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Walmart officially now selling its Android TV streamers; the 4K model leaves a good impression

June 10, 2021
It’s been absolutely no secret that Walmart has been working on a duo of Android TV streaming devices, but the lead up to launch has been a little odd to say the least. Now, though, Walmart has officially started selling its onn-branded Android TV streamers and we’ve spent a few days with one of them, too. After being on the retailer’s website for over a month now, Walmart confirmed today…
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Android 12 Beta 2: Pixel 5 finally gets ‘Columbus’ double-tap back gesture with ‘Quick Tap’

June 10, 2021
We first reported over a year ago that Google was working on a new gesture for Pixel phones that allowed a quick double-tap on the back of the phone to perform a customizable action. Now, finally in the second beta release of Android 12, Google has released the “Quick Tap” feature previously known as “Columbus,” but it’s only available on the Pixel 5. “Columbus” has been in the…
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World’s longest AF SLR lens, the Canon EF 1200mm F5.6, comes up for sale at auction in Germany

June 10, 2021
A used unit of Canon’s EF 1200mm F5.6 L USM lens is set to come up for sale at an auction in Germany slated for 6th October. At 0.8m (2′ 7″) and weighing a massive 16.5kg (36lbs), the lens offered the world’s longest focal length for an interchangeable SLR lens with autofocus when it was introduced in July 1993, and to the best of my knowledge, that record still holds true.
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Battlefield 2042 to debut on October 22 on consoles and PC

June 9, 2021
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Electronic Arts and its DICE studio today revealed details of Battlefield 2042, a modern online multiplayer shooter game coming October 22 for the PC, PlayStation, and Xbox (both the newer and older…
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Facebook proposes NetHack as a grand challenge in AI research

June 9, 2021
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Facebook today proposed NetHack as a grand challenge for AI research, for which the company is launching a competition at the NeurIPS 2021 AI conference in Sydney, Australia. It’s Facebook’s assertion that NetHack, an ’80s video game with simple visuals that’s considered among the hardest in the world, can enable…
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