Mit dem Roav Bolt bringt Anker den Google Assistant ins Auto: Das Gerät wird an eine 12-Volt-Buchse im Auto gesteckt und bietet anschließend vollen Zugriff auf die Funktionen von Googles Sprachassistenten. Gleichzeitig können zwei USB-Geräte darüber geladen werden. (Google Assistant, Google)
Quelle: Golem
Microsoft wird bald mit der Vorbestellphase für das Surface Hub 2S beginnen. Interessant ist am neuen System vor allem der Akkubetrieb. Der Preis wird bisher nur in US-Dollar angegeben. Für Deutschland ist eine leicht verzögerte Auslieferung geplant. (Surface Hub, Microsoft)
Quelle: Golem
Facebook will einen eigenen digitalen Assistenten auf den Markt bringen. Er soll vor allem dazu dienen, Facebook-Geräte mit der Stimme zu steuern. Ob er eine echte Konkurrenz zu Alexa oder Google Assistant sein wird, ist noch offen. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)
Quelle: Golem
Mit dem Xeon W-3175X verkauft Intel einen 28-kernigen Server-Chip für Enthusiasten: Die übertaktbare CPU kostet 4.000 Euro und schlägt AMDs Threadripper 2990WX. Am Ende entscheidet aber die Software. Von Marc Sauter (Xeon, Prozessor)
Quelle: Golem
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Today, we are excited to announce Zeina, the first Arabic voice for Amazon Polly. Zeina is a clear and natural-sounding female voice.
Used by over 400 million people, Arabic is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It consists of 30 dialects, including its universal form, which is Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Zeina follows the MSA pronunciation, which is the common broadcasting standard across the region. MSA might sometimes sound formal because it differs from day-to-day speaking style. However, it’s the linguistic thread that links the Arabic native-speakers worldwide.
Amazon Polly customers who plan to use Zeina’s voice include Emirates NBD – a leading bank in the Middle East who has introduced an AI powered virtual assistant, Duolingo – a globally operating eLearning platform offering a portfolio of 84 language courses for more than 30 distinct languages, and iTranslate – a leading translation and dictionary app that offers text translation as well as voice-to-voice conversations in over 100 languages.
With the addition of Arabic language support, the Amazon Polly portfolio now includes 59 voices across 29 languages. You can check out the full list in the Voices in Amazon Polly section of our documentation.
Quelle: aws.amazon.com
AWS Transit Gateway is now available in both AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. AWS Transit Gateway enables customers to connect thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) and their on-premises networks using a single gateway. As you grow the number of workloads across multiple AWS accounts, you need to scale your networks, better control your policies, and effectively monitor your resources.
Quelle: aws.amazon.com
Renault will mit dem EZ-Flex testen, ob sich der urbane Lieferverkehr mit einem leichten Lastwagen mit Elektroantrieb realisieren lässt. Das kastenförmige Fahrzeug könnte in Zonen einfahren, in denen Verbrenner verboten werden. (Renault, Technologie)
Quelle: Golem
Der US-Elektrobushersteller Proterra will den Umsatz seiner Fahrzeuge durch ein Leasingprogramm ankurbeln. Städte und Gemeinden müssen nicht mehr den gesamten Bus kaufen, sondern schließen einen Leasingvertrag über den Akku ab. (Akku, Technologie)
Quelle: Golem
Samsung hat erste Testmuster des Galaxy Fold verteilt. Die Ergebnisse sind niederschmetternd: Nach wenigen Tagen sind mehrere Geräte defekt gewesen. Samsung will die Vorfälle untersuchen. (Samsung, Smartphone)
Quelle: Golem
Today’s announcement of the Token Taxonomy Initiative (TTI) is a milestone in the maturity of the blockchain industry.
The initiative brings together some of the most important blockchain platforms from the Ethereum ecosystem, Hyperledger and IBM, Intel, R3, and Digital Asset in a joint effort to establish a common taxonomy for tokens. Also joining are other standards bodies like FINRA, enterprises like J.P. Morgan, Banco Santander, and ING and companies pushing the boundaries in blockchain like ConsenSys, Clearmatics, Komgo, Web3 Labs, and others.
Over the past year, the Azure Blockchain engineering team has been working to understand the breadth of token use cases and found that a lack of industry standards was driving confusion amongst our enterprise customers and partners. We started building the Token Taxonomy Framework to help address this confusion, establish a base line understanding, and a path forward for our customers and partners to begin exploring use of tokens. We quickly realized that our efforts would be much more effective if we didn’t work in isolation, so we chose to contribute the framework and partner with our counterparts across the industry to expand the TTF and seed the industry with a common standard. As the Principal Architect for Azure Blockchain and an EEA Board Member, I will represent Microsoft in the release of the 1.0 framework and will act as the chair of the TTI, collaborating with all participants to ensure that the outcome establishes a foundation to rapidly accelerate the token economy.
A core principle driving this initiative is platform neutrality, which will ensure the standards we outline are agnostic to any company and empower the industry to innovate openly. This workgroup brings together a diverse set of thought leaders from across the blockchain community, including public cloud platforms, blockchain start-ups, and early adopters across industries. Each of us recognize both the power of the token economy and the challenges facing businesses looking to innovate in this nascent space. We hope that our initial work seeding the Token Taxonomy Initiative will provide a starting point for the community to build upon in the coming month by providing:
A definition of tokens and their use cases across industries.
A common set of concepts and terms that can be used by business, technical, and regulatory participants so they can speak the same language.
A composition framework for defining and building tokens.
Create a Token Classification Hierarchy (TCH) that is simple to understand.
Tooling meta-data using the TTF syntax to be able to generate visual representations of classifications and modeling tools to view and create token definitions mapped to the taxonomy eventually linking with implementations for specific platforms.
A sandbox environment for legal and regulatory requirement discovery and input.
While not specific to the Ethereum family of technologies, this work does draw from the working group’s experience building with the Ethereum ecosystem. As chair of the TTI, I invite everyone to participate and learn about the taxonomy as it is rolled out in the coming months and look forward to the continued innovation in this space.
Quelle: Azure
