Gemini Live could use some more rehearsals
What’s the point of chatting with a human-like bot if it’s an unreliable narrator — and has a colorless personality? That’s the question I’ve been turning over in my head since I began testing Gemini Live, Google’s take on OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode, last week. Gemini Live is an attempt
Read moreNow a million people can watch you fumble Zoom’s screen share settings at once
Zoom on Monday announced a new single-user webinar feature that caps out at 1 million attendees. The addition comes less than a month after the #WinWithBlackWomen fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris peaked at 44,000 users before crashing. More recently, an X interview between owner Elon Musk and Harris’ challenger,
Read moreCould Trump’s AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement be illegal?
On Sunday, former President Donald Trump posted a collection of memes on Truth Social — the platform owned by his media company — that make it seem like Taylor Swift and her fans are coming out in support of his candidacy. But as new legislation takes effect, these images could
Read moreHow to integrate artificial intelligence into office software: the ONLYOFFICE Docs case study
Explore how AI can be integrated with MS Office using OnlyOffice Docs' ChatGPT plugin. Learn about its structure, features, and implementation. Continue reading How to integrate artificial intelligence into office software: the ONLYOFFICE Docs case study on SitePoint.
Read moreSwarmbotics founders grew ‘obsessed with robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield
Few truly autonomous systems are deployed on the battlefield, but one startup is looking to change that with robotic systems that use cooperative behavior to boost troops’ intelligence and tactical advantage. Those systems are called “swarms,” and they’re basically collections of autonomous robots that can coordinate their actions. Swarm robotics
Read moreFormer a16z VC Balaji Srinivasan obtained a private island for his new longevity ‘technocapitalist’ school
Former a16z-investor Balaji Srinivasan has booked out an island in Singapore to create his own “Network School.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFlightAware warns that some customers’ info has been ‘exposed,’ including Social Security numbers
The flight tracking company says the misconfiguration exposed customer names, addresses, and pilot's data, as well as Social Security numbers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreA surprising number of ‘iPad Kids’ are on X, study finds
Over 30% of 7- to 9-year-olds have an X account, according to a new report. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreApple Podcasts launches on the web
Apple Podcasts can now be streamed from the web. Apple announced on Monday that its Apple Podcasts app is now available on all major web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari) in over 170 countries. The new dedicated web experience aims to make it easier for anyone with a web
Read moreChris’ Corner: Filtering
We updated the Your Work section of CodePen recently. See, it used to have a dropdown menu like this that we labelled “View”: This allowed you to scope down the Pens you were looking at below (in a Grid or List view). A single <select> element like that started to
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