Famous poker-playing AI takes down scientists and engineers

Famous poker-playing AI takes down scientists and engineers:

Libratus, the poker-playing AI that crushed four world-class pros in January, has put another group of human players to shame. This time, the upgraded variant of the AI known as "Lengpudashi" or "cold poker master" took on World Series veteran Alan D...

Graphene is the key to tougher flexible OLED displays

Graphene is the key to tougher flexible OLED displays:

You can already find flexible displays in your phone or smartwatch, but there's a good reason you don't find them everywhere: the transparent electrodes in many OLED screens are too fragile to take a lot of abuse. That might change in the long run, t...

Your phone's motion sensors can give away PINs and passwords

Your phone's motion sensors can give away PINs and passwords:

You could be the most careful mobile user ever, but hackers can still steal your PINs and passwords simply by spying on your phone's motion sensors. A team of cyber researchers from the UK's Newcastle University have demonstrated how easy it is to st...

Tarzan the swinging robot could be the future of farming

Tarzan the swinging robot could be the future of farming:

Some farmers already use drones to monitor their crops, but a team of researchers from Georgia Tech have created a far more interesting alternative. Instead of designing yet another drone, they created a robot inspired by Kristen Bell's favorite anim...

Microsoft is holding an education-minded event May 2nd

Microsoft is holding an education-minded event May 2nd:

Surprise! Microsoft will hold an event on May 2nd in New York, and based on the invite we received, there will likely be a focus on its education initiatives. "Learn what's next. #MicrosoftEDU" the colorful invite reads. The company's Build conferenc...

Sony's HDR camera helps self-driving cars see in the dark

Sony's HDR camera helps self-driving cars see in the dark:

As Tesla recently showed, video cameras are as important as radar and LiDAR in self-driving cars for tracking road signs, vehicles, pedestrians and more. However, most can't handle tough lighting situations like very dark conditions, flickering LEDs...

Apple's latest hire proves privacy is more important than ever

Apple's latest hire proves privacy is more important than ever:

If you've followed iOS security news over the years, there's a distinct chance you've heard of Jonathan Zdziarski. He isn't always flawless, but he has a knack for both finding Apple device exploits (he even worked on early jailbreaks) and conducting...

Hewlett-Packard expected to be top notebook vendor in 2017

Hewlett-Packard expected to be top notebook vendor in 2017: Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to replace Lenovo as the top notebook vendor worldwide in 2017, according to data from Digitimes Research.

Apple Orders 160M iPhone 8 OLED Panels from Samsung

Apple Orders 160M iPhone 8 OLED Panels from Samsung: In what amounts to a massive payday for Samsung, Apple has ordered 60 million more OLED panels than what was initially reported, bringing the total to 160M screens worth billions. While the debut of this display technology in the iPhone is now a no-brainer, what remains up in the air is whether OLED will be available beyond the premium model—the amount of screens ordered would make up around 80% of all iPhone sales, if the past is any indication, so it is plausible that lower-end models may be going 0 nits as well.







Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, has won a fresh deal with Apple to supply an additional 60 million units of organic light-emitting diode panels, worth of 5 trillion won (US$4.3 billion), for the next-generation iPhone, according to news reports on Feb. 13. The new deal comes after the Korean display maker struck a deal last year supplying 100 million OLED display panels for the upcoming iPhone 8, the first iPhone to adopt an OLED screen, which is widely rumored to be launched in September this year. Considering Apple sells 200 million iPhones a year, the combined 160 million units of OLED panels will make up almost 80 percent of the entire sales. Previously, industry sources predicted that the new iPhone will come in two to three variants, with the only premium model featuring an OLED screen. With the increased panel supply, the OLED adoption could be expanded.



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Apple patents yet another method of embedding fingerprint reader into iPhone display

Apple patents yet another method of embedding fingerprint reader into iPhone display:

With everyone expecting the iPhone 8 to feature minimal bezels, a key requirement to realize that vision would be to remove the chin housing the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. While an iris scanner has been rumored as a replacement for fingerprints, Apple is also not short on options for embedding a fingerprint reader into the display.

We’ve previously seen Apple patents for two different methods of doing this, and a patent granted today describes a third …

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The ultimate iPhone could just be a flexible piece of glass

The ultimate iPhone could just be a flexible piece of glass:

The iPhone 8, which should magic its way into our lives in fall this year, is expected to be a design revolution by Apple's standards. All the physical buttons may go, to be replaced by a single glass-covered display in front.

But for as much as the iPhone 8 is meant to be a revolution, it will still look a lot like all the smartphones that came before it. So what would it take to actually revolutionize smartphone design? This patent filing might give us some idea.

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Lenses made from nanomaterials get closer to replacing glass

Lenses made from nanomaterials get closer to replacing glass:

Researchers recently showed off breakthrough nanomaterial "metalenses" that could replace bulky glass optics. There was one problem, though -- it only worked on a single color at a time, meaning your smartphone could only do arty, monochromatic photo...

Digitimes Research: China makers aggressively expanding AMOLED capacity

Digitimes Research: China makers aggressively expanding AMOLED capacity: Seven China-based panel makers have been expanding existing or setting up new AMOLED production capacities, with total annual capacity estimated to increase from 272,000 square meters in 2016 to 1.584 million square meters in 2018, 4.464 million square meters in 2019, and 7.864 million square meters in 2020 at a 2016-2020 CAGR of 131.9%, according to Digitimes Research.