Microsoft is testing Edge for Android with ‘Ask Copilot’ image recognition and AI-generated variations of your photos

What you need to know Microsoft is testing a new feature dubbed Mobile Copilot Chat with Images on Edge for Android. The feature is designed to allow users to ask the chatbot anything regarding a selected image on a webpage. It can also generate an AI version of the selected image within Copilot’s chat window.  […]

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The last Windows 11 Insider Beta build of the year improves voice access as Microsoft marches toward the end of Speech Recognition

What you need to know Microsoft just released Windows 11 Build 22635.2915 to Insiders in the Beta Channel. This is the final Beta Channel build of 2023. The update includes a few new features, including several improvements to voice access. Windows Speech Recognition has been deprecated and replaced by voice access. Microsoft just released its […]

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Meta is testing new object recognition AI on Ray-Ban smart glasses

Meta is improving the capabilities of the Ray-Ban smart glasses through multimodal AI features. These new AI tools allow the smart glasses to respond to queries about what the wearer sees and hears. Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the multimodal AI’s capabilities on Ray-Ban glasses in an Instagram reel, where he held a shirt in front of […]

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Microsoft moves on from ‘speech recognition’ on Windows 11

What you need to know Windows speech recognition has been deprecated and will no longer be developed. Microsoft replaced Windows speech recognition with voice access, which first rolled out in 2022. Voice access allows you to control your PC with voice commands and is much more capable than Windows speech recognition. You can say goodbye […]

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Microsoft is bringing ‘OCR’ text recognition to Windows 11’s Snipping Tool

What you need to know Microsoft has unveiled new updates to the Snipping Tool and Phone Link. Snipping Tool is getting the ability to recognize and copy text from screenshots. Phone Link will now let you jump into editing your most recent photo quicker.  Microsoft has announced new updates for the Snipping Tool and Phone […]

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SmartThings Energy gets recognition for its power savings ahead of IFA 2023

ETM, a local German product evaluation media outlet, has praised Samsung’s SmartThings Energy for its performance, functionality, and usability. ETM gave SmartThings Energy a total score of 96.1 out of 100 ahead of the IFA 2023 that was held in Berlin, Germany. SmartThings Energy was praised for not only making life easy to save energy […]

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Aqara Releases Video Doorbell G4 With Facial Recognition and HomeKit Secure Video Support

Smart home accessory maker Aqara today launched its first video doorbell, the HomeKit-enabled G4 with facial recognition. The Video Doorbell G4 features a 1080p camera and is compatible with ‌HomeKit Secure Video‌, along with support for local streaming to Amazon Alexa and Google Home smart devices. It features on-device AI facial recognition, which can trigger […]

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Apple Expanding Sound Recognition Feature to New HomePod and HomePod Mini With Software Update Later This Year

The second-generation HomePod introduced today will offer a Sound Recognition feature that allows the speaker to detect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm sounds and send a notification to the user’s iPhone if either of those sounds are identified. Apple says Sound Recognition will be available on both the new HomePod and the existing HomePod mini […]

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How to Add Personalized Sound Recognition on iPhone

Understandably so, when Apple released the final version of iOS 16 to the masses, there was a lot of focus placed on the complete redesign that came to the iPhone Lock Screen. Being able to add widgets and customize the Clock’s font are things that we never imagined Apple would allow. But iOS 16 also […]

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Bixby Voice updated with new features and improved speech recognition

Samsung is rolling out an update to the Bixby Voice app, which bumps the version of the company’s virtual voice assistant to 3.2.45.16. The update brings a couple of new features, a minor redesign to the user interface, performance improvements, and bug fixes. A couple of months ago, Samsung added a feature to Bixby called […]

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tvOS 16.2 Beta Enables Siri Voice Recognition on Apple TV for Personalized Usage

The first tvOS 16.2 beta seeded to developers this week enables Siri voice recognition on the Apple TV for a more personalized experience. The new feature allows Siri to recognize your voice and switch to your Apple TV user profile, play your music, and provide personalized recommendations for videos, with support for up to six […]

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Shazam Update Adds Songs Identified by Siri to Music Recognition History in Control Center

Apple today updated the Shazam app for iPhone and iPad, introducing a new feature that is designed to allow songs identified using Siri to be added to both the Shazam App library and the Music Recognition History view in the Control Center. Note that this functionality requires iOS 16. Apple added Music Recognition feature to […]

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Samsung patents dual under-display camera system for facial recognition

Samsung might be working on a rather interesting system for facial recognition. One that involves two under-display cameras. It is described in a patent application Samsung filed with the KIPRIS (Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service) back in March 2021. The document in question was made public last week and picked up by a Dutch […]

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Samsung is working on a dual-UDC system for improved facial recognition

Samsung seems to be working on a dual-UDC (Under-Display Camera) system designed to improve safety and facial recognition. The company recently applied for a patent at KIPRIS (Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service) that describes such a dual-UDC technology. Samsung applied to secure this patent all the way back in March 2021, before the Galaxy […]

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The Toll Facial Recognition Systems Might Take on Our Privacy and Humanity

Artificial intelligence really is everywhere in our day-to-day lives, and one area that’s drawn a lot of attention is its use in facial recognition systems (FRS). This controversial collection of technology is one of the most hotly-debated among data privacy activists, government officials, and proponents of tougher measures on crime. Enough ink has been spilled […]

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Apple Releases HomePod 15.6 Software With Siri Voice Recognition in Additional Languages

Alongside iOS 15.6, iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, and tvOS 15.6, Apple today released a new 15.6 update for the HomePod and the HomePod mini. The HomePod 15.6 update is the sixth major HomePod software update since version 15 was released, and it comes around two months after the launch of HomePod software 15.5. Apple’s […]

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Shazam App Updated to Sync With iPhone’s Built-In Music Recognition Feature

Shazam, the popular music recognition service, has updated its iPhone and iPad app so that songs identified with the Music Recognition feature in iOS now sync with the Shazam app. For those unfamiliar with Shazam, the app is designed to listen for music that’s playing, providing a song title and artist for identification purposes. Apple’s […]

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Microsoft Drops Emotion Recognition as Facial Analysis Concerns Grow

Despite facial recognition technology’s potential, it faces mounting ethical questions and issues of bias. To address those concerns, Microsoft recently released its Responsible AI Standard and made a number of changes, the most noteworthy of which is to retire the company’s emotional recognition AI technology. Responsible AI Microsoft’s new policy contains a number of major […]

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iPhone’s Built-In Music Recognition Feature Syncs With Shazam App on iOS 16

Since the release of iOS 14.2 in 2020, the iPhone has included a built-in Music Recognition feature in Control Center powered by Shazam. And starting with iOS 16, which will be released to all users later this year, the feature has received an upgrade. As noted by Twitter user @someone_andrew, songs identified with Music Recognition […]

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You can nominate your favorite Windows apps for recognition by Microsoft

Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central Microsoft wants to know which Windows apps people love. The company has opened nominations for the best apps available through the Microsoft Store. In addition to recognizing good applications, Microsoft wants to “inspire others to build beautiful and useful apps for Windows.” You can nominate your favorite app by […]

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