Author: Zach_Wilson
YouTube is bringing NFL-style multiview to Coachella 2024’s livestream
YouTube’s official livestream of this year’s Coachella music festival will feature a technology many football fans are familiar with. Multiview, which allows viewers to watch multiple livestreams on the same screen while tuning into one audio feed, will be available to viewers of the festival’s stream on any YouTube TV…
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AI-generated Asians were briefly unavailable on Instagram
Yesterday, I reported that Meta’s AI image generator was making everyone Asian, even when the text prompt specified another race. Today, I briefly had the opposite problem: I was unable to generate any Asian people using the same prompts as the day before. The tests I did yesterday were on…
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Roblox executive says children making money on the platform is ‘a gift’
Roblox, one of the most popular gaming platforms in the world, has taken a lot of heat from critics who accuse it of exploiting its users, the vast majority of whom are children and teenagers. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, however, Roblox’s studio head, Stefano Corazza, said the platform…
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Hatsune Miku in Crypt of the Necrodancer feels like the perfect crossover
Crypt of the Necrodancer just won’t die — and that’s a good thing. The nearly decade-old roguelike rhythm game received new content on Thursday, bringing virtual pop star Hatsune Miku into the fold as a playable character. Developer Brace Yourself Games says Hatsune Miku is one of the more challenging…
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Google Podcasts is now officially gone – here are my favorite iPhone and Android alternatives
Google Podcasts is gone. The streaming platform recently went offline on April 2, bringing the six-year saga to a close. Now it joins the likes of YouTube Stories and the Stadia console over in the Google Graveyard. If you open the app or go to the official website, you get…
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Report: Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza
Israel’s military has been using artificial intelligence to help choose its bombing targets in Gaza, sacrificing accuracy in favor of speed and killing thousands of civilians in the process, according to an investigation by Israel-based publications +972 Magazine and Local Call. The system, called Lavender, was developed in the aftermath…
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