Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Google’s Pixel Slate Shows Up at Benchmark With Core i7, 16GB RAM – Droid Life
If Google shows off a new Pixel tablet on October 9 that’s powered by Chrome OS, expect it to be as high-end as previous Chrome OS-powered Pixel devices. A device under the codename “nocturne,” which is thought to be Google’s Pixel Slate (rumored name), stopped off at GeekBench to reveal some specs.
A handful of benchmarks were run and they all show a Google device under that “nocturne” name with 16GB RAM and a dual core Intel Core i7-8500Y processor. It’s also running Android 9 “Pie.”
Most Chromebooks (maybe all of them) that are capable of running Android apps, currently run Android 7.1.1 (the Pixelbook does). This is the first appearance of Android 9, which could mean that we’ll not only get new Pixelbook and Pixel Slate devices in a week, we may also see an Android update within Chrome OS. That’s big news.
The thing to keep in mind here is that these specs are not on the low-end. If were you were hoping that Google would go light on the Pixel Slate or Pixelbook specs in order to make their computing devices more affordable, I doubt that’s happening. Google is targeting the high-end, even if that high-end is Chrome OS and the sell there has remained a difficult one for many.
// Chrome Unboxed | Geekbench
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Huawei Watch GT Leak Suggests 7 Day Battery Life
Battery life is often the major concern of smartwatch customers and Huawei may address that with its upcoming wearable device. A new Huawei Watch GT leak has surfaced and it suggests that the smartwatch may have 7 day battery life. The company is expected to launch this smartwatch alongside its new Mate 20 devices later this month.
The Huawei Watch GT reportedly features a 1.39 inch circular AMOLED display and will be available in two variants, Classic/Fashion and Sport. The leaked image is apparently of the former. The Sport variant may have an all black look.look with a silver bezel.
We can see two large buttons on the side which will be used to control some functions. It would obviously have touch input as well. The Huawei Watch GT will be water resistant so it could be used for swimming and may also have NFC and GPS.
It reportedly features a 420mAh battery which may last for up to 7 days. That would be partly made possible by the new energy efficient smartwatch processor, the Snapdragon Wear 3100, that Qualcomm unveiled a few weeks back. However, it’s not confirmed if the Huawei Watch GT will indeed come with this cheap. That being said, it would certainly be running Google’s Wear OS.
As far as the price is concerned, the Huawei Watch GT is expected to cost between €190-229. The company will obviously confirm pricing for all major markets once it officially announces its next smartwatch which its fans have been waiting for since the spring of 2017.
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Pictar Pro grip turns your smartphone into a makeshift DSLR
Smartphone cameras these days can almost rival DSLRs in many ways, especially with their more convenient portability and general purpose functions. There are still, however, things that a dedicated camera will always be able to do better, like offering tactile and more precise physical controls and having a viewfinder that works under the brightest of days. Rather than spend twice on a smartphone and a camera, miggo is offering a more practical alternative: the Pictar Pro Advanced camera grip that transforms your iPhone or Android phone into one.
We’ve all seen accessories that promise to make your smartphone into an honest to goodness camera. Some do it through lenses, other through cases. miggo’s Pictar is different. It utilizes your smartphone’s already capable cameras and lenses but instead adds a grip with the wheels and buttons that pro photographers love. That idea sold well both on Kickstarter two years ago and even after the campaign ended. Now miggo is back with a pro version that adds a whole lot more.
You’d be surprised at how many features you can cram into a handy grip that only occupies half your smartphone’s body. In this round, the Pictar Pro gains four larger control wheels and buttons, including one for exposure compensation, multi-state shutter release, zoom rocker, and a smart wheel that can cycle through different modes. The grip also features built-in wireless charging so you won’t have to worry (too much) about your phone dying in the middle of a shoot.
The most interesting innovation in the Pictar Pro, however, is the Viewfinder. Yes, you can attach a viewfinder to make it easier, even possible, to take your best shots even when you can’t make out your phone’s screen because of the bright sunlight. What it does is to shrink the camera apps preview into a small window that you could then view through a smaller, distraction-free and glare-free screen. Just like a real camera!
