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Google launched Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded AI music generator that can now create full three-minute songs with customizable elements like verses and choruses, compared to the previous 30-second limit. The tool joins a crowded market where approximately 50,000 AI-generated tracks upload daily to Spotify, forcing the platform to delete 75 million such tracks last year.
RAVEN, an AI system, identified 118 new exoplanets and 2,000 planet candidates from NASA's TESS data. This technology helps astronomers map planet types around sun-like stars and potentially find habitable worlds.
Nintendo announced it will charge different prices for first-party Switch 2 games, with digital versions costing less than physical copies. Starting with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book on May 21, digital downloads will be $60...
Amazon acquired Swiss robotics startup Rivr to deploy autonomous delivery robots that can navigate stairs and doorsteps, carrying packages in 55-liter cargo compartments to automate last-mile delivery. This follows Amazon's $775...
Apple TV released the first teaser for Star City, a spinoff of For All Mankind that explores the 1960s space race from the Soviet perspective. The "paranoid thriller" premieres May 29 with two episodes, featuring actors like Rhys...
Hardware engineer Stanislav Parhomovich has developed a prototype mod called the Super Switch HD that adds native 1080p HDMI output to original Super Nintendo consoles. The modification extracts video directly from the console's...
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YouTube lowered its Shopping affiliate program subscriber requirement from 1,000 to 500 followers, allowing newer creators to earn money by tagging products in videos and receiving kickbacks from viewer purchases. This expansion...
Meta announced plans to shut down Horizon Worlds' VR features and focus on mobile, causing panic among users of places like Soapstone Comedy Club, which has hosted over 5,000 virtual events and serves as a social lifeline for...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the company is developing a new vehicle that will be "way cooler than a minivan," likely addressing long-standing customer demands for a larger family vehicle as Tesla phases out the Model X. The new...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced ambitious plans to accelerate lunar activities, including building a $20 billion moon base and launching humanity's first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft by 2028. The agency...
China's Chang'e-4 lunar lander discovered a "cavity" of reduced cosmic radiation between Earth and the moon, where harmful radiation drops by 20% during local morning hours. This finding suggests Earth's magnetic field extends...
OpenAI shut down its video-generation app Sora due to high computing costs and deepfake concerns. The closure reflects cost-cutting efforts ahead of a potential IPO, as video AI generates no revenue.
Intel launched the Arc Pro B70 graphics card with 32 GB VRAM and 32 Xe2 cores for $949, targeting professional users and competing with Nvidia's RTX Pro 4000 series.
Nuclear-powered helicopters will soon buzz across the Martian landscape as part of NASA's ambitious plan to reach Mars before 2028 while simultaneously building a permanent Moon base. The space agency announced a dramatic...
Hidden code in Google Translate's Android app reveals a "Practice" mode in development that would let users record themselves saying translated phrases and receive pronunciation scores with corrective feedback. This would bridge...
OpenAI announced it's shutting down Sora, its video generation app, to focus computing resources on robotics research instead of consumer applications. Despite initially topping App Store charts after launch, Sora experienced...
Apple will launch search ads in Apple Maps this summer, letting businesses bid for top placement in local searches. This creates new revenue while competing with Google Maps' advertising system.
NASA is developing technology to extract oxygen directly from lunar soil to support future Moon missions and eventual Mars colonization. This breakthrough experiment could solve the critical challenge of providing breathable air...
The FCC banned new foreign-made consumer routers from entering the US market due to national security concerns, citing cyberattacks that exploited security gaps in overseas-manufactured devices. While existing routers remain...
Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman indicated the company is working to remove Windows 11's mandatory Microsoft account requirement during setup, responding "Ya I hate that. Working on it" when users complained about being forced to...
Apple is developing a completely redesigned Siri that will launch as a standalone iPhone app in 2026 with iOS 27, featuring ChatGPT-style conversational abilities and deep access to personal data like emails, notes, and messages....
Chinese startup Westlake Robotics unveiled its Titan 01 humanoid robot that uses AI to instantly mimic human movements through motion-capture suits, demonstrating real-time copying of actions like waving and ball-kicking within...
PlayStation's Mark Cerny confirmed frame generation technology will eventually come to PlayStation consoles, building on PSSR upscaling success through AMD collaboration, though no timeline was provided.
British technology pioneer Kevin Ashton argues that smartphones represent the culmination of a million-year evolution in human storytelling, enabling anyone to share stories with global audiences for the first time in history....