GamingNews

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 we’ve seen so far, is that it looks massive. But how big is the Xbox Series X? If you take a glance at the first image of…
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MobileNews

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…
MobileNews

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…
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Samsung didn’t really sell 1 million Galaxy Folds, but does it matter?

December 13, 2019
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 delays — or the implicit suggestions that Samsung confidently went on to manufacture a million of them, or somehow convinced a…
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MobileNews

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…
MobileNews

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 development is now officially confirmed to feature the later version of vivo’s custom Android-based OS. After some…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google AI chief Jeff Dean interview: Machine learning trends in 2020

December 13, 2019
At the Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) conference this week in Vancouver, Canada, machine learning took center stage as 13,000 researchers explored things like neuroscience, how to interpret neural network outputs, or how AI can help solve big real-world problems. With more than 1,400 works accepted for publication, you have to choose how to prioritize your time. For Google AI…
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