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AI is helping rescue a nearly extinct bird species

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Saving the tooth-billed pigeon, Samoa's national bird A tooth-billed pigeon and Samoa, its natural habitat. Also called the manumea or "little dodo," Samoa's national bird is one of the closest living relatives to the famously extinct dodo. Colossal's algorithm processing raw audio data and subsequent cleaned audio.

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How libraries are becoming launchpads for music careers  

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Libraries as talent incubators Huntsville is part of a broader national trend. Were investing millions into programs that bring interactive music technology workshops to teens at the local libraryfocusing on hands-on training in production, recording, and audio engineering. Local industry is stepping up too.

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3 ways to stop feeling so awkward in videos

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I have trained hundreds of people, ranging from members of Congress to supermodels to everyday folks, for national TV program appearances. There are of course many reasons to hire a professional video crewwhere the audio and video quality are high and you can leave the tech up to someone else.

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4 Ways Nonprofit Storytelling Can Drive More Support

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According to National Geographic , some of the earliest evidence of storytelling we have are French cave drawings that date back to 30,000 years ago! You can easily add an emotional edge to each of your stories by supplementing text with high-quality photographs, videos, graphics , or even audio clips.

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These 5 simple ideas could fix our food system

Fast Company Tech

Listen to the audio versionread by Julian himselfin the Next Big Idea App. Extracted from the complexity of foods impact on health, economy, wellbeing, nature, civil strife, and so on, there are common principles that characterize food systems that work for us and for the planet. We all know this, even if we choose to look away.

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The 10 most innovative computing companies of 2025

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introduced novel multi-modal AI chips for edge computing; they can analyze inputs from text, computer-vision images, and audio for use in self-driving vehicles, robotics, smart retail, healthcare, and other applications. In September, it announced SambaNova Cloud, the worlds fastest AI inference service powered by its SN40L AI chip.

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Tired of overconsumption? Try this new challenge to break free of consumerism

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Piper has spoken at the United Nations, SXSW, and has a popular TED Talk. Listen to the audio versionread by Ashlee herselfin the Next Big Idea App. She has been a Professor of Sustainability Marketing at Loyola University Chicago and eco instructor for LinkedIn Learning. Whats the big idea? Its not you, its us.