Apple has just released iOS and iPadOS 13.2.2, with a fix for a frustrating bug that led apps to close in the background much quicker than usual. Even a jump between two apps could be enough for Safari windows to reload or to lose your place in a YouTube video. The issue is also fixed in the iOS 13.3 update that went into beta testing this week, but it’s great to see that Apple is fast-tracking…
Samsung trademarks "Space Zoom" ahead of Galaxy S11 launch
November 7, 2019
An interesting patent popped up on EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) by Samsung describing technology for lossless zoom called “Space Zoom”. It’s very likely that the feature will find its way to one or all of the upcoming Galaxy S11…
New Dictation app brings advanced offline transcription capabilities to iPhone and iPad
November 7, 2019
With the introduction of iOS 13.2, Apple added new features to its speech recognition APIs that allow third-party developers to perform on-device speech recognition, even when the device is offline. Today, Blueshift is releasing its brand new Dictation app that takes…
Text messages delayed from Valentine’s Day cause confusion and heartache for iPhone and Android users [U]
November 7, 2019
A curious situation is unfolding across the major US carriers where both iPhone and Android users are just now receiving text messages that were sent around Valentine’s Day back in February. The mysterious delayed messages are causing confusion and opening up old wounds for some.
Last night, many wireless customers in the US started receiving text messages that were originally sent on…
iOS 13.2.2 is now rolling out to iPhone and iPod touch users. This comes after the release of iOS 13.2 last week. iOS 13.2.2 includes a fix for RAM management, cellular data performance, and more. Read on for all of the details.
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In February, OpenAI announced that it had developed an algorithm that could write believable fake news and spam. Deciding that power was too dangerous to unleash, OpenAI planned a staged release so that it could offer pieces of the tech and analyze how it was used. Now…
The AI underlying assistants like Alexa gets better in part through manual data transcription and annotation, which takes outsized time and effort. In pursuit of a more scalable approach, scientists at Amazon — noting that people tend to reformulate misinterpreted commands — leveraged feedback from interactions to glean insights. In a paper detailing their work, they say that the automated…
The reliability of DXOMark’s testing is often questioned and argued about. Camera quality is subjective, etcetera etcetera. With that disclaimer out of the way, the publication today released its test results for the iPhone 11 Pro Max.
Apple’s 2019 flagship scored 117 on…
Reonomy, a commercial real estate analytics company headquartered in New York, today announced that it’s raised $60 million in series D funding led by Georgian Partners. Existing investors including Sapphire Ventures contributed alongside Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and…
Motorola Moto G8 pops up in promotional video
November 7, 2019
Towards the end of last month, Motorola released two Moto G8 variants with the G8 Plus and G8 Play and now it seems the middle version is around the corner.
Thanks to a leaked promotional video posted by , we get our first look at the vanilla Moto G8 which looks quite similar to the G8 Play. Judging from the brief back shot, the Moto G8 will still carry a triple camera setup with a 48MP main…
