News Google's New AI Model Can Generate Music from Text Descriptions Macro Strategist: James Sterling Google has unveiled MusicLM, an artificial intelligence system that can generate high-fidelity music of any genre from text descriptions given by users. However, Google has no plans to make the neural network publicly available yet.
News Wikipedia Gets a New Look for the First Time in a Decade Macro Strategist: James Sterling The updated desktop interface prioritizes usability and modernizes the Wikipedia experience to make it more welcoming and easier to use and explore for everyone. The changes are not radical, and no existing functionality was removed.
News Apple Unveiled New MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips Macro Strategist: James Sterling The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro starts at $1,999, while the 16-inch model starts at $2,499. Both laptops powered by the new processors are already available for pre-order and will start shipping on January 24.
News Xiaomi Taught Its Humanoid Robot CyberOne to Play Drums Macro Strategist: James Sterling A short video shows CyberOne sitting at a drum kit and playing drums. The robot can accurately coordinate various intricate movements like tapping the cymbals, using a set of four drums, slapping the drumsticks together, and using the foot pedal.
News Instagram Debuts Notes, Tests Group Profiles and Candid Stories Macro Strategist: James Sterling Instagram is launching and testing new features designed to connect its users with the people and groups they care about and encourage interactions between friends on the app through Notes, Group Profiles, and Candid Stories.
News Quantum Computers Are Now Being Sold in Japan Macro Strategist: James Sterling The series includes three devices: Gemini, Gemini Mini, and Triangulum. The company claims that these PCs are the first quantum computers on the market available to the general consumer.
News Apple Music Is Adding a Karaoke Mode Macro Strategist: James Sterling All Apple Music subscribers worldwide have access to the new feature. Karaoke mode allows users to sing along to their favorite songs by following their lyrics in real time, as well as adjust the voice levels.
News OpenAI Released a New Tool Called Point-E That Generates 3D Models Macro Strategist: James Sterling OpenAI specialists have trained the models on a dataset of "several million" 3D objects and related metadata. The company admits that Point-E is less advanced than other similar technologies, but it allows to obtain results much faster.
News WhatsApp Now Lets You Send Messages to Yourself Macro Strategist: James Sterling To see if you have the new feature, start a new chat, and see if your contact is showing up at the top of your contacts list. Once you click on that, you'll be able to save some notes, files, links, reminders, or anything else you need to remember.
News Epic Games Released an App That Turns Real-World Objects into 3D Models Macro Strategist: James Sterling To create a 3D model, one should take at least 20 photos of the object from different angles. The more photos with good lighting you take, the better the final 3D model will turn out. It is also important that the photos are taken against a neutral background.
News Niantic Unveiled a Prototype of a New AR Headset Powered by Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 Macro Strategist: James Sterling One of the main innovations is the multiplayer mode of operation. It is based on a visual positioning system that allows a virtual object to be linked to a real location so that several people wearing AR glasses see it in the same place at once.
News Neuralink Co-Founder Unveils an Advanced Visual Prosthesis for Patients with Blindness Macro Strategist: James Sterling The device, called Science Eye, is designed for people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), two forms of severe vision loss. According to the company, patients with these diseases have no good treatment options right now.
