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The 13 Best New Features of Android 11

{$inline_image} The Android 11 Beta was initially slated to launch in tandem with Google’s annual developer’s event, but the world had different plans for this year’s software update. Despite the lack of fanfare, Google has now released the first public beta for Pixel users, leaving enough time to get the kinks worked out before it…

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Some UK bus riders will get Facebook DMs to warn if transport is too busy as lockdown lifts

This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Oxfordshire County Council is using technology from

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Researchers from Disney and ETH Zurich detail innovations in creating movie-quality face-swapping technology (Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo)

Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: Researchers from Disney and ETH Zurich detail innovations in creating movie-quality face-swapping technology  —  In a few short years, neural-network-powered automated face swaps have gone from being mildly convincing to eerily believable.  But through new research from Disney … Researchers from Disney and ETH Zurich detail innovations in creating movie-quality face-swapping

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California police won't release training materials on facial recognition or license plate readers on copyright grounds, despite law mandating access (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: California police won’t release training materials on facial recognition or license plate readers on copyright grounds, despite law mandating access  —  California police are refusing to release documents about the surveillance technology it uses, despite a new law that requires their release. California police won't release training materials on facial

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