Part of the magic that makes the Pictar Pro possible is the Pictar App. In addition to providing pro-level camera controls, it can also recognize the smartphone being used and adjust its settings accordingly. And, yes, it is also responsible for that almost magical viewfinder feature. Best of all, you don’t need to do much to get started. Just slide the phone in, start the app and you’re good to go.
Despite all those features, the Pictar Pro retains its predecessor’s handy design and improves on it. A cold shoe connector lets you add a mic or a flash to really look and sound like a pro. It also supports a tripod attachment so you won’t grow gorilla arms. The grip is also designed to fit all sizes of iPhones from the 6 to XS to whatever comes next, including Plus size models, as well as Android phones. All that for only $119 on Kickstarter if you’re fast enough, $129 to $189 depending on your reward options, and $245 if you wait until it hits the market.
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Researchably’s AI parses medical research for pharmaceutical companies
Medical papers’ verbiage makes them difficult to digest quickly. In fact, according to a recent study, they’ve become demonstrably more difficult to read over the past century, thanks to a rise in science-specific jargon. The authors concluded that about one-fifth of texts were “beyond the grasp” of even people who had studied English for 17 years.
That’s why Maciej Szpakowski, a graduate in acoustical engineering and computer science from the University of Southampton, founded Researchably (previously FuseMind), a startup that employs artificial intelligence (AI) — specifically natural language processing — to parse and extract key information from research papers. It’s focused squarely on the domain of life science and was selected this year by the University of California Berkeley’s SkyDeck accelerator.
Researchably’s solution is designed for pharmaceutical companies, Szpakowski explained, whose researchers spend countless hours (as many as 1,500 annually) analyzing and reviewing scientific journal articles.
“Biomedical research communicated in published literature underpins the pharma industry. Our AI platform makes the entire process of research review exponentially more efficient,” he said. “The improvement at Sanofi is remarkable. Our platform is freeing up that time.”
The company’s AI first categorizes papers at a high level, determining whether they’re observational or experimental in nature. It then susses out the meaning of the literature by searching for synonyms, expanded acronyms, and relationships between keywords. Finally, based on factors including individual researchers’ specialties and expressed interests, it autonomously decides whether to pass the research along.
To date, Researchably has built a specialized database of 30 million papers, 340,000 clinical trial records, 750,000 patents, and tens of millions of company and researcher profiles. It claims it’s able to cut the amount of time spent scanning a paper from 13 minutes to less than a second, and that, moreover, it’s able to spot errors human reviewers sometimes miss.
“Typically, there are three of 10 papers incorrectly categorized, which means important information is not being funneled to the right people who need it,” he said. “Researchably practically eliminates those [oversights].”
Of course, it isn’t the only one setting AI loose on academic journals.
Berlin-based Iris.ai uses URLs and descriptions of specific questions to return a map of matching documents grouped by topic. The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s Semantic Scholar, meanwhile, can not only highlight key findings in publicly available research from across the web, but identify which are the most influential or controversial.
Yet other examples of paper-parsing AI include IBM’s Watson platform, which in 2014 sourced findings from 100,000 papers to successfully predict the interactions of a tumor-suppressing protein, and DARPA’s Big Mechanism, a $45 million program aimed at developing software that can read cancer research papers and integrate them into a single model.
But Szpakowski maintains that Researchably is one of the first to make market inroads. In show of confidence in the tech, French firm Sanofi and other unnamed pharmaceutical companies agreed to pilot the startup’s tech.
“Working with Researchably is looking into the future of the pharmaceutical industry. Reviewing scientific information is fundamental to everything we do, and they are disrupting how that happens, making it much faster, far simpler, and much more accurate,” said a Sanofi communications lead involved with the pilot.
Researchably raised $100,000 million in funding in June, after completing a year in the University of Southampton’s Future Worlds accelerator.
