Month: December 2024
Amazon announces its own set of Nova AI models
Amazon has announced a series of new AI foundation models under a new “Nova” branding that will be available as part of the Amazon Bedrock model library in AWS. The company is also training a model called Amazon Nova Premier, which it says will be “our most capable multimodal model…
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Amazon unveils surprise new video and image AI models to compete with the best on the market
Amazon unveils new image and video creation AI tools Amazon Nova Canvas and Nova Reel look to help ecommerce sellers Both new Nova models set to launch in 2025 Amazon has announced new image and video generation models as it steps up its fight to become an AI heavyweight. The…
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Cambridge Audio Melomania P100 review: An impressive headphone debut
When an established company enters a new product category, there’s a lot of pressure on it to immediately impress the masses, especially when it has a proven track record in its industry. That’s what Cambridge Audio faced this year when it debuted its first wireless headphones, the Melomania P100 ($279).…
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Eve’s new app unlocks more smart features for Android users
Developed by Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung (and others), Matter is an open-sourced, IP-based connectivity software layer for smart home devices. It works over Wi-Fi, ethernet, and the low-power mesh networking protocol Thread and currently supports most of the main device types in the home. These include lighting, thermostats, locks,…
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The Touch Bar is back, sort of…and it looks terrible
Does anyone miss the MacBook Pro Touch Bar so desperately that they need it back in almost any form? The answer would be yes if you’re talking to Eniac, a small company that’s just reinvented the not-quite-iconic Touch Bar as a Flexbar that can be used with the Mac, iPad,…
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Stellantis and Samsung to get $7.54 billion federal loan for two EV battery factories
The Department of Energy preliminarily approved another loan to help fund the construction of electric vehicle battery factories in the US. This time, a joint venture between Stellantis and Samsung SDI will receive $7.54 billion to build two EV battery plants in Kokomo, Indiana. The project is expected to create…
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