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When AI is a tool and when it’s a weapon

November 11, 2019
The immense capabilities artificial intelligence is bringing to the world would have been inconceivable to past generations. But even as we marvel at the incredible power these new technologies afford, we’re faced with complex and urgent questions about the balance of benefit and harm. When most people ponder whether AI is good or evil, what they’re essentially trying to grasp is whether AI is…
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Galaxy S10 update will add Note 10 features including enhanced gallery, more

November 11, 2019
Despite only having a few months between their respective launches and having some distinct similarities, the Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 do differ in many ways. Samsung has decided to close that gap a little by giving the Galaxy S10 some of the Note 10’s enhanced features. Samsung confirmed in an official blog post just what will be making the jump from the Note 10 to the Galaxy S10 —…
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The pitfalls of a ‘retrofit human’ in AI systems

November 11, 2019
Stanislav Petrov is not a famous name in the computer science space, like Ada Lovelace or Grace Hopper, but his story serves as a critical lesson for developers of AI systems. Petrov, who passed away on May 19, 2017, was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air…
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AI in patent law: Enabler or hindrance?

November 11, 2019
Filing a patent is the clerical equivalent of pulling teeth — at least in the U.S. It first requires inventors to determine the type of intellectual property (IP) protection they require (i.e., utility, design, or plant). Then they’re on the hook to conduct a United…
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Huawei P30 Pro starts receiving EMUI 10 update based on Android 10

November 11, 2019
Less than a week after it released its latest roadmap, Huawei is now pushing the latest stable EMUI 10 update based on Android 10 to its Huawei P30 and P30 Pro smartphones. To be honest, though, the company did say it should land the OTA update sometime around mid-November. Huawei announced on Weibo that the update should arrive to Huawei P30 and P30 Pro Chinese owners any moment now, which…
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IDC: Indian smartphone market grew handsomely in Q3, Realme is the big winner

November 11, 2019
After posting its Q3 global smartphone report last week, IDC went ahead and released the India specific report for the July-September period. As a whole, the market saw 46.6 million smartphone shipments which is well up from the 42.6 million seen in the prior year. All top-five brands (apart from Samsung ) saw a year on year increase in shipments for the period. Company Q3 2019 shipments (in…
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