Google is rolling out a new option called “Listen to this page” that can read a webpage out loud to you from within the Android Chrome browser. The feature comes with playback controls similar to those you’d find in music or podcast players, letting you pause, change the reading speed, scrub forward, or skip ahead or back by 10 seconds at a time.
You can also change the voice it uses, as…
Samsung’s excellent Galaxy Buds 2 Pro wireless earbuds have fallen to a new low price, selling for just $119.99 ($110 off) at Woot. That’s a screamer of a deal if I’ve ever seen one, as these flagship noise-canceling earbuds from Samsung are exceptionally light and…
It’s not so easy to create a differentiated free-to-play looter shooter game, but Nexon is on the path to do it with The First Descendant.
I played the third-person looter shooter game hands-on for nearly an hour at the recent Summer Game Fest Play Days event, and it kept…
Nvidia leads the age of AI hardware. The company’s high-performance GPUs are being used by some of the biggest technology companies in the world to power the training and inference for some very large models. But, as the Jensen Huang-led giant continues to thrive, a batch of smaller AI hardware companies has also come to the fore, targeting specific niches within the domain. Today, one such…
Democratizing AI: SmythOS is the hero everyone needs
June 28, 2024
Being a student is tough enough. Unfortunately, with gloom and doom scenarios about AI replacing job opportunities, life for students has become even tougher. It’s no wonder that many students are stressed about how or even if they will ever be able to support themselves.
Google to shore up Vertex AI’s enterprise credentials with addition of Mistral Small, Large and Codestral models
June 28, 2024
Google is adding more third-party models to its AI platform to give enterprise customers more freedom when building apps. Days after integrating Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet to Vertex AI, Google revealed that it will be adding support for Mistral Small, Mistral Large, and…
Exclusive: Zip’s AI procurement platform drives $4.4 billion in savings, reshaping enterprise spending
June 28, 2024
Zip, an AI-powered procurement platform, announced today that it has helped customers achieve $4.4 billion in savings since its launch in 2020. The company, which serves enterprises across industries including technology, financial services, and healthcare, is leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline procurement processes and drive cost efficiencies. Rujul Zaparde, Zip’s founder and CEO…
As it seeks to win over enterprise customers, Google is trying to ensure that its AI platform minimizes hallucinations. It’s a big deal for organizations, especially those whose executives are already wary about the technology. Google is doubling down on model grounding to…
Time Magazine partners with OpenAI and ElevenLabs
June 28, 2024
Time Magazine, the iconic red-bordered former news weekly founded 101-years ago by print magnate Henry Luce (who also founded Fortune and Life), appears to be diving headfirst into the generative AI age with partnerships with major AI startups OpenAI and ElevenLabs announced…
U.S. dronemaker Skydio said it has started hiring employees in Ukraine, a first step in an effort to expand its business there.
CEO Adam Bry described the work in an interview with Defense News Wednesday, hours before he testified before Congress.
“I’ve never met drone users as sophisticated as the folks in Ukraine,” Bry said. “We want a team there.”
For now, the hires are in the single…
