OpenAI didn't intend to copy Scarlett Johansson's voice, 'The Washington Post' reports
donderdag 23 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)OpenAI cast the actor of Sky's voice months before Sam Altman contacted Scarlett Johansson, and it had no intention of finding someone who sounded like her, according to The Washington Post. The publication said the flier OpenAI issued last year loo…
Lees meerOpenAI will reportedly pay $250 million to put News Corp's journalism in ChatGPT
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)OpenAI and News Corp, the owner of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, The Sun, and more than a dozen other publishing brands, have struck a multi-year deal to display news from these publications in ChatGPT, News Corp announced on Wednesday. Open…
Lees meerThe best way to compost your food scraps
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)The EPA estimates each person in the US sends 200 pounds of food to the landfill each year where it disgorges methane and contributes to climate change. Composted, those scraps turn into soil-feeding, carbon-capturing humus instead. If that sounds l…
Lees meerSnap brings its AR lenses to Chrome through an extension
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Back when we were all stuck at home in 2020 and had to stay on video calls all day, some companies tried to liven things up with augmented reality filters and background replacements. Maybe they caused someone, somewhere to smile once or twice. Alth…
Lees meerBluesky finally has DMs, with encrypted messaging coming ‘down the line’
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Bluesky, the open source social media service that began as an internal Twitter project, has gained a key feature as it looks to compete with X and Threads. The service has finally added direct messaging capabilities more than a year after it starte…
Lees meerINDIKA weaves a mature tale of absurdity, hypocrisy and sexual violence
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)This story contains discussions of sexual violence. Multiple scenes from INDIKA are seared into my brain. A palm-sized person crawls out of a nun’s mouth and runs down her arm, frenzied, in the middle of a Catholic ritual. A man is suspended in the …
Lees meerNew research places the sun's magnetic field close to the surface, upending decades of theories
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates close to the surface and not deep within the star, according to findings published in the journal Nature. This upends decades of prevailing scientific thought that placed the field more than…
Lees meerThere’s a new Vision show coming to Disney+ with Paul Bettany
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Disney+ has greenlit a standalone show for Marvel’s Vision, as reported by Variety. Paul Bettany will return to portray everyone’s favorite android/synthezoid and reporting indicates that the story will pick up after the events of WandaVision. We ha…
Lees meerStarliner’s first crew mission gets pushed back yet again, this time with no new launch date
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule still hasn’t launched more than two weeks after its originally scheduled liftoff date, and as of right now, there’s no telling when it will. In a statement emailed to members of the press late on…
Lees meerAnker power banks are up to half off ahead of Memorial Day weekend
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Many people will be traveling this Memorial Day weekend as the summer unofficially gets underway. It’s important to keep smartphone, tablet and laptop batteries topped up, but you can’t always rely on finding an outlet as you're on the move. So it’s…
Lees meerSure, why not: China built a chatbot based on Xi Jinping
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Chatting it up with a fake ScarJo not doing it for you? Why not try a conversation with the leader of China? There’s a new chatbot in town and it's based on Xi Jinping. As a matter of fact, it was trained using the ‘thoughts’ of the Chinese leader. …
Lees meerPanasonic S9 hands-on: A powerful creator camera with a patented LUT simulation button
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Panasonic’s mirrorless cameras have always been popular with pro video shooters, but to date the company hasn’t directly tackled a key segment: influencers. Today, it’s finally jumping in with the S9, a small and stylish full-frame camera with simil…
Lees meerRay-Ban Meta smart glasses can now upload photos directly to Instagram Stories
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Meta has updated its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to give it more hands-free capabilities, starting with a new feature that lets you share images as Instagram Stories without having to take out your phone. You can just say "Hey Meta, share my last pho…
Lees meerEmory University awarded two students $10,000 for their AI study tool, then suspended them
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Individuals and organizations are still struggling with how and how much to integrate AI into daily life. Rarely has that been more clear than a case out of Emory University in which the school went from awarding students with an entrepreneurship pr…
Lees meerWhat we bought: Our favorite small kitchen essentials
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)While many of us at Engadget are passionate about cooking, it turns out that tech blogging isn’t the most efficient path to owning a large kitchen. No matter: We try to make the most of our cramped apartments regardless, and we’ve managed to (mostly…
Lees meerAirbnb hosts can get discounts on EV chargers
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)You might start to see more Airbnb properties with EV accommodations in the future. The online platform is teaming up with ChargePoint to get more Airbnb hosts to install EV chargers, Business Wire reports. The partnership means Airbnb hosts can acc…
Lees meerThe Morning After: We test Sonos’ first wireless headphones
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)It’s been a long time coming, but Sonos’ first pair of wireless headphones are now in the hands of our tame audio expert. The Sonos Ace takes all of the company’s audio know-how, packaged in a more skull-friendly way. As well as the usual noise canc…
Lees meerThe best free games in 2024 that you can start playing today
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)No, you don’t have to spend $60 or more on a brand new title to play a new, good game. These days, courtesy of in-app payments and the ease of offering both a sample of a title alongside its full-fat version, there are actually plenty of great games…
Lees meerWearable AI Pin maker Humane is reportedly seeking a buyer
woensdag 22 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)The tech startup Humane is seeking a buyer for its business, just a bit over a month since it released the AI Pin, according to Bloomberg. Engadget's Cherlynn Low described the AI Pin as a "wearable Siri button," because it's a small device you can …
Lees meerThe DOJ makes its first known arrest for AI-generated CSAM
dinsdag 21 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)The US Department of Justice arrested a Wisconsin man last week for generating and distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). As far as we know, this is the first case of its kind as the DOJ looks to establish a judicial precedent…
Lees meerA Super Mario 64 mod may be as close as we ever get to Mario Maker 3D
dinsdag 21 mei 2024 inEngadget (Gadgets)Super Mario Maker and its sequel are terrific games that let fans create and share their own Mario levels with ease. But it was a bit of a disappointment that Nintendo only factored in the 2D Mario games. None of the plumber's 3D incarnations have m…
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