Tag: Microsoft
Tech Digest daily roundup: Microsoft AI can replicate human voice after 3 seconds
Microsoft has unveiled an AI voice simulator capable of accurately imitating a person’s voice after listening to them speak for just three seconds. The VALL-E language model was trained using 60,000 hours of English speech from 7,000 different speakers in order to synthesize “high-quality personalised speech” from any unseen speaker. Once the artificial intelligence system has…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Tesla delivered record number of EVs in 2022
Electric car maker Tesla says it delivered a record 1.3m vehicles last year, 40% more than in 2021. It comes after the company delivered more than 405,000 vehicles in the last three months of 2022. However, that figure missed Wall Street forecasts of around 430,000 deliveries for the period. This year the motor industry is…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Fax machine moves closer to tech dustbin
The fax machine is about to be pushed closer to the dustbin of history. The device - formally known as a facsimile machine - was once a regular feature of British offices. But now the UK's communications regulator Ofcom is consulting on changes to telecoms rules that could formalise its obsolescence. It would mean telecoms…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Fiesta no more as Ford makes way for EVs
A 1977 poster for the Ford Fiesta Mark One Ford has announced the end of one of the most popular cars ever sold in the UK - the Fiesta. By the end of June next year, no more Fiestas are to be produced in the manufacturer's factory in Cologne, Germany. More…
Tech Digest daily roundup: TikTok to raise livestreaming age to 18
TikTok is raising its minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18 from next month. A BBC News investigation found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian refugee camps, with children begging for donations. Some were receiving up to $1,000 (£900) an hour - but when they withdrew the cash, TikTok had taken up to…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Mircrosoft survey shows bosses think workers less productive at home
A major new survey from Microsoft shows that bosses and workers fundamentally disagree about productivity when working from home. Bosses worry about whether working from home is as productive as being in the office. While 87% of workers felt they worked as, or more, efficiently from home, 80% of managers disagreed. The survey questioned more…
Tech Digest daily roundup: TikTok to limit misinformation ahead of US mid-term elections
TikTok is taking extra measures to limit misinformation and violations of its policies ahead of the US mid-term elections. The video platform has announced new steps to ensure influencers understand that paid political ads are prohibited. Following 2020 US election the company admitted it needed to do more to ensure influencers followed its rules. November's elections…
Tech Digest daily roundup: IT worker wants to dig up tip to recover £140m in Bitcoin
A computer engineer who claims he accidentally threw away £140m worth of Bitcoin will ask a local council for permission to dig up a landfill site. James Howells, 36, is set to ask Newport City Council if he can spend £10m and use robot dogs, as well as an intricate Artificial Intelligence-powered machine, to try and locate…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Netflix partners with Microsoft for cheaper ad-funded streaming
Netflix has partnered with Microsoft to launch a cheaper subscription plan showing adverts in an attempt to appeal to cash-strapped consumers seeking to cut back on costs. The streaming platform first announced plans to launch a cheaper service – giving subscribers the chance to pay less in return for viewing ads – in April after reporting…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon to start drone deliveries in US
Amazon says it will begin delivering parcels to shoppers by drone for the first time later this year, pending final regulatory approval. Users in the Californian town of Lockeford will be able to sign up to have thousands of goods delivered by air to their homes, it said. The shopping giant has promised drone delivery…
