Author: Zach_Wilson
How you can get (AI versions of) Judy Garland or Burt Reynolds to read to you
Want to hear The Wizard of Oz read by Judy Garland or Sherlock Holmes read by Sir Laurence Olivier? ElevenLabs has artificial intelligence-produced voice clones of them and other deceased celebrities available on its recently launched Reader App, thanks to a deal with the estates of several performers. ElevenLabs’ Reader…
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The iPad and Blackmagic’s Micro Color Panel make strange bedfellows
With the current rebellion against Adobe’s subscription model, folks are taking a hard look at Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve Studio. And many like what they see. It’s arguably more powerful than Adobe’s Premiere Pro, offering better color correction tools along with built-in effects and audio apps. Best of all, it’s…
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Blumhouse’s Afraid brings AI terror to the smart home
Sony and Blumhouse’s Afraid from director Chris Weitz might not go so far as to suggest that you shouldn’t have so many smart devices watching and listening to everything you do in your home. But the movie’s first trailer will probably leave you contemplating what the AI-powered Internet of Things…
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Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch
Subject: An important message about Astro for Business Dear Astro for Business customer, At Amazon, we seek to invent new solutions like Astro for Business to help serve our customers. While we are proud of what we’ve built, we’ve made the decision to end support for Astro for Business to…
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When light meet bytes: Intel debuts crucial optical tech that will boost AI performance — OCI chiplet can move up to 4Tbps and consume nearly 70% less power than rivals
Intel has unveiled the industry’s first fully integrated bidirectional optical I/O chiplet at the recent Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024. This optical compute interconnect (OCI), showcased by Intel’s Integrated Photonics Solutions group, supports 64 channels of 32Gbps data transmission in both directions over up to 100 meters of fiber…
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“We have won the war on floppy disks” — Japanese government says it has finally eradicated ancient hardware
In a major milestone for modernization, Japan’s government has eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems. The achievement comes two or three decades after the technology’s prime, and marks a pivotal milestone in Japan’s ongoing campaign to digitize and streamline government operations. By mid-June, the Digital Agency…
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