GamingNews

Sensor Tower — Call of Duty: Mobile hits $87 million and 172 million downloads in 2 months

December 4, 2019
Call of Duty: Mobile has reaped nearly $87 million in global player spending and more than 172 million downloads in its first two months, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates. While there have been a few Call of Duty mobile games in the past, none have ever gotten this kind of traction out of the gate. The Tencent-developed title reached a record-breaking 100 million in just…
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Galaxy Buds+ support page goes live in South Korea

December 4, 2019
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds were unveiled way back last February which means we’re due for an update in the coming months. Just in time, Samsung published a support page for a product bearing the SM-R175 model number which is rumored to be the upcoming Galaxy Buds+. The original…
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Teenage Engineering’s OP-Z companion app is now available on Android

December 4, 2019
When it came out earlier this year, there was one small omission to the otherwise excellent package that was Teenage Engineering’s diminutive but powerful OP-Z synth: you couldn’t use its handy companion app if you had an Android phone. Nine months after the fact, the company has addressed that issue with a new beta release that you can download from the Google Play Store. The…
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Samsung Galaxy S9 to get second Android 10 beta next week

December 4, 2019
According to Samsung’s beta operations manager, last year’s flagships – the Galaxy S9/S9+, will start receiving the second iteration of One UI 2.0 beta based on Android 10 next week. And it’s about time because the Galaxy Note9, for example, received…
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Nintendo Switch launches in China on December 10 for $300

December 4, 2019
(Reuters) — Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it will officially launch its Switch gaming console in mainland China on December 10 priced 2,099 yuan ($298) with local partner Tencent. Pre-orders for the console began at noon (0400 GMT) in China on Wednesday, opening a…
AI & RoboticsNews

MIT creates an AI that understands the laws of physics intuitively

December 4, 2019
We often think of artificial intelligence as a tool for automating certain tasks. But it turns out that the technology could also help give us a better understanding of ourselves. At least that’s what a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) think they’ll be able to do with their new AI model. Dubbed ADEPT, the system is able to, like a human being…
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More signs point to Samsung's Galaxy S11 capturing 8K video

December 4, 2019
It’ll likely be a couple of months before Samsung officially unveils the Galaxy S11, but leaks are already starting to paint a picture of what’s in store for its next flagship phone. A render that emerged last month offered a peek at what the S11 may look like…
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Samsung Galaxy S11 tipped to support 8K video recording w/ Snapdragon 865

December 4, 2019
Just yesterday Qualcomm released the first details about its new Snapdragon 865 processor and one of the most interesting details is its ability to power 8K video recording. Now, a new source is corroborating details about the Galaxy S11’s ability to record video in 8K. Sources speaking to  say that the Samsung Galaxy S11 will support up to 8K video…
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