TechCrunch Minute: Audible deploys AI-narrated audiobooks. Can it replace the human touch?
AI is coming for audiobooks, and that is not an entirely bad thing. But it is a cause of concern in the realm of audio titles and the folks who make them today. Audible is making it easy for authors to generate AI-narrated audiobooks, and as in many cases of
Read MoreGoogle’s budget Pixel 8a delivers updated silicon, Gemini access for $499
Google, it seems, couldn’t wait until I/O next week to show off the latest addition to the Pixel line. For the past several years, the company has used its annual developer conference to showcase an update to its budget line, but exactly a week out from the event, Google just
Read MoreGoogle’s Pixel Tablet is now available without the thing that makes it interesting
When we reviewed the Pixel Tablet roughly this time last year, we noted in no uncertain terms, “It’s all about the dock.” It was, after all, the one thing that truly distinguished the device from countless other uninspired Android tablets. Now I’m pleased to report that you, the consumer, can
Read MoreCopilot Chat in GitHub’s mobile app is now generally available
GitHub is betting that there are quite a few use cases for Copilot Chat on mobile that make this a worthwhile effort. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreApple teased AI improvements, including the M4’s neural engine, at its iPad event
Tuesday's theme focused on the new hardware devices themselves — devices like new iPads and an updated Apple Pencil — not on the AI advances Apple is making under the hood. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreNumerical differentiation with a complex step
The most obvious way to approximate the derivative of a function numerically is to use the definition of derivative and stick in a small value of the step size h. f′ (x) ≈ ( f(x + h) − f(x) ) / h. How small should h be? Since the exact value
Read MoreTelkomLearn Launched to Empower, Enlighten Young and Old
Telkom Telkom proudly introduces TelkomLearn, an innovative digital learning platform set to revolutionize access to top-tier educational resources. The platform offers quality courses from accredited partners, marking the dawn of a new era where educational excellence shines for all. Digital education with unparallel solutions TelkomLearn is the ultimate
Read MoreLegion’s founder aims to close the gap between what employers and workers need
While taking a long road trip across the U.S. years ago, Sanish Mondkar realized that there were stark, problematic disconnects between employers and the staff they employ. To critics of late-stage capitalism, that might sound like an obvious observation. But Mondkar, who has a master’s in computer science from Cornell,
Read MoreTubi calls on indie filmmakers and their fans to help beef up original content library
Tubi launched a new program called “Stubios” for aspiring filmmakers to submit original content. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreRad AI, a startup that helps radiologists save time on report generation, raises $50M Series B from Khosla Ventures
In 2017, Vinod Khosla told CNBC that the job “of the radiologist will be obsolete in five years.” While the founder of Khosla Ventures later revised that timeline to as long as 15 years, he maintained that AI image recognition could soon diagnose disease on scans better than human doctors.
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