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☆ MLB roundup: Cycle helps Reds run win streak to 12
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Jhoan Duran handled the ninth inning for his 10th save as Minnesota's pitchers recorded 16 strikeouts. Pirates 3, Marlins 1Carlos Santana stroked a two-out, tiebreaking single in the ninth inning as Pittsburgh snapped a 10-game losing streak by rallying to beat Miami. The Pirates were down 1-0 entering the ninth inning before getting the best of Marlins closer A.J. Patrick Corbin (4-9) gave up seven runs on seven hits in five innings. Logan Webb (7-6) allowed four runs (three earned) in seven innings, helping the Giants to their 11th win in 12 games.

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☆ A.I. human-voice clones are coming for the Amazon, Apple, Google audiobook
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Trevor Laurence Jockims | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

"For many publishers, audiobook production can be a major investment," said Judy Chang, director of product management for Google Play Books. Even with AI voice, there is nominally a voice actor somewhere in the process. What voice actors sayFor some voice actors, the choice is being made to stay away. Kinsella noted that AI voice played a foundational role in the integration of AI into daily life at an earlier point. But he added, "I've yet to find a client who tells me they've chosen an AI voice over hiring me.

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☆ MLB roundup: Luis Arraez breaks .400 as Marlins beat Royals
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Mandatory Credit: Rhona Wise-USA TODAY SportsJune 7 - Luis Arraez went 2-for-4 to raise his batting average to .401, leading the host Miami Marlins to their fifth straight win, a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Arraez, who won an American League batting title last year for the Minnesota Twins, scored two runs and drove in one. Marlins starter Jesus Luzardo (5-4) tossed seven innings and allowed one run on two hits with eight strikeouts. Royals starter Zack Greinke (1-6) gave up four hits and five runs in 4 1/3 innings. Walker (5-3) allowed two hits with eight strikeouts and three walks to help the Phillies win their fourth straight game.

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☆ I tried the Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset — here's what it's like
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Steve Kovach | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

related investing news Here's what analysts are saying about Apple's new Vision Pro headset The promise of Apple's new mixed-reality headset isn't really about the headset I got to take one for a test drive. The Vision Pro isn't large enough to fit glasses if you wear them. Even though most of the focus with Apple Vision is on the visuals, I was equally impressed by the audio. The Vision Pro has a pair of speakers that sit near your temples and provide a surround sound effect. But as someone who has tried just about every mainstream headset to date so far, I can tell you that Vision Pro feels like a $3,500 machine.

Persons: Josh Edelson, It's, Siri, I've, Apple, — audibly Organizations: Apple's Worldwide, Apple, AFP, Getty, Apple Watch, Quest, Vision, Meta's Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ Why Steve Jobs would love Apple's Vision Pro headset
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Cadie Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Isaacson, who had special access to Jobs, thinks Jobs would have loved Apple's Vision Pro headset. Isaacson said Apple's mixed-reality headset is a "big leap" for human-computer interfaces. The late Apple CEO and cofounder Steve Jobs would love Apple's new Vision Pro headset if he were alive, Walter Isaacson, who wrote Jobs' biography, said Tuesday during an interview on CNBC. Apple unveiled its new mixed-reality headset on Monday at the company's World Wide Developer's Conference. Apple Vision Pro is a "big leap" for human-computer interfaces, Isaacson said.

Persons: Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, Isaacson, Jobs, Apple's, Apple Isaacson, Siri, … Organizations: Apple, CNBC, Aspen Institute, Tulane University . Apple, Apple Watch

☆ Why AI wasn't mentioned at all during Apple's big WWDC presentation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple execs didn't mention AI once during the company's WWDC keynote. It was a deliberate choice and a stark contrast to other Big Tech companies that have embraced the term. During Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon's first quarter earnings calls in April, AI was cumulatively mentioned 168 times, for example. Most other Big Tech companies would likely tout these as "AI innovations" to appeal to the current enthusiasm around the term. The word wasn't mentioned one time during the entire keynote, even though many rivals would likely use the word to describe the Vision Pro headset.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, Apple execs, Amazon's, Cook, Apple, There's, Siri Organizations: Apple, Big Tech, Morning, Microsoft, Google Locations: Valley, Dutch

