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Around 100 Amazon workers staged a walkout at a Staten Island, NY fulfillment center to protest the impact of Amazon's COVID-19 response on warehouse workers (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)
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OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8 Specifications, Colour Variants, and More Leaked
Xiaomi Mi TV 4S 65-inch 4K HDR10+ TV launched, running on Android TV 9
Xiaomi has announced the Mi TV 4S. It is a 55-inch 4K HDR TV priced at EUR 549 which translates to roughly Rs 45,800 directly converted. Speaking of the specifications of the TV, it has a 65-inch 4K panel with support for HDR 10+ but no support for Dolby Vision. It also boasts of MEMC (Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation) technology for motion smoothing. The TV is powered by the MediaTek 6886 quad-core processor and also has the Mali 470 MP3 GPU. The TV also boasts of 2GB RAM along with 16GB of built-in storage. The TV runs on Android TV 9 out of the box along with support for popular streaming services. Since the TV runs on Android TV, it also comes with it Chromecast built-in.
For connectivity, the 65-inch Mi TV 4S has 3 HDMI ports, 3 USB ports and supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz broadband connectivity. It also comes with a voice-enabled remote control to give you easy access to the Google Assistant. For audio, the TV has two 10W speakers. Under the 4S umbrella, Xiaomi already has TV available in 43, 55, and 75-inch screen sizes.
In India, the Xiaomi Mi TV 4X is available in 65-inch screen size in addition to 40-inch, 43-inch, and 50-inches. The TV has 4K and HDR support. You can read more about the Mi TV 4X here.
We have seen the launch of a number of budget 4K HDR TVs in India. We recently saw Kodak launch a range of TVs that run on Android TV and come with support for Dolby Vision. You can read more about it here. Nokia has also confirmed that a 43-inch version of its 55-inch TV is available in India. You can read more about the 43-inch Nokia TV here.
https://ift.tt/2UuuNINOnePlus 8 leaked in three colour variants, reveals a unique Interstellar Glow option
OnePlus is expected to launch the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro in India next month. A number of leaks have appeared online ahead of the launch. While there are still probably weeks to go before the launch event takes place, we already know almost everything regarding the phones. The latest one reveals OnePlus 8’s three colour variants.
The latest development comes from website WinFuture that posted renders of the upcoming OnePlus 8. Further, tipster Ishan Agarwal tweeted the names of the colour options. The three colour variants are - Glacial Green, Onyx Black and Interstellar Glow gradient colour option. The Green variant leaked recently in the form of OnePlus 8 Pro, whereas we have seen the Onyx colour on the OnePlus X. The “Interstellar Glow” will be the newest edition of colour options in the OnePlus family.
OnePlus 8 is said to feature a 6.55-inch Super AMOLED display. Interestingly, it is tipped to support a 90Hz refresh rate, instead of 120Hz on the OnePlus 8 Pro. Further, the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 865 chipset. It may come with 8GB/12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB/256GB of UFS 3.0 internal storage.
As for the optics, it is said to sport a triple rear camera setup of 48MP + 16MP + 2MP with a 16MP selfie shooter. It is likely to pack a 4300mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging. Further, according to previous leaks, there’s no IP rating or wireless charging here. It will be made available in “glow”, black and green colour options.
On the other hand, OnePlus 8 Pro may feature a 6.78-inch Super AMOLED display with support for a 120Hz refresh rate. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC. Further, the smartphone is likely to come with 8GB/12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB/256GB of UFS 3.0 internal storage.
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A look at the 3D animals and other objects viewable in Google Search using AR on a variety of smartphones and tablets, added since Google's 2019 I/O Conference (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
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A look at the 3D animals and other objects viewable in Google Search using AR on a variety of smartphones and tablets, added since Google's 2019 I/O Conference — At its I/O conference in 2019, Google announced that it would be adding augmented reality objects to Search.
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Helm.ai, which develops autonomous car software that it claims can sidestep the need for on-road testing, emerges from stealth with $13M in seed funding (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
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Helm.ai, which develops autonomous car software that it claims can sidestep the need for on-road testing, emerges from stealth with $13M in seed funding — Four years ago, mathematician Vlad Voroninski saw an opportunity to remove some of the bottlenecks in the development …
Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)
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