OpenAI just announced that it recently conducted a small-scale preview of a new tool called Voice Engine. This is a voice cloning technology that can mimic any speaker by analyzing a 15-second audio sample. The company says it generates “natural-sounding speech” with “emotive and realistic voices.” The technology is based on the company’s pre-existing text-to-speech … Read more
Instagram is working on a feature that would recommend Reels to you and a friend based on videos you’ve shared with each other and your individual interests. Reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi unearthed the feature, which is called Blend. Instagram confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s testing Blend internally and it hasn’t started trialing it publicly. It … Read more
‘It’s all your favorite artists doing that s**t,’ the Oscar Award-winning singer-songwriter said in a new interview. ‘It’s all your favorite artists doing that s**t,’ the Oscar Award-winning singer-songwriter said in a new interview.
Upon the release of ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Bey appeared in a new photo shoot wearing country-themed attire. Upon the release of ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Bey appeared in a new photo shoot wearing country-themed attire.
Gig work predates the internet. Besides traditional forms of self-employment, like plumbing, offers for ad-hoc services have long been found in the Yellow Pages and newspaper classified ads, and later Craigslist and Backpage which supplanted them. Low-cost broadband internet allowed for the proliferation of computer-based gig platforms like Mechanical Turk, Fiverr and Elance, which offered … Read more
I had a favorite version of Mulan growing up (Anita Yuen in the 1998 Taiwanese TV series). I obsessed over Chinese period TV series like Legend of the Condor Heroes, My Fair Princess and The Book and the Sword. I consider myself fairly well-versed in Chinese historical figures, especially those represented in ‘90s and 2000s … Read more
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale ended earlier this week, but a handful of the better tech discounts we saw during the event are still kicking. We’ve also found a few new deals of note, including all-time lows on the newest MacBook Air, the best price to date for an Apple AirTags four-pack, a larger-than-usual drop for … Read more
‘Cowboy Carter’ features several fellow A-listers, and Queen Bey even put a spin on Dolly’s hit single ‘Jolene.’ ‘Cowboy Carter’ features several fellow A-listers, and Queen Bey even put a spin on Dolly’s hit single ‘Jolene.’
In 2014, WIRED asked me to write a few lines about my most-used app as part of an internship application. I wrote about WhatsApp because it was a no-brainer. I was an international student from India, and it was my lifeline to my family and to my girlfriend, now my wife, who lived on the … Read more
Last year, Polestar announced its most practical EV yet in the Polestar 4. But this week, during the vehicle’s North American debut at the New York International Auto Show, we finally got an official launch price and a chance to check out its most controversial feature. Positioned as a slightly smaller and more affordable version … Read more