AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI teaches a robotic hand to solve a Rubik’s cube

Robots with truly humanlike dexterity are far from becoming reality, but progress accelerated by AI has brought us closer to achieving this vision than ever before. In a research paper published in September, a team of scientists at Google detailed their tests with a robotic hand that enabled it to rotate Baoding balls with minimal training data. And at a computer vision conference in June, MIT…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google Assistant has a new look on the Pixel 4

Google has given Assistant an overhaul, updating the UI and making the voice assistant more useful, with a better understanding of context for the information or actions you ask it about. At the Made by Google event, the company showcased some of what the new Assistant has…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google unveils Nest Wifi Router and Nest Wifi Point with Google Assistant

If you’re in the market for a new router, good news: Google just announced a replacement for its long-in-the-tooth Google Wifi. The new Nest Wifi Router and Nest Wifi Point, which debuted at an event in New York City this morning, are a mesh-capable wireless router and beacon set meant to compete with Amazon’s Eero, Netgear’s Orbi, Asus’ Lyra, and others. Nest Wifi features Google…
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GamingNews

Google Stadia launches on November 19, pre-orders shipping soon

Stadia, Google’s new streaming platform, goes live in just over a month – you’ll be able to sign in starting November 19 at 16:00 UTC and start buying games. And seconds later you’ll be playing those games – because of the way Stadia works, there’s no download necessary. You’ll get an email when your Founder’s Edition package is shipped. Some of you may have gotten the Premiere…
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MobileNews

iPhone 11 Pro Diary: It’s no travel camera, but it’s a great social one

I’d so far given the iPhone 11 Pro camera a very high bar to meet: Could it be good enough that it would be the only camera I’d need while travelling? The answer to that question was a resounding no, even after double-checking. But that’s mostly because I demand very high quality from my travel photos, so noise that would be largely unnoticeable at web-viewing size would disturb me in prints…
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