Halloween has come and gone, and that means the biggest shopping holiday of the year is right around the corner. Thanksgiving and Black Friday come later than usual this year and you will still need to wait a few weeks, but if you are looking for deals there are already some great ones that just went live for this weekend. Taking a 23andMe DNA test can help you learn about your ancestry and also teach you about how your genetics affects your health. Right now you can get a test kit from Walmart marked down from $199.00 to $99.00.
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Motorola has been teasing the idea of reviving its iconic Razr as part of a new folding phone lineup for several months. Images showing the device have leaked from several sources and the new design is interesting — though there are a lot of questions about how Motorola will pull it off. The design definitely recalls the iconic Razr handheld, but with a different screen and overall design than we’ve seen from any other foldable phone manufacturer. Leaker is responsible for the images below, though he’s not the only person to leak photos.
Google’s DeepMind AI lab has contributed to some of the company’s most impressive AI feats in recent years such as the Wavenet voice engine and object recognition in Google Photos. DeepMind has also shown off its AI prowess by beating humans at games we never thought machines would be able to play. It started by besting the world’s best Go players, and then moved on to StarCraft II. The “AlphaStar” AI in early 2019, and now it’s and . DeepMind says AlphaStar is now the first AI to reach Grandmaster status in StarCraft II. In January, DeepMind streamed matches between elite human players and the AlphaStar AI.
Ever since it introduced Android, Google has struggled to provide a camera framework for developers that allows them to both build camera-enabled apps quickly and take advantage of the advanced capabilities being offered by phone makers. Its first Camera API was limited, and the second version is complicated. Neither has a vendor-independent way to activate some of the advanced modes that have been added to phones for improving image quality and adding stylistic effects. Now, Google is launching CameraX, a library that provides not just a simplified way for developers to access Android’s Camera2 functionality, but provides extensions for additional capabilities.
Apple has released its long-awaited AirPods Pro upgrade with better microphones, a new in-ear design, and (finally) active noise cancelling. They also come with a much higher $250 price tag. One thing Apple has not improved is the repairability. iFixit has , and they get the same score as the last version: a big, fat zero. has led the charge to make mobile devices thinner and lighter at the expense of repairability. The iPhone has never had so much as a removable battery, even back when Android and Windows Phone devices did. The AirPods were among the first true wireless earbuds on the market, and they’ve been wildly successful for Apple.
Don’t be afraid! Although it may be Halloween, the only thing terrifying about these deals is how terrifyingly good they are. Halloween is here, but if you’ve finished high-school chances are you aren’t going trick or treating this year. That doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the holiday! , and then pick yourself up a nicer treat like a new 2-in-1 laptop. Dell designed this 2-in-1 laptop with a 13.3-inch 4K touch-screen display. The system also comes with a stylus, which is useful for taking handwritten notes and drawing images onscreen. Right now you can get it from Dell with a large discount that drops it from $1,398.99 to $799.99.
The Switch Lite is selling incredibly well for Nintendo. The company revealed during its last quarterly report that it shipped 1.95 million Switch Lite consoles in the first ten days it was available. That compares well even against the Switch, which sold 2.74 million units in its first month on shelves when it launched in April 2017. The Switch Lite’s performance is a bit surprising for two reasons: It’s a less expensive version of a new console, not a brand-new system, and the price difference between the two is not as large as some of the other consoles on the market.
If you’re interested in working in the increasingly lucrative world of web and app development, knowing how to code is an absolute must. But knowing just one or two programming languages is no longer enough to get your foot in the door. The will get you up to speed with the field’s most powerful and popular programming languages and platforms, and it’s available for over 95 percent off at just $45. With 12 courses and nearly 150 hours of content, this bundle will help you get the skills and certifications you need to land a high-paying career in web and app development.
We’ve seen engineers design some truly amazing robots that can walk, run, and even jump, but not all robots need to be so elaborate. MIT researchers have created a fleet of tiny robotic cubes that can move around and interact with each other autonomously. An individual “M-Block” robot is simple and not very useful, but if you bring the fleet together, they can . The M-Blocks were designed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) under the supervision of professor and CSAIL Director Daniela Rus. The project started back in 2013 with the aim of designing a more scalable robotic system that doesn’t rely on complex movement mechanisms.
