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Qualcomm has announced new Snapdragon chips for high and mid-tier devices which benefit from a big jump in AI performance. There are two new chips in the 7-series – the Snapdragon 730 and 730G – along with one in the 6-series, the Snapdragon 665. Kedar Kondap, VP of Product Management at Qualcomm, says: “With the introduction of the Snapdragon 730, 730G and 665 Mobile Platforms, we are bringing features such as sophisticated AI, exceptional gaming and advanced camera capabilities to a broad spectrum of devices at exceptional performance. Each iteration of Snapdragon drives immense innovation that will surpass customer expectations.” The base Snapdragon 730 boasts double the AI processing power of its predecessor using Qualcomm’s 4th-gen multi-core AI Engine. A Qualcomm Hexagon 688 processor inside the 730 supports improved base scalar and Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX) performance, as well as the new Hexagon Tensor Accelerator. Qualcomm has also packed in the Spectra...

Facebook wants to harness AI to prevent distressing occurrences where a deceased loved one’s profile is shown as if alive on the platform. Many of us have been there, we’ve logged in to Facebook to find a notification alerting us to say “Happy birthday!” to a loved one who’s no longer with us. Or, sometimes, they can appear as a suggestion to invite to an event. These are distressing moments for people, and short of ‘unfriending’ or blocking the profile they can become regular occurrences. Facebook is hoping to use AI to intervene. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, said: “If an account hasn’t yet been memorialised, we use AI to help keep it from showing up in places that might cause distress, like recommending that person be invited to events or sending a birthday reminder to their friends. We’re working to get better and faster at this.” Elsewhere on the platform, Facebook is making other changes aimed at making the social network more bearable for those who’ve lost ...

5 Best Development Tools Every Developer Should Know 1.  GitHub GitHub needs no introduction. It is a great tool for developers/programmers who wants to work in a collaborative manner. GitHub is a web based repository hosting server with a graphical interface. GitHub offers excellent  revision control and source code management functionality of Git. GitHub is most commonly used by software developers (desktop app, mobile app, web app, ) and designers to store their code for collaborative work or public use. 2.  BitBucket Every developer wants to have a back-up of his code in cloud as he can’t take the risk of loosing project code. BitBucket  is one of the best code repositories for devs to store and share their code for a more efficient and collaborative work. Best part of Bitbucket is it is free for the storage of private codes also. It makes developers work east by enabling a better way to collaborate with their team. Unlimit...