Yet another prominent streamer is leaving Twitch for Microsoft’s Mixer. Soleil “Faze Ewok” Wheeler announced on Thursday that she will stream her upcoming Fortnite play sessions exclusively on the platform starting “soon.”
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After Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Cory “King…
Iconfactory launches free internet radio player for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV w/ iCloud syncing, CarPlay support
November 14, 2019
Iconfactory, known for its popular apps like Twitterrific, Linea Sketch, and more is out today with Triode, a free (without ads) internet radio player made for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV that offers handy features like iCloud syncing, Siri Shorcuts and CarPlay support…
Facebook research suggests pretrained AI models can be easily adapted to new languages
November 14, 2019
Multilingual masked language modeling involves training an AI model on text from several languages, and it’s a technique that’s been used to great effect. In March, a team introduced an architecture that can jointly learn sentence representations for 93 languages…
How to enable RCS messaging on Google Messages for Android
November 14, 2019
RCS messaging is finally coming to Android smartphones in the United States after a trial in some other countries. If you want to get in on the action, here’s what you’ll need to do to enable RCS messaging on Android.
How to enable RCS on Android
Download Google Messages
Set Google Messages as your default SMS app
Enable Chat Features
While the carriers will have their own app at some point…
Google rolls out next-gen RCS texting to Android users in the US
November 14, 2019
At long last, you can get next-gen text messaging on your Android phone in the US without vendor-specific support or resorting to unofficial tricks. Google is rolling out Rich Communication Services (RCS) support to Android Messages users across the US. When it arrives…
Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI hits general availability
November 14, 2019
Google Cloud is making Contact Center AI generally available for use today. The cloud service is built with conversational AI engine Dialogflow to automate interactions with customers in call centers.
Contact Center AI contains Virtual Agent to automatically respond to…
Google’s rollout of RCS chat for Android users in the US
November 14, 2019
Google is announcing that today, a year and a half after it first unveiled RCS chat as Android’s primary texting platform, it is actually making RCS chat Android’s primary texting platform. That’s because it is rolling out availability to any Android user in the US who wants to use it, starting today.
RCS stands for “rich communication services,” and it’s the successor to SMS. Like…
Rockstar apologizes for buggy Red Dead Redemption 2
November 14, 2019
Red Dead Redemption 2 was one of the biggest console hits of 2018. After waiting a full year, PC gamers finally got a chance to play the gritty, Western-themed adventure when it was released last week. However, many experienced game-breaking bugs. Rockstar has apologized…
Razer unveils its Kraken Ultimate headset with THX Spatial Audio
November 14, 2019
For competitive gamers, 3D audio can make the difference between locating a sneaking enemy and getting taken down by a well-aimed shot. Razer’s gaming headsets have primarily used 7.1 surround sound for 3D audio in the past, but now the company is expanding its range…
Razer unveils its Kraken Ultimate headset with THX Spatial Audio
November 14, 2019
For competitive gamers, 3D audio can make the difference between locating a sneaking enemy and getting taken down by a well-aimed shot. Razer’s gaming headsets have primarily used 7.1 surround sound for 3D audio in the past, but now the company is expanding its range of competitive gaming headsets using THX Spatial Audio with the launch of the Razer Kraken Ultimate.
THX Spatial Audio is a…