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Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology
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Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology

Musicube is a software company from Hamburg, Germany, working on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions intended to solve a serious problem in the music industry. Its music discovery technology generates more than 500 metadata tags (moods, instruments, and more) for more than 47 million songs using its audio analysis AI, and is intended to solve the closed "preferences" playlist loop that most users experience from existing streaming services.
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STMicroelectronics Accelerates Wireless Product Development with STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem
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STMicroelectronics Accelerates Wireless Product Development with STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem

STMicroelectronics is easing the design of competitively priced and power-efficient wireless equipment for smart applications in buildings and infrastructure by introducing new development tools and software for STM32WB wireless microcontrollers (MCUs). The company announced that his STM32Cube ecosystem was extended to support STM32WB wireless MCUs, with new STM32CubeWB firmware, upgrades to programmer and RF test tool, and an enhanced wireless power estimator for calculating battery runtime.
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Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer Electroacoustics Virtual Conference Takes Place September 28 - 29
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Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer Electroacoustics Virtual Conference Takes Place September 28 - 29

Registration is now open for the upcoming Electroacoustic Virtual Conference, an event promoted by Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer (HBK), which this year will be fully online and offers an exciting two-day program. The Electroacoustic Conference will offer presentations from experts in all areas related with sound, noise, acoustics and vibration, with more than 21 presentations already scheduled. Sessions include presentations from companies such as Head-Fi, XMEMS Micro Speakers, Comsol, Embody VR, Vibrations Inc., Harman International and more.
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Syntiant Introduces NDP102 Neural Decision Processor for Edge AI Sensor Applications
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Syntiant Introduces NDP102 Neural Decision Processor for Edge AI Sensor Applications

Syntiant, a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications in battery-powered devices, announced its new Syntiant NDP102 Neural Decision Processor (NDP) for sensor applications that delivers 100x improvement in efficiency and performance compared to current MCU-based offerings. The fourth edge AI chip from the Californian company enables highly accurate inference performance at industry leading low power consumption.
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Io Audio Technologies Announces Mouser Electronics as Official Distributor
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Io Audio Technologies Announces Mouser Electronics as Official Distributor

Io Audio Technologies has announced Mouser Electronics, global supplier of various electronic components and semiconductors, as an official distributor of its complete line of connectors and cable assemblies. The new partnership with Mouser Electronics expands the coverage for Io Audio Technologies’ core products serving analog, data and power applications, including its complete line of cable assemblies and connectors.
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New APEI Webinar Addresses the Use of Digital Twins for Architecting and Designing Audio Devices
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New APEI Webinar Addresses the Use of Digital Twins for Architecting and Designing Audio Devices

The AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) promotes a new webinar series on its Modeling and Measurement education pillar to explore the use of Digital Twins as a new simulation-driven audio architecture design. With audio development of increasingly sophisticated audio products now starting almost always with the creation of digital models, the possibilities to adjust practices between different teams are driving new audio product development practices.
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Smart Speaker Shipments Surged to Record Levels
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Smart Speaker Shipments Surged to Record Levels

The smart speaker market in the second quarter of 2021 surged to new heights as consumers and brands adapt to the ongoing pandemic, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. Even with the looming specters of supply chain challenges, component shortages, and the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus hanging over the market, global shipments of smart speakers and smart displays in Q2 2021 grew 34.8% from Q2 2020 to 39.5 million units, a record for a second calendar quarter.
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Former HDMI Executive Team Joins WiSA Standard Promotion Effort
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Former HDMI Executive Team Joins WiSA Standard Promotion Effort

Summit Wireless Technologies, a leading provider of immersive, wireless sound technology for intelligent devices and next-generation home entertainment systems, hired three industry veterans to increase the proliferation of the WiSA standard. The team, comprised of Eric Almgren, Steve Venuti, and Roger Isaac, will focus on strategies to expand the market applications and to increase the global use of WiSA's high-definition wireless audio technology and promote wireless audio interoperability.
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SPARK Microsystems Advances UWB Adoption with Industry Standards Organizations
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SPARK Microsystems Advances UWB Adoption with Industry Standards Organizations

SPARK Microsystems, a leading company in UWB technology for consumer and connected devices, joined the UWB Alliance and the FiRa Consortium to help accelerate adoption of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. SPARK's low power, low latency UWB technology enables real-time wireless sensor data and faster wireless peripherals. SPARK is also the company that believes in UWB for high-quality audio applications, since the technology enables 10X more data throughput than Bluetooth.
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Zoom Introduces Whiteboard Collaboration and Events Conference Tools
by Joao Martins

Zoom Introduces Whiteboard Collaboration and Events Conference Tools

During its Zoomtopia 2021 update event, Zoom Video Communications announced ambitious plans to grow its online communications scope. Zoom unveiled a new ecosystem of apps to empower hybrid workforces, and promises to expand its market with new B2B tools, including Zoom Video Engagement Center (VEC) and Zoom Events Conference. The company also unveiled its new Zoom Whiteboard collaboration tool and promised to boost real time, automated translation, and expand its existing live transcription.
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