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This week’s top stories: XUMO for Android TV, Samsung’s green bubble gifs, ‘Nest Mini,’ more

August 24, 2019
In this week’s top stories: Android TV picks up an app for the streaming service XUMO, Samsung shares GIFs to fight back against the hate of “green bubbles,” we get our first real details of the “Nest Mini” Assistant speaker, and more. Cordcutters and Android TV fans, rejoice! Popular free, ad-supported streaming service XUMO has launched their app for Android TV devices in the…
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GamingNews

How to stream Xbox One games on your Windows PC

August 24, 2019
Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles and Windows 10 PCs play pretty well together. So well, in fact, that you can stream Xbox One games onto your PC. Why would you want to do this? Perhaps because you prefer your monitor to your TV. Or maybe your Xbox One is on the other side of…
MobileNews

Netflix testing new ‘Collections’ feature on iOS to highlight content curated by humans

August 24, 2019
Netflix is testing a new feature on iOS called “Collections” that highlights content curated by humans. This is different than many of the current recommendation features offered in the Netflix app, which are primarily based on algorithms. explains that the “Collections” contain movies and TV shows that are curated by “experts on the company’s creative teams.” The…
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MobileNews

Samsung releases 3D Scanner app for the Galaxy Note 10+

August 24, 2019
Today Samsung’s Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ have officially become available in over 70 countries, and to celebrate this momentous occasion the company has released a new app. We’re not kidding – it’s called 3D Scanner and its outing is timed to coincide with the launch of the Galaxy Note10+. That’s because the app makes use of that model’s 3D ToF camera on the…
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MobileNews

How to replace the Spotify widget for Android

August 24, 2019
Spotify for Android lost its homescreen widget in a recent update, much to the chagrin of some longtime users. If you want to replace Spotify for Android’s widget, here are a couple of ways to bring it back. Since Android is a very flexible platform, there…
AI & RoboticsNews

US book publishers sue Audible over AI-powered transcription

August 23, 2019
Several of the biggest book publishers in the US have launched a new lawsuit against Audible over a feature they say infringes on their copyright. Leading the suit are the so-called “Big Five” of US publishing: Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. At the center of the case is the Captions feature the Amazon-owned company announced last…
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