Month: August 2024
We’ve Been Testing Fans All Summer and These Are Our 9 Favorites (2024)
From tower and pedestal styles to utilitarian box fans, we’ve been testing fans all summer, and these are our favorites. Source
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ElevenLabs’ AI Reader app can now narrate text in 32 languages
AI audio startup ElevenLabs has now made its text-to-speech Reader app available across the world, adding support for 32 different languages — including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Mandarin, and Hindi. There’s a good selection of AI-generated voices available for the text-to-speech tool, including deceased celebrities like Judy Garland, James Dean,…
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Microsoft expands Azure AI with two new models for the Phi-3 family
Microsoft has unveiled a series of updates to its Azure AI platform, including the expansion of the Phi-3 family of small language models (SLMs). The company has added two new models to the family – Phi-3.5-MoE and Phi-3.5-mini – which are designed to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Among the key benefits of Microsoft’s…
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Is AI the next frontier of cloud vendor lock-in?
In October 2022, the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, launched an investigation into the practices of the cloud hyperscalers. Since then, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have been referred to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – the competition regulator – putting the issue of cloud vendor lock-in firmly in the spotlight.…
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The worst security test ever? University slammed over fake Ebola scare as phishing test
A California University has come under fire for sending out a phishing test which cautioned all its students about a (false) Ebola outbreak. The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) sent out an email titled ‘ Emergency Notification: Ebola Virus Case on Campus’ to all students, which understandably caused widespread…
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Google explains exactly how the Pixel 9 makes switching phones a lot easier
Google’s Pixel 9 has just gone on sale, and the smartphone is already receiving a substantial update that improves the data transfer experience. Paul Dunlop, the Product Lead for Onboarding and Switching on Android, made a thread on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) about all of the major changes. He…
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