Monthly Archives: October 2022

Meta’s AI translator can interpret unwritten languages

Nearly half of the world’s roughly 7,000 known languages four in ten of them exist without an accompanying written component. These unwritten languages pose a unique problem for modern machine learning translation systems, as they typically need to convert verbal speech to written words before translating to the new language and reverting the text back…

Fans leave touching in-game tributes to Fallout 76 lead designer Eric “Ferret” Baudoin

Earlier this week, former Fallout 76 project lead Jeff Gardiner announced that Bethesda designer Eric “Ferret” Baudoin had sadly passed away. Now, as a touching tribute to the designer’s work and legacy, many fans have taken to Fallout 76 to express their sorrow at his passing, and to bid him farewell. Sharing on Twitter using…

Microsoft reportedly building Xbox mobile gaming store to rival Apple and Google

Microsoft is reportedly building an Xbox mobile gaming store in direct competition with Apple and Google. The news, as reported by The Verge, has emerged due to filings from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in Microsoft’s ongoing $68.7bn buyout of Activision Blizzard. Both the popularity of Activision’s mobile games and the inclusion of…

Pokémon: Art Through the Ages turns Manchester’s Trafford Centre into a trip down memory lane

Yesterday, I popped over to The Trafford Centre to check out Pokémon: Art Through the Ages. The event, which was announced last month, is styled as a treasure hunt and requires you to look around The Trafford Centre for pictures and paintings of Pokémon. It features all 151 species from the Kanto Pokédex, with some…