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Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands

Managing each finger separately can, with the right sensors, ease control issues.

Does the Trump phone exist yet?

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The Creative Commons says pay-to-crawl shouldn’t be a website’s default setting.

In a blog post, the nonprofit says it has “significant reservations” about systems that require AI companies to pay to train on their content, stating that they “could become new concentrations of power, with the ability to dictate how we experience the web.”

The TCL QM9K is excellent, but not much more than the QM8K

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Parents call for New York governor to sign landmark AI safety bill

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The Washington Post’s AI podcasts face backlash from staffers.

The outlet’s standards editor called errors within the personalized AI podcasts “frustrating” as staffers report that the feature is “misattributing or inventing quotes” and “inserting commentary,” according to Semafor. The Washington Post launched AI podcasts earlier this week, offering users two AI hosts that discuss top stories tailored to reading habits.

The best thing I bought this year: a portable mechanical keyboard

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Google Translate expands live translation to all earbuds on Android

Expanded live translation will come to iOS in the coming months.

How we used Codex to build Sora for Android in 28 days

By Patrick Hum and RJ Marsan, Members of the Technical Staff

How to vibe-write a country hit

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Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case

But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.

An update to Google’s Live with Search feature.

The tool, which lets you have voice conversations in AI Mode in the Google app, now uses Google’s newest Gemini model for native audio, which means that responses are “more fluid and expressive than ever before,” the company says. You can hear an example in this video.