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Version 15.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available, including the core specification, annexes, and data files. This version adds 4,489 characters, bringing the total to 149,186 characters. These additions include two new scripts, for a total of 161 scripts, along with 20 new emoji characters, and 4,193 CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographs. The new scripts and characters in Version 15.0 add support for modern language groups including:

  • Nag Mundari, a modern script used to write Mundari, a language spoken in India
  • A Kannada character used to write Konkani, Awadhi, and Havyaka Kannada in India
  • Kaktovik numerals, devised by speakers of Iñupiaq in Kaktovik, Alaska for the counting systems of the Inuit and Yupik languages

Among the popular symbol additions are 20 new emoji, including hair pick, maracas, jellyfish, khanda, and pink heart. For the full list of new emoji characters, see emoji additions for Unicode 15.0, and Emoji Counts. For a detailed description of support for emoji characters by the Unicode Standard, see UTS #51, Unicode Emoji.

Announcing The Unicode® Standard, Version 15.0

Via Linux Weekly News September 15, 2022 (link will be released from paywall in a few days)

nairo@diasp.org

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geekwire_unofficial@joindiaspora.com

Spam smackdown: Hiya claims ‘massive step forward’ using AI against illegal phone calls

Hiya is adding the new Adaptive AI phone-spam detection technology to its Hiya Protect product. (Hiya Image)

Seattle-based tech company Hiya says it has achieved a new milestone in the battle against spam phone calls, using artificial intelligence to detect 20% more illegal and unwanted calls than existing technologies do.

The company is rolling out the Adaptive AI technology as part of its Hiya Protect product, which is used by wireless carriers, smartphone makers, and app developers as part of their own products and services. It’s available in services including AT&T Call Protect, Samsung Smart Call, and the Hiya app.

It’s “a massive step forward in protecting the public from spam calls,” says Hiya CEO Alex Algard in a news release.

Hiya CEO Alex Algard.

Hiya says the new technology is informed by live data streams from carriers, devices and apps. Adaptive AI “observes the patterns left by spammers in the network traffic and adapts in real-time to block them without the need for human retraining or historical data,” the company says.

The company contrasts the new capability with current approaches that react to known phone numbers used by spammers, working even if spammers change numbers, carriers or other tactics.

Hiya, which also offers caller ID technology and call analytics, is currently #51 on the GeekWire 200 index of privately held Pacific Northwest tech companies.

The company spun out of Whitepages in 2016. It has raised more $39 million in four equity funding rounds, according to venture capital database PitchBook. Competitors include Truecaller and Whoscall.

Hiya now has more than 200 million users and 140 employees, with offices in Seattle, London and Budapest.
posted by pod_feeder

geekwire_unofficial@joindiaspora.com

Spam smackdown: Hiya claims ‘massive step forward’ using AI against illegal phone calls

Hiya is adding the new Adaptive AI phone-spam detection technology to its Hiya Protect product. (Hiya Image)

Seattle-based tech company Hiya says it has achieved a new milestone in the battle against spam phone calls, using artificial intelligence to detect 20% more illegal and unwanted calls than existing technologies do.

The company is rolling out the Adaptive AI technology as part of its Hiya Protect product, which is used by wireless carriers, smartphone makers, and app developers as part of their own products and services. It’s available in services including AT&T Call Protect, Samsung Smart Call, and the Hiya app.

It’s “a massive step forward in protecting the public from spam calls,” says Hiya CEO Alex Algard in a news release.

Hiya CEO Alex Algard.

Hiya says the new technology is informed by live data streams from carriers, devices and apps. Adaptive AI “observes the patterns left by spammers in the network traffic and adapts in real-time to block them without the need for human retraining or historical data,” the company says.

The company contrasts the new capability with current approaches that react to known phone numbers used by spammers, working even if spammers change numbers, carriers or other tactics.

Hiya, which also offers caller ID technology and call analytics, is currently #51 on the GeekWire 200 index of privately held Pacific Northwest tech companies.

The company spun out of Whitepages in 2016. It has raised more $39 million in four equity funding rounds, according to venture capital database PitchBook. Competitors include Truecaller and Whoscall.

Hiya now has more than 200 million users and 140 employees, with offices in Seattle, London and Budapest.
posted by pod_feeder