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It’s been rumored for some…
Honor 9X India launch date revealed
January 4, 2020
Last month, we came across a report which claimed that Honor will launch the 9X in India in January. Well, that report has turned out to be true since Honor has announced it will be bringing the 9X to the Indian market on January 14.
However, it’s currently unclear…
The Realme X50 5G arriving on January 7 recently bagged TENAA certification, revealing the phone’s display size and battery capacity in the process. But now the TENAA listing has been updated to reveal the complete specs sheet.
According to TENAA, the X50 5G will…
Samsung Galaxy S20 and Fold 2 to be unveiled on February 11
January 4, 2020
Back in November last year, we came across a report which claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S20 (previously rumored as S11) will be unveiled on February 11. Well, an official-looking promo video that’s leaked online confirms that the S20 will indeed go official on February 11 at an Unpacked event, which will either take place in New York or San Francisco.
The clip doesn’t explicitly…
Xiaomi is gearing up to launch the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro flagship smartphones together, possibly at Mobile World Congress in February. Earlier this year a full list of purported specs for both models leaked, and today we have an alleged shot of a tempered glass screen…
Yesterday a weird bug surfaced connected to Xiaomi’s Mi Home Security Camera Basic 1080p (yes, that’s the full name of the product). Essentially, a user on Reddit was able to see creepy (and grainy) black and white stills that seemed to come from other…
Xiaomi will continue to pre-install Google's Phone and Messages apps on global devices
January 4, 2020
Starting with (and including) the Mi 9T Pro, all Xiaomi smartphones that launch internationally are shipping with Google’s Phone and Messages apps. This change has finally been acknowledged by Xiaomi on its official forums today, and it’s definitely been a long time coming.
Thus, if you have a Xiaomi handset running a Global or EEA ROM, you no longer have MIUI Dialer and Messaging…
This week, VentureBeat published a collection of predictions about where machine learning is heading in 2020 from industry leaders like PyTorch creator Soumith Chintala, IBM Research director Dario Gil, Nvidia machine learning research director Anima Anandkumar, and Google…
U.S. government limits exports of AI software
January 4, 2020
(Reuters) — The Trump administration took measures on Friday to crimp exports of artificial intelligence software as part of a bid to keep sensitive technologies out of the hands of rival powers like China. Under a new rule which goes into effect on Monday, companies that…
Samsung made the Galaxy A51 and A71 official last month in Vietnam, and earlier today it published release details for the duo in Europe. To celebrate their arrival on that continent, the Korean company has also outed a trio of promo videos for the phones.
All of these videos are for both the A51 and A71, as Samsung seems to view them as conjoined twins or something like that. Before you buckle up…
