capacitor supplier looks forward to strong 2020 with upcoming 5G demand

You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel One of Apple’s suppliers is…
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Oppo's Reno 3 phones get 5G without sacrificing battery life

Oppo introduced the Reno 2 barely two months ago, but that isn’t stopping it from releasing a third series before 2019 is over. The company has introduced the Reno 3 and Reno 3 Pro, both of which pack 5G but have dual-mode chipsets (more on that in a moment), four…
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Samsung may name its next flagship the Galaxy S20 because 2020

When Samsung releases the successor to the Galaxy S10 next year, it may call the phone the Galaxy S20. The rumor comes from frequent Samsung tipster Ice Universe, who tweeted this week that the company will skip S11 for its next flagship. Next year is 2020, and 20 is a new beginning. — Ice universe (@UniverseIce) December 24, 2019 “Next year is 2020, and 20 is a new beginning,&#8221…
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Amazon researchers use AI to improve the recognition of curved text

Optical character recognition (OCR), or the conversion of images of handwritten or printed text into machine-readable text, is a science that dates back to the early ’70s. But algorithms have long struggled to make out characters that aren’t parallel with horizontal planes, which is why researchers at Amazon developed what they call TextTubes. They’re detectors for curved text in natural…
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How Twitch started to lose its grip on video game streaming

For the longest time, Twitch was the undisputed champ of video game live streaming. The Amazon-owned platform has the highest number of ‘broadcasters’ and, more importantly, viewers watching, chatting and donating in real-time. For most full-time streamers…
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Researchers want to use Mega Man 2 to evaluate AI

Games have long served as a training ground for AI algorithms, and not without good reason. Games — particularly video games — provide challenging environments against which to benchmark autonomous systems. In 2013, a team of researchers introduced the Arcade Learning…
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Researchers want to use Mega Man 2 to evaluate AI

Games have long served as a training ground for AI algorithms, and not without good reason. Games — particularly video games — provide challenging environments against which to benchmark autonomous systems. In 2013, a team of researchers introduced the Arcade Learning Environment, a collection of over 55 Atari 2600 games designed to test a broad range of AI techniques. More recently, San…
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