AI & RoboticsNews

Amazon researchers use NLP data set to improve Alexa’s answers

Improving the quality of voice assistants’ responses to questions is of interest to tech giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft, who seek to address shortfalls in their respective natural language processing (NLP) technologies. They’ve plenty in the way of motivation — more than 50% of U.S. smart speaker owners say they ask questions of their devices, according to a survey conducted last…
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MobileNews

Apple expands Indian manufacturing, will export iPhones and components

(Reuters) — Finland’s Salcomp, a supplier to U.S. tech group Apple, is to invest 20 billion rupees ($278.67 million) in India to make mobile chargers and other smartphone components from March 2020, the country’s technology minister said on Monday. Salcomp has reached an agreement to take over a facility, formerly owned by Nokia, in the southern Indian city of Chennai and will begin…
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GamingNews

'State of Decay 2' brings zombie slaying to Steam in early 2020

You don’t have to be fully committed to Microsoft’s vision of gaming to play State of Decay 2. The zombie-filled survival game is now slated to come to Steam in early 2020. You won’t have to be worried about finding friends to play, either. The title will support four-person Xbox Live cross-play, so friends who bought the game through the Microsoft Store or on Xbox One can…
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MobileNews

Samsung's smaller Galaxy S11e

Samsung’s Galaxy S10e is clearly a compromise between its smaller screen and ‘just’ two rear cameras, but its follow-up might be more appealing. Hot on the heels of a purported leak for the full-size Galaxy S11, OnLeaks and Pricebaba have posted renders of what they say is the S11e. It would have a slightly larger 6.2- to 6.3-inch display (complete with a centered camera hole)…
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