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Papercup raises $20M for AI that automatically dubs videos

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Dubbing is a lucrative market, with Verified Market Research predicting that film dubbing services alone could generate $3.6 Founded in 2017 by Shemen and Jiameng Gao, Papercup offers an AI-powered dubbing solution that identities human voices in a target film or show and generates dubs in a new language. billion annually by 2027.

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Kevin Hart gets serious about financial inclusion at Disrupt

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He is also the founder and managing partner of HartBeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with a focus on lifestyle, media and technology. It requires a multifaceted approach to fight against homogeneous networks, deceptive warm intros and the basic need for more fluency across different demographics. billion in global revenue.

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10G Challenge Winners Leverage Power of Multi-Gigabit Network

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On behalf of the cable industry, we launched the first-ever 10G Challenge , asking innovators to imagine technologies that the emerging 10G network will make possible. Live Category Winner: Xennial Digital is creating the future of medical simulation training using the reliability of the 10G broadband network.

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Artificial Intelligence 101: What It Is, Its Evolution and Potential Jobs

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Since its conception in the mid-20th century, AI has evolved considerably thanks to advances in machine learning, neural networks, and complex algorithms, enabling its application in increasingly sophisticated fields. This includes activities such as pattern recognition, learning, decision-making, and problem-solving.

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How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

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It’s been a little over a year since Ryan Reynolds bought a majority stake in Mint Mobile, a deal that has already had a dramatic impact on the the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). It’s hard to imagine a string of words in the English language less sexy than, “mobile virtual network operator.”

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Glass rethinks the smartphone camera through an old-school cinema lens

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Films weren’t always widescreen. Originally they were more likely to be approximately the shape of a 35mm film frame, for obvious reasons. If you matted out the top and bottom, you could project a widescreen image, which people liked — but you were basically just zooming in on a part of the film, which you paid for in detail.

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As Yahoo leaves China, an accelerating stream of exits

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The recent decisions to limit or end the availability of certain international products in China’s mainland area follows a deluge of regulatory changes aimed at curbing the power of domestic technology companies, changes to rules regarding media and more. In recent quarters, the Chinese market has seen its openings narrow.

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