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How AI helped upscale an antique 1896 film to 4K

February 4, 2020
When the 50-second silent short film L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat premiered in 1896, some theatergoers reportedly ran for safety at the sight of a projected approaching train, thinking that a real one would burst through the screen at any moment, Looney Tunes-style. A wild thought, given the blurry, low-resolution quality of the original film. Thankfully those panicky…
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LG will only sell premium 5G flagships in NA and Europe, move mid-rangers production to ODMs

February 4, 2020
LG’s mobile division is bleeding money, but the company has plans for a turnaround in the 2020-2021 period. The core of the new strategy is to focus high-end phones where they will be best received and move the production of entry-level and mid-range handsets to ODMs. The LG V60 ThinQ and other premium flagships will only be available in the North American and European markets where customers…
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U.S. interviews iOS app makers in Apple antitrust investigation

February 4, 2020
(Reuters) — The U.S. Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple, one of the four big tech companies being probed for alleged anti-competitive behavior, according one of the developers and another person familiar with the…
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First update for the Samsung Galaxy A51 improves camera stability

February 4, 2020
An update for the Samsung Galaxy A51 has started rolling out in several European countries: France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the UK. The update promises improved stability for the Camera app. It’s a relatively small update, weighing only 240MB. First update for the Samsung Galaxy A51 The other change of note is the new security patch –…
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Stellaris: Galaxy Command ends it time out, soft-launches on iOS and Android

February 4, 2020
Paradox Interactive announced today that it has released Stellaris: Galaxy Command in a soft launch for Android and iOS devices. This follows an initial launch in October that Paradox quickly pulled once it was discovered that the game included stolen artwork. Galaxy Command is a mobile strategy game based on Stellaris, a 4X strategy game that came out for PC in 2016. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One…
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