When Google unveiled Stadia, its cloud-based streaming games platform, it showed off a button on the controller that linked directly to its Google Assistant AI helper. The idea is that players will be able to easily pull up tips and relevant information without even losing their game, however it wasn’t quite ready for the service’s playable-but-fragile launch last month.
In a…
Nokia 7.2's front camera found to be just average by DxOMark
December 4, 2019
The Nokia 7.2 is the latest upper-midrange smartphone from HMD Global, announced in September at IFA and going on sale in the meantime. DxOMark’s selfie camera testing has just finished for this device, and the result is anything but impressive.
The Nokia 7.2’s…
Shopping apps for iOS see Black Friday boost as holiday spending shifts to smartphones
December 4, 2019
Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books, we’re getting our first look at the data from the big holiday shopping weekend. Sensor Tower reports that Black Friday marked a major increase in downloads for shopping apps on the App Store.
According to that…
We’ve been hearing about the Samsung Galaxy A91 since August. Samsung has already confirmed that it will come with 45W fast charging as on the Galaxy Note10+ and it will ship with Android 10 sometime in 2020. It’s also expected to come with a Snapdragon 855 and a 4,500 mAh battery.
The latest leak shows what the phone may look like. These renders from 91Mobiles show a device somewhat…
Last night, Apple officially revealed its selection of the best apps and games for 2019. In addition to those awards, Apple has also now revealed which apps and games were most downloaded throughout all of 2019, and a familiar title has come out on top.
On the App Store…
OpenAI’s Procgen Benchmark prevents AI model overfitting
December 3, 2019
Where the training of machine learning models is concerned, there’s always a risk of overfitting — or corresponding too closely — to a particular set of data. In point of fact, it’s not infeasible that popular machine learning benchmarks like the Arcade Learning…
Qualcomm generally uses its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui to unveil next-generation mobile processors and related technologies, which it accomplished with major new Snapdragon 865/765 and 3D Sonic Max dual-fingerprint scanner reveals today. But the bigger theme of the event is demonstrating real world use cases for the company’s new 5G AI chips, which will drive consumer demand for…
Motorola announces plan to re-enter the premium smartphone space
December 3, 2019
After years on the fringes of the budget and affordable segment, Motorola has announced plans to re-enter the premium smartphone space.
At the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, the company reiterated plans to target the more premium end of the market, with a heavy…
Analyzing chest X-ray images with machine learning algorithms is easier said than done. That’s because typically, the clinical labels required to train those algorithms are obtained with rule-based natural language processing or human annotation, both of which tend to…
At the Snapdragon Tech Summit here in Maui, Hawaii, several of Qualcomm’s partners have confirmed forthcoming devices that will be built on the new 5G-ready Snapdragon 865 system-on-a-chip. Xiaomi, Oppo, and Lenovo (Motorola) are all confirming the development of flagship smartphones that will pack the Snapdragon 865, while HMD Global also says it has plans for Snapdragon 765-powered…
