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Xbox Series X: How humongous is Microsoft’s next-gen console?
December 13, 2019
Microsoft introduced the name and design of the Xbox Series X on Thursday night during The Game Awards. And a lot of people are wondering if it’s going to fit into a traditional entertainment center when they pick one up next holiday. The issue, according to the renders…
The crowdfunded cult of Amanda Palmer
December 13, 2019
Amanda Palmer wouldn’t exist in her current form without Patreon. That’s not to say Amanda Palmer the person would dematerialize if Patreon didn’t exist, but Amanda Palmer the artist would be a completely different beast. As it stands, Palmer is an…
OnePlus announces special event for CES 2020
December 13, 2019
OnePlus is sending out invites for a special event that will take place during CES 2020. The event will take place at the Wynn resort in Las Vegas from January 7 to January 10.
The nature and purpose of this event is entirely unknown at this point. Calling the invite vague would be an understatement, considering the only relevant information on it is the date and location. The orange color might…
I didn’t trust yesterday’s report that Samsung has sold over 1 million $2,000 Galaxy Fold smartphones. It was impossible to accept the big number — $2 billion in revenue from a foldable device that famously suffered through extended post-announcement redesign…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg often likes to assert that AI has substantially cut down on the amount of abuse perpetrated by millions of users, and he’s not wrong — in its most recent Community Standards Enforcement Report, Facebook said it removed more than 3.2 billion…
OnePlus announces special event for CES 2020
December 13, 2019
OnePlus is sending out invites for a special event that will take place during CES 2020. The event will take place at the Wynn resort in Las Vegas from January 7 to January 10.
The nature and purpose of this event is entirely unknown at this point. Calling the invite vague would be an understatement, considering the only relevant information on it is the date and location. The orange color might…
Vivo details some of the new features in FuntouchOS 10
December 13, 2019
Vivo has been teasing the upcoming X30 for quite some time now. The intriguing phone is expected to feature and Exynos 980 chipset, complete with an integrated 5G modem, as well as an impressive camera setup. It will be unveiled on December 16 and in a rather anticipated…
Reinforcement learning agents — or AI that’s progressively spurred toward goals via rewards (or punishments) — form the foundation of self-driving cars, dexterous robots, and drug discovery systems. But because they’re predisposed to explore unfamiliar states…
Most of the Oppo headlines in the past days have been about the upcoming Reno3 lineup but a new device from the manufacturer was just spotted on a TENAA listing. It bears the PDBM00 model number and will reportedly be a midrange offering with a 6.5-inch display, triple cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
The front houses a 6.5-inch display with a waterdrop notch but we dont get any…
