Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded the speech recognition abilities of its transcription tool. Amazon Transcribe, an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service, now offers support for over 100 languages, thanks to a new speech foundation model. The AWS service utilises machine learning techniques to automatically convert speech to text for businesses. Amazon Transcribe is used […]
Manya Saini / Reuters: PayPal reports Q4 revenue up 9% YoY to $8B, vs. $7.87B est., and total payment volume up 15% YoY to $409.8B, vs. $404.45B est. — PayPal (PYPL.O) beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as more Americans used its payments platform for shopping during the holiday season. Source link
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth features the biggest map in the Yakuza franchise. Marking the series’ first venture outside of Japan, the upcoming title will transport players to the tourist hotspot of Hawaii — Honolulu City, to be exact. Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio claims that the vast new stage is more than three times
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Adam Mosseri says Threads is testing the ability to save posts, a “heavily requested feature” that allows users to bookmark posts and revisit them later — Instagram Threads is getting a highly requested feature that puts it in closer competition with X/Twitter. Source link
House of the Dragon is returning for its sophomore run, and HBO has dropped its first trailer. Debuted at this year’s Comic-Con Experience (CCXP) in Brazil, the footage teases a broken Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) preparing for the long-promised Dance of the Dragons, the civil war amongst the family that would decide who succeeds over
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Sam Sabin / Axios: A report from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand: China-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon has had access to some key US infrastructure for 5+ years — China-backed hackers have had access to some major U.S. critical infrastructure for “at least five years,” according to an intelligence advisory released Wednesday.
The Fallout TV series just got a trailer, giving us a glimpse into its irradiated post-apocalyptic world. Unveiled during the Comic-Con Expo (CCXP) event in Brazil, the show brings forth an original story set in a dilapidated Los Angeles and runs canon to the Bethesda game’s universe — adding to the franchise, instead of adapting
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Microsoft updates Copilot with a redesigned look and new image creation and editing features, along with Deucalion, a new AI model for Copilot’s Balanced mode — In a startling move, Microsoft today announced a redesigned look for its Copilot AI search and chatbot experience on the web … Source link
GTA 6 trailer has been officially released. The trailer was initially scheduled to go live on December 5 at 9am ET (7:30pm IST). However, it was released 15 hours ahead of schedule following a leak. Grand Theft Auto 5 was introduced in September 2013. Therefore, the anticipation surrounding the GTA 6 trailer, after 10 years
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Connor Jones / The Register: Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center says Iran’s cyber operations in Israel show how Iran could target the 2024 US elections, including fake news websites — Tactics are more sophisticated and supported in greater numbers — Iran’s anti-Israel cyber operations are providing a window … Source link