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YouTube now does AI noise cancellation for Stories on iOS

October 2, 2020
You may notice a marked improvement in the audio quality of some YouTube Stories going forward, thanks to a new speech enhancement feature Google rolled out. A couple of years ago, the tech giant debuted the “Looking to Listen” AI technology that can pick out voices in a crowd. Now, it’s making the technology available to creators recording YouTube Stories on iOS devices. Google taught…
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New York and New Jersey launch COVID Alert apps for Android and iOS

October 2, 2020
Back in May, Apple and Google released technology to enable COVID-19 exposure notifications via their mobile platforms and now more people in the US can opt-in to programs based on the technology. Virginia was the first state in the US to release an app, and now New York and New Jersey as well, with COVID Alert NY (App Store, Google Play) and COVID Alert NJ (App Store, Google Play) apps arriving…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 1, 2020

October 2, 2020
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Tesla (TSLA) increases Powerwall price as demand is through the roof

October 2, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has increased the price of the Powerwall, its home battery pack, as demand is still through the roof. There are a lot of factors currently greatly increasing demand for home energy storage. Heatwaves are creating some instabilities on electric grids in the US, even forcing some rolling blackouts in California. Many people are turning to home battery packs to have backup…
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How to use iOS 14’s new Headphone Audio Customization feature

October 2, 2020
A valuable addition with iOS 14 is the ability to run a test to fine-tune your headphone audio output. Read along for how to customize iPhone headphone audio with supported Apple hardware like AirPods Pro and Beats. Although it’s found under Accessibility settings, many…
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Apple catches electronics recycler illegally reselling over 100,000 iPhones

October 2, 2020
Apple has sued the Canadian electronics recycling company Geep after it was caught illegally selling over 100,000 Apple devices that were supposed to be recycled. Geep is saying that the responsibility should fall on the three employees that acted on their own but an interesting twist here is that they were reportedly Geep executives. Reported by iPhone Addict (via The Logic) Apple says that Geep…
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