Tim Cook speaks at an Apple special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on September 7, 2022. Brittany Hosea-Small/AFP/Getty Images/FILEFor years, Apple CEO Tim Cook has expressed interest in augmented reality. Now Apple finally appears ready to show off what it's been working on. Apple's rumored new VR/AR headset could be called Reality One or Reality Pro, according to Bloomberg. The decision to unveil it at WWDC suggests Apple wants to encourage developers to build apps and experiences for the product in order to make it more compelling for customers and worth the hefty price tag.

Persons: Tim Cook, Brittany Hosea, it's, Apple's, Siri, Apple Organizations: Apple, Getty, Bloomberg Locations: Cupertino , California, AFP

☆ A Baltimore restaurant was temporarily shut down by city officials after a TikTok showing a 'rodent infestation' went viral
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A TikToker said she spotted "five, six mice" in the dining room of a restaurant in Baltimore. The city's health department then temporarily closed the restaurant because of a "rodent infestation." The caption on the video reads: "'hey siri: call the health department it's giving infestation." Baltimore City Health Department said that the restaurant had been shut down on Thursday – two days after Lynn's visit – because of a "rodent infestation" and needed to correct the violations and pass a reinspection to reopen. According to a page on the department's website, the restaurant was approved to reopen the next day.

Persons: —, Chloe Lynn, Lynn, siri, Lynn's Organizations: Service, Baltimore, Baltimore City Health Department Locations: Baltimore, Blackwall, Baltimore City

☆ Apple just revealed a new feature that transforms your iPhone into a smart display for your nightstand — and Amazon should be worried
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Cadie Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple announced a new iPhone feature Monday called StandBy that will roll out with iOS17 this fall. StandBy basically transforms your iPhone into a horizontal smart display when your phone is charging. You will also be able to play music and use Siri when your phone is in StandBy mode. The biggest iPhone is the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which has a display size of 6.7 inches. While it's too soon to know whether the new iPhone feature will have an impact on sales of Amazon's Echo Show, it's clear the device certainly has some new competition.

Persons: Apple iPhones, Apple, Craig Federighi, Apple's, Siri, it's Organizations: Apple, Echo

☆ 16 years ago, people spent days in lines around the block to buy iPhones. Apple is announcing a new gadget today and no one seems to care.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Today, Apple is launching itself into a whole new area of gadgets. No one seems to care, with Apple reportedly projecting low sales the first year. Just about 16 years ago — on June 29, 2007 — the Internet was introduced to a new micro-celebrity. The fact remains that behind him on that day 192 months ago, a line curled around the block. Did you even know, before you opened this post, that today, Apple is launching another massive new product?

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☆ Apple WWDC 2023: What to expect at Apple's big developer event
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The highly anticipated release of an AR/VR headset would be Apple’s biggest hardware product launch since the debut of the Apple Watch in 2015. Here’s a closer look at what to expect:A ‘mixed reality’ headsetFor years, Apple CEO Tim Cook has expressed interest in augmented reality. Apple’s new headset is expected to pack apps for gaming, fitness and meditation, and offer access to iOS apps such as Messages, FaceTime and Safari, according to Bloomberg. New MacBooksA mixed reality headset may not be the only piece of hardware to get stage time this year. New features for iPhone, iPad and Apple WatchConsidering WWDC is traditionally a software event, Apple executives will likely spend much of the time highlighting the changes and upgrades coming to its next-generation mobile operating systems, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17.

