Wileyfox cuts the price of Swift 2 X and Spark X for Prime Day in the UK

The Swift 2 X and Spark X by Wilefox are currently on sale for Amazon Prime Day. In the UK, the company has discounted the two already affordable smartphones, slashing the asking prices down to £149.99 and £114.90, respectively.

Wileyfox Swift 2 X

The Swift 2 X is the company’s most recently released flagship offering, sporting Android Nougat and some fairly solid specifications for the asking price. Available in both Midnight and Gold options, this handset features a 1080p display with a 16MP main shooter, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and a 3010mAh battery. There’s even a fingerprint reader for added security.

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Wilefox Spark X

The Spark X is a super-affordable smartphone from Wileyfox that hovers around the £100 mark. A 13MP main camera is joined by 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and a 3000mAh battery. Priced even more aggressively today thanks to Amazon Prime this handset looks even more enticing for those who wish to pick up a decent device without spending too much at all.

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It’s worth noting that you’ll need to have an active Prime membership in order to take advantage of these deals.

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Invite Alexa into your home for less with Prime Day in the UK

Amazon UK is replacing a few price tags today to help get Alexa into your home with discounts on the Echo and Echo Dot.

The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot are currently on sale for Prime Day UK. The online retail giant has slashed the prices of its connected hardware to £79 and £34, respectively. That’s a full 47 and 30 percent discount to introduce smart connectivity to the home.

The already affordable Amazon Echo Dot is now £34.99, but the highlight is the Amazon Echo, which sits at a super-reasonable £79.99. Both the white and black variants are included in this promotion, which will run until 11:45 p.m. GMT this evening.

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As an added bonus, Amazon also discounted the Fire TV with Alexa voice remote by 25 percent, and will now set you back just £29.99.

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Grab an Amazon Fire 7 tablet for just £29.99 today in the UK

You can save up to 40 percent on new Fire tablets with Amazon Prime Day!

The affordable Amazon Fire tablets are great options for those who wish to enjoy a portable experience without forking out on more expensive devices. To make these tablets even more appealing, Amazon has decided to drop the pricing for the Fire 7, Fire HD 8 and the Kids Editions for both devices as part of Prime Day. Check out the various Fire tablets on sale today:

• Amazon Fire 7 – £29.99 (40% off)
• Amazon Fire HD 8 – £49.99 (38% off)
• Amazon Fire 7 Kids Edition – £69.99 (30% off)
• Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Edition – £89.99 (31% off)

And if you’re not a fan of Fire tablets, or happen to already own one, check out other deals that are currently running today with Prime Day!

Strap the Pokémon Go Plus to your wrist for just £34.99

Today is Amazon Prime Day and in the UK you can grab a Pokémon Go Plus today for just £34.99!

Pokémon Go took the world by storm when it released on Android and iOS, and if you’re still playing today (or are simply getting started) there’s a killer deal over at Amazon on the Pokémon Go Plus accessory for £34.99!

For those not familiar with Pokémon Go, the mobile game tasks players to catch ’em all in the real world by slinging Pokéballs at virtual Pokémon as they explore their surroundings. Pokémon Go Plus is an optional accessory for the game that connects to your phone over Bluetooth, alerting you to nearby game events and interact with the game without pulling out your phone.

Think of it as a more socially acceptable way of playing Pokémon Go. Catch not only the deal but new and intriguing Pokémon by picking up a Go Plus today!

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But if Pokemon isn’t your thing, fear not as there are plenty of other promotions currently underway over on Amazon. Check out the Prime Day page for more details!

‘Star Wars: Battlefront II’ open beta begins October 6th

Everything we saw of Star Wars: Battlefront II at E3 this year — the engrossing single-player solo campaign, the accessible multiplayer with planned-free DLC — told us the game’s developers had listened to feedback from the skimpy first title. You can see for yourself this fall when the game’s open beta starts on October 6th, but anyone who pre-orders the game will get a two-day headstart.

The beta includes Galactic Assault on Naboo, the 40-player troops and vehicles brawl shown at E3, which seems to operate in stages like the first game’s Walker Assault. But it also features another multiplayer mode that we’d seen teased in the Star Wars: Battlefront II’s trailer, Starfighter Assault. Details are scarce, but it will be an “objective-based, multi-stage battle” with an assortment of familiar ships.

Source: PlayStation

Google’s ‘PAIR’ project wants AI and humans to get along

A new Google initiative was announced today that aims to improve how humans and AI interact. Called PAIR, or People + AI Research initiative, its goal is to make sure AI technology is beneficial and empowering to everyone and it will focus on aspects like tools for AI developers and how to make sure AI systems are inclusive. “PAIR is devoted to advancing the research and design of people-centric AI systems. We’re interested in the full spectrum of human interaction with machine intelligence, from supporting engineers to understanding everyday experiences with AI,” said PAIR’s website.

The PAIR team will be led by Google Brain researchers Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg and its 12 full-time staff members will also work with researchers outside of Google, such as Harvard University professor Brendan Meade and MIT professor Hal Abelson. Its mission sounds similar to another group Google helped launch last year — the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society — which is a collaboration with Facebook, Microsoft, IBM and Amazon. PAIR, according to Google, will be complementary to the Partnership on AI, which is also working towards goals like open research platforms and transparency in AI studies. Both initiatives appear to have some overlaps with other like-minded groups, like OpenAI, as well.

Two efforts already in the works are open-source tools that improve how datasets are viewed. Facets Overview and Facets Dive give developers details on their datasets that can help them see how their training data are falling short, which could lead to issues in AI bias. The effects of how training data can lead to biased AI were made clear in Microsoft’s racist and sexist Tay AI.

More open source tools are sure to come out of the initiative as well as other pushes towards transparency. PAIR says on its website, “And we want to be as open as possible: we’re building open source tools that everyone can use, hosting public events, and supporting academics in advancing the state of the art.”

Via: CNBC

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