Enlarge / Adobe’s Enhance Speech service can remove background noise from certain voice recordings. (credit: Adobe) Recently, Adobe released a free AI-powered audio processing tool that can enhance some poor-quality voice recordings by removing background noise and making the voice sound stronger. When it works, the result sounds like a recording made in a professional...
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Critical Windows code-execution vulnerability went undetected until now
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers recently discovered a Windows code-execution vulnerability that has the potential to rival EternalBlue, the name of a different Windows security flaw used to detonate WannaCry, the ransomware that shut down computer networks across the world in 2017. Like EternalBlue, CVE-2022-37958, as the latest vulnerability is tracked, allows attackers to execute...
Lobbyists have held up nation’s first right-to-repair bill in New York
Enlarge / Tech companies, including Apple, have lobbied hard to prevent a New York bill that would require them to make repair information and parts available to individuals and non-affiliated repair techs. (credit: Getty Images) The Digital Fair Repair Act, the first right-to-repair bill to entirely pass through a state legislature, is awaiting New York...
The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater
Enlarge (credit: Huang Evan via Getty Images) In 2022, an American dressed in his pajamas took down North Korea’s Internet from his living room. Fortunately, there was no reprisal against the United States. But Kim Jong Un and his generals must have weighed retaliation and asked themselves whether the so-called independent hacker was a front...
Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta
John Carmack, who was chief technology officer of Oculus, which Meta bought, is departing the company.
Elon Musk, Management Guru?
Why the Twitter owner’s ruthless, unsparing style has made him a hero to many bosses in Silicon Valley.
Elon Musk Flexes His Media Muscle by Suspending Reporters on Twitter
Elon Musk’s moves this week set off a heated debate about complex issues of free speech and online censorship.
DeSantis May Snub Big Tech Inaugural Donations, Strategists Say
The Florida governor, who is considering a 2024 presidential bid, has often railed against tech companies. But while turning down their cash would cheer conservative activists, it’s unclear how much is at stake.
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested + Predicitions for 2023 + Listener Q&A
The disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried used “old-fashioned embezzlement,” according to the new FTX chief executive.
Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of musical notes exploding forth from a computer monitor. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, a pair of tech hobbyists released Riffusion, an AI model that generates music from text prompts by creating a visual representation of sound and converting it to audio for playback. It uses a fine-tuned version of...