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 fake accounts between April and September, compared with just over 1.5 billion during the same period last year. And at least…
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…
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, they’re susceptible to what’s called the safe exploration problem, wherein they become fixated on unsafe states (like a mobile…
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…
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…
Microsoft announces Xbox Series X, arriving Holiday 2020
December 13, 2019
Microsoft today announced the next generation of game console, the Xbox Series X. Previously known as Project Scarlett, the Xbox Series X is the fourth major console release from Microsoft and will be available for purchase this time next year in Holiday 2020.
The Xbox Series X is the successor to the Xbox One and the Xbox One X series of consoles and today’s announcement finally gives us a…
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Engadget Podcast: The Mac Pro and Apple's return to great hardware
December 13, 2019
This week, Senior Editor Devindra Hardawar and UK Bureau Chief Mat Smith explore who may need a $52,000 Mac Pro (it’s not as crazy as you think!). And when taken together with the 16-inch MacBook Pro and the AirPods Pro, they discuss what this means for Apple’s…
Samsung Galaxy Note Android 10 rollout begins for beta testers, starting w/ Germany
December 13, 2019
For those of you lucky enough to own the superb Samsung Galaxy Note 10 you’ll be pleased to hear that the stable Android 10 rollout has now begun in Europe — with Germany first in line.
While the beta has been available for some time, the stable OTA is now heading out for those that have already participated in this test phase for the full Android 10 build. Those participating have confirmed…
