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Twitter opens up anti-troll feature to all iOS app users [U]

August 24, 2020
Twitter tested an anti-troll feature earlier in the year, allowing select users to choose who is able to reply to their tweets. The experiment was clearly a success, as the latest version of the iOS app makes the feature available to all … It turns out Twitter made a mistake and is not rolling out the feature widely yet. The company told that it accidentally published the wrong release…
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ComputersNews

Acer's Ryzen 4000 series laptops will be available in weeks

August 24, 2020
Acer is adding the option to choose Ryzen 4000 series processors to another of its laptops. After announcing the Swift 3 would get AMD chips back at CES, the company has announced that the Aspire 5 will also join the party. There are no major changes from the existing…
AI & RoboticsNews

White House budget proposal would hike AI and quantum funding by 30 percent

August 24, 2020
If the US is going to build a quantum internet and otherwise claim technical supremacy, it’s going to need appropriate funding — and that might be forthcoming. As the Wall Street Journal reports, The White House has proposed a 2021 non-defense budget that includes a roughly 30 percent increase in spending on AI and quantum computing. It would spend about $1.5 billion on AI work (versus $1.12…
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AI & RoboticsNews

iRobot's high-end Roomba i7+ vacuum is back down to its lowest price

August 24, 2020
If you’ve been eyeing a robot vacuum to automate part of the home-cleaning process, Wellbots has a couple of good deals on Roombas that could fit the bill. Now you can get the Roomba i7+ for $699, which is $100 off its normal price and the lowest its ever been. Wellbots has a similar deal on the Roomba S9+, knocking its price down to $999. Wellbots also offers free shipping and no sales tax…
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ComputersNews

HP teases 'next gen' VR headset made with Microsoft and Valve's help

August 24, 2020
If you didn&apost rush out to buy a VR headset to play Half-Life: Alyx, your patience might be rewarded. HP is teasing a Reverb G2 headset developed in tandem with Microsoft and Valve that should be “more immersive, comfortable and compatible” than previous-generation hardware. The company is unsurprisingly shy on details, although the brief glimpse hints at a few design…
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