Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models – Slashdot Summary Microsoft has unveiled two in-house AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a high-speed speech-generation system now live in Copilot (Daily and Podcasts) and available…
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones Summary Amtrak’s new 160 mph tilting Acela trainsets have begun service on the Northeast Corridor. They bring…
Summary The South Florida Water Management District, working with University of Florida researchers, has trialled 120 solar-powered robot rabbits this summer to help detect and lure invasive Burmese pythons in…
Nanoparticles Turn Houseplants Into Night Lights Summary Researchers at South China Agricultural University have developed an afterglow phosphor compound that can be injected into succulent leaves so they absorb light…
Taco Bell’s AI Drive-Thru Plan Gets Caught Up On Trolls and Glitches Summary Taco Bell’s roll‑out of AI voice assistants at the drive‑thru has hit practical problems: glitches, deliberate trolling…
Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol Summary In a first-of-its-kind experiment, engineers at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrated that quantum signals can be transmitted over commercial fibre-optic infrastructure…
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 himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on 5…
Steam Users in the UK Will Need a Credit Card To Access ‘Mature Content’ Games Summary Valve has started enforcing an age‑verification step for UK Steam accounts to comply with…
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson Summary Georgia Tech secured $70 million in corporate funding this fiscal year — up 28% from the previous year — so…
UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers’ Data, Court Filing Suggests Summary A recently published Investigatory Powers Tribunal filing indicates the UK Home Office’s Technical Capability Notice (TCN) to Apple…
