We’re big fans ofSwiftKey X, the Android keyboard replacement that learns about how you use language in order to offer one of the best predictive typing systems out there. Now the app has been updated with new features that make it even more useful. First up, in addition to learning about word use patterns from your SMS history and Twitter and Facebook profiles, SwiftKey can now analyse your blog to get a better idea of how you tend to string words together....

Smart cities: Tech is great, but don’t forget the people Playbook The benefits of smart, connected infrastructure are real and have been proven.When multiple data sources come together in one place, for example through the London Datastore, it can become a powerful tool for city planners. In Greenwich, it has been demonstrated that a combination of different electric mobility solutions – such as electric vehicles (EV), e-bikes, EV charging, smart parking, and smart lamp posts – can work together to create a true smart city model, with data fused from different devices and sensors to provide valuable insights for policymakers....

Deepfakes are being used for a range of nefarious purposes, from disinformation campaigns to inserting people into porn, and the doctored imagesare getting harder to detect. A new AI tool provides a surprisingly simple way of spotting them: looking at the light reflected in the eyes. The system was created by computer scientists from the University at Buffalo. In tests on portrait-style photos, the tool was 94% effective at detecting Deepfake images....

Dutch companyMediamatic Labhas createda wayof checking in on Facebook Places without a smartphone. You simply carry a small smartcard around with you, touching it against reader devices at locations you visit. This neat solution, which removes the need for opening an app and searching for your current location, uses RFID technology. Although Mediamatic says that it is cheap to build, it is currently only in use at the company’s Amsterdam HQ and will be in place at an upcomingexhibitionthat it is involved with....

Smartling, a New York City startup, bills itself as a “Translation Delivery Network (TDN)”. Today, the cloud-based software platform released a series of new features that now let any online business – large or small – be multilingual in minutes with a new self-service interface. Now any business from an angel-funded startup that wants to extend an app or web presence to Europe or Asia can do it quickly and cheaply and by themselves without the costly needs of traditional translation services....