Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Summary Microsoft announced two new MAI models: MAI-Voice-1, a high-speed speech-generation system already available in Copilot Daily and Podcasts and previewable via Copilot Labs’…
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones Summary Amtrak has started running its next‑generation Avelia Liberty Acela trainsets on the Northeast Corridor. The new…
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population Summary Florida authorities and University of Florida researchers have trialled 120 robotic rabbits in the Everglades to lure and detect…
Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights Summary Researchers at South China Agricultural University have injected a light-emitting phosphor compound into succulent leaves to make houseplants glow. The material, similar to…
Taco Bell’s AI Drive-Thru Plan Gets Caught Up On Trolls and Glitches Summary Taco Bell rolled out AI-powered voice order assistants to hundreds of drive-thrus but has encountered glitches and…
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol Summary In a first-of-its-kind experiment, engineers at the University of Pennsylvania transmitted quantum signals over commercial Verizon campus fibre using the same…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich Summary A 56-year-old tech veteran, Stein-Erik Soelberg, killed his 83-year-old mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, and then himself in their…
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games Summary Valve has started enforcing age verification for UK Steam accounts to comply with the…
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson Summary Georgia Tech raised about $70 million from industry in the last fiscal year — a 28% increase on the previous…
UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers’ Data, Court Filing Suggests Summary A newly published Investigatory Powers Tribunal filing suggests the UK government’s Technical Capability Notice (TCN) to Apple went…
