Amazon Prime Video’s new AI tech matches lips to dubbed audio
Amazon Prime Video’s new AI tech matches lips to dubbed audio

Amazon’s Prime Video is launching a new AI-powered feature that lines up an actor’s mouth with “human-dubbed” audio. The feature is only available with the English dub of the German series Maxton Hall for now, but Prime Video plans to expand it to “additional titles” in the future. In its announcement, Prime Video says it […]

Students who use AI generally score worse at school
Students who use AI generally score worse at school

Students who use AI to help them study tend to perform worse at school than those who don’t, according to data from a global OECD educational report. The situation is more complex than it sounds though, with certain types of AI use giving learners a slight boost, especially among students taught to critically assess how […]

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Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’
Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’

A senior Anthropic safety researcher has said there is more than a 10 percent chance artificial intelligence “could kill all humans” by the end of the decade, just hours after a colleague resigned over fears the AI lab and its rivals are carelessly racing to build “superhuman systems” they cannot control. In a post on […]

RGNT’s 85 MPH retro electric motorcycle just got a scrambler makeover
RGNT’s 85 MPH retro electric motorcycle just got a scrambler makeover

Swedish electric motorcycle maker RGNT has expanded its lineup with a new scrambler version of its retro-inspired electric motorcycle, adding a bit more off-road attitude without messing too much with the formula underneath.

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Apple’s foldable ‘iPhone Duo’ will reportedly start at $2,000
Apple’s foldable ‘iPhone Duo’ will reportedly start at $2,000

With only a few hours left until the first iPhone launch event since John Ternus took over as the CEO of Apple, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says the name of the company’s long-rumored folding phone is the iPhone Duo. The midnight report suggests it will have a price starting at $2,000 for a model with […]

Sony isn’t phasing out discs quite as quickly as we thought
Sony isn’t phasing out discs quite as quickly as we thought

Sony isn’t backing away from its decision to kill the video game disc in January 2028. But Sony isn’t shutting down production as quickly as we thought, either. Two months after reports that Sony’s last discmaking plant was already being repurposed, the company’s discmaking division now says that one widely reported detail was wrong. Originally, […]

Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone
Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone

OpenAI says it found a solution to a major math problem that has remained unsolved for around 90 years, as reported earlier by The New York Times and Wired. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it discovered a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem – which relates to the flow of liquid and […]

Do wind and solar farms tank home values? A 20-year study has an answer
Do wind and solar farms tank home values? A 20-year study has an answer

One of the most common arguments against a new wind or solar farm is that it will drag down nearby home values. A new Indiana study found no evidence that it does.

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Rivian spinout Also apologizes for delays in shipping futuristic e-bikes
Rivian spinout Also apologizes for delays in shipping futuristic e-bikes

Rivian’s futuristic e-bike is delayed, and customers are not happy. Last year, Rivian’s micromobility spinoff Also unveiled a new, software-controlled electric bike called the TM-B that immediately set the e-bike world ablaze. With USB-C chargeable battery, removable seat post, and software-controlled pedal-by-wire system, the TM-B set itself apart with a totally unique approach to electric […]

ChatGPT Sketch turns your bad drawings into detailed AI images
ChatGPT Sketch turns your bad drawings into detailed AI images

OpenAI announced ChatGPT Images 2.5 on Tuesday and is adding a new way to tell ChatGPT what you want it to make an image of: by drawing a doodle. With a new feature called Sketch, you can just draw something right inside ChatGPT and then tell ChatGPT how you want it to make an image […]