The latest version of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant may sound uncannily similar. During its annual re:MARS conference, which focuses on artificial intelligence innovation, the business said on Wednesday that it is working on an update to its Alexa system that will allow the technology to mimic any voice, including that of a deceased family member.…
Instagram is looking into new ways for teens to verify their age and adhere to site policies. As a new age-verification approach, the Meta-owned app is testing video selfies with facial analysis algorithms. Some Instagram users attempt to circumvent the 13+ age restriction by altering their date of birth to appear older than 18. However,…
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods wants the US government to assist promote some of the sustainable energy breakthroughs his business is researching, such as biofuels and direct air carbon dioxide absorption. In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber, the CEO of one of the world’s top oil and gas firms stated that direct air capture,…
Toyota, the Japanese automaker, has issued a safety recall for over 2,000 of its all-electric SUV, the bZ4X. The recall, which was announced on Thursday, is for the bZ4X’s wheels. Toyota stated that owners of the car would be alerted via a variety of means beginning June 23. The company’s Tokyo-listed shares finished 0.7 per…
The sale of all products sold by Juul, one of the country’s leading e-cigarette businesses, is prohibited in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that it lacked sufficient data to determine if marketing the firm’s products were “appropriate for the protection of public health.” Juul stated that it will contest the…
On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the metaverse may be a significant component of the social network operator’s business in the second half of the decade. “We hope to basically get to around a billion people in the metaverse doing hundreds of dollars of commerce, each buying digital…
Toyota Motor Corp of Japan has reduced its shareholding in Uber Technologies Inc by roughly half after the ride-hailing company unloaded the autonomous driving business at the heart of their relationship. “The development of vehicles related to automated driving was one of the main objectives of Toyota’s investment,” Toyota spokesperson Shiori Hashimoto said in a…
HSBC Bank Oman has stated that it will conduct preliminary negotiations with local rival Sohar International Bank, which last week hinted at the prospect of a cash-and-shares merger. The unit of UK-based HSBC Holdings said in a statement that it has studied the letter of intent received from Sohar and agreed to engage in preliminary…
Total sales by China’s e-commerce giant JD.com grew 10.3 percent in the 18 days leading up to Sunday during the first major shopping festival following a recent COVID-19 breakout, the firm claimed, a steep decrease from the 27.7 per cent growth seen in the 2021 event. This year’s figure was the slowest for the shop,…
Following the filing of a court claim alleging Apple of secretly lowering the performance of older phones, millions of iPhone customers may be eligible for payments. According to Justin Gutmann, the business misled users about an upgrade that was supposed to improve speed but really slowed phones down. He is suing for up to £768…
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