The process of training self-driving car AI is seldom efficient when you need to either use a massive amount of computing power to train systems in parallel or else have researchers spend ages manually weeding out bad systems. Waymo might have a smarter approach: use the same principles that guide evolution. The company has partnered […]
Computer scientists and humanities scholars have been trying for more than decade to produce software that can accurately read Arabic text and transform it into a digital format, a task that has thus far eluded them. But artificial intelligence is changing that, opening up the possibility of getting archives of newspapers, magazines, and books available […]
For Team USA Paralympic powerlifter Garrison Redd, some of the toughest challenges he faces are actually away from the crowds, when he’s at home. He’s lived in a wheelchair for two decades now, and as he explains in a blog post today he penned for Google, “When you’re paralyzed, your home goes from being a […]
For Apple Inc., it could be 2016 all over again. The iPhone maker’s revenue declined in each of the first two quarters of this fiscal year, and it’s possible the company could record another drop when Apple AAPL, +0.35% reports fiscal third-quarter earnings Tuesday, with forecasts calling for basically flat sales from a year ago. […]
Samsung is releasing a new range of accessories in time for its new Galaxy Note 10 series, which is due to launch in a month’s time. The headphones look more like jewellery than headphones at first sight, with their silver exterior and “Aura Glow” theme; which matches the “Hero” colour of the Galaxy Note 10 […]
Microsoft this week pushed out anotehr cumulative update for PCs running the Windows 10 May 2019 Update. Like all cumulative releases, this update doesn’t contain any new features. Instead, it’s packed with a batch of bug fixes that correct a number of issues present in previous builds. This release packs a few highlights, including fixes for […]
Apple may have lost the 5G battle to Qualcomm, but it’s now in a position to win the war. Apple said Thursday it will buy Intel’s smartphone modem business, which includes several patents and about 2,000 Intel employees, for $1 billion. It’s no secret Apple has been interested in developing its own modems for the […]
The Moto Z2 Force, one of the earliest 5G-capable phones (well, with some help), is getting Android 9 Pie on Verizon starting today. “System Update 12,” as Verizon and Moto are calling it, brings Pie, Motorola software version PCX29.159-21, and the June Android security patch. Some Z2 Force owners in Brazil started getting the Android […]
Facebook’s Instant Games, casual games that you can play with friends, have never quite found a home since they were introduced in 2016. While serious gamers tend to overlook them, free-to-play Instant Games are surprisingly popular with some estimates saying more than 20 billion game sessions were played over two years. Instant Games started off […]
For more than a year before Samsung even announced the Galaxy Fold, I was warning people that it would end up being a mess. No, I didn’t have any inside track into Samsung’s secret design labs. I’ve just been doing this for a really long time. Samsung’s mobile division is so good at so many […]
Apple has agreed to buy the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem division, the companies announced on Thursday. Intel was up more than 6% in after-hours trading. Apple stock was flat on the announcement. 2,200 Intel employees are joining Apple, according to the announcement. Apple paid $1 billion for employees, intellectual property and other equipment from […]
Intel INTC has reportedly found a buyer for its failed 5G smartphone modem business in none other than Apple AAPL. Per Wall Street Journal, Apple is interested in acquiring Intel’s smartphone-modem chip business for approximately $1 billion. Markedly, earlier WSJ had revealed that Intel is incurring loss of $1 billion annually on its modem operations. Consequently, […]
