Andrew Yang ended his campaign Tuesday after a tepid showing in New Hampshire, bringing to an end what can be characterized as the only AI-first presidential campaign in U.S. history. Some will argue Yang’s campaign simply rose to prominence because of his support of a $1,000 universal basic income, but he outlasted and outperformed most of the field because he seems to understand the impact of…
30XX is the sequel to Mega Man-inspired roguelike 20XX
February 13, 2020
Indie developer Batterystaple Games announced today that it is working on 30XX, a sequel to its 2017 roguelike action sidescroller 20XX.
Like its predecessor, 30XX takes its inspiration from the Mega Man franchise, especially the Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero games. It also…
Samsung Galaxy A30 receives Android 10 and One UI 2.0 update
February 13, 2020
Hours after the Galaxy A50s got promoted to Android 10, the Galaxy A30 joins in (despite reports that the update was delayed for next month). Users in India are the first to receive it.
As usual, the Android 10 update also brings One UI 2.0. The changelog features the usual…
Realme X50 Pro 5G still coming on February 23, only in online event
February 13, 2020
Realme was set on attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for the first time this year, but as you know that isn’t happening. The good news is Realme has found a way around the major disruption and is still announcing the X50 Pro 5G. Much like Sony the company will hold an online event instead.
You can read the full statement of the company below.
Since the outbreak of the novel…
MIT CSAIL’s AI corrects outdated Wikipedia articles
February 13, 2020
The English-language Wikipedia contains over 6 million articles, and the combined versions for all other languages contain over 28 billion words over 52 million articles in 309 languages. It’s an incomparably valuable resource for knowledge seekers, needless to say, but…
Israeli robotics startup Intuition Robotics has raised $36 million in a series B round of funding co-led by Sparx Group and OurCrowd, with participation from Samsung Next, Toyota AI Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, iRobot, Sompo Holdings, Union Tech Ventures, Happiness Capital…
Samsung Galaxy S20 and S20+ get new color options before release
February 13, 2020
Samsung unveiled only a very limited color selection for its S20 phones, but it looks like people will have more hues to choose from than initially thought. The Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ are available in Cosmic White. You can see those on the pre-order pages of Samsungs Korean, Italian and Spanish sites, for example.
Cosmic White versions of Galaxy S20 and S20+
The S20+ may also have two…
Motorola's foldable Razr is unsurprisingly hard to repair
February 13, 2020
Motorala’s contemporary take on the Razr has been quite publicly panned by testers. CNET, for example, wanted to see if the device could withstand 100,000 folds — it only made it to the 27,000th fold before it started showing problems (which Motorala has…
Pokémon Home is now available on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android
February 13, 2020
After a short wait, Pokémon Home is now available to download on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo-made app allows you to transfer your Pokémon to the franchise’s latest entry, Pokémon Sword and Shield, from past Switch and 3DS games like Pokémon X and…
Android saw a 98 percent drop in apps asking for call and text data
February 13, 2020
Google has been clamping down on Android apps that abuse permissions, and that appears to have had a very tangible effect on the Play Store. As part of a larger piece explaining how Google continues to fight “bad apps,” the company revealed that there was a 98 percent drop in the number of Play Store apps accessing call log and SMS data in 2019. Simply put, an October 2018 policy…