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Google Launches Mail-in Repair Center for Damaged Pixel Phones
If your Pixel phone suddenly stops working for no apparent reason or suffers damage, you can now send it direct to Google’s newly opened Repair Center to get it fixed.
Google has launched the new service via the Google Store to give U.S.-based owners of its Pixel phones (Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, and the upcoming models) another option when it comes to sorting out a broken handset, whether or not it’s under warranty.
To begin the process, simply visit the center’s website, open a ticket, and enter your phone’s unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. You can find the IMEI number by inputting *#06# or by navigating to Settings, System, About Phone, and SIM Status. If you have a problem with the display or the phone appears to have died, you can find the IMEI number by removing the SIM card and looking in the SIM card tray.
Once you’ve input the number, you’ll be asked to select from a list of issues related to your phone so that Google can estimate the cost of repair (if it’s not under warranty) and technicians know exactly what they’re dealing with when the phone arrives at the workshop.
You can send in your Pixel handset by packaging it up yourself, or you can wait a couple of days for Google’s pre-paid packaging to arrive.
But take note — before you send away your phone, Google insists that you first back up your device, perform a factory reset on it, and then remove the SIM card.
Google says it’ll need between 7 and 10 business days to fix your phone, so make alternative arrangements if the thought of being without it for that length of time has you breaking into a cold sweat.
Full details about Google’s new mail-in Repair Center can be found here, or you can begin the process straight away by hitting this page.
Other repair options include a visit to your home by a Google-endorsed Puls technician, or by taking your faulty phone to uBreakiFix store. If you’re not in an area served by either of these services, Google’s new Repair Center looks like your best bet.
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Monday, October 1, 2018
Google Project Stream will let you play Assassin’s Creed in Chrome
When I think about gaming in a web browser, it’s usually something along the lines of cheesy flash titles like Neopets. But what if you could play the latest AAA titles – say, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – right within Chrome?
Google is looking to make that a reality. Today the company announced Project Stream, its own take on 3D game streaming platforms like GeForce Now. Google says the project is a “technical test to solve some of the biggest challenges of streaming.”
The company is kicking things off by streaming the aforementioned Assassin’s title. Starting October 5 “a limited number of participants” will get to play Odyssey for free on the platform.
The ultimate challenge for streaming games is minimal, consistent latency. While you can deal with a couple seconds of buffering before watching a high-res video, such latency would be unacceptable in gaming – especially when you consider that your PC and monitor have their own latency as well.
Though there’s only one title available at the moment, it’s still an unusual move by Google, and one that hints the company is just getting started. We’ve long heard rumors Google has been working on a cloud gaming service codenamed “Yeti,” but this is the first concrete hint Google is planning a dive deep into gaming.
While many hardcore gamers will likely never be satisfied with streaming games, it could prove a valuable alternative for gamers who aren’t so lucky about fidelity and latency. Google has a lot of work to catch up to existing companies, but if anyone has a chance at making streaming games big, the company that owns YouTube is a solid contender.
Needless to say, you’ll need fast internet for the whole thing to work; Google recommends 25 megabits per second. Spots are limited, but you can sign up to try Project Stream at Google’s website here.
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How to Fix Integrated Webcam Not Working on Windows 10
First, go to Device Manager and see if there is a yellow mark next to the webcam device. The device may list under entry Imaging devices or Other devices. If under Other devices, the device name could also be Unknown Device.
If you see a yellow sign there, follow guides below to fix the problem. If not, proceed to Instructions for the device with not yellow mark on it.
Uninstall the Driver
1. Right-click on the device and select Uninstall on the pop-up context menu. Following screenshot is for your reference.
2. Confirm Device Uninstall window will pop up. Click OK button to apply the uninstall.
3. Reboot your computer. After rebooting, Windows will reinstall the driver automatically.
If Windows does not install the driver automatically, download and install the latest driver manually.
Update the Driver Manually
Go to your PC manufacturer’s website to download the latest Windows 10 driver for the integrated webcam. Before you get started, ensure that you know the PC model and the specific operating system that you are using (See How to Get Operating System Version).
