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Google Maps Street View gets split screen UI on Android

January 31, 2021
Street View launched over a decade ago and this vast image database is currently powering the Live View AR feature. An update to Google Maps for Android improves the Street View experience by adding a split screen mode. The new split view UI launches automatically when you open Street View after dropping a map pin. Meanwhile, if you’re accessing Street View directly from a location’s…
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New TV ad for Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21+ is all about the cameras

January 31, 2021
Remember when people went on trips? For fun? Yeah, those were the days. Samsung seems either unaware of the ongoing global pandemic and the measures taken by most Western governments to deal with it by restricting traveling, or wants to forget about all that and just picture yourself on an epic trip. That’s the theme of the company’s latest TV ad for the Galaxy S21 and S21+, which…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: January 30, 2021

January 31, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI needs an open labeling platform

January 31, 2021
These days it’s hard to find a public company that isn’t talking up how artificial intelligence is transforming its business. From the obvious (Tesla using AI to improve auto-pilot performance) to the less obvious (Levis using AI to drive better product decisions), everyone wants in on AI. To get there, however, organizations are going to need to get a lot smarter about data. To even get close…
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MobileNews

Xiaomi files court challenge against US ban

January 31, 2021
Xiaomi isn’t wasting time disputing the US’ decision to put it on a list of Chinese military-backed companies and ban American investments. Reuters reports the Chinese phone giant has filed a legal complaint against the US Defense and Treasury Departments, calling the…
GamingNews

Steam's February Game Festival will feature over 500 playable demos

January 31, 2021
The next Steam Game Festival is will start on February 3rd, and it will give you access to playable demos of over 500 upcoming titles. Valve started hosting the virtual festival last year in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic after in-game industry events like the Game Developers Conference got cancelled. The developer has held quite a few more iterations of the festival since then, and it has…
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