On '100 Sound Effects,' Fred Armisen resurrects the long-dead haunted mansion album

Fred Armisen releases '100 Sound Effects,' a catalog of hyperrealistic noises inspired by his nostalgia for haunted mansion ...
Inc

Zoom’s New AI Features Go Way Beyond Videoconferencing

Videoconferencing and communications platform Zoom has announced a slate of AI-powered features. The new tools, announced on Wednesday at the Zoomtopia conference, are intended to amp up the ...
TechRadar

Zoom is working on realistic avatars - and its AI companion will finally now work with Microsoft Teams and Google Meet

Zoom reveals new AI developments, including AI Companion 3.0 Its AI note-taking tool will also finally work across Google Meet and Microsoft Teams “Lifelike” AI avatars are coming to a meeting near ...
The Verge

You can soon attend Zoom meetings as your AI avatar

The ‘photorealistic’ avatar can help cover up your bedhead. The ‘photorealistic’ avatar can help cover up your bedhead. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social ...
TechCrunch

Zoom launches a cross-application AI notetaker, AI avatars, and more in its latest update

Zoom on Wednesday launched new products at its Zoomtopia conference, including an upgraded AI companion that can work across meeting apps, as well as the ability to add your own notes, AI-powered ...
The New York Times

Zoom’s C.E.O. Thinks Your Meetings Could Be Better

Eric Yuan, who saw the firm he founded become a household name during the pandemic, is trying to change the way people use the platform. By Jordyn Holman Jordyn Holman, who still sometimes forgets to ...
The New Zealand Herald

Rotorua hit-and-run case: Riki Lum, Hamilton man charged with Paige Johnson’s manslaughter, granted bail

Riki Lum is on electronically monitored bail while he awaits trial for the manslaughter of Paige Johnson (inset). Photo / Kelly Makiha A man charged with the manslaughter of Rotorua deaf and blind man ...
Android Police

I tried Google's Pro Res Zoom on the Pixel 10 Pro XL, and it's amazing

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...
The Financial Express

Who are Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli? Microsoft fires two employees for breaking into president’s office

A group called ‘No Azure for Apartheid’ organised the protest. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. terminated two of its employees for breaking into President Brad Smith’s office and protesting against the ...
Android Authority

Here are the 20 best and worst 100x zoom photos we took with the Pixel 10 Pro

Adding something like 100x zoom to a smartphone camera is no small task. Before now, only Samsung and OnePlus had really dared to push that far in the US, and they’d achieved mixed results over and ...
Lifehacker

The New Pixel Camera's '100x Zoom' Is Basically Fancy Generative AI

Announced at the Made by Google event, here's the difference between Google's Pro Res Zoom and its older software zoom techniques. During Made by Google yesterday, the Android and search giant briefly ...
Android Authority

The first Pixel 10 Pro Res Zoom samples show up online, and they're pretty bad

The first pictures taken with the Pixel 10 Pro’s Pro Res Zoom feature have surfaced online. Pro Res Zoom uses generative AI to capture better long-range zoom shots, at up to 100x. These early samples ...