Month: January 2023

The Morning After: Microsoft’s VALL-E AI can replicate a voice from a three-second sample

Microsoft’s latest research in text-to-speech AI centers on a new AI model, VALL-E. While there are already multiple services that can create copies of your voice, they usually demand substantial input. Microsoft claims its model can simulate someone’s voice from just a three-second audio sample. The speech can match both…

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Intel’s latest Xeon CPUs take the fight to AMD Genoa

Audio player loading… Intel has announced the availability of its all-new 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors, which are less formally known among tech enthusiasts and businesses as Sapphire Rapids.  Specifically, Sapphire Rapids HBM (the company’s CPU Max Series) and Ponte Vecchio (Intel’s Data Center GPU Max Series). Intel says the…

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Court upholds arrest of Andrew Tate

Andrew Tate is a 35-year-old former kickboxer, ex-reality show contestant, and current podcaster-slash-”King of Toxic Masculinity” whose inflammatory diatribes against women, whom he compares to property, have become viral fodder on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube over the last several years. Until recently, he was also the head of a subscription-based…

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The next generation of Microsoft Teams could be here sooner than expected

Audio player loading… Microsoft has revealed that the Premium version of its Teams collaboration tool will be generally available from “early February 2023”. First unveiled in October 2022, the upgraded version of Microsoft Teams looks to offer a higher level of support, as well as some unique features and tools…

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Wednesday’s top tech news: Samsung’s latest flagship is just three weeks away

Samsung has officially revealed a February 1st Unpacked event, when we’ll almost certainly see its Galaxy S23 series flagship smartphone lineup. If past years are anything to go by, the next three weeks will be filled with news about the upcoming smartphones from official and unofficial sources alike. These teaser…

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The first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2023 includes some rather important fixes

Audio player loading… The first Patch Tuesday of 2023 is here, with Microsoft putting in quite the effort to start the year on a high note.  In total, the Redmond software giant unveiled fixes for 98 security flaws, including generally known vulnerabilities, as well as those being abused in the…

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