Technology

Microsoft Research Asia has presented its VASA-1 AI model. This allows you to create an animated video of a person based on a single photo and a piece of audio. The model is presented as a way to create realistic avatars, such as…
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Microsoft became a minority shareholder of G42, an AI company from the United Arab Emirates. The investment comes amid the geopolitical race between China and the US. For one and a half billion dollars, Microsoft will receive an…
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In February, Bitcoin is heading for the largest price increase in a month since October 2021. The value of the largest cryptocurrency in the world has risen by almost 40 percent this month and is at the highest level since the end of 2021.…
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Several major tech and telecom players are joining the AI-RAN Alliance, an interest group that wants to investigate how AI can improve telecom networks. Founding members include Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Microsoft, T-Mobile US,…
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Adobe has introduced an AI assistant in its Reader and Acrobat applications. He can make summaries of or answer questions about PDF files. The AI assistant is currently still in the testing phase in Acrobat. Still, the software…
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Meta is opposed to a percentage fee that it must pay to Europe to have itself checked whether it is following the rules of the game. Not every major player has to pay the same. The European Union is asking Meta (and other major…
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The major music group Universal Music Group (UMG) threatens to remove its music from well-known pop stars such as Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga from the popular video app TikTok. The company has not yet…
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Netflix co-founder and chairman Reed Hastings has donated $1.1 billion in shares of that company to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation charity. This foundation provides money for, for example, affordable housing, help for poor…
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