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Amazon details AI that answers questions more reliably

January 30, 2020
Might natural language models improve in their ability to answer questions on the fly? That’s what a team of Amazon researchers set out to answer in a study scheduled to be presented at the 2020 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in New York. They posit a method for adapting models based on Google’s Transformer architecture — which is particularly good at learning…
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Early iPhone hit SpellTower gets reimagined a decade later

January 30, 2020
In 2011, designer Zach Gage decided to try something different: make a game in a genre he hated. The result was SpellTower, a mashup of word games and puzzlers, which went on to become one of his most popular titles to date, with more than 1 million downloads. Its…
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Latest Apple Watch clone on the way from Chinese smartphone maker Oppo

January 30, 2020
The latest Apple Watch clone is on the way from Chinese smartphone maker Oppo. A render of an upcoming smartwatch was posted by a noted leaker. Oppo itself teased the watch in December, though it only showed a silhouette at the time… spotted the tweet by @UniverseIce, labeled simply, “OPPO’s first smartwatch rendering.” No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, that is not an Apple’s…
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Report: Huawei surpassed Apple to become 2nd largest smartphone vendor in 2019 despite sanctions

January 30, 2020
According to a new report, Huawei has surpassed Apple to become the second-largest smartphone vendor globally for 2019, as Samsung retains top spot yet again. The report comes from and shows the volume of smartphone shipments actually declining by 1% across the entire industry. Even with heavy trade restrictions in place, Huawei has seen growth within Chinese borders, where it made up almost…
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Robotic finger can sweat like a human to cool down

January 30, 2020
Robots can already do lots of things people can including gymnastics, but a new type of soft robot has one of the most human traits of all. Researchers have a developed a finger-like appendage that can break into sweat to prevent overheating, much like we do during hot days…
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OpsRamp raises $37.5 million to apply AI to DevOps processes

January 30, 2020
Ever heard of AI for IT management (AIOps)? It’s a burgeoning ecosystem of platforms and products that enhance IT operations by leveraging AI to analyze data collected from various tools and devices. OpsRamp is one of the startups leading the charge in what Research and Markets anticipates will be a $14.3 billion segment by 2025. Raju Chekuri and Varma Kunaparaju cofounded the San Jose…
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