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Humans are responsible for the antics of our AIs

November 23, 2019
Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we’ve done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking books on science and technology we can find and delivering an easily digestible nugget of their stories. How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us by John…
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No, AI is not for social good

November 23, 2019
Faced with the public furor over problems with artificial intelligence, tech companies and researchers would now have us believe that the big fix for those problems is to develop AI for social good. This proposal is not new; it’s the latest in a long line of bold, mostly…
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OnePlus reveals its second website data breach in two years

November 23, 2019
Early in 2018, popular cellphone maker OnePlus revealed it had coughed up credit card information on over 40,000 users in a data breach, and now it’s informing users of another one. This time, while the website is the source of the breach, the company believes payment info is unaffected, however information exposed may include “name, contact number, email and shipping address&#8221…
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Honor V30 confirmed to ship with Kirin 990 SoC, price surfaces

November 23, 2019
The Honor V30 and V30 Pro arriving on November 26 were expected to ship with the flagship Kirin 990 SoC, and just three days ahead of the unveiling, the company has officially confirmed that the V30 series will indeed have the Kirin 990 chipset under the hood. Honor made…
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New Nokia smartphone launches on December 5

November 23, 2019
HMD Global, the company that makes Nokia smartphones, has started teasing its next product, which will be officially unveiled on December 5. We know this much from the tweet you can see embedded below. Unfortunately, aside from the date and an outline of a handset, we don’t have any other clues as to what phone this will be. The newest addition to our family will be…
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Review: iPhone 11 Pro Smart Battery Case levels up with a dedicated camera button

November 22, 2019
Earlier this week Apple quietly released its latest version of the Smart Battery Case for its newest iPhones. The Smart Battery Case for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max helps to extend your iPhone’s battery life just like previous versions. But unlike previous versions of the Smart Battery Case, this year’s edition comes with a brand new physical camera shortcut feature that…
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