WellSaid Labs, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) voice company, unveiled a new technology today that allows users to direct the performance of AI voices in a more natural, nuanced way. The technology, called HINTS (Highly Intuitive Naturally Tailored Speech), enables content creators to shape AI voices by adding contextual annotations, like tempo or loudness adjustments, just like a movie…
The second full year of the generative AI era began in November 2023, but surveys show most enterprises are still just getting a handle on how they want to deploy the technology — and which models and applications to use.
For those who are still in that exploratory phase…
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy is incorporating lessons learned from its Red Sea engagements with Houthi missiles and drones, and are using them to improve tactics for seeing and eliminating threats, service leaders said Tuesday.
Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, the commander of Naval…
AURORA, Colo. — The Air Force still isn’t sure when it might resume flying the CV-22 Osprey, more than two months after an Osprey crash that killed eight special operations airmen off the coast of Japan spurred the U.S. military to ground hundreds of the tiltrotor aircraft.
Air Force investigators are continuing to probe the Nov. 29 crash in parallel with a comprehensive review of whether the…
Airborne Triton drone key to Navy’s signal goals, Clapperton says
February 15, 2024
SAN DIEGO — A Northrop Grumman unmanned aircraft system is indispensable to the U.S. Navy’s future ability to monitor actions around the world, share insights about them and respond accordingly, a service leader said.
The autonomous MQ-4C Triton intelligence…
Is Porsche developing a luxury electric van to rival the Volvo EM90?
February 15, 2024
An all-electric Porsche luxury van? This could be a possibility. Porsche’s design boss, Peter Varga, said a van is now “very interesting” when combined with luxury.
Several years ago, nobody expected Lamborghini to launch a luxury SUV, and now the Urus is the…
Mack to invest $14.5M in Roanoke to build electric MD line
February 15, 2024
The iconic Mack Trucks brand has been taking the medium duty market by storm, bringing big truck features and functionality to the segment like never before. The market has responded, and Mack is selling as many as they can make — so they’re going to start making more.
Mack Trucks has announced plans to add 72,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space to their existing Roanoke, VA, adding…
The Dawn Project, a group that runs ads attacking Tesla’s full self-driving system, has received a letter from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) demanding that it cease using its logo in advertising, which Dawn Project did in contravention of US federal law…
Stablecoin Sector Swells by $1.7 Billion in February; USDC and FDUSD Lead Supply Growth
February 15, 2024
Statistics reveal that since the onset of February 2024, the stablecoin sector has experienced a significant expansion, with an increase of $1.7 billion in its economy. In the last 30 days, both usd coin and first digital usd witnessed their supplies jump by 9.6% and 40.3%…
Report: Genesis Global Cleared to Unload $1.3 Billion in GBTC Shares
February 15, 2024
Genesis Global Capital has received authorization to offload its stake in Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), valued at approximately $1.3 billion.
Genesis Global Permitted to Liquidate $1.3 Billion in Bitcoin Trust Shares
According to Bloomberg, Genesis Global Holdco LLC secured Judge Sean Lane’s approval to liquidate its GBTC investments, currently estimated at $1.3 billion. The request for…
