Engadget

APRIL 8, 2025

You dont need a set of AirPods to get wireless audio from your iPhone, iPad or Mac, but Apples earbuds and headphones offer a lot of convenient integrations with its other products that you wont find anywhere else. This more expensive version adds Adaptive Audio, Transparency mode, Conversation Awareness and a wireless charging case.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

NIM microservices support a range of AI applications, including large language models ( LLMs ), vision language models, image generation, speech processing, retrieval-augmented generation ( RAG )-based search, PDF extraction and computer vision. 8B-instruct Image Generation: Flux.dev Audio: Riva Parakeet-ctc-0.6B-asr

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Whilst we can present as a music organisation that makes beeping noises with kids, we are actually interested in positively impacting their sense of wellbeing. The post Using Music and Data to Measure Impact and Wellbeing appeared first on Salesforce.org. Here’s how we’re doing it. Understand What You’re Doing and Why.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

If youre currently in the market for a music-streaming subscription, have we got a deal for you. Pick up six months of Apple Music for just $3. Apple Music is a fine little streaming platform. The audio quality is on point, with lossless streaming available at no charge, and the UI is easy-to-navigate. Thats not a typo.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Startup Adthos this week launched a platform that uses AI to generate scripts for audio ads — and even add voiceovers, sound effects and music. ” Adthos uses generative AI to completely automate audio ads by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2011

Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format. She predicted that the usability of Read2Go will encourage Bookshare members to read more books in the DAISY audio format.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Spotify is rolling out a Music Pro tier later this year that will give users access to higher-quality audio and remixing tools, according to Bloomberg. The service teased a high-fidelity streaming option way back in 2017 and had confirmed that it was working to provide users with access to lossless audio in 2021.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Deals on music streaming services tend to be few and far between. But right now, you can snag one of the best deals we've seen, period, on Apple Music. Apple Music is a fine little streaming platform. The audio quality is on point, with lossless streaming available at no charge, and the UI is easy-to-navigate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Apple launches a new service : Sarah writes that Apple is launching a music streaming service focused exclusively on classical music. Beyond that, Discord is updating its moderation tool to harness the power of large language models and rolling out AI-generated conversation summaries.

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Engadget

MARCH 17, 2025

In our testing, the AirPods Max met Apple's promise of a 20-hour battery life with both ANC and spatial audio switched on. There's no support for high-res music streaming services either. We enjoyed the simple control system, which uses an Apple Watch-style rotating crown.

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Engadget

MARCH 12, 2025

We also liked its bass performance and overall sound quality for either TV or music. The Sonos Ray debuted in 2022 and garnered an 82 in our review thanks to compact, sleek design and easy setup. However, it didn't create as immersive a sound as larger options, so people with a big space might want to opt for something else.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Anyway, in between mashed potato servings, I did my best to “log off” and not think about audio — no offense — so instead, I binged the entire new season of Selling Sunset and played many crosswords. EXCLUSIVE: Hinge makes viral audio happen, despite many other apps trying. I’m back for you now, though, and we have a big issue ahead.

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Engadget

MARCH 13, 2025

" The sound is better-than-ever, thanks to new drivers, amplifiers, transducers and audio algorithms. The battery life is just average, but the charging case helps keep the music going. We heaped a fair amount of praise on these earbuds in our official review , calling them "a worthwhile update."

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

First up, theres music-sharing. Just open up the sticker tray and tap on the Music option. This will open up a search bar of Instagram's audio library. Direct messages will also now have a translation tool that works with 99 languages. The update lets users share tunes in both one-on-one messages and group chats.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

So, this means books, periodicals and other similar textual works, including audio versions of those titles. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances. Bookshare will get more books published in other countries, in far more languages. It doesn’t cover movies. Article 2(c).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 31, 2008

Founded by Indian Institute of Management professor Brij Kothari, the first concept was same language subtitling. Planet Read added subtitles to Bollywood music videos. They first created original visual story content, and then added different languages. They are already well past doing just Indian languages.

