MobileNews

Google is preparing to test Android 11 on Chrome OS

March 3, 2020
One of the hallmark features of Chrome OS devices is their ability to run Android apps, currently handled by a version of Android Pie. Now that the Android 11 Developer Preview period has begun, Google has publicly begun work on bringing Android 11 to Chrome OS. Last month, Google gave us our first look at the next iteration of Android over a month earlier than usual with Android 11 Developer…
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GamingNews

'Mario Kart Tour' multiplayer goes live on March 8th

March 3, 2020
As soon as Mario Kart Tour brought Nintendo’s racing game to Androids and iPhones last fall, one of the major complaints was its lack of multiplayer. Firing shells or dropping banana peels to disrupt your friends is most of the appeal, and now everyone will be able to do it. On March 8th at 11 PM ET the game will officially launch multiplayer, after testing it out across a couple of beta…
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GamingNews

Final Fantasy VII Remake resurrects my interest in Square Enix’s flagship series

March 3, 2020
For anyone in their 30s and 40s, discussing any topic around Final Fantasy VII comes with obligatory baggage. This applies even if you weren’t into games in 1997 and had no idea what Final Fantasy was — that’s weight that has to be carried into the topic. I was fresh of high school when Final Fantasy VII debuted. I played it. I liked it. I didn’t finish it. I didn’t feel like I had to in…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Podcast: Solving AI’s black box problem

March 2, 2020
What happens when you don’t know why a smart system made a specific decision? AI’s infamous black box system is a big problem, whether you’re an engineer debugging a system or a person wondering why a facial-recognition unlock system doesn’t perform as accurately on you as it does on others. In this episode of the The AI Show, we talk about engineering knowability into smart systems. Our…
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