MobileNews

Microsoft wants to take on the Google Play Store and App Store with its own mobile game store

October 20, 2022
Both Google and Apple have come under regulatory scrutiny over the past few years due to practices with their respective mobile app stores and the lack of competition. As it turns out, Microsoft has been quietly working on its own mobile game store that would take on the Play Store and App Store, but it depends on a forthcoming acquisition. As The Verge reports, the ongoing investigation into…
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GamingNews

Microsoft wants to build an Xbox-branded mobile game store

October 20, 2022
Microsoft wants to bring a taste of Xbox game shopping to your phone. As The Verge explains, a company filing with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has revealed plans to build a “next generation” Xbox store that’s available on mobile devices, not just consoles and PCs. The shop would unsurprisingly lean heavily on content from the proposed Activision…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Meta's AI translator can interpret unwritten languages

October 20, 2022
Nearly half of the world’s roughly 7,000 known languages four in ten of them exist without an accompanying written component. These unwritten languages pose a unique problem for modern machine learning translation systems, as they typically need to convert verbal speech to…
MobileNews

Google's iOS 16 lock screen widgets are now available

October 20, 2022
Google’s iOS 16 lock screen widgets are officially available. As outlined in September, the widgets give you at-a-glance info and shortcuts for some of the company’s core apps. Gmail can show your new message counts, while Maps can either provide a link to favorite trips (like the commute home) or searches for destinations like restaurants. Widgets for Chrome and the Google app…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Biden White House to award $2.8B to bolster EV battery and mineral production in the US

October 19, 2022
Later today, the Biden administration is expected to announce $2.8 billion that will be awarded in grants around the US in support of EV battery manufacturing and mineral production domestically. The White House is also launching what is being called the “American Battery Material Initiative” to bolster mineral supply chains for automakers operating in the US. This morning, a White House…
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