by Editor | Jun 30, 2024 | Culture Music Art
from Vanity Fair “It Was Astonishing”: How NBC Convinced Al Michaels to Embrace His AI Voice for Olympics Coverage The network will use an artificial clone of the legendary broadcaster’s voice to narrate its daily recaps of the summer event. “It was not only close,”...
by Editor | Jun 29, 2024 | Weirdness
from Business Insider Robots keep getting creepier by Jaures Yip Researchers created a 3D facial mold and a 2D robot covered with lab-grown living skin. The University of Tokyo© The University of Tokyo It’s not just nuts and bolts keeping robots together — now...
by Editor | Jun 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
from NBC News Kinky Friedman, provocative musician, author and one-time politician, dies at 79 The satirical country and western iconoclast ran for governor of Texas in 2006 with campaign slogans like “My Governor is a Jewish Cowboy.” By Variety Kinky Friedman in...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2024 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News, Projects
from Publishing Perspectives Authors Equity’s First 100 Days Madeline McIntosh introduces the concept behind Authors Equity at the 2024 Readmagine conference in Madrid. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson Since Readmagine, Authors Equity has issued a list...
by Editor | Jun 26, 2024 | Culture Music Art
from Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends BY RICK RYCROFT AND ROD MCGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and...
