Author: Zach_Wilson

Arturia’s Acid V is a Roland TB-303, without the headaches

I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what would be the next vintage synth to get the Arturia emulation treatment. At this point the company has tackled many of the most iconic synths in history, and spent much of last year focused on its original creations like the…

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UPDATE: Bobby Kotick confirms Activision Blizzard streaming rights are to be sold to Ubisoft to counter monopoly concerns

Story update: Since the publication of our original story earlier today, it has been confirmed by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick that Microsoft selling off game streaming rights to Ubisoft is indeed intended to directly “address the CMA’s concerns” – the Competition and Market’s Authority in the UK. In a…

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Microsoft intends to sell Activision Blizzard streaming rights to Ubisoft to counter monopoly concerns

Microsoft has reassessed its plans for its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, announcing its intentions to sell streaming rights for Activision Blizzard titles to Ubisoft, should the deal go ahead.  Despite winning its case against the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S.’s own regulatory body for corporate mergers, Microsoft must still…

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15 Best Paper Planners (2023): Planners, Pens, Stickers, and a Digital Tool

Digital tools are not always superior. Here are a few WIRED-tested notebooks to keep you on track. Source

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Meta releases multilingual speech translation model

Meta released a new speech-to-text model that can translate nearly 100 languages called SeamlessM4T, as the company continues to try to make a universal translator.  SeamlessM4T, which stands for Massively Multilingual and Multimodal Machine Translation, that the company said can translate speech-to-text and text-to-text for nearly 100 languages. For speech-to-speech…

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Naomi Duguid ‘The Miracle of Salt’ Cookbook Review: A Vital Reference for Pickling, Preserving, and Flavoring

Naomi Duguid’s The Miracle of Salt is a magnificent single-ingredient trip around the world. Source

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