AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI teaches a robotic hand to solve a Rubik’s cube

October 15, 2019
Robots with truly humanlike dexterity are far from becoming reality, but progress accelerated by AI has brought us closer to achieving this vision than ever before. In a research paper published in September, a team of scientists at Google detailed their tests with a robotic hand that enabled it to rotate Baoding balls with minimal training data. And at a computer vision conference in June, MIT…
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Google Assistant has a new look on the Pixel 4

October 15, 2019
Google has given Assistant an overhaul, updating the UI and making the voice assistant more useful, with a better understanding of context for the information or actions you ask it about. At the Made by Google event, the company showcased some of what the new Assistant has…
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Google unveils Nest Wifi Router and Nest Wifi Point with Google Assistant

October 15, 2019
If you’re in the market for a new router, good news: Google just announced a replacement for its long-in-the-tooth Google Wifi. The new Nest Wifi Router and Nest Wifi Point, which debuted at an event in New York City this morning, are a mesh-capable wireless router and beacon set meant to compete with Amazon’s Eero, Netgear’s Orbi, Asus’ Lyra, and others. Nest Wifi features Google…
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Google Stadia launches on November 19, pre-orders shipping soon

October 15, 2019
Stadia, Google’s new streaming platform, goes live in just over a month – you’ll be able to sign in starting November 19 at 16:00 UTC and start buying games. And seconds later you’ll be playing those games – because of the way Stadia works, there’s no download necessary. You’ll get an email when your Founder’s Edition package is shipped. Some of you may have gotten the Premiere…
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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 12PM EST/9AM PST. Besides the US, Stadia will launch in Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands…
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