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Xperia 1 and 10 hands-on: Sony makes the case for super-tall phones

Mar05
by on March 5, 2019 at 12:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


It’s been a long time since Sony was a leader in the mobile industry – certainly not after the rise of Android and iOS. In the years since it’s delivered some decent handsets under the Xperia family, but few that have truly stood out in an increasingly crowded market. But now Sony is looking for a fresh start, rebooting its phone series with the Xperia 1 and 10 – its new flagship and midrange devices, respectively. Their headlining feature is a 21:9 display that is taller than pretty much anything else out there. That’s one way to stand out, I guess.…

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Deepmind teaches AI to follow navigational directions like humans

Mar04
by on March 4, 2019 at 10:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


The brilliant minds at Google’s sister-company Deepmind are at it again. This time it appears they’ve developed a system by which driverless cars can navigate the same way humans do: by following directions. A long time ago, before the millenials were born, people had to drive in their cars without any form of GPS navigation. If you wanted to go some place new you used a paper map – they were like offline screenshots of a Google Maps image. Or someone gave you a list of directions. It turns out, this worked out just fine because people are pretty good…

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Deepmind teaches AI to follow navigational directions like humans

Mar04
by on March 4, 2019 at 10:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


The brilliant minds at Google’s sister-company Deepmind are at it again. This time it appears they’ve developed a system by which driverless cars can navigate the same way humans do: by following directions. A long time ago, before the millenials were born, people had to drive in their cars without any form of GPS navigation. If you wanted to go some place new you used a paper map – they were like offline screenshots of a Google Maps image. Or someone gave you a list of directions. It turns out, this worked out just fine because people are pretty good…

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Game review bombs are here to stay — so let’s use them for good

Mar04
by on March 4, 2019 at 10:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


In the eternal, unresolvable Mexican standoff between gamers and game-makers, reviews are both a tool and a weapon. And when gamers use them offensively en masse, it often leads to massive changes — both for good and for ill. Two recent cases of such “review bombing” have showcased both extremes of the spectrum, with gamers using Steam reviews to lodge both legitimate grievances and petty complaints. The question being, how do you tell which one is which? And how should the review-hosting platforms (like Steam) curtail this practice, if at all? I’ve been living under a rock — what’s going…

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