Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice. Now, using deep-learning AI models, software can create not only realistic-sounding voices, but also convincingly imitate existing voices using small samples of...
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(BPRW) Chevron Announces Opening of Fab Labs at HBCUs
(Black PR Wire) SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and the Fab Foundation today announced the official opening of Fab Labs at Fort Valley State University and Florida A&M Uni…
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(BPRW) Qore Partners with QoreID, (A VerifyMe Company) to Enhance Financial Security in Africa
(Black PR Wire) Lagos – Qore, the leading Banking-as-a-Service platform provider in Africa, has partnered with QoreID, A VerifyMe Company, Africa’s foremost data and e-KYC technology provider, to deliver robust, reliable, and rea…
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Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for FTX Fraud
Mr. Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of stealing $8 billion from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, faced a maximum sentence of 110 years.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence: How It Compares With Bernie Madoff’s and Others
Here’s how the former crypto mogul’s 25-year sentence stacks up against the prosecutions of Michael Milken, Bernie Madoff and others.
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Use AI to See, Hear and Speak. What Are They Like?
What happens when a columnist and a reporter use A.I. glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes ensued.
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How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality for the 737 Max
Problems have plagued the manufacturer even after two fatal crashes, and many current and former employees blame its focus on making planes more quickly.
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A.I. Leaders Press Advantage With Congress as China Tensions Rise
Silicon Valley chiefs are swarming the Capitol to try to sway lawmakers on the dangers of falling behind in the artificial intelligence race.
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PyPI halted new users and projects while it fended off supply-chain attack
Enlarge / Supply-chain attacks, like the latest PyPI discovery, insert malicious code into seemingly functional software packages used by developers. They’re becoming increasingly common. (credit: Getty Images) PyPI, a vital repository for open source developers, temporarily halted new project creation and new user registration following an onslaught of package uploads that executed malicious code on...
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Ubuntu will manually review Snap Store after crypto wallet scams
Enlarge / One thing you can say about this crypto wallet: You can’t confuse it for any other. (credit: Getty Images) The Snap Store, where containerized Snap apps are distributed for Ubuntu’s Linux distribution, has been attacked for months by fake crypto wallet uploads that seek to steal users’ currencies. As a result, engineers at...