Earlier this month, Google announced that it was using auto-generated narrators to make more audiobooks available. The Google Play Store now has a collection of free audiobooks created using this method.
The eight fiction and 12 non-fiction works are offered by “Google Play Public Domain.” A four-color Google strip appears on the left edge of the cover image, while the listing specifies what…
New Mexico’s largest wind farm is now online
December 18, 2020
Xcel Energy’s self-build 522-MW Sagamore Wind Project in eastern New Mexico, on the Texas border, is now online. It’s New Mexico’s largest single wind farm.
The Sagamore Wind Project was officially completed yesterday by Minneapolis-based utility holding company…
Tesla’s bold Autopilot strategy pays off for automatic emergency braking compliance
December 18, 2020
Tesla’s bold strategy to include Autopilot in all vehicles is paying off when it comes to complying with the latest standards for automatic emergency braking (AEB).
In the latest NHTSA report, Tesla is the only American automaker with 100% compliance ahead of time.
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Since launch, folks have realized that Google Stadia is one of the easier and more consistent ways to play Cyberpunk 2077. However, not everything is perfect in Stadia’s version of Cyberpunk, as some players are finding themselves unable to play Cyberpunk 2077 in 4K, only 1080p.
By far and away, Cyberpunk 2077 was the most anticipated title to launch on Stadia in the first 13 months of its…
BenQ Unveils 34-Inch Ultrawide Color-Accurate Monitor
December 17, 2020
BenQ has announced the PD3420Q, a 34-inch, 2K resolution, 21:9 ultra-wide, HDR design monitor that covers 100% of sRGB and 98% of P3 color spaces. The company promises out-of-the-box color accuracy powered by BenQ’s AQCOLOR technology.
The monitor offers a 3440 x 1440…
Anomalo nabs $5.95 million for AI data validation tools
December 17, 2020
Anomalo, a provider of data validation and documentation services for developers, today announced that it raised $5.95 million in venture capital. First Round Capital and Foundation Capital participated in the seed funding round, which is Anomalo’s first since its founding…
Xiaomi Redmi 9 Power goes official as a rebranded Redmi Note 9 4G with an additional camera
December 17, 2020
Xiaomi today introduced a new smartphone called Redmi 9 Power, but it’s not an entirely new smartphone. It’s a Redmi Note 9 4G launched in China last month with an additional 2MP macro camera.
This means the Redmi 9 Power has a Snapdragon 662 SoC and runs Android 10 with MIUI 12 on top. The smartphone comes with 4GB RAM on board and has two storage options – 64GB (UFS 2.1) and…
Google’s Project Treble has been around since 2017 with the aim of speeding up Android updates by modularizing the core Android OS framework from the OEM skin customization. Now, Google and Qualcomm are teaming up to help Snapdragon-powered phones get support for up to 4…
Samsung Galaxy A72 camera setup detailed
December 17, 2020
Freshly leaked renders of the Samsung Galaxy A72 5G revealed the smartphone will feature a quad camera on the back. While the setup wasn’t initially detailed, a report by Dutch blog claims the Galaxy A72 will sport a 64MP camera on the rear joined by a 12MP ultrawide…
Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro schematic reveals screen size
December 17, 2020
Xiaomi Mi 11 family is on its way and you can tell by the frequency of the leaks not just by the recent rumor about December 29 being the launch date. Today we have one more piece of the puzzle – the Mi 11 Pro’s display size.
In an alleged leaked schematic of the phone, a diagonal of 171.77mm (not accounting for the bezels) has been measured, which in inches is about 6.76″.
