GamingNews

The IRS won't ask you to report 'Fortnite' V-Bucks on tax returns

February 15, 2020
Don’t worry, you won’t have to factor in-game currency into your taxes… at least, not yet. The IRS has removed a guideline (cached here) from October that treated Fortnite‘s V-Bucks, Roblox’s Robux and other in-game currencies with real monetary value as “convertible” currency that could be subject to federal taxes. In a follow-up, IRS Chief Counsel…
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MobileNews

T-Mobile's OnePlus 6T finally receives Android 10 update

February 15, 2020
The OnePlus 6T has been running Android 10 for a few months now, but not so on T-Mobile. Units bought from the magenta carrier have been stuck on Android 9 Pie, for what seemed like forever. Not anymore, though. The carrier has finally started rolling out the update to…
MobileNews

OnePlus 7, 7 Pro, and 7T Pro receive updates with January security patch

February 15, 2020
OnePlus is now busy sending out new software updates to three of its four 2019 phones (four if we ignore the 5G versions, that is). We’re talking about the OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, and OnePlus 7T Pro. Your eyes are not deceiving you, the OnePlus 7T is missing for some reason. Anyway, the updates all bring the same changes. The new release is labeled OxygenOS 10.0.4 (for the EU and Global…
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MobileNews

iPhone 12 may use custom 5G antenna with Qualcomm modems

February 14, 2020
After settling its legal fight with Qualcomm last year and securing a 5G chip supply for its 2020 iPhones, things seemed to be looking up for Apple bringing the next-gen cellular standard to its iPhone 12 lineup. However, a new report today says that Apple isn’t satisfied with Qualcomm’s antenna designed to work with its 5G chips and that it may make its own… for this fall’s iPhones. …
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AI & RoboticsNews

ASU researchers debut ViWi-BT, an AI/computer vision mmWave beam guide

February 14, 2020
The cellular industry’s shift from long-distance radio signals to short-distance millimeter waves is one of the 5G era’s biggest changes, expected to continue with submillimeter waves over the next decade. To more precisely direct millimeter wave and future terahertz-frequency signals toward user devices, Arizona State University researchers have developed ViWi-BT, a vision-wireless framework…
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