Facebook AI significantly improves Urdu to English translation


San Francisco, Sep 2 (IANS) Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers at Facebook have set a new record in improving translation from Urdu to English. Neural Machine Translation (NMT) is the field concerned with using AI to do translations in any language. The team from Facebook AI Research (FAIR) has seen a dramatic improvement in its...

Google removing 100 ‘bad’ ads every second


After The Wall Street Journal reported that scammers were purchasing search ads and masquerading as authorised service agents for companies such as Apple Inc, Google said on Saturday it is taking action against such scam artists. Just last year alone, we took down more than 3.2 billion ads that violated our advertising policies...

New Microsoft update for Windows 10 coming in October


The announcement came at the ongoing IFA 2018 technology event in Berlin, Germany. With this update, we'll be bringing new features and enhancements to the nearly 700 million devices running Windows 10 that help people make the most of their time, Roanne Sones, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft wrote in a blog post late...

New Microsoft update for Windows 10 coming in October


The announcement came at the ongoing IFA 2018 technology event in Berlin, Germany. With this update, we'll be bringing new features and enhancements to the nearly 700 million devices running Windows 10 that help people make the most of their time, Roanne Sones, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft wrote in a blog post late...

Flagship ‘Pixel Watch’ not coming in 2018, says Google


The search engine giant is instead focused on working with smartwatch makers like Fossil and Casio while improving the Wear Operating System (OS), tech portal Tom's Guide reported on Friday. To think of a one-size-fits-all watch, I don't think we're there yet, the report quoted Miles Barr, Director of Engineering for Wear OS...

Twitter plans threaded conversations, ‘who is online’ feature


In a tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Friday that the micro-blogging platform will soon get interesting updates. Playing with some new Twitter features: presence (who else is on Twitter right now?) and threading (easier to read convos), Dorsey tweeted, along with some samples. The presence feature will make it easier to engage...

Twitter plans threaded conversations, ‘who is online’ feature


In a tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Friday that the micro-blogging platform will soon get interesting updates. Playing with some new Twitter features: presence (who else is on Twitter right now?) and threading (easier to read convos), Dorsey tweeted, along with some samples. The presence feature will make it easier to engage...

ASUS launches new ZenBook series


San Francisco, Aug 31: Taiwanese electronics major ASUS on Friday launched ZenBook 13 (UX333), ZenBook 14 (UX433) and ZenBook 15 (UX533).The new redesigned series of thin and light laptops also mark the debut of a frame-less NanoEdge display with ultraslim bezels on all four sides and up to 95 per cent screen-to-body...

China says Trump’s tweets are from alternate universe


Beijing, Aug 31: A leading Chinese newspaper on Friday made a scathing attack on US President Donald Trump for his repeated accusations against China on Twitter adding that his messages are from an alternative universe.Official newspaper China Daily said: There are few things more disconcerting than a tweet by the US President...