Timekettle Reveals a Major Upgrade to Its Real-Time, In-Ear AI Translation Technology at CES 2026

The first major upgrade being introduced by Timekettle is an automatic AI model picker called the SOTA (State of the Art) ...
XDA Developers on MSN

My ESP32 voice assistant has a 3D printed home and GLaDOS's attitude

There are so many ways to build your own voice assistant, but the Home Assistant, Piper, and Whisper pipeline is one of the ...
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GLaDOS actress sings the Portal ending song 18 years later

Ellen Mclain, the voice behind Portal's GLaDOS, sings the ending song from the game 18 after its release GOP members face backlash after defying Trump Actor James Ransone, who starred in 'The Wire,' ...
Aclu.org

Protecting Free Speech in the Face of Government Retaliation

The Trump administration is enthusiastically abusing its power to intimidate anyone who criticizes its policies, and to silence those who won't fall in line. Now, using a long-standing government ...
The New York Times

What to Know About ‘Hate Speech’ and the First Amendment

There has been a lot of talk from Trump administration officials about punishing speech. Here is what the law says. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington In the wake of the killing of the ...
PC World

Microsoft’s Copilot AI text-to-speech gets new, cleaner ‘scripted mode’

Microsoft’s AI Manager Mustafa Suleyman recently unveiled in a social media post a new feature called “Scripted Mode” in Copilot Labs for turning written scripts into text-to-speech. Copilot Labs is ...
Geeky Gadgets

Meet Caroline An Incredible GLaDOS Inspired Robotic Arm : Costs Less Than Your Phone

What if building a robotic arm didn’t require a massive budget or a team of engineers? Imagine a device capable of delivering smooth, precise movements for studio applications, constructed for less ...
ZDNet

I tested 3 text-to-speech AI models to see which is best - hear my results

There are several AI tools available that can generate humanlike speech. Some AI voices can whisper, laugh, and perform other expressive feats. TTS tools vary in terms of level of realism and their ...
Reuters

Full text of Pope Leo XIV's first speech: 'Peace be with you'

VATICAN CITY, May 8 (Reuters) - The following is the full first speech of Pope Leo XIV, given from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica shortly after his election as the new pope and leader of ...
Live Science

Mind-reading brain implant converts thoughts to speech almost instantly: 'breakthrough'

Researchers have used a mind-reading brain implant to continuously play a paralyzed person's thoughts through a speaker, allowing them to talk again. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
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A new Portal game with Glados' original voice actor is on its way, but the catch is that it's a pinball machine that costs $12,500

A new Portal pinball game has just been announced, and it has the original Glados voice actor in it. It's pretty pricey though, so I wouldn't buy it for your own home unless you've got a lot of extra ...