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Why explainable AI is indispensable to Zillow’s business

December 11, 2019
Zillow, an online marketplace that facilitates the buying, selling, renting, financing, and remodeling of homes, employs lots of AI technologies to do things like estimate home prices. But the output of AI systems like these can be opaque, creating a “black box” problem where practitioners and customers can’t audit the systems properly. Without transparency, serious problems like algorithmic…
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Rewound is an app that transforms your iPhone into an iPod Classic

December 11, 2019
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The Oppo Reno3 phones will have 360° antennas for a more stable connection

December 11, 2019
Oppo’s Global VP Shen Yiren revealed on Weibo that the Reno3 phones will have “360° antennas”, which ensure optimal connectivity regardless of how you hold the phone (i.e. vertically or horizontally). The phone will also intelligently switch between 4G and 5G connections, depending on what you’re doing, the internal temperature and battery consumption. For example, launching a video will put…
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Google taps AI to improve news results in Search

December 11, 2019
Google says it’s implementing AI and machine learning techniques to improve story suggestions in Google Search. In a blog post this morning, the tech giant announced that users in the U.S. in English (with more languages and locations to come in the next few months) who…
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BMW will finally support Android Auto in July 2020

December 11, 2019
BMW’s effort to drag its phone integration into the modern era extends beyond ditching Apple CarPlay fees. The automaker is finally introducing Android Auto to its cars as of July 2020, when it’ll be available in any vehicle using BMW Operating System 7.0 or…
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Rewound is a new app that turns your iPhone into an iPod

December 11, 2019
If you’ve always wanted an iPod click wheel on your iPhone, a new app is helping to bring Apple’s iconic music player back into the modern touchscreen era. Rewound is a basic music player app that’s available in Apple’s App Store. It uses downloadable skins to transform the app into an iPod or more, and it syncs to an Apple Music library. It even includes haptic feedback so it looks and…
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