Google’s AI note-taking app NotebookLM can now explain complex topics to you out loud
Google announced on Wednesday that its AI note-taking and research app, NotebookLM, is adding a new “audio conversations” feature. Audio conversations will give users another way to digest and comprehend the information in the documents they have uploaded to the app, such as course readings or legal briefs. Since its
Read moreApple’s newly available ‘win-back’ offers let developers reach lapsed subscribers
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Read moreMastering IT Management: An Exclusive Interview with SolarWinds Evangelist Sascha Giese
IT News Africa recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Sascha Giese, a passionate and knowledgeable Technical Evangelist at SolarWinds. Sascha Giese is a certified IT professional with over a decade of experience, holding certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA), Microsoft Certified
Read moreOura has acquired metabolic health startup Veri
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Read moreFearless Fund is shutting down its contested Strivers Grant program
Fearless Fund has settled its case with the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER), agreeing to shut down its Strivers Grant program. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEnterprise 2024.6: Identify and engage your subject matter experts
This release includes updates that improve subject matter expert (SME) visibility and engagement in Stack Overflow for Teams. It's also now easier to capture and discover SME knowledge in Microsoft Teams and Slack with the Auto-Answer App.
Read moreNuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers, mobility companies
After multiple rounds of layoffs in 2022 and 2023, Nuro is pivoting its business strategy to focus more on the startup’s core autonomous driving technology instead of owning and operating a fleet of low-speed, on-road delivery bots. The company said on Wednesday it would start licensing its autonomous vehicle technology
Read moreMeet Verse, an AI-powered creative app that helps Gen Z design and publish expressive content
Verse, a new AI-powered creative app, is aiming to help Gen Z users create hyper-visual and expressive content. The iOS app allows users to design and publish multimedia content on an interactive canvas with the help of an AI assistant. You can create a mini website, called a Verse, for
Read moreAdobe says video generation is coming to Firefly this year
Users will get their first chance to try out Adobe’s AI model for video generation in just a couple months. The company says features powered by Adobe’s Firefly Video model will become available before the end of 2024 on the Premiere Pro beta app and on a free website. Adobe
Read moreConnectly, now backed by Alibaba, taps AI to personalize text messages to customers
Stefanos Loukakos, formerly a director at Meta’s business-focused Messenger division and, briefly, the tech giant’s blockchain org, noticed several years ago that online retailers were struggling to connect with potential shoppers. The problem, in his opinion, was that their marketing campaigns weren’t tailored enough. Merchants were sending generic social media, text, and
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