Amazon researchers recently published details of a new text-to-speech model called Base TTS. This model is said to make words sound more natural than previous neural networks. The paper shows that the new Base TTS model is the largest neural network to date in the category of text-to-speech mode... Read more
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Meta is advising smaller advertisers to purchase their ads through Facebook's webpage rather than through the Facebook or Instagram apps for iOS. As a result, they will soon not have to pay a new Apple service fee. According to Bloomberg, Meta Platforms is trying to convince smaller advertisers ... Read more
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VodafoneZiggo is struggling in the consumer segment of the broadband market and lost about 100,000 customers last year. However, the telecom operator did record a slight increase in revenue in 2023 to a total of €1.2 billion. VodafoneZiggo indicated in a note to its 2023 annual figures that th... Read more
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The race is on at Google Deepmind, it is already coming out with Gemini 1.5 within months of the launch of Gemini 1.0. It sounds like a new version of an existing model, but nothing could be further from the truth. Google is opting for a Mixture-of-Experts architecture that is much more intelligent... Read more
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Google recently received permission from the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium to build three data centres. The exact location is the municipality of Farciennes. This should eventually create 800 jobs. With the construction of the new data centre in Farciennes, Google is doubling its data c... Read more
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Gemini 1.0 Pro is now generally available to all Vertex AI customers, while Gemini 1.0 Ultra is available to Vertex AI customers via an allowlist. Google recently switched entirely to Gemini for its model naming, further eliminating Bard. There are three Gemini versions for enterprises: Nano, Pr... Read more
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A misconfiguration of a Microsoft Azure server at BMW leaked sensitive company information. This was discovered by a SOCRadar researcher during a routine Internet scan, reports TechCrunch. According to TechCrunch, Can Yoleri, a security researcher at SOCRadar, discovered the misconfigured and th... Read more
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Cisco is facing fewer orders and is considering a reorganization. The reorganization is expected to affect thousands of jobs in the short term. Update 15 February: Several days after the initial announcement by Cisco CEO Chuck Robins that Cisco would restructure, it has become clear how many peo... Read more
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Nokia is introducing a suite of generative AI tools named MX Workmate. In this way, it aims to support employees in industrial (OT) environments in real-time, especially with troubleshooting and repairing machinery problems. With the introduction of its suite of generative AI tools, MX Workmate,... Read more
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recently ruled against laws and legislative proposals, saying that weakening end-to-end encryption of messaging services is not proportionate. They would also have no place in a democratic society. In the recent ruling, the ECHR indicates that end-to-end... Read more
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