Google Maps has started a turf war between the US and Mexico

Google Maps has started a turf war between the US and Mexico

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Following President Donald Trump’s order, Google Maps recently said it will rename the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America” in the US. Mexico has now protested against the move, arguing that the US cannot legally rename the area, citing international law on territorial waters. Google previously defended the … Read more

‘Everything I Say Leaks,’ Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio

‘Everything I Say Leaks,’ Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio

At an all hands meeting inside Meta Thursday, the company’s co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he was increasingly careful about what he says internally at Meta. From a report: “Everything I say leaks. And it sucks, right?,” Zuckerberg said. Meta made changes to the question-and-answer section of the company all hands meeting because … Read more

Radar Trends to Watch: November 2024 – O’Reilly

Radar Trends to Watch: November 2024 – O’Reilly

October had many language model releases. The mid-size models, and even the small models, are catching up to frontier models like GPT-4.5o in performance. But the release that blew us all away wasn’t a language model: It was Claude’s computer use API. Computer use allows you to teach Claude how to use a computer: how … Read more

Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform

Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform

Microsoft and others forbid using their generative AI systems to create various content. Content that is off limits includes materials that feature or promote sexual exploitation or abuse, is erotic or pornographic, or attacks, denigrates, or excludes people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or similar … Read more

Apple Arcade Getting PGA Tour Pro Golf Game

Apple Arcade Getting PGA Tour Pro Golf Game

Popular game series PGA Tour is coming to Apple Arcade, with PGA Tour Pro Golf set to launch on the gaming service on February 6. This will be the first PGA Tour game on ‌Apple Arcade‌, and it will feature true-to-life PGA Tour locations. Recreations of iconic golf courses at Pebble Beach, Spanish Bay, Latrobe … Read more

Why Your Home Theater Sound Is Distorted

Why Your Home Theater Sound Is Distorted

Summary Distorted audio can result from turning speakers up too high, causing signal clipping or mechanical damage. Providing too much power from an amp can overdrive speakers, leading to audio distortion and potential permanent damage. The speaker placement can significantly affect sound quality and cause distortion, especially when placed too close to a wall. Nobody … Read more

AI Voices Should Sound Robotic Again: A Simple Solution

AI Voices Should Sound Robotic Again: A Simple Solution

Most people know that robots no longer sound like tinny trash cans. They sound like Siri, Alexa, and Gemini. They sound like the voices in labyrinthine customer support phone trees. And even those robot voices are being made obsolete by new AI-generated voices that can mimic every vocal nuance and tic of human speech, down … Read more

Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico

Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has written a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the body of water – which is bordered by the US, Cuba and Mexico – be renamed the Gulf of America in his … Read more

Mistral Small 3 brings open-source AI to the masses — smaller, faster and cheaper

Mistral Small 3 brings open-source AI to the masses — smaller, faster and cheaper

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Mistral AI, the rapidly ascending European artificial intelligence startup, unveiled a new language model today that it claims matches the performance of models three times its size while dramatically reducing computing costs — a development that … Read more