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Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

It also supports basic HDR10 but not Dolby Vision plus it can pass-through Dolby Atmos audio to a compatible soundbar or receiver. Amazon Music Unlimited 3-month trial for free ($24 off) : Amazon is offering new subscribers three months of its Music Unlimited streaming service for free.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

LOVO owns more than 200 voice skins that provide users with voices categorized by language, style, and situation suited for their various needs. Founding Partner at SkyDeck Fund Chon Tang said, “Audio is uniquely engaging as a form of information but also difficult to produce, especially at scale. Aflorithmic nabs $1.3M

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

“Infinite Bad Guy” featuring Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” music video. In celebration of its music video passing 1 billion views, YouTube and Google Creative Lab have turned all of those covers into an interactive AI experiment. Some of the “covers” are actually just homemade music videos set to the original audio.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This department was founded in the 1950s as a laboratory that could invent original music and sound effects for BBC radio, and later television, programming. In addition to developing those signature sounds, members' work also laid early foundations for creating electronic music and sampling.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

These compact devices also now offer features that rival traditional, over-ear headphones, which can make them the go-to choice for music lovers, commuters, gym-goers and many in between. And remember: audio companies arent perfect, so despite lots of research, the earbud shape they decided on may not fit you well.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

They said transformer models , large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs) and other neural networks still being built are part of an important new category they dubbed foundation models. Language models have a wide range of beneficial applications for society, the researchers wrote.

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The Verge

APRIL 10, 2021

The game will feature narrated documentaries throughout the campaigns, time period-accurate language and music, as well as art and game design that looks to take inspiration from both world history and the history of the Age of Empires franchise. Gif: Microsoft. Part of the re-enactments.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

A new transcribe mode is designed to translate long speeches directly into your ears, which is ideal for if you’re listening to a lecture or speech where a single person is speaking in a language you don’t understand. Alongside the new transcribe mode, Google is also adding some more audio options.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The hi-fi 24-bit audio actually makes a difference, especially if you're streaming from Tidal or Apple Music's lossless tier. And the 360 Audio feature? It's basically Samsung's take on Apple's Spatial Audio, meaning movies, music, and games feel way more immersive. Let's talk sound first.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 25, 2023

PaLM 2 Our next-generation large language model (LLM), PaLM 2 , is built on advances in compute-optimal scaling , scaled instruction-fine tuning and improved dataset mixture. PaLM 2 has advanced coding capabilities that enable it to find code errors and make suggestions in a number of different languages.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If you don't need new headphones, we're also seeing discounts on Peacock and Apple Music subscriptions, our favorite robot vacuum and microSD card for those on a budget, Sonos speakers and more. If you just want a single speaker for enjoying music at home, it remains a decent value at less than $200. The Sonos Era 100.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

My transcribing experience is usually a matter of downloading the video or audio associated with a meeting, provided someone thought to record it (and I know who that someone was), then uploading that file to a service like Otter and waiting 10-15 minutes while it processes. The open beta goes live today.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Descript , the audio and video editing platform founded in 2017 by former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which OpenAI and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage companies.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

EssilorLuxottica , for instance, has come up with a winning formula for smart glasses in both the Meta Ray-Bans and its Nuance Audio hearing aids, which pack just enough technology to avoid looking uncool. The AI features continue to roll out: Meta just added AI video capability and real-time language translation functionality.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Experts point to several reasons why we are feeling a loss of vitality, productivity, and wellbeing in our virtual workplaces: Online-mediated interaction and communications deprive us a full sensory experience as we are only limited to audio and visual experiences (when using video conferences) or just text. Here’s a list of dance music.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Maybe you’ve made a language guide to be mindful of how your chosen words may fall short of respectful representation. As video content on social media continues to reign supreme and audio-only content, spurred on by Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse, grows, it’s important for nonprofits to prioritize accessibility when publishing content online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

It can also translate your messages in multiple languages. The Noun Project’s mission is to share, celebrate and enhance the world’s visual language by serving as a portal to unique icon sets. Audioboo is a social network of audio recordings. VoiceTexter :: itunes.apple.com/voicetexter. Vizify :: vizify.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Pocket FM operates an eponymous app that offers users podcasts and audiobooks in English and several Indian languages. The investment talks come at a time when a range of Indian startups are beginning to launch in — or expand to — the audio category. The round hasn’t closed, so the terms may change.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stability AI, the company funding the development of open source music- and image-generating systems like Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion , today announced that it raised $101 million in a funding round led by Coatue and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Duolingo is a fun and easy way to pick up a new language with just a few minutes of practice a day. I’m not even a Spotify Premium subscriber (I’m an Apple Music loyalist), but I often pull up the Spotify Windows app just to see recommendations for new artists and songs. Amazon Music. Image: Duolingo. They’re usually good.

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