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Apple details AI to help voice assistants recognize hotwords and multilingual speakers

February 3, 2020
Speech recognition is an acute area of interest for Apple, whose cross-platform Siri virtual assistant is used by over 500 million customers worldwide. This past week, the tech giant published a series of preprint research papers investigating techniques to improve voice trigger detection and speaker verification, as well as language identification for multiple speakers. Speaker verification and…
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You'll need a PS4 to join the next 'Fortnite' tournament

February 3, 2020
Epic Games has run console-specific Fortnite tourneys in the past, and now it’s the PlayStation’s turn. The game studio has announced a PS4-only Celebration Cup that will run between February 15th and February 16th. The Solo competition is open to almost anyone…
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Reuters: Foxconn will incur ‘big’ iPhone production impact if China factory halt is extended

February 3, 2020
Apple may be in a for bumpy ride when it comes to iPhone production, if the Chinese factory halt due to the coronavirus is extended another week. Almost all Foxconn production is currently shut down until February 10, in accordance with government rules, and the key Apple supply chain partner is waiting to hear if the date will be extended. Reuters says that Foxconn shipments to Apple be…
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Motorola Moto G8 Power pops up on GeekBench

February 3, 2020
The Motorola Moto G8 Plus and Moto G8 Play have both been out on the market for a few months now. Yet the vanilla and a Power members of the current Moto lineup are only a rumor. Moto G7 Power“> Well that’s about the change, possibly at MWC 2020, and now we…
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BlackBerry’s Android smartphones will stop being sold in August 2020

February 3, 2020
In the past few years, BlackBerry has made a return to the smartphone market, thanks to a partnership with TCL. But today, BlackBerry announced its Android smartphones are done, with current models being discontinued later this year. Announced today on Twitter, BlackBerry Mobile is shutting down sales of its current Android phones on August 31, 2020. This news comes almost two years after the…
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New leak suggests February 14 launch for the Xiaomi Mi 10

February 3, 2020
With all the leaks floating about lately, the release date of the Xiaomi Mi 10 series was one of the few missing details. Now, a fresh new scoop offers an alleged official schedule of events. As per the source, the J1J1 and J1J2 – the official model numbers of the Mi…
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Nintendo adds monthly subscription to 'Fire Emblem Heroes'

February 3, 2020
() is Nintendo’s mobile money-maker. The free-to-play RPG has pulled in, according to SensorTower, $656 million since its release three years ago — over $200 million more than all of Nintendo’s other mobile games combined. That money train is running out of steam, though, and Nintendo wants to curb that with a $9.49 monthly subscription plan called Feh Pass. Despite being the…
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