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6 AI features Microsoft added to Office in 2019

December 31, 2019
Microsoft has added so many AI-driven features to its Office productivity suite this year that we wanted to pull together a comprehensive list — but it’s not as straightforward as it might seem. Features like PowerPoint Designer, OneNote’s ink to text, and Word’s grammar and style suggestions got notable improvements, but they didn’t first show up in 2019. That’s because Microsoft…
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LiveFreely’s Buddy uses predictive AI and remote monitoring for elder care

December 31, 2019
Live Freely uses a combination of predictive artificial intelligence and remote monitoring to help take better care of seniors, particularly with emergency incidents such as falls. The San Jose, California-based company recently launched Buddy, health management and remote monitoring technology for seniors and their caregivers. Through an app and a wearable (such as an Apple Watch or Fitbit)…
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GamingNews

Smoke app brings the Steam store to your Apple Watch

December 31, 2019
If you can’t bear to be away from Steam for a moment least you miss one of its famously great sales, then Smoke, a new app for the Apple Watch, has you covered. Smoke advertises that it “brings parts of Steam” to the Apple Watch. The hardware is…
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Notchless iPhone with in-screen Touch ID could be top-end 2020 model – report

December 31, 2019
Apple has long had the vision of a truly bezel-free iPhone, famously described by Jony Ive as ‘a single slab of glass.’ How long it will take the company to create a notchless iPhone has been the topic of much speculation, but a second report argues that it could be as soon as next year. It suggests that this could be seen in Apple’s top-end iPhone in 2020 thanks in part to a fingerprint…
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WhatsApp dropping support for older iOS versions in February

December 30, 2019
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has announced that it is dropping support for older versions of iOS starting in the coming months. According to a new support document, WhatsApp will drop support for iOS 8 and older on February 1, 2020. Up until now, users running WhatsApp on a…
GamingNews

'The Witcher 3' is now more popular on Steam than it was at launch

December 30, 2019
You’d think that a single player game over four years old would be long past its prime, but don’t tell that to CD Projekt Red. The studio’s community lead Marcin Momot has revealed that the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt broke its record for the most number of concurrent players, with nearly 94,000 people playing on December 29th. Polygon noted that the number has…
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