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You can open LG's new refrigerators with your voice

December 28, 2020
Voice-controlled refrigerators are already a practical reality, but LG might just make them particularly handy. The tech giant has introduced a 2021 line of InstaView fridges that can open the door with a voice command. That’s useful when you have your hands full with groceries, of course, but it could also be helpful during a pandemic where you have to be mindful of what you touch. You can…
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Xiaomi Mi 11 arrives as the first phone with Snapdragon 888

December 28, 2020
In a world where companies race to launch Pro, Pro Max, and Pro Plus devices, Xiaomi decided to go old school and introduced only one flagship phone today – the Xiaomi Mi 11. It is officially the first phone with Snapdragon 888 chipset and comes with Xiaomi’s best…
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Ford throws shade at Tesla over quality, calls its electric vehicles a ‘compromise’

December 28, 2020
The head of Ford’s electrification effort has thrown some serious shade at Tesla over quality issues and promises that you won’t have to make that compromise with Ford’s electric vehicles. Darren Palmer, one of the original members of Ford’s Edison team tasked to design the brand’s first all-electric vehicle and now the head of development for Ford and Lincoln’s battery-electric…
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2020 Winners and Losers: OnePlus

December 28, 2020
OnePlus became a different company this year. It had been gradually opening up to a wider product line, first with the mid-season T-upgrade, then with the introduction of Pro models. However, in 2020 the door swung all the way open and through it walked not only a…
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Sony is developing another camera sensor with Oppo, this time for the Find X3 series

December 28, 2020
Oppo introduced a new camera sensor by Sony called IMX766 in its latest smartphone, the Reno5 Pro+ 5G. One leakster from China claims both companies are going even further in their partnership and we should expect yet another new sensor – IMX789. It will be initially reserved for the Oppo Find X3 flagship series, before arriving at other manufacturers. Sony and Oppo seem to have a great…
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2020 Winners and Losers: Xiaomi

December 28, 2020
This year Xiaomi continued its march to the upper echelon of the smartphone industry. We saw the release of the brand’s all-out flagships – the Mi 10 Pro and Mi 10 Ultra, record-breaking shipments numbers and an increased push in more European markets. Xiaomi now…
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DeepMind’s big losses, and the questions around running an AI lab

December 28, 2020
Last week, on the heels of DeepMind’s breakthrough in using AI to predict protein-folding came the news that the UK-based AI company is still costing its parent company Alphabet Inc hundreds of millions of dollars in losses each year. A tech company losing money is nothing new. The tech industry is replete with examples of companies who burned investor money long before becoming profitable. But…
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