AI & RoboticsNews

Duolingo’s AI drives its English proficiency tests

April 30, 2020
Language learning startup Duolingo leverages AI and machine learning to create and score English proficiency tests automatically, reveals a paper published in the journal Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics. In it, researchers peel back the curtains on the family of algorithms underlying the Duolingo English Test, a $49 one-hour, at-home assessment that’s now accepted…
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GamingNews

No Nintendo Direct planned for June due to work-from-home hurdles

April 30, 2020
Nintendo is telling partner developers it’s not going to hold one of its Nintendo Direct video events in June. The publisher has had a June Direct to correspond with E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) every year since 2013. And before that, it held annual stage presentations. But complications brought about from Japan’s work-from-home order as part of its attempts to mitigate COVID-19 are…
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MobileNews

Stadia Controller can now capture screenshots and clips on Android

April 30, 2020
Recent platform updates to Google’s game streaming service have focused on making the web experience match playing on Chromecast. A server-side update today lets the Stadia Controller ‘capture’ screenshots and video clips on Android. Up until today, tapping the dedicated Capture button when the Stadia Controller is connected to Android generated an error message. A press now brings up the…
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MobileNews

How to manage COVID-19 exposure notifications on iPhone

April 30, 2020
Apple and Google have partnered on offering a secure and private coronavirus contact tracing implementation on iOS and Android. Follow along for where to find the on/off toggle for COVID-19 contact tracing on iPhone in iOS settings. Anonymous COVID-19 contact tracing via…
MobileNews

New Gmail cards summarize key purchase and flight details on Android, iOS

April 29, 2020
Gmail on the web has long recapped key details about flights and other travel arrangements at the top of emails. A similar summary capability with expanded use cases and card-based UI is now coming to Gmail for Android and iOS. When you receive a flight confirmation or email about an order, Gmail on mobile will now show a card just underneath the subject line. It includes keys details pulled…
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