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XiaoIce: When a chatbot chat moves up to human-sounding flow

Do this, do that. Talking with voice assistants is not like talking to humans and, as helpful as it is to be near the technology, we know the difference. A surprising turn has materialized, however, and it is in the form ...

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Apr 07, 2018
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Firefox Reality beckons our browser future

In theory, what a concept. Augmented reality and virtual reality experiences right here right now.

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Apr 06, 2018
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Smartphone 'scores' can help doctors track severity of Parkinson's disease symptoms

Parkinson's disease, a progressive brain disorder, is often tough to treat effectively because symptoms, such as tremors and walking difficulties, can vary dramatically over a period of days, or even hours.

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Apr 06, 2018
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Software automatically generates knitting instructions for 3-D shapes

Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have developed a system that can translate a wide variety of 3-D shapes into stitch-by-stitch instructions that enable a computer-controlled knitting machine to automatically ...

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Mar 29, 2018
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Teaching chatbots how to do the right thing

In this age of information —and misinformation —advancements in technology are challenging us to rethink how language works.

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Mar 29, 2018
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Cortana Show Me focuses on help with settings

Cortana had her day in the spotlight this month with the announcement of a new Windows 10 preview with Cortana Show Me. This is not the final build, however, but people are talking about the Cortana preview anyway as a good ...

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Mar 26, 2018
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IBM has launched Watson Assistant

IBM has officially unveiled its Watson Assistant, a voice recognition and assistant system meant to serve as the back end of customized customer front-end systems. IBM announced at its annual Think conference that Watson ...

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Mar 21, 2018
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Chinese to English translating: Not human, but exceptional

Microsoft announced Wednesday that its labs have developed an AI machine translation system that can translate from Chinese to English with the same accuracy as can a human. The researchers are at Asia and U.S. labs of Microsoft.

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Mar 15, 2018
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Software aims to reduce food waste by helping those in need

Sugam Sharma remembers as a child listening to his parents talk about hunger. While his family always had enough to eat, hunger was prevalent and something he regularly witnessed growing up and as a young adult in India.

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Mar 07, 2018
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Much ado about words as two Shakespeare sleuths spot old manuscript

Will the real William Shakespeare please stand up? Massive numbers of academic papers have focused through the decades on questions of where and when the bard lifted from other works and how much was from his own head.

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Feb 13, 2018
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Virtual reality chatroom app could boost VR industry

During the first month of 2018, an app called VRChat shot from 4,000 installs to more than two million.

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Feb 06, 2018
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Microsoft Garage project Ink to Code works on sketched ideas

At the very time of this writing, someone somewhere on a plane, train or bar stool will be excited over some drawing or words scribbled on a napkin which he and his companion are moving around to describe the next big idea—what ...

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Jan 28, 2018
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Growing up with coding may start with Google Doodle

(Tech Xplore)—The 50th anniversary of children learning how to code was celebrated by Google in a very Google fashion: A new home-page Doodle turned out to be an interactive game for children.

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Dec 05, 2017
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Mozilla releases transcription model and huge voice dataset

(Tech Xplore)—Mozilla (maker of the Firefox browser) has announced the release of an open source speech recognition model along with a large voice dataset. The release marks the advent of open source speech recognition ...

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Nov 30, 2017
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Microsoft Learn Chinese for iOS helps beginners, intermediates

(Tech Xplore)—What would you say to learning Chinese with the focus on speaking it—and having fun doing so?

Software

Nov 29, 2017
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Firefox Quantum is browser overhaul and tryouts hail speed

(Tech Xplore)—Firefox Quantum is here, one year in the making, and the focal point of all things Mozilla in tech-watching sites this week.

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Nov 16, 2017
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New home for 3-D objects eases developer leap into VR/AR environments

(Tech Xplore)—For developers creating content tools for virtual and augmented reality content, what a nice start to the month. And you can thank Google. November 1 marked the introduction of Poly, where you go to browse, ...

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Nov 02, 2017
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New 'Furion' software allows untethered, high-quality VR

The virtual reality industry is faced with a conundrum: Users must be tethered to a server or PC in order to play high-quality apps.

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Oct 31, 2017
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Mentioning what is hard to mention in chatbot for end-of-life preparation

(Tech Xplore)—Talking about the unthinkable for patients facing death is never easy. End-of-life planning is the phrase often used, softening the concept of death, but the task remains painful for the patient, family and ...

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Sep 24, 2017
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Privacy streams helps developers create privacy friendly apps

A smartphone app that uses the raw feed from the device's microphone or accesses its contact list can raise red flags for a user concerned about privacy. In many cases, however, the app doesn't need all the details that users ...

Software Security

Sep 13, 2017
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An app for the perfect selfie: Algorithm direct user where to position camera for best photo

Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a smartphone app that helps people learn the art of taking great selfies.

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Aug 02, 2017
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Microsoft Insider Preview Build announcements: More from Cortana, phone link

(Tech Xplore)—Microsoft announced a new Insider Preview Build for Windows 10 on PC and Mobile. The builds are 16251 for PC, and 15235 for Mobile. Judging by news stories, the most popular talking point around all the new ...

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Jul 28, 2017
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Apple Beta program lets anyone install early versions of Mac OS, iOS

Some of us are just destined to be explorers.

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Jul 14, 2017
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Twitter-monitoring system detects riots far quicker than police reports

Social media can be an invaluable source of information for police when managing major disruptive events, new research from Cardiff University has shown.

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Jun 26, 2017
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Papr swipes reveal instant reactions to preprints

Jeff Leek, a biostatistician at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, released a prototype for an app called Papr.

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Jun 18, 2017
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