Huawei is still in a sticky situation with the US, but that’s not stopping the company from debuting new products. Today, Huawei has launched its new MatePad Pro flagship tablet which is an iPad Pro clone.
Looking at the spec sheet, the MatePad Pro is a powerful piece of hardware. It offers up the Kirin 990 chipset which is also found on the Mate 30 Pro, 6GB or 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of…
Amazon researchers use NLP data set to improve Alexa’s answers
November 25, 2019
Improving the quality of voice assistants’ responses to questions is of interest to tech giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft, who seek to address shortfalls in their respective natural language processing (NLP) technologies. They’ve plenty in the way of motivation…
Facebook details the AI technology behind Instagram Explore
November 25, 2019
According to Facebook, over half of Instagram’s roughly 1 billion users visit Instagram Explore to discover videos, photos, livestreams, and Stories each month. Predictably, building the underlying recommendation engine — which curates the billions of pieces of content…
Some Indian-made iPhones will be exported for sale in other countries, the government said today.
An unconfirmed report had previously suggested that a small number of iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models were being exported from India to Europe, but the statement is the first official confirmation that this is part of Apple’s plans for the country…
Apple initially started with iPhone SE production in…
(Reuters) — Finland’s Salcomp, a supplier to U.S. tech group Apple, is to invest 20 billion rupees ($278.67 million) in India to make mobile chargers and other smartphone components from March 2020, the country’s technology minister said on Monday.
Salcomp has reached…
Tookitaki raises $11.7 million more for AI-driven financial regulatory compliance tools
November 25, 2019
Ensuring regulatory compliance can be expensive for financial services companies. In fact, the average cost nearly doubled from $16 million to $30.9 million between 2011 and 2017, according to one survey. And it’s tough for most to keep up — in 2017, over 900 agencies…
AI determines how much help Shakespeare had writing a play
November 25, 2019
Many believe that Shakespeare had help writing at least some of his plays, but to what extent? AI might have an answer. Czech researcher Petr Plecháč has developed a machine learning system that determined which portions of Henry VIII were likely written by Shakespeare’s contemporary (and long-suspected collaborator) John Fletcher. The approach trained an algorithm to recognize the…
'State of Decay 2' brings zombie slaying to Steam in early 2020
November 24, 2019
You don’t have to be fully committed to Microsoft’s vision of gaming to play State of Decay 2. The zombie-filled survival game is now slated to come to Steam in early 2020. You won’t have to be worried about finding friends to play, either. The title…
Early Black Friday Sale: Save 40% on Bare Cases for iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max
November 24, 2019
Ahead of its Black Friday and Cyber Monday promos, Bare is offering 9to5Mac readers an early40% off on all cases for iPhone 11, Pro & Pro Max modelsfrom its signature Bare Naked line, and the new Bare Armour collection.
Head below for a better look at the new…
This week’s top stories: iPhone 11 battery cases, Apple’s December event, iOS 14 report, more
November 24, 2019
In this week’s top stories: More iOS 13 bug fixes, what improvements to expect with iOS 14, iPhone 11 Smart Battery Cases, a December Apple event, and more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news.
Apple this week released iOS 13.2.3 and iPadOS 13.2.3 to the public. The update continues to make improvements to iOS 13 performance, and includes further enhancements to…
