Tag: Personal Investing Ideas & Strategies
The Morning After: AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd track won’t be winning a Grammy
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. is setting the record straight. After Variety reported earlier this week that an AI-generated track echoing the voices of Drake and The Weeknd could be considered for a Grammy Award in songwriting categories, Mason is insisting that’s not the case. In an interview with…
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Huawei’s new foldable provokes scrutiny over Chinese-made chips
Following Huawei’s surprise launch of the seemingly 5G-capable Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro smartphones last week, the Chinese firm has today unveiled two more devices: the Mate 60 Pro+ and the Mate X5 foldable. Huawei was largely limited to 4G connectivity on its handsets since the US sanctions, but…
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Snapchat’s new ‘Dreams’ feature uses generative AI to remix users’ selfies
Snapchat has added a new generative AI feature to its app. Called “Dreams,” it’s in some ways similar to the company’s signature AR effects, known as lenses. But instead of real-time camera-based effects, the feature uses generative AI to remix users’ selfies into “fantastical images that transform their persona into…
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WhatsApp lets you create groups without naming them
WhatsApp will now let you create small groups without first naming them. Mark Zuckerberg announced the new feature in a Facebook post (viaTechCrunch). You previously had to choose your group’s name when setting it up. TechCrunch reports that unnamed groups have a cap of six members instead of the named…
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Rode’s Wireless Pro mic kit lets you forget about ‘clipped’ audio
It might not be an overstatement to say Rode's original Wireless GO microphone system changed how a lot of YouTubers work. It wasn't the first wireless mic system, not by a long long shot, but its focus on creators made it incredibly popular. That success would inspire a lot of…
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Astronomers confirm Maisie’s galaxy is one of the oldest observed
Astronomers have used advanced instruments to calculate a more accurate age of Maisie’s galaxy, discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in June 2022. Although the star system isn’t quite as old as initially estimated, it’s still one of the oldest recorded, from 390 million years after the Big…
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