AI & RoboticsNews

Facebook releases tools to help AI navigate complex environments

Facebook says it’s progressing toward assistants capable of interacting with and understanding the physical world as well as people do. In a blog post today, the company announced milestones implying its future AI will be able to learn how to plan routes, look around its physical environments, listen to what’s happening, and build memories of 3D spaces. The concept of embodied AI draws on…
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GamingNews

Fortnite teases Marvel-themed season, but iPhone and iPad players could miss out

Fortnite’s next season, which kicks off on August 27th, could be a full-season collaboration with Marvel, as suggested by a teaser released by Epic Games on Friday. But due to Epic’s public dispute with Apple over the iPhone maker’s App Store policies, Epic currently isn’t able to update Fortnite on iOS. That means iPhone and iPad players will miss out on the new season unless something…
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MobileNews

Samsung’s Galaxy S20 is receiving Note 20 features with new One UI update

The latest version of Samsung’s One UI software, which was announced alongside the Galaxy Note 20 earlier this month, has started rolling out for the Galaxy S20, the company has announced. SamMobile reports that the update is already appearing in select European countries including Italy, Hungary, Portugal, and the Netherlands. The 5G Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra are reportedly among the…
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Epic to host a #FreeFortnite tournament with anti-Apple prizes

Fortnite-maker Epic Games and Apple are currently embroiled in a public battle over Apple’s App Store policies, and in the latest move in the dispute, Epic has announced a Fortnite tournament taking place August 23rd where players can compete to win anti-Apple prizes. Last…
MobileNews

Google’s move to limit 3rd-party camera apps on Android 11 protects location data

It emerged on Tuesday that the next version of Android will force apps to use the built-in camera and ignore third-party defaults. This is part of Android 11’s focus on privacy, with Google specifically wanting to protect location data derived from the camera. With this change, users are still able to download and use a third-party camera app by launching it directly from the…
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