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Amazon’s AI automatically dubs videos into other languages

January 24, 2020

Ever wish you could automatically dub foreign film dialogue into another tongue? Amazon’s on the case. In a paper published this week on the preprint server Arxiv.org, researchers from the tech giant detailed a novel “speech-to-speech” pipeline that taps AI to align translated speech with original speech and fine-tune speech duration before adding background noise and reverberation. They say…

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Docomo says 6G will bring AI everywhere, deliver ‘extreme’ performance

January 24, 2020

While most of the world focuses on deploying and improving the performance of early 5G networks, small groups of telecom engineers are working to establish what 6G networks will bring a decade from now. As one of the earliest cellular pioneers, Japanese carrier NTT Docomo…

Here’s Android’s AirDrop clone, ‘Nearby Sharing,’ in action

January 24, 2020

For the past several months, Google has quietly been working in the background on a new feature for Android. Called “Nearby Sharing,” this feature is basically a clone of Apple’s handy AirDrop service for iOS and macOS, except this one works on Android and possibly…

Jeff Bezos iPhone hack: evidence not conclusive, say other security experts

January 24, 2020

Doubt is today being cast on a reported Jeff Bezos iPhone hack, which was said to have given attackers full access to the photos and messages stored on his iPhone X. The report was based on analysis by a cybersecurity firm commissioned by the Amazon founder to find out how private messages and photos were obtained by the … Analysis by cybersecurity company FTI Consulting found that malware was…

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Boston Dynamics gives its robot dog a developer SDK

January 24, 2020

Now that Spot is more clever and polite, Boston Dynamics is ready to set it free. The Softbank-owned robotics company announced that it’s making Spot’s SDK available to anyone who wants it via GitHub, starting today. The release will allow developers and…

iOS 13 privacy focus has seen background location tracking fall 68%

January 24, 2020

Apple’s decision to be much more proactive in alerting users to background location tracking in iOS 13 has resulted in a 68% drop in the location data collected by apps. The issue has also seen greater media attention, with many people now learning about the existence of…

Samsung to debut AirDrop competitor alongside Galaxy S20, report claims

January 24, 2020

Samsung is developing its own alternative to Apple’s AirDrop file sharing service that will launch with the upcoming Galaxy S20, XDA Developers reports. Screenshots of the feature show that it will work similarly to AirDrop, allowing you to “share instantly with people nearby,” so long as their device has Quick Share turned on. You’ll also be able to restrict who can send you files to…

Sprint will fix anyone's cracked Samsung Galaxy screen for $49

January 24, 2020

Sprint has launched an affordable screen repair program for Samsung Galaxy phones, and it doesn’t even matter if you’re a subscriber. The company will fix cracked screens on eligible devices for $49 until February 9th, 2020 “no matter who your carrier…

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AISense raises $10 million for AI transcription tool Otter

January 24, 2020

There’s plenty in the way of competition with respect to the audio transcription market, which is estimated to be worth $31.82 billion by 2025. But AISense — the startup behind speech-to-text service Otter — managed to carve out a niche for itself in the four years…

Play Books for Android drops navigation drawer for Material Theme switcher

January 24, 2020

The last big update to Play Books saw the web client in August add beta features like “Custom shelves.” The Android app now has a Material Theme account switcher that replaces the navigation drawer. Instead of a hamburger button in the top-left corner of Play Books for Android, there is now a magnifying glass icon integrated into the search field. Previous menu items are now accessible by…