Month: February 2023
Voice Deepfakes Of Everyone From Joe Rogan To Joe Biden Are Taking Over Social Media
The clips are hilarious, though the implications of the tech “are pretty scary,” one creator said.
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The clips are hilarious, though the implications of the tech “are pretty scary,” one creator said.
Jackbox 9 is now available in French, Italian, German, and two types of Spanish
Fibbage 4 has you try to tell a convincing lie to your friends… en Español. | Image: Jackbox Games
Jackbox Games has released a free update that localizes the games in its Party Pack 9 bundle. That means that party games like Fibbage 4, Roomerang, and Quixort are now available in French, Italian, German, Latin American Spanish, and Castilian Spanish.
The translations cover pretty much every aspect of the games, from the intro videos and songs playing in the credits to the actual content of the games themselves. In a post on Monday, the company writes that it chose which translations to focus on based on “existing demand.”
It’s not the company’s first run at localizing the content of its party games. In 2020 and 2021, it released versions of Quiplash 2 and Drawful 2 with extra languages, and the 2022 Jackbox Party Starter includes localized versions of Quiplash 3, Trivia Murder Party 2 (one of the best Jackbox games, don’t at me), and Tee K.O.
In an FAQ, the company says that it’s not currently planning on translating all of the content in the previous party packs but that it will “continue to add more languages beyond English to new releases moving forward.”
Fibbage 4 has you try to tell a convincing lie to your friends… en Español. | Image: Jackbox Games
Jackbox Games has released a free update that localizes the games in its Party Pack 9 bundle. That means that party games like Fibbage 4, Roomerang, and Quixort are now available in French, Italian, German, Latin American Spanish, and Castilian Spanish.
The translations cover pretty much every aspect of the games, from the intro videos and songs playing in the credits to the actual content of the games themselves. In a post on Monday, the company writes that it chose which translations to focus on based on “existing demand.”
It’s not the company’s first run at localizing the content of its party games. In 2020 and 2021, it released versions of Quiplash 2 and Drawful 2 with extra languages, and the 2022 Jackbox Party Starter includes localized versions of Quiplash 3, Trivia Murder Party 2 (one of the best Jackbox games, don’t at me), and Tee K.O.
In an FAQ, the company says that it’s not currently planning on translating all of the content in the previous party packs but that it will “continue to add more languages beyond English to new releases moving forward.”
Apple Launching March Activity Challenge for Apple Watch to Celebrate International Women’s Day
Apple is planning a new Apple Watch activity challenge for International Women’s Day, which will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 8.
The Activity Challenge will be displayed on the Apple Watch as a notification in the days leading up to the event, and to earn the International Women’s Day award, Apple Watch users will need to do a workout of any kind for at least 20 minutes.On March 8, show your support for the empowerment of women everywhere. Do any workout for 20 minutes or more to earn this award. Record your time with the Workout app or any app that adds workouts to Health.Apple Watch owners who earn the award will unlock a dedicated badge in the Fitness app, plus they will get a series of animated stickers that can be used in the Messages and FaceTime apps.
The International Women’s Day award follows new challenges that were introduced for Lunar New Year, Black History Month, and Heart Month in February.Tag: Activity Challenge
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Apple is planning a new Apple Watch activity challenge for International Women’s Day, which will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 8.
The Activity Challenge will be displayed on the Apple Watch as a notification in the days leading up to the event, and to earn the International Women’s Day award, Apple Watch users will need to do a workout of any kind for at least 20 minutes.On March 8, show your support for the empowerment of women everywhere. Do any workout for 20 minutes or more to earn this award. Record your time with the Workout app or any app that adds workouts to Health.Apple Watch owners who earn the award will unlock a dedicated badge in the Fitness app, plus they will get a series of animated stickers that can be used in the Messages and FaceTime apps.
The International Women’s Day award follows new challenges that were introduced for Lunar New Year, Black History Month, and Heart Month in February.
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Netflix’s Biggest Hit Movies and Shows, Ranked (According to Netflix) – CNET
Netflix publishes weekly stats on its most watched series and films. These are the biggest hits so far.
Netflix publishes weekly stats on its most watched series and films. These are the biggest hits so far.
Google’s Pixel Watch gets Fall Detection starting today
Google announced that it’s rolling out Pixel Watch fall detection starting today. Like the Apple Watch feature of the same name launched in 2018, Google’s version also uses motion sensors and algorithms to determine if you’ve fallen and need help. However, Google says it won’t accidentally call emergency services for winter sports accidents, as the Apple Watch’s crash detection has done.
If the Pixel Watch detects a possible fall and a lack of movement for about 30 seconds, it will vibrate, emit an alarm and display an onscreen message checking on you. If it wasn’t a bad fall, tap the “I’m OK” button to dismiss the alert; tap “I fell & need help” if you want it to call 911. Otherwise, the sound will continue for about a minute and grow louder in its final seconds. If you still haven’t responded to the alert by then, it will contact emergency services automatically, playing them an automated message requesting help at your location. (You’ll also have the option of speaking to the 911 operator from the watch.)
You can activate the feature on the “Updates” page in the Watch Companion app on your paired phone or in the Pixel Watch’s Personal Safety app.
