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Boffins at MIT, Microsoft and Adobe have developed an algorithm that can bring audio to silent videos by reading vibrations that are not visible to the naked eye on objects. In one example, the team was able to recover “intelligible speech” from a video thanks to vibrations that a voice made on a packet of crisps, which was positioned 15 feet from the camera and behind soundproof glass. Other tests successfully reconstructed sound using vibrations from aluminum foil, a glass of water, and a potted plant. “Sometimes we watch these movies, like James Bond, and we think, ‘This is Hollywood theatrics….
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Android dominates the world’s smartphone market. A new report from analyst firm Strategy Analytics pegs the Google-owned operating system’s global market share at 85 percent. That means that nearly nine in ten phones shipped are built on Android. That domination is colossal. But while Google has ‘won’ the smartphone market share war — revenue is different, iOS is far ahead — the company faces a growing issue: the rise of non-Google Android. Google-less Android Android is available in two different flavors. There’s the Google-endorsed Android, which is used by companies that agree to the terms and conditions of the Open Handset Alliance…
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