Furlong was among the narrators and authors who became outraged after learning of a clause in contracts between authors and leading audiobook distributor Findaway Voices, which gave Apple the right to “use audiobooks files for machine learning training and models.” Findaway was acquired by Spotify last June. Some authors and narrators say they were not clearly informed about the clause and feared it may have allowed their work or voices to contribute to Apple’s development of synthetic voices for audiobooks....

Unlike Twitter, Discord is divided into interest-based servers without a shared feed. New to the platform? Go read Boone Ashworth’s fantastic guide to Discord with tips to help you get started and navigate the platform without embarrassment. Even after you understand the basics, it can be difficult to find that first server with a community who shares your interests. Not sure where to begin? Here are a few Discord servers worth checking out:...

Updated December 2022: We’ve added the Sonos Ray Soundbar and the Sonos Sub Mini subwoofer and updated pricing and retailers. Special offer for Gear readers: Get a 1-year subscription to WIRED for $5 ($25 off). This includes unlimited access to WIRED.com and our print magazine (if you’d like). Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day. The Sonos One (Gen 2) is just about the smallest Sonos speaker, but it packs enough oomph to fill most rooms....

He’s since adopted a looser alter ego, as I observe in a recent internal Workrooms team meeting he invited me to join. Swiveling his chair towards a Zoom-like projection of my face on a curved screen hovering in the room, Schudiske touts a client’s upcoming grant meeting with Bill Gates—a “monocle and smoking jacket” affair, he calls it sardonically. Around a half-moon-shaped table, several blank-faced avatars shake their shoulders in apparent laughter....

On Tuesday, Boston-based forensics firm Arsenal Consulting, which has been working on behalf of the defendants in the Bhima Koregaon case, released a new report revealing their analysis of the hard drive of Stan Swamy, perhaps the most famous of the 16 activists arrested in the case, all of whom have advocated for rights for Dalits—the Indian group once known as “untouchables"—as well as for Indian Muslims and indigenous people....

The new 3D printers can mould not only plastic but also metal, carbon fibres, wood and even food which makes it possible to use it in many diverse areas. The technology is being utilised in various fields and sectors including education, entertainment and medicine among many others. It is slowly gaining muscle in new areas every day including weaponry and space. We can safely say that within no time, 3D printing is going to change how the world works....

The trends of these connecting things are growing not only in SAP, Intel, Microsoft but also in an unexpected place like kitchen, garden and playing ground and more. As demands of the IoT proving that in the upcoming years this technology will be as ubiquitous as smartphones. The place for Web Development in IoT Just like IoT is penetrating in very industries, there is no exception in web development. If you’re wondering why IoT in web development, then here we explain to you....

1. Easy Access to Information The Internet is primarily to thank for this wonder. With easy access to the Internet, the student now has easy access to practically any information they could want. For those who need to study for a particular exam or write a research paper, no longer are they dependent upon the information that their local library possesses. Instead, they can open up their laptops, perform a quick search, and the answers they were seeking fall before them....

Update December 2022: We added information on more cameras, additional advice for sound-dampening panels and headphones, and extra storage options for high-resolution recording. If you appear on camera in your videos—or you shoot someone or something else that does—then getting a decent camera is going to be a top priority for you. However, a good camera alone won’t magically make your footage better. So the first step in picking a good camera is figuring out whether the one you have really needs to be replaced....

VR is already being tried by many schools so as to offer a new and engaging way of teaching and learning. AR has not been adopted in the education space to that extent but is very successful in areas such as construction and in museums. However, the technology that is used in these environments can be easily leveraged by universities and schools. MR is the term that has been developed by Microsoft for its ‘mixed reality’ headset called the Hololens....

The service is now in beta, which is how Google likes to launch its products: It’s not finished, but you can start using it right now. Head to the Health Connect listing on the Google Play Store to install it on an Android device. (iOS isn’t available.) It’s important to note that Health Connect doesn’t provide a one-stop health hub itself. Rather, it enables you to link up various health and fitness apps together, so you can pick one or two to draw in all of that collected information and present it in a way that makes sense to you....

In this post, we are going to discuss some core benefits of guest blogging and find out how exactly you can take the most out of it. Attract more visitors to your resource As you may know, there are two types of traffic: organic and paid. Organic traffic is gained when users find your website with the help of Google or other engines. Paid traffic is the one you get from the advertisement....

The Connection between your Website Design and Business First and foremost, the main factors that affect your decision to choose a particular website design are the nature of your business and its goals in terms of online marketing. For example, if your goal is to have a website that acts like an online brochure, it’s obvious that you should select a single-page layout. A physical brochure has all information for prospective customers on it, so does a single-page website....

Photos capture the memories one has cherished. So managing the photos becomes important but quite difficult and IOTransfer 3 helps to transfer and manage photos between iPhone, iPad and personal computer. Also, to save space, one can delete the unrequired photos in bulk, further solving the storage issues. Backing up of photos is now also possible without iTunes because of IOTransfer 3. Downloading and converting videos One cannot easily imagine downloading the videos on an IOS device but IOTransfer 3 has made it also become real....

In the United States, the latest iPod nano is priced at $149 for of 16GB variant; iPod shuffle is priced at $49 for 2GB variant. In addition to the new colors and storage capacity, Apple last updated iPod nano in October 2012, the last update iPod shuffle was in September 2010. Apple last updated iPod touch was in July 2015 and added A8 chip and 800W Rear camera. Apple released its first iPod shuffle in January 2005 and released iPod nano in September of the same year....

This week, like a couple eagerly awaiting their nuptials, Netflix sent out a “save the date.” It came in the form of a sizzle reel, soundtracked by Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby,” and featured glimpses of all the big films the streaming service will be putting out this year. It was … fine? Like, sure, I’m going to watch that Extraction sequel where Chris Hemsworth throws an axe, and that one featuring Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill with a truly awful haircut....

That victim was 66-year-old Luba, when she and her husband were foraging for mushrooms. The explosion shredded her calves and feet, and cut a long gash across her stomach. When paramedics arrived, they had no safe way to quickly reach her without potentially triggering another device. Luba died on the way to hospital. Luba’s death, and others like hers, can feel like tragic accidents—but they are not. Russian soldiers have deliberately left behind booby traps, landmines, and unexploded ordnance while retreating in Ukraine, not to protect themselves, but to spitefully take away the freedom of civilians....

For months, researchers and advocates have warned that Brazil was poised for its own version of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol should the now former president Jair Bolsonaro lose his reelection bid in October. Now that an attack on Brazil’s Congress has come to pass, those same researchers are accusing tech platforms—especially YouTube and Meta—of failing to stem the flow of dangerous disinformation. Those platforms are propagating extreme views held by the US far right across the globe, people tracking developments in Brazil say....

The Rise Of Smartphone Usage Smartphones now account for most of the searches launched for services and products. Smart marketing leverages this by reaching out to prospect and customers through SMS, with links to the promotional offers. When you use jookSMS for SMS marketing, you can reach out to individuals who will find the offer attractive and quickly click on the link to avail the offers and learn more about the promotional campaign....

At the time I was working through the Redwall series and the Hobbit. I loved the maps and the descriptions of all the foods the characters would make in Redwall. At that age, I liked poring over books so I could act out what was going on. I would take scenes from the Hobbit and build them with Legos, or draw maps from Redwall and play with them in the yard....