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Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant promote sexist attitudes towards women, says UN Should AI assistants be genderless? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Areportby UNESCO has suggested that the default use of female-sounding voice assistants in our smart home gadgets and smartphones perpetuates sexist attitudes towards women. The report, titled I’d Blush if I Could, takes its name from Siri’s former default response to being called a bitch by users – and criticizes the fact thatApple’s Siri,AmazonAlexa,GoogleAssistant, andMicrosoft’s Cortana, are “exclusively female or female by default, both in name and in sound of voice”....

Amazon Alexa is rolling out to 2019 LG AI ThinQ TVs First in the US, with Europe to follow When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. LGhas announced that it’s rolling outAmazonAlexa support to its 2019 LG AI ThinQ TVs, which includes its range of LGUHD TVs, NanoCell TVs, andOLED TVs. Amazon’s voice assistant joinsGoogleAssistant, which is already supported byLG TVs, meaning LG customers have more choice when it comes to controlling their TV with their voice....

AMD Navi RX 3080 specs leak ahead of Computex 2019 Will this be AMD’s mid-range star? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Information onAMD Navigraphics cardskeeps leaking out, and this time the specs for theAMDRX 3080 have been spotted online ahead ofComputex 2019. This leak comes via renowned leaker KOMACHI, and while thetweet was deleted, it was spotted byWccftech. Despite the remarkably similar name, it doesn’t look like the AMD Navi RX 3080 will go up against something like theNvidia GeForce RTX 2080....

Android Alternative: Top 12 Mobile Operating Systems Android has become the de-facto operating system for smartphones, IoT devices, cars, TVs, and other electronic devices. The open-source project is being deployed almost everywhere because of the vast app support, lightweight profile, compatibility with a variety of hardware, huge developer support, etc. Apple’s iOS is putting up a good fight, but it’s nowhere close to Android’s dominance. In such a scenario, there is almost no competition and we are on the verge of an Android monopoly in the market....

Apex Legends looks in trouble as revenue drops to new lows April’s takings weren’t much more than a quarter of the launch month When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Apex Legendsis slipping quite considerably, at least in terms of revenue, according to new figures for April, indicating that the game only made a fraction of the amount it did during the first month....

Artificial Intelligence: Taking the formality out of banking AI is disrupting the balance of power between banks and their customers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Imagine you’re meeting with your bank manager. The chances are, you’ll ‘dress up’ to give a certain impression, to look like the kind of person that meets their expectations. Perhaps you put on a suit or business attire, to make sure you appear serious, as appearance could be a factor in taking your banking request into account....

Dolby and Universal Music Group are releasing thousands of songs in Dolby Atmos Rattle the walls with thousands of immersive tracks When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Dolby and Universal Music Group announced today that the pair will release ‘thousands of songs’ from the music label in theDolby Atmos Musicformat. The new, remastered versions of these songs will include “a diverse list of artists across a wide range of genres, from hip-hop, pop, and rock through jazz and classical music”....