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US Census Bureau to use iOS devices for data collection and management in 2020 census

October 30, 2019
Apple CFO Luca Maestri said today that the US Census Bureau is adopting iOS devices for next year’s census. Maestri explained that the adoption of iOS devices will help the Census Bureau produce “quality results” and lower costs. By using iOS devices, the US Census Bureau will be able to leverage the privacy and user experience of Apple’s platform. This will be an “innovating new model…
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AliveCor and Xiaomi-backed Huami will co-develop ECG wearables

October 30, 2019
After making an early splash with portable ECG accessories for smartphones, AliveCor has fought to remain relevant as smartwatches have grown to include similar heart monitoring tools. Today, the company announced a deal with Huami — the Xiaomi-backed smart wearable maker…
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The latest Windows 10 Insider build gets new PowerToys

October 30, 2019
The latest Microsoft Windows 10 preview build (19013) for Insiders in the Fast Ring includes new kaomoji shortcuts, the latest version of PowerToys and a Linux update that will send unused power back to your Windows machine. There’s also a key change for Samsung phones using the Your Phone app. Microsoft first added kaomoji shortcuts (Japanese emoticons with especially expressive faces) to…
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RhythmNet uses AI to estimate your heart rate using your face

October 30, 2019
A wearable heart rate monitor is one thing, but what about a system that’s able to estimate a person’s heartbeat from footage of their face alone? That’s what researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences set out to design in a preprint paper published on Arxiv.org. In it, they describe RhythmNet, an end-to-end trainable heart rate estimator that taps AI and photoplethysmography (PPG) —…
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Xiaomi opens R&D hub in Finland to develop smartphone camera technologies

October 30, 2019
Xiaomi has officially opened its camera technology R&D hub in Tampere, Finland, three months after the Chinese smartphone giant announced that it had set up a local company in the area. The choice of location is notable, insofar as Nokia built its mobile phone empire in the region, which means there should be an abundance of talent and resources relevant to smartphone technology — Nokia…
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