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Rwanda media guide
Rwanda media guide
An overview of the media in Rwanda, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.
2023-07-31 16:54
How tall is Jacob Day? Exploring height of Tiktok star rumored to be dating his cousin Sadie Mckenna
How tall is Jacob Day? Exploring height of Tiktok star rumored to be dating his cousin Sadie Mckenna
Jacob Day is known for his hilarious challenges and lip-sync videos on TikTok
2023-09-02 16:58
Electric Bus Maker Proterra’s Bankruptcy Reveals ‘Finite Window’ for EV Startups
Electric Bus Maker Proterra’s Bankruptcy Reveals ‘Finite Window’ for EV Startups
Electric bus maker Proterra Inc. had support from US President Joe Biden, contracts with 135 transit agencies and
2023-08-17 10:47
Spotify makes AI voice clones of podcasters and uses them to speak other languages
Spotify makes AI voice clones of podcasters and uses them to speak other languages
Spotify has cloned the voices of its top podcasters and will use them to translate podcasts into other languages. Presenters including Lex Fridman and Kristen Bell now have podcasts on Spotify in which they interview their guests in Spanish – despite those conversations never actually having happened. Instead, Spotify took those podcasts and used a range of artificial intelligence technologies to create a match of their voice. They then translated the podcasts and used the voice clone to read them back out, giving an interview that is in another language but nonetheless sounds as if it was being spoken by the actual presenters. The company hopes that the technology means that people can listen to natural-sounding podcasts that were originally English – even if they do not speak the language. The technology is available for a limited number of podcasts in Spanish already, and Spotify will collect them in a devoted part of the app, and will also appear as a suggestion when someone starts listening to a relevant podcast. Soon it expects to use the technology for French and German, and will apply it to more podcasts. “By matching the creator’s own voice, Voice Translation gives listeners around the world the power to discover and be inspired by new podcasters in a more authentic way than ever before,” said Ziad Sultan, Spotify’s vice president of personalisation, in a statement. “We believe that a thoughtful approach to AI can help build deeper connections between listeners and creators, a key component of Spotify’s mission to unlock the potential of human creativity.” Spotify has already rolled out a number of other AI-powered features, including its AI DJ, which not only chooses songs but uses an artificial voice to introduce them. Like that AI DJ, the new translation technology is built on tools provided by OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT. It said the current techologies are “just the beginning”. “The creator and audience feedback from the pilot will provide important insights for future expansion, iterations, and innovations,” Spotify said in its announcement, and it said it would “continue exploring new ways to overcome barriers to storytelling”. Read More Tesla robot shown practising yoga Meta plans to develop ‘sassy robot’ chatbot for young users, report says Nasa just delivered a piece of a distant asteroid to Earth
2023-09-25 21:29
The British Economy Looks Ugly. Investors, Now’s the Time to Strike.
The British Economy Looks Ugly. Investors, Now’s the Time to Strike.
U.K. companies are trading at about a 20% discount to global peers, according to Charles Luke, an investment manager at Murray Income Trust. That gives them scope to catch up.
2023-07-24 12:29
Stephen Hawking theory proved right by man-made black hole
Stephen Hawking theory proved right by man-made black hole
Scientists have managed to simulate their very own black hole in their lab and witnessed how it began to glow. The black hole event horizon was created by a team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam, who used a chain of atoms in a single file to gain further understanding about the behaviour of a black hole. Its creation managed to prove Stephen Hawking's theory from 1974 where the black hole emitted a rare form of radiation. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter They studied the properties of Hawking radiation through the creation of a black hole analog in the lab. According to Science Alert, Hawking radiation happens when "particles born from disturbances in the quantum fluctuations caused by the black hole's break in spacetime." The fact that the radiation exhibits a glow itself is in a strange space anomaly, as the event horizon of a black hole is supposed to be where neither light nor matter is able to get out. We all learn about the strength of a black hole in science class – and how we would all be inevitably sucked in as a result. This is possible due to its density within a certain range of the centre, so even an attempt at travelling beyond light speed (or any velocity in the universe for the matter) would not make this unavoidable. The fake black hole event also caused a rise in temperature that matched theoretical expectations of an equivalent black hole system, - but only when part of the chain extended beyond the event horizon, Science Alert reported. As a result, it is believed perhaps this entanglement of particles that straddle the event horizon plays a big role in generating Hawking radiation. Under simulations that began by mimicking spacetime thought of as "flat," scientists say the radiation was only thermal for a certain range of 'hop amplitudes'. So there may be certain situations where Hawking radiation can emit thermally - and could only be the case where gravity causes a change in the warp of space-time. "This can open a venue for exploring fundamental quantum-mechanical aspects alongside gravity and curved spacetimes in various condensed matter settings," the scientists wrote in their paper published by Physical Review Research. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings
2023-06-29 18:19
US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills
US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills
The U.S. citizenship test is changing, with rollout expected late next year
2023-07-05 14:17
SNK Devs Talk City of the Wolves, Future Plans
SNK Devs Talk City of the Wolves, Future Plans
SNK is on a roll. The veteran video game developer had many announcements at Evolution
2023-08-15 04:23
Manchin Slams Biden’s EV Tax Credit Rules as Soft on China
Manchin Slams Biden’s EV Tax Credit Rules as Soft on China
New rules from the Biden administration to limit a lucrative consumer tax credit for electric vehicles that contain
2023-12-02 02:47
Stray is Getting a Movie Adaptation
Stray is Getting a Movie Adaptation
Your favorite cat game is getting a live adaptation. Learn more about here.
2023-09-13 07:28
Hate speech posted on economics website is traced to leading universities, research finds
Hate speech posted on economics website is traced to leading universities, research finds
Anonymous comments with racist, sexist and abusive messages that were posted for years on an an obscure, anonymous jobs-related website for economists originated from numerous leading U.S. universities, according to research released Thursday
2023-07-21 05:57
FTC sues Amazon, alleging it tricked consumers into signing up for Prime
FTC sues Amazon, alleging it tricked consumers into signing up for Prime
The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging that the e-commerce giant has tricked millions of consumers into signing up for its Amazon Prime subscription service through deceptive user interface designs.
2023-06-21 22:52