This week marks the kickoff of Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), one of the largest AI and machine learning conferences globally. NeurIPS 2017 and NeuIPS 2018 received 3,240 and 4,854 research paper submissions, respectively, and this year’s event — which takes place from December 8 to December 14 in Vancouver — is on track to handily break those records. (Submissions this…
Samsung Galaxy S11+ may come with a custom 108MP sensor
December 9, 2019
So far, only a couple of smartphones with Samsung’s new 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX have come out and all of them from Xiaomi. And it’s no secret anymore that Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S11-lineup will most likely come equipped with the said sensor, but this is…
Google Pixel gets first ‘Feature Drop’ w/ Auto-Call Screen, Portrait Blur, better memory management
December 9, 2019
One of the biggest perks of owning a Google Pixel smartphone of any generation is how quickly it gets updates. Today, Google is introducing a new monthly “Feature Drop” for Pixel smartphones and in its first release, automatic Call Screen, better memory management…
OnePlus TV gets Netflix app and a redesigned remote
December 9, 2019
OnePlus has good news for prospective buyers of its new television. The first one is that the TV now finally comes with the Netflix app pre-installed. This was one of our complaints when we reviewed the television back in October and we are glad to see it being resolved.
However, the lack of Netflix was nothing compared to the atrocity that was the remote control design. But in a completely…
Roblox is revealing its top games of all time, and it says that each one of them has been played more than a billion times.
Roblox’s games are accessible in its virtual world, and they have reached a huge level of engagement with its mostly kid and teenage audience, with…
Nvidia trains AI to transform 2D images into 3D models
December 9, 2019
Nvidia Research created an AI system that can predict 3D properties of 2D images without any 3D training data. The work will be presented at the annual conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, where researchers in academia and industry share the latest in…
Zynga’s acquisition of Finland’s Small Giant Games last year represented a triumph for the surging Finnish mobile gaming studio as well as another sign of its new owner’s turnaround.
But given that most acquisitions fail, it was also a huge risk for both sides. How can one company buy another without quashing the culture and creativity that made it a success?
I discussed this subject…
There has been some rumors about a Sony Xperia 3, an upcoming flagship for 2020. It may have been spotted in Geekbench, showing a Snapdragon 865 chipset and 12GB of RAM. The chipset has been mentioned before in rumors, so it was expected in a way. The RAM, however, is twice…
After scheduling an official launch date for its first truly wireless earbuds, Realme went ahead and revealed the first set of details on the earphones as well as their official name – Realme Buds Air.
The earbuds will support instant pairing via Bluetooth 5.0 and…
Prices of Galaxy S10 lite, Note10 lite, Galaxy A71 and A51 appear on online retailer
December 9, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy A (2020) phones will be unveiled this Thursday, but a Slovakian retailer couldn’t wait this long and put up pages for the Galaxy A51 through A91. The pages were clearly placeholders, though someone forgot to hide the prices.
The Samsung Galaxy A91 is rumored to sell under the name “Galaxy S10 lite” in some markets. It will be the priciest of the bunch, at €670 it’s…
