AI & RoboticsNews

Sonos acquires privacy-conscious AI startup Snips for $37.5 million

November 20, 2019
Audio company Sonos today announced the acquisition of Snips, a privacy-conscious conversational AI company based in Paris. The $37.5 million acquisition will bring machine learning engineers and others from Snips, a company with about 50 employees, into Sonos. Snips is the creator of open source conversational AI projects that have been used by more than 30,000 developers, such as Snips-NLU.
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GamingNews

Epic extends the current 'Fortnite' season to focus on holiday updates

November 20, 2019
The first season of Fortnite‘s Chapter 2 promises to be the longest-running one to date. Until now, seasons have lasted between two and three months, but the current one will run for almost four. The season started in tandem with a major overhaul of the game last month and Epic Games is extending it into early February so it can focus on “holiday-themed updates.” It ran a 14…
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GamingNews

Black Friday 2019 gift guide: For Twitch and YouTube creators

November 20, 2019
Thanksgiving is fast approaching for those of us in the United States, and that means it’s almost time for shopping. The holiday gift-giving season begins on Black Friday, but you can’t go out into the cold without some idea of what to get. That’s where GamesBeat comes…
MobileNews

PopSockets’ PopGrip AirPods Holder is a detachable iPhone grip/stand and AirPods case

November 20, 2019
PopSockets has debuted an interesting new product for iPhone and AirPods customers today, the . It works as a detachable iPhone grip and stand as well as a way to protect and keep your AirPods handy. Follow along below for a closer look… PopSockets launched the new PopGrip AirPods Holder today that serves a few fucntions. The brings together two simple ideas: an AirPods case and a PopSocket…
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MobileNews

Samsung Music supports Android 10 and Android Auto w/ latest update

November 20, 2019
Samsung has just given its official music app a couple of big upgrades. With the latest Samsung Music update, both Android 10 and Android Auto are supported. Noted by the folks at , the latest update to Samsung Music delivers support for Android 10. This makes sense, of course, since Samsung is actively beta testing that update on Galaxy S10, Note 10, and even…
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