GamingNews

This procedurally generated Twitch channel wants to help you sleep

When you think of Twitch, you probably think of staying up too late watching people stream their Fortnite matches. However, a newly-launched channel wants to offer the opposite: a stream that helps you fall asleep. Insomnia by Endel is a “real-time procedurally generated soundscape” which streams relaxing sounds and visuals. The company says the channel uses “psychoacoustic…
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GamingNews

EA Sports reveals tournament and show: Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup

Electronic Arts‘ EA Sports and FIFA are launching a new esports competition and media event, dubbed the EA Sports FIFA 20 Global Series Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup. The tournament will have a $3 million prize pool. The idea is to enhance enthusiasm for the soccer game’s esports competition and entertainment for players and viewers alike. “We’re super excited. Our competitive gaming is in…
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GamingNews

Sony opens up PS4 cross-platform multiplayer access to all developers

The console gaming world could be about to get a lot more open. For a long time, Sony was resistant to let people play PS4 games with their friends on other platforms. It cracked open the door with a cross-play beta for Fortnite a little over a year ago, and now it’s allowing all developers to make use of cross-platform capabilities. Over the last 12 months, games such as Rocket League…
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MobileNews

In-ear AirPods with noise cancellation appear in iOS 13.2 beta

Apple’s third-generation AirPods have been rumored for almost as long as the current second-generation version, though the specific features and design changes have remained ambiguous — noise cancellation and water resistance were said to be likely candidates. Today’s…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s PAWS data set helps AI models capture word order and structure

Natural language processing (NLP) — the AI subfield dealing with machine reading comprehension — isn’t by any stretch solved, and that’s because syntactic nuances can enormously impact the meaning of a sentence or phrase. Consider the paraphrase pairs “Flights from New York to Florida” and “Flights to Florida from New York,” which convey the same thing. Even state-of-the-art…
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