Using ElevenLabs’ voice cloning technology and Home Assistant, I successfully replaced Alexa’s voice with my own for smart home announcements. The process required just three minutes of audio recordings and some technical troubleshooting. Now my trash day reminders and other alerts sound like me ins
Disney is embracing AI animation through its partnership with startup Animaj, which claims to reduce episode production time from 5 months to just 5 weeks. The technology uses a database of 300,000 character poses and AI to fill in movements between animator-drawn key frames. While promising efficie
Microsoft is testing a screenshot capture feature in Edge Canary’s Copilot sidebar. The tool lets you grab screen content directly for AI analysis. But this functionality actually existed in older Bing-powered Copilot versions before disappearing.
Microsoft’s Windows lead Pavan Davuluri faced intense backlash for his Ignite 2025 session announcement, but the actual AI features revealed were far less controversial than expected. The new agentic capabilities are entirely opt-in and build on existing Windows functionality like Share targets and
Google’s advanced screenshot editor using Pixel Studio is rolling out to devices running the stable November 2025 update. The new interface brings AI-powered editing and erasing capabilities along with expanded markup options.
X experienced significant outages Friday morning with over 20,000 user reports. The issues affected both the app and website but resolved within about an hour. Cloudflare also saw outage reports despite claiming operational status.
Microsoft has open-sourced the original Zork I-III games under MIT license. The move makes historically important game code available for educational use. Developers can now compile and run these text adventure classics.
Google’s new Gemini AI model shows impressive capabilities but also gaslights users, according to Fast Company’s tech editor. The launch highlights how AI benchmarks often fail to reflect real-world performance issues that users actually encounter.
Microsoft is rolling out its Full Screen Experience to all Windows 11 handhelds starting November 21. The feature aims to create a dedicated gaming interface similar to SteamOS. However, early testing shows it offers convenience but little performance improvement.
OpenAI has rolled out group chat functionality in ChatGPT globally. The feature allows up to 20 people to collaborate with the AI chatbot on tasks like travel planning and document drafting. ChatGPT uses GPT-5.1 Auto and can be mentioned directly for responses.
