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Samsung Galaxy S9 to get second Android 10 beta next week

December 4, 2019
According to Samsung’s beta operations manager, last year’s flagships – the Galaxy S9/S9+, will start receiving the second iteration of One UI 2.0 beta based on Android 10 next week. And it’s about time because the Galaxy Note9, for example, received two major beta updates already. We are probably still some way off from a stable version of the software – the Galaxy…
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GamingNews

Nintendo Switch launches in China on December 10 for $300

December 4, 2019
(Reuters) — Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it will officially launch its Switch gaming console in mainland China on December 10 priced 2,099 yuan ($298) with local partner Tencent. Pre-orders for the console began at noon (0400 GMT) in China on Wednesday, opening a…
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More signs point to Samsung's Galaxy S11 capturing 8K video

December 4, 2019
It’ll likely be a couple of months before Samsung officially unveils the Galaxy S11, but leaks are already starting to paint a picture of what’s in store for its next flagship phone. A render that emerged last month offered a peek at what the S11 may look like, while a SamMobile report stokes the flames of rumors it’ll be capable of 8K video capture. The publication says its…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Researchers develop AI that reads lips from video footage

December 4, 2019
AI and machine learning algorithms capable of reading lips from videos aren’t anything out of the ordinary, in truth. Back in 2016, researchers from Google and the University of Oxford detailed a system that could annotate video footage with 46.8% accuracy, outperforming a professional human lip-reader’s 12.4% accuracy. But even state-of-the-art systems struggle to overcome ambiguities in lip…
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GamingNews

Google Play "Best of 2019" awards headlined by Call of Duty: Mobile and Glitch Video editor

December 4, 2019
As 2019 comes to an end, Google listed the best apps, games, movies and ebooks from the Play Store in two distinct categories with a Users’ Choice section alongside the Google Play Editors winners. In the Users’ Choice category, Video Editor – Glitch Video Effects got first place in the app category while Call of Duty: Mobile was named best mobile game. Marvel Studios’ Avengers…
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