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== September 30th, 2019 ==
* '''Faster than Realtime''' -- Mozilla’s Deep Speech speech recognition engine now runs faster than realtime on a single Raspberry Pi 4 (RPi4) core. This means Deep Speech can process ten seconds of spoken voice data in less than ten seconds on a small, inexpensive device like the Raspberry Pi 4. This opens up many possibilities for small-platform speech-to-text (STT) applications. Look for more information soon on how you can get your hands on a copy.
* '''Simulating Virtual Reality''' -- Interested in using your web content creation skills to create mixed reality experiences but don’t have a suitable device to use for development and testing? Not a problem. Last week we published an early version of a WebXR API emulator as a browser extension you can install in desktop Firefox or Chrome and responsively run WebXR content without any special headset or controller hardware needed. You’ll find the emulator on AMO at: [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webxr-api-emulator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webxr-api-emulator/] and the code is on [https://github.com/MozillaReality/WebXR-emulator-extension GitHub].
* '''AV1 in the News''' -- Last week we highlighted Mozilla’s AV1 joint software demo with Intel in their booth at IBC Show. We can also report that Broadcom [https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/09/25/broadcom-bcm7218x-stb-soc-av1-hardware-decoding-wifi-6/ showed] AV1 support in hardware at IBC 2019, in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) component designed for satellite, set-top, and IPTV boxes. AV1 support in hardware is a big boost for putting more AV1 content in more consumers hands, worldwide. There’s also a [https://github.com/xiph/rav1e/releases/tag/20190926 noteworthy update] to our rav1e AV1 software encoder with many new features: better rate control, two-pass rate control, and a C-callable API so rav1e, written in Rust, can be used from within C-based applications.
== September 23rd, 2019 ==
*'''MDN in VSCode and Around the World''' -- Microsoft VSCode, a hugely popular editor for web developers, has [https://www.janbambas.cz/visual-studio-code-auto-complete-displays-mdn-reference-for-css-and-html-tags/ added backlinks] to MDN in the current version. As developers edit they’ll see “intellisense” auto-completion information with a hoverable highlight that links directly back to the more detailed information on MDN. This makes it easy for developers to get right to relevant information on MDN without interrupting their workflow. And speaking of MDN, you might be interested to know that a deep dive into MDN demographics shows 16.6% of its users visit from the United States, 9% India, 7.5% China, 5.5% Japan, and 4.4% France. (Brazil, Germany, Russia, UK, and Canada round out the top 10).
