Monthly Archives: October 2020

Google search is getting new AI tools to decipher your terrible spelling

Google detailed a host of new improvements at its “Search On” event that it will make to its foundational Google search service in the coming weeks and months. The changes are largely focused on using new AI and machine learning techniques to provide better search results for users. Chief among them: a new spell checking tool that Google promises will help identify even the most poorly spelled queries. According to Prabhakar Raghavan, Google’s head of search, 15 percent of Google… Source link

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Google’s new ‘hum to search’ feature can figure out the song that’s stuck in your head

Google is adding a new “hum to search” feature to its search tools today that will let you hum (or whistle, or sing) the annoying song that’s stuck in your head, and then use machine learning techniques to try to identify it. The new feature is available today in the Google app on both iOS and Android, or in Google Assistant — just ask Google “What’s the song” or tap the newly added “search a song” button, and then hum your earworm. Google will then show you results… Source link

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Google for business is topic of free, virtual open house: Community Voices

BEREA, Ohio — A virtual open house on Oct. 29 will introduce owners of small businesses to Grow with Google, an online resource for entrepreneurs. The free Zoom session is the latest in a series of Berea Biz Talks. The Biz Talks are hosted by the City of Berea, the Ohio Small Business Development Center and the Digital Marketing Clinic at Baldwin Wallace University. Grow with Google will discuss free resources and services to help businesses launch new enterprises, expand, and create… Source link

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5 reasons Tony La Russa doesn’t fit White Sox description of ideal manager

5 reasons La Russa doesn’t fit Sox ideal manager description originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago “It’s La Russa’s job to lose.” That was a surprising description of the White Sox managerial search by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale when he spoke to Our Chuck Garfien on the latest episode of the White Sox Talk Podcast. Tony La Russa, who managed the White Sox from 1979 to 1986, is a 76-year-old retired skipper who’s been out of the managing game for nearly a decade. He’s an… Source link

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Why live sports TV ratings are down for all the big leagues

After the NBA paused its 2020 season on March 11 and the NHL, MLS, NCAA March Madness, and MLB Spring Training all followed suit, American sports fans were left with no live sports to watch for nearly four months. In June and July, the big leagues all returned to play, creating a crowded fall with the NFL, college football, NHL Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals, WNBA Finals, pro golf, and Triple Crown of horse-racing all happening at once. You’d think it would be a sports fan’s dream. But the… Source link

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Google will let everyone migrate from Hangouts to Chat for free in 2021 – TechCrunch

Google’s strategy around its messaging apps is nothing if not messy right now (hello Hangouts, Meet, Chat, Duo and Co.), but it looks like things will get a bit easier come next year. We already knew that Hangouts’ time was coming to an end and as Google announced today, the company will allow all current Hangouts users to migrate to Chat — which was originally meant to only be its Slack-like messaging service for business users — in the first half of 2021. One interesting… Source link

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Yahoo Fantasy Football experts reveal their top DFS lineups for Week 6

Week 6 of the 2020 Fantasy Football season is here, and our six experts have revealed whom they would choose in their Yahoo Daily Fantasy lineups this week using a budget of $200. The ultimate goal: To build the perfect lineup. [Week 6 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] It seems Deshaun Watson is back in our good graces, as he’s in a couple of our analysts’ lineup this week ahead of a matchup against the Titans. You’ll also find Alexander… Source link

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It’s not just ‘suburban women.’ Trump is doing worse with all white voters than in 2016.

From now until Election Day, Yahoo News and YouGov will deliver weekly reports on how sentiment is shifting among key groups of voters in the final phase of the 2020 presidential campaign. At his rally Tuesday in Johnstown, Pa., President Trump briefly veered off script to beseech one particular — and pivotal — slice of the electorate. “Suburban women, will you please like me?” Trump asked. “Please. Please. I saved your damn neighborhood, OK?” The president’s tone was lightly… Source link

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