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…
SiriusXM radio finally plays nice with the Google Assistant
October 30, 2019
Starting next week, SiriusXM will be available through Google Assistant-powered hardware in the US and Canada. That means you can ask “Hey Google, play Howard 100 on SiriusXM or request an artist channel with something like “Hey Google, play The Beatles Channel…
LG Dual Screen review: Where are the apps?
October 30, 2019
In August, we reviewed the LG Dual Screen, a clamshell case for the LG V50 ThinQ with a built-in screen that doubles as a miniature monitor. Months later, at IFA 2019 in Berlin, LG announced a revamped Dual Screen with a few nips and tucks, chief among them higher-quality…
Strong writing makes all the difference about whether a Hollywood show turns out like Game of Thrones or Pee-Wee Herman’s Big Adventure. That’s why Ron Howard and Brian Glazer’s Imagine Entertainment opened an incubator for writers called Imagine Impact.
The film and TV industries employ 2.6 million people in the U.S. alone, and those businesses generate $77 billion a year on wages. But…
While Apple is running a year behind most flagship smartphones in supporting 5G, a new report today says that next year’s iPhones will have most advanced 5G chip on the market.
The report echoes earlier ones in stating that all three 2020 iPhones will be 5G-compatible, but…
The Samsung Galaxy Home and Home Mini are both enigmas, having been announced but subsequently never released — bar a limited beta testing program announcement.
The good news is that Samsung has now released a statement specifically addressing the lack of information on…
MIT CSAIL’s swarm of robotic cubes can shapeshift at will
October 30, 2019
Collaborative robots have captured the public’s imagination for decades, and it’s no wonder — machines can achieve incredible feats by working together as a team. One need look no further for evidence than a new study from the MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), which was supported in part by the National Science Foundation and Amazon’s robotics division.
iPhone shipments in China fell by 28% in Q3 thanks to fallout from the US trade war, according to the latest Canalys data. The slump would have been even more dramatic but for the popularity of the iPhone 11, says the company.
There could, though, be tougher times ahead for…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beats Black Ops 4 and WWII with $600 million in first weekend
October 30, 2019
Activision Blizzard announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare made $600 million in its first three days. The publisher reveals that the strong start already makes it the best-selling game of 2019.
That’s a better launch than the last two Call of Duty games, Black…
AI will change every job and increase demand for creative skills
October 30, 2019
Artificial intelligence is likely to change how every job is performed, eliminating work related to repetitive tasks but increasing the need for creative thinkers, according to a new study.
Those findings are contained in a report released this week by the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab called, “The Future of Work: How New Technologies Are Transforming Tasks.” The study found signs of how AI is…
