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In case the video makers do not have their own scripts or professional captioners at hand, they can depend on YouTube automatic speech recognition technology (LASR) to auto-generate captions.

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YouTube will stop showing video annotations from next year

Starting January 15, 2019, the remaining annotations will also be removed.

29 Nov 2018 10:56 AM IST

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Amazon built its own cloud computing chips

The chips, dubbed Graviton, are built around ARM architecture.

29 Nov 2018 10:31 AM IST

When China closed its local cryptocurrency exchanges late last year, an underground ecosystem of bitcoin mules and peer-to-peer platforms sprung up to allow bitcoin trading to thrive, away from regulators watchful eyes.

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Bitcoin up 10 per cent, on course for its biggest daily rise since...

The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency hit a daily high of USD 4,157.

29 Nov 2018 9:46 AM IST

Racial discrimination at Facebook is real.

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Facebook to expand its section for local news 'Today In'

The feature, which is now available in over 400 cities in the US, has also been launched as test in Australia.

29 Nov 2018 9:26 AM IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about Google Assistant during a product event in San Francisco. Google is likely to again put artificial intelligence in the spotlight at its annual developers conference. (Photo:AP)

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US House panel sets Google CEO hearing for Dec. 5

Pichai in September had agreed to testify at a future date before the panel over Republican concerns.

29 Nov 2018 9:16 AM IST

Chinese customers are still buying high-end Maybach models at a rate of 600 vehicles a month.

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Daimler to start making electric cars in China in 2019

China has introduced minimum sales requirements for so-called new energy vehicles.

29 Nov 2018 8:55 AM IST

Sources say Dell is also considering a sale or initial public offering (IPO) of its one of its fast-growing divisions, Pivotal Software.

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Dell.com resets all customer passwords after cyber attack: statement

The computer maker did not tell customers about the attack when it forced the password resets.

29 Nov 2018 8:37 AM IST

Twitter had hosted a closed-door discussion and one of the participants had shared her experience as a low-caste Dalit woman.

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Twitter suspends account it says impersonated Russia's Putin

Twitter spokesman Ian Plunkett said in an email that the suspended account was not affiliated with Putin.

29 Nov 2018 8:16 AM IST

$Rather than waiting to respond to a famine after many have already died, the tech firms, including Amazon, \will use the predictive power of data to trigger funding\ to take action before it becomes a crisis, the World Bank and UN announced. (Representational image/ Photo: AFP)$ Technology