Persons: Tim Cook, it’s, Siri, Justin Sullivan, Apple Organizations: CNN, Apple, Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple Watch, YouTube, Bloomberg, VR, MacBook, Wall Street, Big Tech Locations: Cupertino , California, Silicon Valley

☆ Apple is ready to enter its metaverse era with a mixed reality headset. The rest of the world might not be.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Apple is on the cusp of revealing its future post-iPhone with a big bet on the metaverse. Tim Cook is expected to unveil a new mixed reality headset at WWDC in his riskiest move yet. Apple has the tough task of convincing the world the metaverse is still the future as interest dips. But emerging signs suggest Apple would have a seriously tough time shipping units for its metaverse bet. "If you believe there's something beyond a smartphone then it's probably the metaverse," Munster said.

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☆ Apple may soon show off its biggest and riskiest new hardware product in years
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Next week, Apple may unveil its most ambitious new hardware product in years, but it’s in a product category that is anything but a proven winner. The highly-anticipated release of an AR/VR headset would be Apple’s biggest hardware product launch since the debut of the Apple Watch in 2015. “So it is great timing for that market.”An uncertain marketFor now, the overall headset market remains small. There were 8.8 million AR/VR headsets shipped globally last year, according to data from market research firm IDC. Unlike almost any other company, however, Apple can create demand for an experimental new product or category.

Persons: ”, Ramon, –, Tim Cook, Cook, “, Siri, Eric Abbruzzese, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Abbruzzese, don’t, ” Abbruzzese Organizations: CNN, Apple, Apple Watch, VR, IDC, Washington Post, GQ, Ikea, Bloomberg, ABI Research, Facebook, Street, Meta, Google

☆ MLB roundup: Marlins rally to beat Josh Hader, Padres
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

With the Marlins trailing 1-0 entering the ninth, Yuli Gurriel worked a walk against Hader (0-1), who has 13 saves this season. Starter Dane Dunning (4-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in five-plus innings with six strikeouts and one walk. Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard gave up five runs on seven hits in five innings, including three home runs. Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 0Tommy Henry tossed seven innings of two-hit ball, Christian Walker homered and Arizona beat Colorado in Phoenix. Atlanta had seven hits in the series finale, with Orlando Arcia getting three and scoring twice.

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☆ A.I. Technology: 8 Questions About the Future - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Phoebe Lett | Jeremy Ashkenas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Rumman Chowdhury Ethicist and researcherAnd then build the technology that will create the world that we want to have for ourselves? Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Writer and data scientistWe certainly are coming towards this idea of the human plus A.I. Sebastian Thrun Entrepreneur and educatorWhat if everything you’ve done in your life, everything you’ve learned, you can do in a day? Sebastian Thrun Entrepreneur and educatorAnd then everything other people have learned, you can be master of in a day. And you can solve really, really hard problems because now you have the world’s experience.

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☆ I tried using a personal AI to be less lonely working from home. It was nice that it had my back but sometimes I just miss human snark.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

So I spent a week conversing with Pi, a new personal AI chatbot, to see if it could fill the void. Pi is indeed useful and friendly, but it didn't fulfill my desire for connection and conversation. My human colleagues are sarcastic, snarky, wry, and, well, human. Thanks, Pi! When I relayed an amusing anecdote about my 15-year-old daughter, Pi told me: "There's no doubt that teenagers can be challenging, and it can be hard to communicate with them at times."

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☆ I tried using the Pi personal AI to be less lonely working from home. It was nice that it had my back but sometimes I just miss human snark.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Persons: Pi, —, Slack, Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, Karén, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard, I'd, Siri, Sally Rooney Organizations: Service, hometown Celtics, Miami Heat, Celtics

☆ How much of A.I. is just hype? A bull and a bear share their tips on how to invest
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But it's also had its detractors , and some analysts have warned of the risks of investing in AI. One example is Meta, which has jumped over 100% this year partly as a result of its pivot from the metaverse to AI, Dietze said. How to invest Dietze and Ware agree on one thing: Avoid investing in pure-play AI companies. For such larger tech companies, AI is only going to be a small part of total revenues and profits — so it's safer, although returns will be more muted, he said. Ware added, "Forget making bets on 'pure play' AI companies with no earnings, no moat, and now [higher] costs of capital.