For some PC models, the manufacturer may not release Windows 10 driver. If you are in this situation, download the driver for Windows 7 or Windows 8, which is always compatible with Windows 10.
Usually, the downloaded driver file will be .zip file or .exe file. For .zip file, extract it completely then you will get the .exe file. To install the driver, just double-click on the .exe file and follow the on-screen instructions.
After installing the driver, if the problem persists, install the driver again in the Compatibility mode for Windows 7. Follow these steps:
1. Go to the webcam software program folder and find the executable file (.exe).
2. Right-click on the file and select Properties in the pop-up context menu.
3. Go to Compatibility tab and change the Compatibility mode to Windows 7 (See following screenshot). After that, click Apply and OK button to apply the changes.
4. Install the driver again.
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Instructions for the device with not yellow mark on it:
Disable and Enable the Device
1. Right-click on the device and select Uninstall on the pop-up context menu.
2. Right-click on the device again and select Enable on the pop-up context menu.
If the problem persists, you might need to reset the computer. Note while performing reset, ensure to select Keep my files so that your personal files will be saved.
Follow these steps to reset the computer:
1. Click Start menu icon in left bottom corner.
2. Click on Power button, hold down Shift key and click on Restart.
Make sure you hold the Shift key down when Windows is restarting and don’t release it until you see the following screen.
3. Select Troubleshoot.
4. Select Reset this PC.
5. Select Keep my files.
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Louis Vuitton’s Next Wear OS Watch Arrives at FCC – Droid Life
When Qualcomm announced that its new Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset was finally ready for the next wave of watches, they mentioned that Louis Vuitton would be one of the first to introduce a watch with it. Today, a new Wear OS watch from LV stopped at the FCC and we can only assume it’s their Wear 3100 watch.
The watch will come in two models, QA05 and QA08. Below, one of the report documents shows off the case size from left side to the edge of the right side crown’s notch. It’ll wear at 47.49mm wide. That’s not small, but pretty typical for a smartwatch.
The FCC tested for both Bluetooth and WiFi. We didn’t find any mentions of GPS or NFC, though. That seems odd.
While they don’t show any of the UI, we know it’s a smartwatch and that you access its FCC E-label by heading into Settings>System>About, just like you would on Wear OS. The Tambour Horizon line is also the name of the previous generation of Wear OS watches from Louis Vuitton.
For those interested, just remember that the original Louis Vuitton Connected Tambour Horizon smartwatches start at $2,450. These are luxury goods that are certainly not meant for everyone.
We’ll keep an eye on them as we get closer to some sort of launch and let you know final details.
// FCC
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Minecraft: Dungeons PC Release Confirmed For 2019
The folks behind Minecraft have announced a new project at MineCon 2018, the convention that’s about all things Minecraft. The title is called Minecraft: Dungeons and while not a lot of information has been revealed about this title right now, Mojang has revealed that the game is going to be released for PC next year.
The official webpage for the game describes it as an all-new action adventure game that’s inspired by classic dungeon crawlers. That’s also the idea that we get from the official announcement trailer for Minecraft: Dungeons. The trailer makes this inspiration very clear as well.
Minecraft: Dungeons will allow players to either go at it in single player or team up with up to four friends and play this dungeon crawler among themselves. Like all games of this kind, the players will be up against multiple enemies and bosses which they will have to defeat in order to progress.
During this entire process, players will be able to pick up new weapons and items which will further enhance the gameplay experience going forward. No further information has been provided by Mojang at this point in time. It hasn’t even confirmed precisely when we can expect this title to arrive next year. Mojang hasn’t said when this title will be coming to consoles.
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LG V40 ThinQ’s five cameras will work like this
Huawei can probably have a few laughs in the next few days, seeing how its rivals are trying to catch up with it this time. Samsung has just revealed its first smartphone with three cameras on its back but LG is about to do one better. The V40 ThinQ is already confirmed, by LG itself, to have three cameras rear side. It will also have two cameras on the front, and all of them will determine how close you want to get or how much of the background you want to capture.
