During the 2019 CES, Verizon announced the Built on 5G Challenge, a nationwide search for solid 5G innovations that could be commercialized using its low latency, high-bandwidth millimeter wave 5G network. Today, the carrier announced three winners across the fields of AR, VR, and artificial intelligence, earning $1 million, $500,000, and $250,000 prizes, plus special 5G lab access to develop…
Why Google Assistant supports so many more languages than Siri, Alexa, Bixby, and Cortana
January 29, 2020
Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Microsoft’s Cortana recognize only a narrow slice of the world’s most widely spoken languages. It wasn’t until fall 2018 that Samsung’s Bixby gained support for German, French, Italian, and Spanish — languages…
The launch of the iPhone 11 saw iOS market share rise in every single one of Apple’s key markets during the holiday quarter, according to the latest Kantar data.
Market share gains ranged from 1.6 percentage points in the five largest EU markets to 5.8 points in…
iPhone 11 Pro meets Tesla Cybertruck with Caviar’s ‘Cyberphone’ for an unlisted price
January 29, 2020
Apple and Tesla make some of the most sought after products and the luxury device accessory company, Caviar is blending the two with its latest iPhone 11 Pro modification, the Cyberphone. Yep, a mashup of Tesla’s upcoming Cybertruck with the latest flagship iPhone.
Caviar is known for making outlandish versions of the latest iPhones, like gold and diamond-adorned models that cost over…
Concentric raises $7.5 million to identify and protect sensitive enterprise data with AI
January 29, 2020
It’s estimated that the average organization has 1.2 million documents, making it difficult to identify and secure sensitive data. This dilemma motivated Karthik Krishnan, formerly vice president of Hewlett Packard Enterprise subsidiary Aruba, to cofound Concentric with…
Apple’s Powerbeats 4 appear in latest iOS 13 update
January 29, 2020
Apple could soon launch a new version of its Powerbeats earbuds if imagery discovered in the latest version of iOS by MacRumors is to be believed. The Powerbeats are Apple’s semi-wireless earbuds. The two earbuds are connected together by a single cable but connect…
Google could add call recording to its Android Phone app
January 29, 2020
Google’s Phone app could soon let you not only record calls but transcribe them, according to an APK breakdown from 9to5Google and tests by XDA Developer. The latest version 44 of the app includes code that shows not only the existence of the feature, but how it could be legally implemented. On top of that, another snippet indicates that it might let you transcribe calls, likely using…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has never commented on future, unannounced Apple products, but that doesn’t stop investors and analysts from trying ever quarter. During Apple’s Q1 2020 earnings call today, Cook was again asked about Apple’s plans for 5G.
Morgan Stanley analyst Katy…
Bandai Namco previews 7 action and RPG titles for 2020
January 29, 2020
Japanese game publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment showed off seven action and role-playing titles that it expects will debut in 2020.
At a preview event in San Francisco, I played most of the games that the company displayed. They ranged from Bless Unleashed, a massively…
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo announced today that Pokémon Home will launch in February for Android, iOS, and Switch.
Pokémon Home is an app that will make it easier for fans of the monster-collecting franchise to store, trade, and transfer Pokémon among different games. With the mobile version, players can have access to their critters from Pokémon Go, although support for that game…
