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Germany synagogue shooter livestreamed attack on Twitch

October 9, 2019
Unfortunately, mass shooters are still livestreaming their attacks. Twitch has confirmed to CNBC that the shooter who attacked a synagogue in Halle, Germany was broadcasting the murders on its service. The company has pulled the 35-minute clip and reiterated its “zero-tolerance” policies against hate and violence, adding that it would ban anyone trying to repost the material. The…
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An anti-Semitic shooting in Germany was live-streamed on Twitch

October 9, 2019
A shooting outside a synagogue in Halle, Germany was live-streamed on Twitch — marking another use of online streaming sites to broadcast terror attacks. Twitch confirmed to CNBC and The Verge that the attacker had posted the video to the platform. “We are shocked…
MobileNews

Samsung support claims Android 10/One UI 2.0 beta may launch for Galaxy S10 tomorrow

October 9, 2019
Samsung has been teasing its Android 10 beta over the past few days, hinting at an imminent launch. Now, there’s evidence that points toward the Galaxy S10 Android 10 beta launching as soon as October 10. AllAboutSamsung reports that the One UI 2.0/Android 10 beta program will begin on October 10 at least in Germany. Samsung often uses Germany to kick off betas or other rollouts, such as with…
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Apple starts selling Microsoft’s Xbox controller after adding support in iOS, macOS, and tvOS

October 9, 2019
Apple has begun selling Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Controller after adding support for the gamepad in the latest major software updates for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac. The Xbox controller is priced at $59.95 and is available from Apple’s website. I’m not seeing any local stores with stock just yet, but it’s not unreasonable to think that Apple might give it some shelf space to…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Rasa’s conversational AI can selectively ignore bits of dialogue to improve its responses

October 9, 2019
What might be the key to chatbots or voice-enabled assistants that respond in more natural, human-like ways? Researchers at Rasa, a Berlin, Germany-based startup developing a standard infrastructure layer for conversational AI, believe selective attention might play an outsized role. In a preprint paper published this week on Arxiv.org, they detail a system that can selectively ignore or attend to…
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