JJ Abrams’ film company Bad Robot has launched its own game development studio, Bad Robot Games Studio. The entertainment company run by the Star Wars filmmaker has hired Michael Booth, a veteran game creator behind titles such as Valve’s Left 4 Dead.
Booth will be the general manager of the internal studio, and he will report to former Valve and Oculus leader Anna Sweet, who was recently…
Salesforce today peeled back the curtains on ReceptorNet, a machine learning system researchers at the company developed in partnership with clinicians at the University of Southern California’s Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC. The system…
In at least one region of Canon’s massive global empire, the company has begun listing its sensors for sale to other companies, following in Sony’s footsteps.
This is a noteworthy development, as Canon has to this point reserved its sensors for only its own camera…
Xiaomi has introduced a new smartwatch dubbed Mi Watch Lite, which is based on the Redmi Watch that was launched in China last month.
The Mi Watch Lite sports a 1.4″ color touchscreen of 320×320 pixel resolution, which has auto brightness adjustment and a pixel density of 323 ppi. The smartwatch supports over 120 watch faces, with some of them letting you choose the information you want…
Nokia is announcing a new Android Go smartphone on December 15
December 10, 2020
HMD is expected to launch a couple new smartphones, including the flagship Nokia 9.3, and the affordable midranger Nokia 5.4, but apparently another device will get to stand in the limelight first – a phone with Android Go is coming out in China.
The announcement will…
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ specs leak ahead of announcement
December 10, 2020
Oppo’s Reno5 series is launching in a couple of hours in China and we’re expecting three phones – the Reno5 5G, Reno5 Pro 5G and Reno5 Pro+ 5G. The latter was the subject of a fairly detailed leak last week but tipster managed to squeeze another one just before the…
The Reno5 series is now live with two initial models. They are nearly identical with the chipset being the major difference – as expected, it’s a mix of Snapdragon and Dimensity. The phones will run ColorOS 11 based on Android 11 out of the box.
Oppo Reno5 5G
The Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ chipset and is coming in 8/128GB and 12/256GB…
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ coming on December 24, here's our first official look at the handset
December 10, 2020
Oppo just announced its Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G, but the beefiest member of the new lineup only got a teaser. Still, the Reno5 Pro+ is coming in just two weeks – on December 24 – and we even got our first look at it.
And even if Oppo skipped the Pro+…
Realme teases the Watch S Pro with official trailer and live photo
December 10, 2020
Realme introduced the Watch S wearable back in November, and it’s about to follow it up with a Pro version. The company posted a teaser asking if we are “ready to meet the pro trendsetters”, followed by another tweet by the Realme India CEO, giving a sneak preview…
SoftBank has reportedly sold Boston Dynamics to Hyundai
December 10, 2020
Hyundai Motors is acquiring Boston Dynamics, according to The Korea Economic Daily. The publication says Softbank has agreed to sell the robot maker for 1 trillion won (US$917 million) and that the acquisition will be finalized at a board meeting today, December 10th. The companies have been discussing a sale since at least early November, based on a previous report by Bloomberg.
Boston Dynamics…
