Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It.

A non-Japanese-speaking first-time visitor used Apple’s new in-ear translation feature to connect with locals at bars, sushi ...

I plugged 12 game names into Google Translate and kept hitting go—how many can you guess the original title of?

The same, I must presume, applies to videogame names. Or at least, that's the gossamer-thin justification I concocted to take 12 game names, filter them through 25 layers of Google Translate, and turn ...

AI translation is replacing interpreters in family medicine—here's why that's troubling

When a doctor can't find an interpreter, many now reach for Google Translate. It seems like a practical fix to a pressing ...

AI translation is replacing interpreters in GP care – here’s why that’s troubling

Across GP surgeries and hospitals, as migration increases and health systems strain, doctors are turning to an untested ...
eWeek

Google Turns Any Headphones Into a Live Translator With Gemini

Google Translate gets a Gemini AI upgrade with live headphone translation, smarter context-aware text translations, and new ...
Los Angeles Times

Much of ‘Predator: Badlands’ is in an alien language. We asked a Yautja expert to break it down

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Predator: Badlands” is the first film in the franchise where much of the dialogue is in the alien hunters’ ...
AOL

Much of 'Predator: Badlands' is in an alien language. We asked a Yautja expert to break it down

When asked how much of the alien language used by the franchise’s central hunter species he is able to speak, “Predator: Badlands” director Dan Trachtenberg quickly answers, “Zero.” “My mouth will not ...
Los Angeles Times

If AirPods can instantly translate, why learn a language?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In recent weeks, Apple’s Live Translation for the latest iPhone and AirPods models has been everywhere. The pitch ...
Microsoft

Microsoft Translator expands to 20 Indian languages, empowering linguistic diversity

Now includes capabilities for four new languages: Bhojpuri, Bodo, Dogri, and Kashmiri, impacting nearly 61 million people New Delhi, October 5, 2023: With the aim of strengthening support for all ...
Polygon

Alien: Earth star Sydney Chandler on playing Wendy, loving Prometheus, and talking to Xenomorphs

Sydney Chandler had terrible eyesight as a child. The 29-year-old star of Alien: Earth (and daughter of Kyle Chandler) grew up with severe vision impairment that was eventually corrected through ...
IGN

The Wendy actress and sound editor/designer Lee Gilmore on creating a Xeno language for the FX series.

Spoilers follow for Alien: Earth. One of the most controversial – or thrilling, depending on how you look at it – aspects of FX and Hulu’s Alien: Earth is that, for the first time on film, at least… ...
Gizmodo

The ‘Alien: Earth’ Sound Designer Explains That Xenomorph Baby Talk

We don't yet know why Sydney Chandler's Wendy can communicate with aliens, but we have some new insight into how the show pulled off the effect. Reading time 2 minutes While Alien: Earth fans ...