Just how comprehensively do natural language processing (NLP) pipelines support widely spoken languages? A recent study coauthored by researchers at Clarkson University and Iona College sought to investigate the degree to which NLP tools understand eight dialects: English, Chinese, Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, French, Spanish, and the Senegalese language Wolof. Their findings suggest there are caveats…
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will get access to over 100 games via the Project xCloud streaming service starting September 15, Microsoft announced today.
This means that those paying the $15 a month for Game Pass Ultimate will be able to play these 100-plus Xbox games…
Syntiant, a startup developing AI edge hardware for voice and sensor solutions, today closed a $35 million round. CEO Kurt Busch says the funds will be used to ramp up production throughout the remainder of 2020.
According to a report published by Meticulous Research, the…
Google Stadia has been expanding its list of games and features rapidly as of late, but Android TV support has still remained pretty quiet. Recent updates made gameplay possible, and now another new version is making Stadia on Android TV play better with a controller.
When Stadia first started working on Android TV, it was a bit of a pain to use. You needed to have a game controller for playing…
Ubisoft confirmed today that game creator Tommy François has left the company after being accused of inappropriate behavior including sexual misconduct.The move is the latest to happen in the wake of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s pledge to overhaul how the company handles…
(Reuters) — Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology, also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging it has infringed on Xiao-i’s patents.
Xiao-i is calling for 10 billion yuan ($1.43 billion) in damages…
YouTube Music adds ‘Recent activity’ section, Bluetooth setting from Google Play Music
August 3, 2020
Ahead of the eventual deprecation of Play Music, YouTube Music continues to introduce features from Google’s original streaming service to entice users to switch. The latest additions include a “Recent activity” section and setting to “Allow external devices to start playback.”
Last month, some users saw the “Last played” carousel on top of the “Library” tab renamed to “Recent…
This week’s top stories: AAPL earnings, Tim Cook’s antitrust testimony, iPhone 12 delays confirmed
August 2, 2020
In this week’s top stories: Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies to congress, more details on the iPhone 12, Apple’s monster Q3 2020 earnings, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news.
Instagram has become of the latest iOS apps to be caught with questionable…
The early-’90s, in all of its grunge-soaked glory, saw vampires and werewolves roam the night while humanity became part of a herd to be culled and controlled. A World of Darkness had been born in shadow and masquerade. With the birth of the first editions of and tabletop…
Apple shuts down Dark Sky for Android and Wear OS
August 1, 2020
Apple made a surprise acquisition of Dark Sky in March and there are signs that it’s already live in iOS 14. As part of this, Dark Sky is gradually being disabled for non-Apple devices and services, starting with a shut down of the Android, Wear OS, and web apps today.
The official Dark Sky app for Android was originally scheduled to stop working on July 1. Ahead of that deadline, the…
