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An AI reporter’s favorite books of 2020

December 24, 2020
The older I get, the more I wish I could stop time so I could read more books. Books that earn my time and attention are those that promise to enrich me as a person and deepen my understanding of AI for the work I do as senior AI staff writer at VentureBeat. This year, I read more than a dozen books, some published in recent months and others in years past, like The Curse of Bigness by Tim Wu, a…
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Adobe Lightroom v6 is Falling Apart

December 24, 2020
Lightroom version 6.0, officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC 2015, was the last major release of Lightroom that was available with a perpetual license (i.e. a one-time purchase). Unfortunately, some users who don’t wish to make the jump to paying a subscription through…
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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro US price and battery life revealed in latest leak

December 24, 2020
The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro are expected to go official next month alongside the Galaxy S21 series. Samsung hasn’t divulged anything about these TWS earphones yet, but their key features leaked a few days ago, and we also learned that Buds Pro will cost €229 in Europe. Now the promo materials posted by a Twitter user reveal the Galaxy Buds Pro will be priced at $199 in the US. The images…
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OnePlus 9 live images leak along with key specs

December 24, 2020
According to the latest rumors, OnePlus is planning to launch not two but three flagship models – OnePlus 9, 9 Pro and a 9 Lite or 9E. We still don’t know the official name of the latter. In any case, today’s report is all about the vanilla OnePlus 9. A…
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Oppo Reno5 Pro+ announced with SD865 and 50MP main camera

December 24, 2020
After unveiling the Reno5 and Reno5 Pro earlier this month, Oppo just gave the Reno5 Pro+ its own event probably because it shapes up to be a proper flagship. In other words – it checks all the boxes, although, given the amount of leaks from the past couple of weeks…
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Samsung's Galaxy Buds Pro will reportedly cost $199

December 24, 2020
We’ve already learned a lot about Samsung’s upcoming wireless Galaxy Buds Pro thanks to a leak on Samsung’s own site, but one key detail was missing: the price. According to slides leaked on Twitter by WalkingCat and spotted by The Verge, however, it looks like they’ll cost $199 — $30 more than Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live, but a good $50 cheaper than the AirPods Pro from Apple. We…
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How to use Google Santa Tracker this Christmas Eve

December 24, 2020
St. Nick is departing the North Pole to begin his worldwide journey to deliver presents. Like in past years, you can follow along with the Google Santa Tracker. On laptops and desktops, there’s a fun new way to access the Google Santa Tracker this year that starts by…
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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro tipped to cost $199 w/ 28-hour battery life

December 24, 2020
The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro are set to arrive alongside Samsung’s next set of smartphones and with them, perhaps the company’s best equipped truly wireless earbuds to date. Thanks to another detailed leak, we now know the Galaxy Buds Pro price and more. Thanks to what appear to be press slides from Samsung obtained by WalkingCat on Twitter, we have a detailed look at what these earbuds have…
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