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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 – including the floating island – 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 – 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: Apple’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: Drone attacks and self-lacing Nikes

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This morning, we explain what a terrible year cryptocurrency had -- I hope you didn't remortgage your house. Meanwhile, Xbox seems ready to have a strong 2019, and drones plunge one of the UK's biggest airports into chaos. After five years, two mid-generation console releases and a brand-new gamepad...Xbox is poised to dominate the next console generation While the Switch and PS4 are riding high in this console cycle, Microsoft is better positioned than any other video-game company to take control of the coming one, which is expected to kick off in 2020. Living the Marty McFly dream.Nike's first self-lacing basketball shoes go on sale in 2019 for $350 On Nike's quarterly earnings call, executives revealed plans for an'Adaptive' basketball shoe that will cost around $350. That's about $400 cheaper than last year's HyperAdapt trainers, but more expensive than the Jordan XXXIII with its strap the wearer adjusts on their own.


The Morning After: Another Facebook ban

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Get the week started off right with a look at Sony's smaller flagship phone and some exciting news for Splinter Cell fans. Time to upgrade?Apple may unveil red iPhone 8 and 8 Plus models this week MacRumors has obtained a Virgin Mobile memo claiming (Product) Red versions of the 8 and 8 Plus will be announced soon, possibly as early as April 9th. It's definitely time to upgrade.NVIDIA will end 32-bit OS GeForce support this month NVIDIA will halt GeForce GPU driver support for 32-bit systems at the end of April, meaning users will lose access to new GeForce Experience features and game-ready updates. Moreover, NVIDIA will end security updates by January 2019, so continuing to use your 32-bit Windows or Linux OS with a GeForce card beyond that date could actually put it at risk. Search, smart home control and third-party integrations.What Siri can learn from Google Assistant Not only is Apple beefing up its phones with "neural engine" chips to power AI efforts like augmented reality and machine learning, it's also building out its Siri team. The company recently listed 161 open positions and hired Carnegie Mellon's Russ Salakhutdinov last year to head up AI research.