Microsoft is expanding its AI footprint with the of two new models that its teams trained completely in-house. MAI-Voice-1 is the tech major's first natural speech generation model, while MAI-1-preview is text-based and is the company's first foundation model trained end-to-end. MAI-Voice-1 is currently being used in the Copilot Daily and Podcast features. Microsoft has made MAI-1-preview available for public...
In 2014, before allegations of sexual misconduct against him became public, actor Kevin Spacey was one of the biggest names out there thanks to Netflix’s House of Cards. And his role in that year’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was a highlight. But now, it feels like a problematic relic. However, the game’s director, Glen Schofield, doesn’t think the shooter...
I’ve experimented with plenty of DIY projects over the years. Everything from lotion bars to toothpaste to vanilla latte scrub. I get a lot of questions about natural makeup and what I use. So it’s probably no surprise that I’ve learned how to make a lot of my own DIY natural makeup! Makeup was definitely one of the toughest things...
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did an ancient, unknown civilization once dwell in the enigmatic French forest of Fontainebleau? The origins of the strange carvings on the walls of its narrowest caves remain a mystery. Who were these mysterious beings with three fingers depicted on ancient rocks scattered throughout the forest? And who penned the undeciphered script found within ancient...
Anthropic is making some big changes to how it handles user data, requiring all Claude users to decide by September 28 whether they want their conversations used to train AI models. While the company directed us to its blog post on the policy changes when asked about what prompted the move, we’ve formed some theories of our own. But first,...
Shares of Gap Inc. slid after hours on Thursday after the clothing retailer reported second-quarter sales trends and a third-quarter forecast that disappointed Wall Street. Source link...
You may have heard of the MagicBook Art 14, Honor's super-svelte 1kg laptop with an impressive 14.6-inch OLED display. We reviewed the 2024 model in both Intel and Snapdragon configuration and loved it! Now that we have a new model for 2025 it's time to see what it's about. It may not look vastly different, but it's better in some...
In the closing credits of Orphan, cinematographer Mátyás Erdély receives billing before the screenwriters. While unconventional, this order aligns with the way director László Nemes creates meaning in his work. The rich sepia shadings of the photography outshine the black-and-white archetypes of the script in this chronicle of Jewish grief and denial in post-World War II Hungary. Nemes, working with co-writer Clara...
Although Lanthimos has moved away from the stilted hyper-stylised hallmarks which announced him to the filmmaking world at large, his preoccupation with misfits and oddballs endures. Limp-haired, grubby and isolated, Teddy has become entirely consumed by his search for answers, mired by anger and pain following the slow deterioration of his mother following an opioid addiction and disastrous clinical trial...
While digitization has transformed banking for Indian consumers, corporate banking has been left in the slow lane — still relying heavily on clunky infrastructure, paper trails, and spreadsheet-heavy workflows. TransBnk wants to address that gap, and Bessemer Venture Partners has invested in the three-year-old startup in a $25 million round to accelerate its progress. Over the past decade, India has...