Putting bokeh use cases aside, digital cameras are able to get away with having only one image sensor because they aren’t constrained by space. They can have or use different lenses with different zoom levels of fields of vision. Smartphones, in contrast, have to make do with having one camera with one lens for each of those. Unless they adopt a lens system like olloclip’s.
So that’s pretty much the real advantage of having more than one camera on a smartphone. While some use a second sensor simply for depth data and added pixel information, others put each camera to a specific zoom or angle. According to prolific leakster Evan Blass, that’s exactly the case with the LG V40 ThinQ.
The camera nearest to the LED flash will be the standard one with balanced zoom and FOV. Next to it will be the super wide-angle lense to capture even more of the scene. At the opposite end is the telephoto zoom to focus on a specific detail. The two front cameras consist of a standard and (non-super) wide-angle lenses. No need to zoom in on a zit, after all.
This is definitely a step up on both sides for a LG flagship. But will it be enough to put the V40 ThinQ on the map? LG’s smartphone cameras have mostly been rated as “good”, but very few have become quite notable in that aspect.
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U.S. sues after California signs net neutrality law
(Reuters) — The U.S. Justice Department late on Sunday filed suit after California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to restore open internet protections known as net neutrality in the state after the Trump administration repealed the rules in December 2017.
This marked the latest clash between the Trump administration and California, which have sparred over environmental, immigration and other hot-button issues.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Sunday in a statement that “states do not regulate interstate commerce — the federal government does. Once again the California legislature has enacted an extreme and illegal state law attempting to frustrate federal policy.”
California’s net neutrality law is set to take effect on Jan. 1, but the Justice Department late Sunday in a court filing sought a preliminary injunction to block it from taking effect, warning that internet companies “cannot realistically comply with one set of standards in this area for California and another for the rest of the nation — especially when internet communications frequently cross multiple jurisdictions.”
The government said that California sought to “second-guess” the federal government and warned “the effect of this state legislation would be to nullify federal law across the country.”
In December, the Federal Communications Commission said in repealing the Obama-era rules that it was preempting states from setting their own rules governing internet access.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said on Sunday the Trump Administration was ignoring “millions of Americans who voiced strong support for net neutrality rules” while California, which is “home to countless start-ups, tech giants and nearly 40 million consumers – will not allow a handful of power brokers to dictate sources for information or the speed at which websites load.”
The Trump administration rules were a win for providers like Comcast Corp, AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc, but the net neutrality repeal was opposed by internet companies like Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc.
In March, Brown accused the Trump administration of essentially declaring war on the most populous U.S. state after the Justice Department sued to stop policies that protect illegal immigrants against deportation.
Under President Donald Trump, the FCC voted 3-2 in December along party lines to reverse rules that barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes, also known as paid prioritization.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who led the effort to reverse net neutrality, said in a statement on Sunday that “not only is California’s internet regulation law illegal, it also hurts consumers. The law prohibits many free-data plans, which allow consumers to stream video, music, and the like exempt from any data limits.”
Gigi Sohn, a former senior aide to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, who ran the agency when the net neutrality rules were adopted, said the California law “is now the model for all future state and federal legislation … this is what internet users across the political spectrum have said they want by overwhelming majorities.”
Jonathan Spalter, who heads USTelecom, an industry trade group, said California’s law will not “help advance the promise and potential of California’s innovation DNA.”
He argued that instead of 50 separate state laws, “we need Congress to step up with a national framework for the whole internet ecosystem and resolve this issue once and for all.”
In August, 22 states and a coalition of trade groups representing major tech companies urged a federal appeals court to reinstate the rules. Oral arguments are set for February 1.
The U.S. Senate voted in May to reinstate the net neutrality rules, but the measure is unlikely to be approved by the House of Representatives and the White House also opposes it.
The FCC in December handed ISPs sweeping new powers to recast how Americans use the internet, as long as they disclose changes. The new rules took effect in June but providers have made no changes in access.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
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