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Amazon is reportedly developing an AI-centric smartphone
Amazon’s second smartphone could forego an app store. Amazon is developing a new smartphone over a decade after discontinuing the Fire Phone,Reutersreported today, citing four anonymous “people familiar with the matter.” Reuters said the phone is codenamed Transformer but couldn’t confirm what it might cost, how much Amazon has invested into development thus far, or how much Amazon expects to make off the device.
Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware
Both AMD- and Intel-based hardware is getting better support in SteamOS 3.8. Valve’s Steam Machine desktop is currently ina state of involuntary limbo, driven by historically awful pricing and availability for memory and storage chips.
How BYD Got EV Chargers to Work Almost as Fast as Gas Pumps
Somehow, the wholething got even faster. Earlier this month, Chinese automaker BYD announcedthat its Flash Chargers, first rolled out a year ago, can now charge some electric vehicle batteries from around 10 to 70 percent in five minutes, and from 10 to full in about nine.
Design + Arts + Music
school storage units transform into modular sensory furniture for early childhood education
TRIMINÓ is amodularfurniture system designed for early childhood education environments, developed by Lais Ferraz. The project transforms conventionalschoolstorage units into interactive elements that support learning through play, targeting children up to six years old.
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