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Pixel Buds with hands-free Google Assistant will arrive in 2020

October 15, 2019
Google today released the second-generation version of Pixel Buds, earbuds with a dedicated chip for on-device machine learning that gets rid of the string that held the first generation earbuds together. The device is made to allow environmental ambient sound and uses adaptive sound to adjust volume based on your environment so it may go up on subway and down when walking home. The new Pixel Buds…
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Google Stadia launches on November 19th

October 15, 2019
Google’s Stadia game streaming service will launch on November 19th, the company’s Rick Osterloh announced today at the company’s fall hardware event. In a separate blog post published during the keynote, Google added that servers will open to the public at…
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iPhone 11 Pro Diary: It’s no travel camera, but it’s a great social one

October 15, 2019
I’d so far given the iPhone 11 Pro camera a very high bar to meet: Could it be good enough that it would be the only camera I’d need while travelling? The answer to that question was a resounding no, even after double-checking. But that’s mostly because I demand very high quality from my travel photos, so noise that would be largely unnoticeable at web-viewing size would disturb me in prints…
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MIT CSAIL fights fake news with AI

October 15, 2019
Fake news — loosely defined as a type of propaganda consisting of deliberate disinformation spread via traditional outlets or social media — is a menace. A December 2016 survey by the Pew Research Center suggests that 23% of U.S. adults have shared fake news, knowingly…
GamingNews

'Fortnite' Chapter 2 is the fresh start the game needed

October 15, 2019
I’ve played Fortnite for over 1,400 hours, but never quite like this. While exploring today’s release of Chapter 2, I swam through crystal-clear rivers, carried a downed teammate and ate a flopper fish while waiting for a speedboat to pick me up. After over a…
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Google Pixel 4, Nest Mini, and Nest WiFi simultaneously get Bluetooth certification

October 15, 2019
We’re now less than an hour away from the Made by Google event, and we’re already fairly confident in what devices Google will be announcing. This morning, four of those products, the Google Pixel 4 (and 4 XL), Nest Mini, Nest WiFi Router and Nest WiFi Point, have all hit the Bluetooth SIG Before any electronic device can be sold, it needs to go through many layers of approval, most notably…
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OnePlus 7T series arrives in China

October 15, 2019
The OnePlus 7T, 7T Pro, and 7T Pro McLaren Edition have made their way to China. The 7T is priced at CNY2,999 ($425/€385) for the 8GB/128GB version, and for CNY200 ($30/€25) more you get double storage. The 7T Pro, on the other hand, comes in a single 8GB/256GB…
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OnePlus looks to add a one-handed mode to future OxygenOS build

October 15, 2019
OxygenOS is one of the most frequently updated versions of Android but while it has tons of new features, it still lacks a true one-handed accessibility mode. That is set to change after an AMA over on the official OnePlus forums confirmed that work is already underway to add a one-handed mode to a future OxygenOS build (via XDA Developers). During the Q&A session, Software Project Manager…
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