AI & RoboticsNews

White House seeks tech companies’ AI to combat coronavirus outbreak

(Reuters) — White House officials met Wednesday with U.S. technology industry officials to discuss tech-related response efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak and ways for government to collaborate with the private sector. COVID19, the disease caused by the virus, has killed about 30 people in the United States, and infected more than 1,000 Americans and over 115,000 people…
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GamingNews

Activision Blizzard names Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and COO

Activision Blizzard has named Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and chief operating officer, effective April 7. He will report to CEO Bobby Kotick and replace Coddy Johnson, a 12-year veteran at the big game publisher. Johnson will serve as special advisor to the CEO. The Alegre appointment is significant, as Kotick has been in his role for decades. Alegre isn’t a gaming executive.
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MobileNews

Harley-Davidson adds Android Auto w/ 2021 models, updates for older motorcycles

Android Auto has become an important feature of millions of vehicles and, for many, is a feature that can make or break a purchase. Now, Android Auto is going to be a standard feature on all new vehicles from… Harley-Davidson. Harley-Davidson recently announced (via ) that it would be making Android Auto a standard feature on its 2021 Trike, CVO, and Touring motorcycles with the Boom! Box GTS.
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MobileNews

Google brings Play Store dark theme all the way back to Android 5.0 with manual setting

After rolling out to Android 10 devices last October, the Google Play Store’s dark theme is now available for “any” phone and tablet going back to 2014. This wider launch also comes with a preferences menu to manually set the look. The darker look for Android’s app store is quite straightforward with an inversion of the predominantly white background that sees the section accents (green…
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