MobileNews

Android 12’s first preview is remarkably stable, but don’t put it on your main phone yet

February 21, 2021
The first developer preview for Android 12 has arrived, and as usual it’s an exciting time to see what Google has in store for this year’s big launch. However, take this as your annual warning that developer previews are not for the faint of heart, as this early build of Android 12 isn’t particularly stable and is sure to have issues in tow. After just a couple of days, here are the biggest…
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GamingNews

Nintendo knocks Sony off its TV ad impressions perch

February 20, 2021
Thanks in part to an ad that aired during the Super Bowl Kickoff Show on CBS, Nintendo led gaming industry TV ad impressions during a recent 30-day period. Overall, 13 brands aired 36 spots over 3,000 times, generating 387.3 million TV ad impressions, 79.3% of which came from Nintendo. Notably, PlayStation, which has long dominated TV ad impressions for the industry, dropped to third place below…
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Android 12 Will Support AVIF Photos

February 20, 2021
The first preview of Android 12 has landed, and it brings news that the mobile operating system will have platform support for the AV1 Image File Format (AVIF), which has dramatically better image quality for the same file size when compared with image formats such as…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Awesomely weird Alibaba electric vehicle of the week: Electric go-karts under $400!

February 20, 2021
Go-karts are the perfect fun-mobiles to bring out the kid in anyone. But gone are the days when you had to choke down a cloud of exhaust to the deafening roar of a single screaming, overworked piston. These days, electric go-karts are providing kids and adults alike with fast, silent, and clean thrills around the local track or the neighborhood lady’s rose bushes. For this week’s entry in the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google fires Ethical AI lead Margaret Mitchell

February 20, 2021
Google fired Margaret “Meg” Mitchell, lead of the Ethical AI team, today. The move comes just hours after Google announced diversity policy changes and Google AI chief Jeff Dean sent an apology in the wake of the firing of former Google AI ethics lead Timnit Gebru in…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI Weekly: The challenges of creating open source AI training datasets

February 20, 2021
In January, AI research lab OpenAI released Dall-E, a machine learning system capable of creating images to fit any text caption. Given a prompt, Dall-E generates photos for a range of concepts, including cats, logos, and glasses. The results are impressive, but training Dall-E required building a large-scale dataset that OpenAI has so far opted not to make public. Work is ongoing on an open…
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