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Facebook’s AutoScale decides if AI inference runs on your phone or in the cloud

In a technical paper published on Arxiv.org this week, researchers at Facebook and Arizona State University lifted the hood on AutoScale, which shares a name with Facebook’s energy-sensitive load balancer. AutoScale, which could theoretically be used by any company were the code to be made publicly available, leverages AI to enable energy-efficient inference on smartphones and other edge…
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Will your TV handle Xbox Series X games that run at 120 fps?

One of the tidbits revealed during the first Xbox 20/20 event today is that Dirt 5 supports 120 frames per second on Xbox Series X. Publisher Codemasters’ racing game is coming in October, but it supports Smart Delivery. So if you get it for Xbox One, you’ll get the Xbox…
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Microsoft says hundreds of Xbox Series X games are coming

Microsoft said during today’s Xbox 20/20 event that hundreds of developers working on games for the Xbox Series X video game console coming this fall. Sarah Bond, the head of partnerships at Microsoft Xbox, said that their partners are all over the world. In the screenshot Microsoft showed off, you can see some of the biggest supporters of the console. Notable companies include big companies…
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Dirt 5 debuts at Xbox 20/20 event for Xbox Series X

Racing games are the only real way to know when a new console generation is starting. Are the wheels round and metal body shiny? Then it must be time to buy a PlayStation for Ridge Racer, a PlayStation 2 for R: Racing Revolution, or an Xbox One for Forza Motorsport 5. And…
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Madden NFL 21 kicks off next-gen football on Xbox Series X

We all but knew that Madden NFL 21 was coming to the Xbox Series X (and the PlayStation 5). After all, the football franchise has been around since 1989 and is the foundation of EA’s annual sports strategy. It’s also one of the key games in its live-services business. And if America does fall under a second wave of the coronavirus after reopening the country too early, it may be the only NFL…
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Yakuza: Like A Dragon is an Xbox Series X launch title

The Yakuza series is getting a new entry with Like A Dragon, and it will be a launch title for Xbox Series X. Microsoft revealed Yakuza: Like A Dragon today during its Xbox 20/20 gameplay event today, a video that focused on third-party games. Yakuza is from Sega, and this…
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Google’s Read Along taps AI to improve kids’ reading skills

Google today launched Read Along, an Android app that taps AI and machine learning to help children learn to read by providing verbal and visual feedback. After first debuting in India, it’s now available in over 180 countries (excepting the Philippines, Denmark, and Colombia) and in nine languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and…
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