Month: February 2020
Deep learning skills shortage crippling UK businesses
The lack of deep learning skills is hampering the performance of British businesses, according to new research from operational AI firm Peltarion. Its survey of firms across the UK and Nordic regions found 83 percent of AI decision-makers believe the deep learning skills shortage is affecting their business’s ability to…
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Qualcomm faces fresh competition scrutiny in Europe over RFFE chips for 5G
Qualcomm is facing fresh antitrust scrutiny from the European Commission, with the regulator raising questions about radio frequency front-end (RFFE) chips which can be used in 5G devices. The chipmaker has been expanding into selling RFFE chips for 5G devices, per Reuters, encouraging buyers of its 5G modems to also…
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Doctor Strange 2 may be directed by Spider-Man’s Sam Raimi, says report
Original Spider-Man trilogy director Sam Raimi is in talks to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, after Scott Derrickson left the movie last month. This report comes from Variety, which points out that the film begins production in May, meaning Marvel has to move fast so Raimi can…
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AMD Ryzen CPU sales are on fire – but it still has a long way to go to topple Intel
AMD has made gains across the board in the world of CPUs, taking more turf from Intel when it comes to not just desktop processors – as has been widely observed in recent times – but also with mobile chips, and in the server market, too. That’s according to statistics…
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Google Chrome will soon block the web’s most annoying video ads
Google is getting tough on annoying ads, and its next plan for cleaning up the web involves cracking down on obtrusive video advertisements that disrupt your browsing experience. Chrome is known for chewing through RAM, slowing performance, but that’s not the only reason pages load slowly; sometimes an overload of…
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Netflix begins streaming data-saving AV1 videos on Android
Netflix is rolling out support for the new AV1 video codec in its Android app, which the company claims compresses video 20 percent more efficiently than the VP9 codec it currently uses. The company says the codec can be enabled now for “selected titles” by enabling the “Save Data” option,…
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