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The Morning After: The Justice Department wants Google to sell off Chrome

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The Justice Department said in a filing that Google will have to break up its network of myriad, overlapping businesses and services, upholding the previous administration's proposal. The DOJ reiterated Google will have to sell the Chrome browser -- saying, last year, that selling off Chrome "will permanently stop Google's control of this critical search access point and allow rival search engines the ability to access the browser that for many users is a gateway to the internet." Google is likely to file its own alternate remedies, of course. In a December filing, the company said the Justice Department's original remedies went "overboard" and reflected an "interventionist agenda." But Google is huge, and the DOJ is trying to grasp how its parts intermingle and make it less monopolistic.


The Morning After: Netflix struggles with its livestreaming tech

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Two weeks ago, Netflix confirmed it would livestream the Love Is Blind season four reunion. But when the time came, first it was delayed, then, after an hour, Netflix pulled the plug. The streaming service soon tweeted an apology and aired the reunion yesterday. This was only Netflix's second attempt at livestreaming. Its first, Chris Rock's comedy special Selective Outrage, aired live in March.


The Morning After: Final 'Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' trailer showcases Link's allies

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Nintendo shared one last trailer of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before it launches on May 12th. It teases the whole Hyrule world โ€“ including the floating island โ€“ as well as Link's allies, who will fight alongside him. The plot is typical Zelda fare: You have to find the princess and defeat Ganon. But the fused weapons and vehicles both seem to be major parts of how the game will play. You can even build a robot to take on enemies that have their own battle platform.


The Morning After: Biden administration wants help making rules for AI models like ChatGPT

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Now, the US government is trying to get a handle on things. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is asking for public comments on possible regulations to hold AI creators accountable. The measures will ideally help the Biden administration ensure these models work as promised "without causing harm," the NTIA says. Hopefully, they'll also speak to experts, too, and not just rely on the anonymous internet public. Get our daily audio briefings, Monday through Friday, by subscribing right here.


The Morning After: Microsoft's VALL-E AI can replicate a voice from a three-second sample

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While there are already multiple services that can create copies of your voice, they usually demand substantial input. Microsoft claims its model can simulate someone's voice from just a three-second audio sample. The speech can match both the timbre and emotional tone of the speaker โ€“ even the acoustics of a room. It could one day be used for customized or high-end text-to-speech applications, but like deepfakes, there are risks of misuse. Researchers trained VALL-E on 60,000 hours of English language speech from 7,000-plus speakers in Meta's Libri-Light audio library.


The Morning After: The best of CES 2023

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The top news stories today: Appleโ€™s long-rumored mixed reality headset could finally debut this spring, Samsung might unveil the Galaxy S23 series on February 1st, The best of CES 2023..


The Morning After: Weekend Edition

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If you have an extra day off, then that may provide time to catch up on our new Tomorrow section, plus the latest Google Search feature and Apple's plan for AI. Let's talk about the future.Welcome to Tomorrow, the home of stuff that hasn't happened yet This week we launched a brand new section on Engadget, which is dedicated to bringing the future into focus. Our launch week stories have covered everything from prosthetics to binge watching to the art of nuclear war -- and there's much more to come. You think?Apple is reportedly working on a dedicated mobile chip for AI On-device machine learning is suddenly a highlight feature for smartphones, and unsurprisingly there are rumors Apple is going to improve the iPhone's capabilities in that area. Google and Qualcomm have a bit of a head start in AI, but we've already seen the folks in Cupertino whip up dedicated hardware to boost things like motion tracking and wireless audio.


The Morning After: Wednesday, May 24th 2017

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Microsoft stripped the numbers from its new Surface Pro hybrid, and we talk the future of fashion, as well as why the perfect prosthetic hand is still many years way. Meanwhile, Google's AI-powered Go player beat the world's best human Go master. There are, however, still two matches left. The refreshed Surface Pen also adds tilt sensitivity.Microsoft made the Surface Pro both lighter and quieter Microsoft has left the Surface Pro line untouched since late 2015, but the company finally gave it a subtle refresh today. Announced at an event in Shanghai yesterday, the new Surface Pro has updated 7th-gen Intel Core processors and enhanced 12.3-inch PixelSense display, plus an LTE option due later this year. Microsoft calls this "the lightest, the best sounding, the fastest and the quietest Surface Pro ever," and the company was keen to stress that its machine is 1.7 times faster than the iPad Pro.


The Morning After: Thursday, May 18th 2017

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Google's annual conference touched on all the zeitgeisty terms you'd have expected: More voice assistant features, artificial intelligence, visual search powered by deep learning and a whole lot more. Here's what you missed Google I/O 2017 recap The opening day of Google's developer event focused on putting more AI everywhere -- in your camera with Google Lens, in your phone/car/TV/speaker with Google Assistant -- and connecting virtual reality to mixed reality with Daydream. It probably sounds like a lot, because it is, but we boiled down the speech to a 15-minute video with all the highlights, so click here and get acquainted with the Google-y new world we're living in. Its latest search engine knows what's in your photos. Google Lens is a broad term that encompasses all kinds of vision-based computing skills.


The Morning After: Wednesday, May 17th 2017

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Microsoft wrapped up last week, Apple is coming soon, and Google is, well, today! We'll be reporting live from the I/O keynote, which starts this afternoon. We also take a look at the origins of the sex robot. This year's Google developer event kicks off today. We're expecting to learn more about the future of Android, Chrome and other projects.