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Spotify ditches its Android homescreen widget

August 13, 2019
Spotify’s latest Android update has riled some of its loyal users. The update removes the homescreen widget from Spotify’s Android app. Now, to control functions like play, pause and skip, users must drag down the notification shade. While this may seem like a minor change to some, widgets are a prized Android feature, and nearly 2,000 users have petitioned the widget…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI avatars of Chinese authors could soon narrate audiobooks

August 13, 2019
The Chinese search engine Sogou isn’t stopping at AI news anchors. The company has created “lifelike” avatars of two Chinese authors, and it plans to have them narrate audiobooks in video recordings. According to the BBC, Sogou used AI, text-to-speech technology and video clips from the China Online Literature+ conference to create avatars of authors Yue Guan and Bu Xin Tian…
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GamingNews

Nintendo appears to be readying a SNES Switch controller

August 13, 2019
Nintendo may be planning to make SNES-style wireless controllers for the Switch, according to an FCC filing first spotted by a user on the Resetera forum. There aren’t many details revealed in the FCC filing, but it does show that the controller would have Bluetooth to wirelessly connect to the Switch. From looking at the image, the controller may have ZL and ZR buttons on the top or it…
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MobileNews

WhatsApp beta for Android brings fingerprint locking feature

August 13, 2019
Having biometric unlocking on your device is a necessary security inclusion that ensures that valuable data on your phone stays secure. The latest WhatsApp beta for Android increases your device security by adding the much-anticipated fingerprint locking — which is available starting today. Despite the fact that a Dark Mode is probably a little more requested, the fingerprint unlocking has…
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