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This app can now change your wallpaper based on Android 10’s dark theme

September 30, 2019
Android 10’s dark theme is a handy way to turn most apps on your device from a blinding white to a darker gray. However, it lacks any features beyond that. Now, one app is making it possible to switch your wallpaper based on the Android 10 dark theme. “Automatic Dark Theme for Android 10” is an app we’ve covered here on  before for its handy ability to…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s highly scalable AI can generate convincingly humanlike speech

September 30, 2019
A generative adversarial network (GAN) is a versatile AI architecture type that’s exceptionally well-suited to synthesizing images, videos, and text from limited data. But it’s not much been applied to the audio production domain owing to a number of design challenges, which is why Google and Imperial College London researchers set out to create a GAN-based text-to-speech system capable of…
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MobileNews

New Honor Note phone gets certified in China

September 30, 2019
Honor is preparing another phone for debut alongside the recently teased V30. Carrying the model number LRA-AL00 it was certified by China’s CCC agency and according to speculation will be the next addition to Honor’s Note line, succeeding the Honor Note 10. CCC…
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Realme X2 Pro will have 90 Hz display

September 30, 2019
Earlier today the Realme CMO teased a new phone, called Realme X2 Pro and powered by the Snapdragon 855 Plus. Several hours later the Chief Product Officer also chimed in on Weibo, this time with a screenshot. The post simply says “here’s a little gift for National Day #X2Pro” and the image attached reveals a toggle between 60 Hz and 90 Hz refresh rate for the upcoming device. This is not the…
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GamingNews

EA vows to fix FIFA 20's broken Career Mode

September 30, 2019
FIFA 20 has some fresh elements, but the Career Mode is more than a little buggy — to the point where #FixCareerMode has been popular on Twitter. And EA knows it. The company has published a Q&A where it has acknowledged and promised to fix several glaring issues.
ComputersNews

HP’s Spectre x360 13 seems like an improvement in almost every way

September 30, 2019
HP’s Spectre x360 13 has undergone a fairly drastic makeover for 2019. It’s still very much a Spectre: the premium 2-in-1 has glossy edges, a cleverly placed power button, and one USB-C port embedded into its two diagonally cut corners. But HP has cut away a lot of the excess from the old design, making its latest version smaller. Still, somehow, it feels bigger when you use it. That effect…
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