☆ MLB roundup: Brewers endure blowout loss, scary injury
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Brewers starter Freddy Peralta (5-4) gave up 10 runs (five earned) on eight hits in 2 1/3 innings. Mets 5, Rockies 2Francisco Lindor homered and drove in four runs, Max Scherzer tossed a season-best seven innings and New York beat Colorado in Denver. The Cardinals' Matthew Liberatore (1-1) allowed four runs on five hits in five innings with two walks and two strikeouts. Joe Musgrove (2-2) allowed one run on six hits in 6 1/3 innings and avoided a third straight loss. Twins starter Louie Varland (2-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings.

☆ Amazon looks to adapt Alexa to the rise of ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Limp did not elaborate on how generative AI could be used in Alexa products, but there are clear possibilities. The effort to continue updating the technology that powers Alexa comes at a difficult moment for Amazon. The Amazon Echo Pop lineup AmazonBut generative AI remains a key focus for the company. Amazon is also rumored to be planning to use generative AI to bring conversational language to a home robot. The concept remains a “hard technical challenge,” he said, but one that is “more tractable” with generative AI.

Persons: Alexa, ”, Dave Limp, “ We’ve, Limp, “ We’re, Siri, Cortana, ChatGPT, Star ”, “, ” Limp, Andy Jassy, “ There’s Organizations: CNN, Alexa, Big Tech, Amazon, Star, Echo

☆ Even Apple will have a hard time making the metaverse cool
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Apple must do what no other tech company has done: make the metaverse cool. The iPhone maker is widely expected to debut its mixed-reality headset next month. The company's making a risky move as the tech world retreats from the metaverse and fixates on AI. In other words, Apple has more to lose by not making a wager on a mixed-reality headset than if it did. "If you believe there's something beyond a smartphone then it's probably the metaverse," Munster said.

☆ Apple is working on its own AI large language model and restricting employees from using ChatGPT over privacy concerns, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple is working on its own AI large language model, the WSJ reported. Its efforts are being led by Google's former AI chief and Tim Cook says it plans to "weave" AI into products. Apple has also told some employees to limit their use of ChatGPT and other external AI tools, per the WSJ. Apple is working on its own AI and restricting its staff's ChatGPT use over privacy concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported. Apple is also telling some employees to limit their use of ChatGPT and other external AI tools, according to an internal document seen by the Journal.

☆ Apple says your iPhone will soon be able to speak in your voice with 15 minutes of training
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

That includes "Personal Voice," which will replicate your voice through AI in 15 minutes. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you'll soon be able to hear it speak in your own voice, Apple announced Tuesday. The Personal Voice feature in use. It's not the first time Apple has ventured into the AI voice market, as iPhone users will be familiar with Siri. It's not clear exactly when Personal Voice will be available, but Apple says it'll be before the end of the year.

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Amazon Web Services salaries, Elon Musk returns to Tesla, and a ‘secret’ ChatGPT prompt library
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I don't dream of labor (I do occasionally have dreams about writing the newsletter). And hiring managers told my colleague Aki Ito that it's currently incredibly difficult to find and hire enough qualified people. The country that wins the competition over the batteries of the future will not only control the electric vehicle market. Lopez gives us a front-seat look at the landscape of the critical EV battery market. A leaked email revealed that Musk now wants to approve all new hires — including contractors — at Tesla.

☆ Apple's AI strategies, especially for Siri, aren't very smart
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Michael Gartenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But when it comes to artificial intelligence, particularly Siri, Apple has gone from leader to laggard. Siri was introduced to the world in 2011 – 12 years ago – and was lauded at the time as a breakthrough in AI technology. Open-source technology allows developers to collaborate and contribute to a project, leading to faster and more efficient development cycles. Still, Google, which has a long history of open-source involvement, publishes hundreds of AI research papers yearly. While that's helpful (especially for selling Macs to AI developers), it's not the kind of kumbaya sharing that the open-source community relies on.

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