Microsoft Expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Cheaper Game Pass Tiers
Microsoft Expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Cheaper Game Pass Tiers Summary Microsoft is testing new Xbox Game Pass features with Xbox Insiders that extend Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) to the…
Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models
Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Summary Microsoft has unveiled two in-house AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a high-speed speech-generation model already integrated into Copilot Daily and Podcasts and available to try…
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones Summary Amtrak has introduced next‑generation Acela trainsets on the Northeast Corridor with a top service speed of…
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population Summary Florida authorities and University of Florida researchers deployed an experimental array of roughly 120 robotic rabbits in the Everglades…
Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights
Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights Summary Researchers at South China Agricultural University have developed a light-emitting phosphor compound that can be injected into fleshy-leaved houseplants (notably succulents) to make…
Taco Bell’s AI Drive-Thru Plan Gets Caught Up On Trolls and Glitches
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 more than 500 drive-thrus across the US, but…
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol Summary Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated, for the first time on live commercial fibre, that delicate quantum signals can…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich
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 and then himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on…
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games Summary Valve has started enforcing the UK’s Online Safety Act for Steam users in the…
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson Summary Georgia Tech has markedly increased corporate funding this fiscal year, raising about $70 million from industry — a 28% rise…