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Amazon is Using Machine Learning to Enforce Social Distancing Amazon has come under a lot of scrutiny for failing to protect its workers during the COVID-19 crisis. However, in an attempt to make its warehouses safer for its employees, the company now has a new solution. Amazon is deploying machine learning algorithms to warn its employees when they come too close to each other. The company’s new ‘Distance Assistant’ comes with depth sensors, a TV, and a camera to track worker’s movements....

AMD Announces New Ryzen 3000XT Processors, Radeon Pro 5600M and More AMD has today announced new processors under itsRyzen 3000line-up. Along with that, the company is also announcing a new GPU, motherboard platform, and a new storage solution today. New Ryzen 3000 XT Series In the Ryzen 3000XT series, the company is launching 3 new CPUs. TheRyzen 9 3900XT comes with 12 cores and 24 threads, and has a base clock speed of 3....

American Companies Can Work With Huawei on 5G, Says US Govt The US is easing some of therestrictions imposed on Huaweito allow American companies to work with the Chinese telecom major on setting standards for 5G technology. In an official press release Monday, the US Dept. of Commerce said that the standards will serve“as the critical building blocks for technological development by enabling functionality, interoperability, and safety”. According to the US government, the new announcement will ensure that theembargo on Huaweiwill not prevent technological collaborations between US tech firms and the Chinese telecom major....

Chromium-Based Edge Browser to Be Available by Default with Next Windows 10 Update Microsoft has been beta testing its Chromium-based Edge browser for more than six months now. My colleague Akshay, as well as I, haveswitched to Edgeover from our old compatriot – Google Chrome. The companyrecently started rolling outthe new Chromium-based Edge browser to users via theWindows 10 May 2020 update. But, going forward, the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser will be available by default with the next Windows 10 update....

Facebook Lets Users Turn off Political Ads; Launches Voting Information Center Facebook will now let Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. turn off all political adson the platform. The feature is rolling out today for a limited number of users. It will expand to everyone in the U.S. over the next few weeks and to other countries in the future. According to Facebook, this featurewill disable all political, electoral, and social issue ads from candidates, Super Political Action Committee(PAC), or other organizations that have the “Paid for by” political disclaimer....

Flipkart to Start Hyperlocal Delivery Services in Bengaluru next Month Flipkart is planning to start hyperlocal delivery services in India, according to sources quoted byThe Economic Times. Going by the report, theWalmart-backed firm will start operations next month. “The launch is a month away, but the long-term plan is to deliver everything in 90 minutes,”a source familiar with the matter toldET. To make this possible, the company will apparently make use of its investment in logistics startup Shadowfax....

Fortnite Season 3 Brings Flooded Map, Aquaman, Sharks and More At its season-ending Device ‘doomsday’ event on Monday,Fortniteconfirmed that the upcoming season will have a lot of water. Now that Epic Games has released the first theatrical trailer ofChapter 2 Season 3, it has become clear as to exactly how much water will be part of the landscape in the new scheme of things. To start off, the trailer itself is titled ‘Splashdown’....