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Oppo will offer 5G on all phones above $420 in 2020

September 27, 2019
Without a doubt, 5G is a driving factor of the smartphone industry. Initially, smartphones with 5G support were costing upwards of $1000 but this year, we’ve seen 5G phones get even cheaper, particularly among Chinese brands like OnePlus with the 7 Pro 5G, but Xiaomi’s Mi 9 Pro 5G is the cheapest one yet at only CNY 3,699 (~$520). In a report from Chinese news site MyDrivers, Oppo’s 5G sales…
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Apple releases iOS 13.1.1 with fixes for battery drain, Siri, iPhone restores

September 27, 2019
Apple has today released iOS 13.1.1 just three days after making its iOS 13.1 update available. This update brings fixes for a battery drain issue, Siri recognition, an iPhone restore problem, and more. Alongside iOS 13.1.1, iPadOS 13.1.1 is also available. A week after the public release of iOS 13, Apple made iOS 13.1 available to fix some bugs, introduce new iOS 13 features that were removed…
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Top iPhone 11 features – an even better bang for the buck [Video]

September 27, 2019
The iPhone 11 is the direct successor to last year’s iPhone XR, a smartphone that was widely praised for providing lots of features and performance at a more digestible price point. With iPhone 11, Apple has done something that we aren’t used to them doing: they made the hardware better at an even lower price point. Is the iPhone 11 an even better value than the iPhone XR was last year? Watch…
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Watch the Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha official unboxing

September 27, 2019
The Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha was unveiled a couple of days ago and the market release is expected to happen in December. And while we are waiting, Xiaomi did an official unboxing video so can have a sneak peek at what the retail box will hold. The luxurious black box comes with…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s robotic hand AI can learn to rotate Baoding balls with minimal training data

September 27, 2019
Using several fingers at once to grasp and manipulate objects is a straightforward ask of humans, despite the primitiveness of our hand anatomy. But robots have a much tougher go of it. That’s because tasks like writing on paper with a pencil require physics models directing the imparting of forces onto the target object, as well as the repeated establishing and breaking of contacts. And with…
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