Google says its fall detection should avoid false positives. “Worried that doing burpees or hitting the ski slopes will trigger an accidental emergency call?” Google wrote in its announcement post. “Your Pixel Watch knows the difference between taking a hard fall and performing a vigorous physical activity or even quickly recovering from a small stumble — thanks to our machine learning algorithms and rigorous testing. The motion sensors and algorithms can monitor for a sudden impact and your body’s responses and instinctive reactions to falling. We trained this process using a broad variety of human and simulated fall data and other motion patterns to accurately detect real falls and minimize potential false alarms.”
Google adds that you can supply data to help it improve the feature by toggling the “Help improve fall detection” option. This will send the company motion-sensor data of any events detected as falls.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/googles-pixel-watch-gets-fall-detection-starting-today-204521485.html?src=rss
Google announced that it’s rolling out Pixel Watch fall detection starting today. Like the Apple Watch feature of the same name launched in 2018, Google’s version also uses motion sensors and algorithms to determine if you’ve fallen and need help. However, Google says it won’t accidentally call emergency services for winter sports accidents, as the Apple Watch’s crash detection has done.
If the Pixel Watch detects a possible fall and a lack of movement for about 30 seconds, it will vibrate, emit an alarm and display an onscreen message checking on you. If it wasn’t a bad fall, tap the “I’m OK” button to dismiss the alert; tap “I fell & need help” if you want it to call 911. Otherwise, the sound will continue for about a minute and grow louder in its final seconds. If you still haven’t responded to the alert by then, it will contact emergency services automatically, playing them an automated message requesting help at your location. (You’ll also have the option of speaking to the 911 operator from the watch.)
You can activate the feature on the “Updates” page in the Watch Companion app on your paired phone or in the Pixel Watch’s Personal Safety app.
Google says its fall detection should avoid false positives. “Worried that doing burpees or hitting the ski slopes will trigger an accidental emergency call?” Google wrote in its announcement post. “Your Pixel Watch knows the difference between taking a hard fall and performing a vigorous physical activity or even quickly recovering from a small stumble — thanks to our machine learning algorithms and rigorous testing. The motion sensors and algorithms can monitor for a sudden impact and your body’s responses and instinctive reactions to falling. We trained this process using a broad variety of human and simulated fall data and other motion patterns to accurately detect real falls and minimize potential false alarms.”
Google adds that you can supply data to help it improve the feature by toggling the “Help improve fall detection” option. This will send the company motion-sensor data of any events detected as falls.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/googles-pixel-watch-gets-fall-detection-starting-today-204521485.html?src=rss
The Pixel Watch’s promised fall detection is finally rolling out
Just like a 2018 Apple Watch, the Pixel Watch can call 911 after a hard fall.
Enlarge / Fall Detection on the Pixel Watch. (credit: Google)
With the launch of the Pixel Watch in October, Google started slowly trying to claw its way back into smartwatch relevance. A few months later, it’s now launching a big feature that has been on the Apple Watch for four years: fall detection.
As Google describes the feature, “fall detection uses motion sensors built in to your watch and on-device machine learning to determine if you’ve taken a hard fall and will call emergency services if you don’t move or respond within a certain timeframe.” Just like on an Apple Watch, if a fall is detected, you’ll get a full-screen pop-up asking if you’re ok. If you don’t respond, an alarm will sound for the next minute, and if you still don’t respond, the watch will call 911. Fall detection has been a big reason at-risk people like the elderly have an Apple Watch, so it’s good that Google is finally delivering this feature.
The Apple Watch version, along with car crash detection, has led to some false positives, with the watch dialing 911 when the users weren’t hurt. Google says it has worked to stop that, saying, “Worried that doing burpees or hitting the ski slopes will trigger an accidental emergency call? Your Pixel Watch knows the difference between taking a hard fall and performing a vigorous physical activity or even quickly recovering from a small stumble — thanks to our machine learning algorithms and rigorous testing.” Google calls out skiing, burpees, jumping, and swimming as activities that could cause false positives, but hopefully it has worked out the bugs through the “rigorous” testing process.
Russian Fines Wikipedia Over Military ‘Misinformation’
The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 2 million roubles ($27,000) by a Russian court on Tuesday after the authorities accused it of failing to delete “misinformation” about the Russian military from Wikipedia, the courts service said. From a report: Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Russia introduced sweeping new laws restricting what people can report about the conflict, fining or blocking websites that spread information at odds with the Kremlin’s official narrative. Wikimedia, which owns Wikipedia, was already fined last year after it failed to delete two articles related to the war, including one on “evaluations of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.” The latest fine was imposed after the authorities accused Wikipedia of “spreading misinformation” in articles about Russian military units, Wikimedia Russia said.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 2 million roubles ($27,000) by a Russian court on Tuesday after the authorities accused it of failing to delete “misinformation” about the Russian military from Wikipedia, the courts service said. From a report: Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Russia introduced sweeping new laws restricting what people can report about the conflict, fining or blocking websites that spread information at odds with the Kremlin’s official narrative. Wikimedia, which owns Wikipedia, was already fined last year after it failed to delete two articles related to the war, including one on “evaluations of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.” The latest fine was imposed after the authorities accused Wikipedia of “spreading misinformation” in articles about Russian military units, Wikimedia Russia said.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.