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Rumor: Sony Xperia 1.1 to shoot 8K HDR video, Xperia 9 leaked

February 13, 2020
While Sony was originally about to announce a few Xperia smartphones at the Mobile World Congress (that event was cancelled), we barely know anything about them. We expect a new flagship phone called the Xperia 5 Plus, a new midrange device, which could be the Xperia 9, with a Snapdragon 765 chipset and, possibly, the Xperia 1.1. Well we’ve stumbled upon a couple of leaks pertaining to the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Viziblezone taps AI and smartphone data to alert drivers to pedestrians

February 13, 2020
The World Health Organization reports that 1.5 million people were killed in road accidents in 2018, of which more than half were pedestrians and cyclists. One of the biggest culprits is the so-called “hidden pedestrian” problem, in which people obscured by obstacles suddenly appear in front of high-speed vehicles. Sensors like lidar, radar, and cameras promise to improve the detection of…
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GamingNews

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…
MobileNews

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 suspects – Dark mode (which can dim wallpapers), a new gesture navigation, revamped Digital Wellbeing, plus updates to the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

MIT CSAIL’s AI corrects outdated Wikipedia articles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…
AI & RoboticsNews

Intuition Robotics raises $36 million to bring AI companions to everyone

February 13, 2020
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, and Capital Point. Founded in 2015, Intuition Robotics is creating what it calls “social companion” robots and related…
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