AI & RoboticsNews

How AI powers the Pixel 4

October 21, 2019
Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL go on sale this week after making their debut at a hardware event in New York last week, and like previous versions of Google’s flagship smartphone, artificial intelligence powers many exclusive new features and improvements. On-device machine learning is a main theme for the latest Made by Google hardware. The Pixel 4 uses Neural Core, a TPU chip upgrade from…
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GamingNews

Xbox Live change enables you to choose any gamertag you want

October 21, 2019
Xbox Live is changing the way that gamertags work. The service now enables you to change your name to whatever you want — although, you will get a numerical identified to go along with that. Of course, you still can’t use a lot of hateful or suggestive words. And the…
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Google will close loophole that gives iPhones unlimited Google Photos storage

October 21, 2019
As recently reported by our sister site 9to5Mac, a recent photo format loophole currently gives iPhones free unlimited Google Photos storage, while the Pixel 4 was left without the same ability. Google has now confirmed (via Android Police) that this was indeed a bug and “are aware of this bug and are working to fix it.” Initially spotted over on the /r/apple subreddit, the unlimited…
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MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy S7 now receiving October 2019 security patch

October 21, 2019
Despite being over three years old at this point, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is now receiving the October 2019 security patch. Considering that there are a ton of newer handsets that haven’t even received the September 2019 security patch, we have to give Samsung kudos for…
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Google says unlimited full-res HEIC photo backups for iPhones is a bug

October 21, 2019
There was apparent good news for iPhone owners last week when it turned out that you could get unlimited free storage of full-res HEIC photo backups in Google Photos. This was causing some consternation because the same wasn’t true of Google’s own Pixel 4 smartphones. However, Google now says this is a bug, so don’t expect it to last for long … The unexpected bonus for iPhone owners…
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MobileNews

Xiaomi plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020

October 21, 2019
(Reuters) — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020, CEO Lei Jun said on Sunday, speaking at the World Internet conference in the eastern Chinese town of Wuzhen. Lei’s remarks come as the company faces intense competition in its home market from rival Huawei. Last month Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro, the company’s first 5G-enabled phone for the…
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