GamingNews

'Fortnite' DirectX 12 update boosts performance on high-end PCs

November 20, 2019
Fortnite is about to make better use of your fast gaming rig. Epic is rolling out an update to the Windows version of its battle royale shooter that adds support for DirectX 12. If you have a high-end graphics chipset, you should see “higher and steadier” frame rates thanks to both better CPU peformance and better distribution of 3D rendering tasks across multiple cores.
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AI & RoboticsNews

Xiaomi’s Xiao AI assistant passes 49.9 million users

November 20, 2019
Today marked the kickoff of Xiaomi’s annual Mi Developer conference in Beijing, and the tech giant wasted no time in announcing updates across its AI portfolio. It took the wraps off the latest release of Mobile AI Compute Engine (MACE), its open source machine learning…
AI & RoboticsNews

Jigsaw releases data set to help develop AI that detects toxic comments

November 20, 2019
Mitigating prejudicial and abusive behavior online is no easy feat, given the level of toxicity in some communities. More than one in five respondents in a recent survey reported being subjected to physical threats, and nearly one in five experienced sexual harassment, stalking, or sustained harassment. Of those who experienced harassment, upwards of 20% said it was the result of their gender…
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MobileNews

Porsche CEO talks iPhone vs Android popularity among owners in the United States and China

November 20, 2019
Speaking today at the Automobility conference in Los Angeles, Porsche’s North American president and CEO, Klaus Zellmer, touched on the popularity of iPhone and Android among Porsche owners. Zellmer also explained how those statistics affect development of Porsche features. The executive explained that among Porsche owners in the United States, 91% use an Apple device. That’s a very high…
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