The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate.

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It Seemed Like an AI Crime-Fighting Super Tool. Then Defense Attorneys Started Asking Questions

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.

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UK considering EU-style common charging cable

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

The EU previously introduced a law requiring new electronic devices to use the same type of cable in 2022.

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Boost Your Business With This Bundle: Office, Project, Visio and Windows 11 Pro at $72

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Transform your workflow with professional software that makes it easy to increase efficiency by providing the kind of tools that are a joy to work with. Now at $71.94 through October 27.

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High Call Center Queuing Times? 5 Causes With Easy Fixes

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Discover the best ways to get call center queuing times under control without telling agents to work harder.

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20VC closes new $400M fund to ‘make Europe great again’ says Harry Stebbings

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Harry Stebbings — the UK podcaster who broke into the world of tech from total obscurity by building a brand and audience around a regular series of 20-minute interviews with venture capitalists and founders — parlayed that fame into becoming a VC himself. Now, he has closed his third investment vehicle, his biggest yet. 20VC, […]
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Gladia believes real-time processing is the next frontier of audio transcription APIs

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

French startup Gladia, which offers a speech-recognition application programming interface (API), has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round. Essentially, Gladia’s API lets you turn any audio file into text with a high level of accuracy and low turnaround time. While Amazon, Microsoft and Google all offer speech-to-text APIs as part of their […]
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Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Bots that “remove clothes” from images have run rampant on the messaging app, allowing people to create nonconsensual deepfake images even as lawmakers and tech companies try to crack down.

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Harris PAC’s $1 million contribution from Ripple’s Chris Larsen shows crypto industry warming to VP

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen recently gave $1 million worth of XRP tokens to a super PAC that’s supporting the vice president’s run for the White House.

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The Oura Ring 4 is sleek and easy to wear but scratches easily. Here’s what it’s like

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

The Oura Ring 4 is a sleek and comfortable device that provides valuable health information, but it also scratched and showed signs of wear easily.

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