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AI Software Meta AI's new research project is a "universal translator" for 100 different languages Bringing powerful communication tools to a global, interconnected world By Alfonso Maruccia, August 23, 2023, 1:17 PM
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Tech Culture Gaming 'Streamer' and 'eSports' banned in France along with other English gaming terms Mon Dieu! By Rob Thubron, May 31, 2022, 7:03 AM 30 comments
Tech Deals Software You won't find a better price on a Babbel subscription this year The #1 language learning app just dropped its lifetime cost for a limited time By TechSpot Deals, November 27, 2021, 10:52 AM
Software The Web Zoom plans to add real-time translation for 12 languages next year With automated speech transcription for over 30 languages later on By Adriel Teixeira, September 14, 2021, 7:27 AM
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Microsoft AI Microsoft buys Semantic Machines to make AI sound more human Cortana and Xiaolce to see benefits of acquisition By Greg Synek, May 21, 2018, 9:40 AM
Google AI Google Assistant gets new voices and more natural conversation Users will be able to speak with Google Assistant in a more natural and polite way By Cal Jeffrey, May 8, 2018, 4:22 PM
Software Mobile SoundHound music discovery app adds powerful voice control features By Shawn Knight, May 17, 2016, 11:15 AM
Apple Software Apple open sources their Swift programming language By Tim Schiesser, December 4, 2015, 3:00 PM
Software WordsEye uses natural language processing to transform text into 3D images By Shawn Knight, November 30, 2015, 3:15 PM
Industry Tech Culture IBM Watson Trend app uses big data, machine learning to predict hottest holiday gifts By Shawn Knight, November 18, 2015, 12:00 PM
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Mobile Software Google Translate updated with Word Lens integration, improved real-time conversation translation By Himanshu Arora, January 15, 2015, 10:30 AM
Microsoft Software Skype's real-time translator feature goes live with support for spoken English and Spanish By Jose Vilches, December 15, 2014, 4:15 PM
Software Mobile Swype for iOS 8 updated with new language support, emoji suggestions, more By Shawn Knight, November 6, 2014, 2:00 PM
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The Web YouTube adds automated caption translation for 300 languages By Rick Burgess, September 26, 2012, 8:30 AM
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