Xiaomi Mi Note 10's penta-camera setup detailed

The Xiaomi Mi Note 10, which will be unveiled on November 14, will arrive with a penta-camera setup on its back. And while Xiaomi hasn't revealed much about the smartphone, the company took to Twitter to detail the phone's camera setup. The Mi Note 10 will feature a 108MP primary camera which will be joined by a 5MP 5x telephoto, 12MP portrait, 20MP ultrawide angle, and 2MP macro units. These cameras will be accompanied by two dual-LED flash modules placed on their right side. Since the Mi Note 10 is the global version of the Mi CC9 Pro arriving on November 5 in China, we know that...

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Huawei sells 100,000 Mate 30 5G devices in one minute

Huawei opened registrations for the Mate 30 5G and Mate 30 Pro 5G ten days ago, but just today it started shipping and selling the smartphones. According to the company, the combined available stock of 100,000 units was sold out in just one minute. The next flash sale is scheduled for November 5 when a few lucky winners will get free Huawei Watch GT2, a new Mediapad M6 or FreeBuds 3 as a complement to the smartphone. The Huawei Mate 30 5G and Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G are currently sold only in China at the respective prices of CNY4,999 ($705) and CNY6,899 ($975) for the most...

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Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro will come with a 32MP selfie camera and dual OIS

Yesterday Xiaomi confirmed that the Mi CC9 Pro, arriving on November 5, will pack a 5,260 mAh battery with 30W fast charging support. Today, the company revealed that the smartphone will sport a 32MP snapper on the front. This selfie camera will come with features like wide-angle image capture, portrait mode, and 12 style filters. The company also said that Mi CC9 Pro, which will have five cameras on its back, will feature OIS with a four-axis motor on two of its camera module. One module will be the 5x telephoto lens, where OIS will ensure shake-free image capture while the other...

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Accusonus raises $3.3M to use AI to help content creators repair the audio in their videos

Accusonus, the Greece and U.S.-based AI company helping content creators improve the audio in their videos, has raised $3.3 million in Series A funding.

The round is led by Athens-based Venture Friends, with participation from Big Pi, IQBility, PJ Tech, along with a syndicate of U.S.-based investors led by Michael Tzannes, who is actually the co-founder of Accusonus (and the former CEO of Aware Inc.).

Launched in 2014, Accusonus has been using AI for various audio and music applications longer than most. The company’s first product was Drumatom, which allows recording engineers to control microphone leakage (also known as bleed or spill) in drum recordings. In 2017, Accusonus followed up with the release of Regroover, an AI software instrument that un-mixes audio loops into stems so that new beat making workflows are possible.

Its products are said to have been used by engineers working with musicians such as Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Goo Goo Dolls, Super Furry Animals, Wilco, Jennifer Lopez, and many others.

However, more recently the company has developed a suite of simple-to-use tools aimed at video content and podcast producers that need to repair or “clean up” audio in their creations. With the amount of content being created growing exponentially — often recorded on smartphones and other consumer equipment or turned around quicker than ever — the market beyond music production is huge.

The company’s thinking, explained co-founder and CEO Alex Tsilfidis, is that Accusonus wants to democratise access to high quality audio via AI-driven tools that remove the learning curve required by traditional audio software.

He says that inventing new algorithms and “painstakingly” fine-tuning the UX of Accusonus’ products has enabled it to offer audio tools that provide ease-of-use to entry-level users while simultaneously speeding up the workflows of audio and video professionals.

Specifically, the Accusonus Enhancement and Repair of Audio (ERA) tools are able to clean up audio recordings via turning a single “virtual” knob within the software. The ERA tools work as plugins and are compatible with major video and audio platforms. These include entry level editors, such as Audacity and Garageband, and more high-end offerings, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut, Avid Pro Tools, Apple Logic Pro, and Da Vinci Resolve.

Meanwhile, Tsilfidis says there is some advantage to serving both customer groups, too. The company’s professional users often provide feedback which then helps improve its non-professional targeted products (even if there is likely some overlap between the two groups).

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China Telecom confirms November launch for Samsung W20 5G foldable clamshell

As the world set its eyes on the latest leaks of the foldable Moto razr, China Mobile teased on its Weibo account that a Samsung W20 foldable clamshell phone is on its way with 5G support. As per the teaser, the phone is set to arrive in November and would succeed the Samsung W2019 flip phone solely available in China. The W20 5G was previously spotted at a Chinese Expo back in September, and the name was confirmed at that time with the same teaser image. Samsung's second phone with a foldable display is going to feature a clamshell form factor that opens to a tall display. We...

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Forecast raises $5.5M for its ‘AI-powered’ project management software

Forecast, a Denmark-based startup that has developed “AI-powered” project management software, has raised $5.5 million in new funding.

The round is led by Crave Venture Partners, with participation from existing backers SEED Capital and Heartcore. Forecast has raised $10 million in total funding to date.

Founded in late 2016, Forecast describes itself as an AI-powered project management solution that automates manual project management tasks, and brings extra visibility and predictive capabilities to to project management. The idea is to help increase collaboration across teams with a better workflow and to improve planning.

Forecast claims that by using its project management software, customers reduce their administrative tasks by 20-40% and gain much better insights into “project risk, resource management and more”.

“Work is going more project-based… leading to an increased need for project management skills and expertise,” Forecast co-founder and CEO Dennis Kayser tells TechCrunch. “Plus, projects are getting more complex. Project management depends on many manual, ongoing updates to stay on time, on budget and on track. That’s why 66% of all projects fail due to human error”.

In addition, as projects become more complex and the data associated with a project increases exponentially, Kayser says the problem is getting worse, which, of course, is where machine intelligence can help. “We don’t learn from our mistakes because no one can keep track of every influencing factor to make crucial adjustments,” he adds.

To tackle this, Forecast uses AI to help keep projects on track and make project management more efficient. The software integrates with existing tools — such as Trello, Slack, Gdrive, Githum and Salesforce — and uses these various external data-points as key indicators for how well a project is running.

“[It pulls in] data from disparate systems and synthesizes it into something human-readable with powerful AI,” explains Kayser. “Everyone on your team can continue to use the tool they prefer without sacrificing dead-simple scheduling, reporting and collaboration for project managers and senior executives. With better insights and tools, project managers can be more efficient and gain insights from increasingly complex projects”.

The use of AI is proactive, too. This includes matching the best person and role to the task, automation of time registration, forecasting the size and duration of tasks, and being alerted before a project is in trouble.

With regards to target customer, Kayser says that Forecast is focused on helping IT & services, marketing, and computer software development companies that “rely on capacity being predictable and project delivery being successful”.

Forecast currently has “hundreds of customers” in over 40 countries. The software has helped customers manage more than 40,000 projects with more than 1,000,000 tasks created.

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