After years of rumours, leaks, and teases, the Sonos Ace headphones have officially landed and look to take on industry stalwarts in the active noise cancellation and personal cinema audio game. This is the first wearable audio product from the company which will apparently “transform the way we listen on headphones.” “They’re here! Fans have asked us for years to bring the Sonos experience to headphones – and we knew our first foray into the category needed to champion the type of innovation and sound experience Sonos has become synonymous with,” said Sonos CEO Patrick Spence. The new cans fe ..read more

During Microsoft’s Surface event yesterday, where it announced its new ‘Copilot+’ branding for incoming AI-focused devices, the company revealed two new Surface products that will bear the shiny new badge – a new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro, a laptop/tablet hybrid. It also mentioned a few of its hardware partners that are expected to produce new AI machines. Microsoft’s new AI-powered Surface Image: Microsoft via YouTube The new Surface Laptop will be available in two sizes, 13.8in and 15in, and will ship sporting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite or X Plus processor. The rest of the specs are ..read more

Readers older than a certain age will remember those little scrunched-up pieces of paper that were essential to your after-school routine. Those bits of paper held the keys to your kingdom — in other words, it’s where we scribbled down cheats for GTA III, San Andreas or Vice City. Microsoft is rendering the modern equivalent of paper cheats or guides (the internet) almost irrelevant by shoving Copilot into some of its games, Minecraft first. What is my purpose? You teach Minecraft The AI integration into games was announced during the search giant’s Surface event yeste ..read more

Staying connected while travelling is important to everyone. Whether you’re a business professional, a digital nomad, or an adventure enthusiast, reliable and efficient charging solutions are essential for keeping your travel gear powered up. Anker, the World’s No. 1 Mobile Charging Brand, offers the perfect solutions to address battery anxiety. With the Anker 735 Charger, Anker 544 USB-C to USB-C Cable, and Anker 323 Power Bank, everyone can enjoy uninterrupted connectivity wherever they may be. Anker 735 GanPrime 65W charger The Anker 735 Charger is a game-changer for anyone who travels with ..read more

A parent asked a question in a private Facebook group in April 2024: Does anyone with a child who is both gifted and disabled have any experience with New York City public schools? The parent received a seemingly helpful answer that laid out some characteristics of a specific school, beginning with the context that “I have a child who is also 2e,” meaning twice exceptional. On a Facebook group for swapping unwanted items near Boston, a user looking for specific items received an offer of a “gently used” Canon camera and an “almost-new portable air conditioning unit that I never ended up using ..read more

Less than a week after BYD’s Dolphin EV rolled into the country claiming the crown of ‘most affordable EV’, with a starting price of R540,000, Enviro Automotive, an “importer and distributor of several Chinese brands,” has arrived to rain on their parade. The company has confirmed it is bringing the Dayun S5 Mini SUV to South Africa later this year, with a price below R400,000. Known as the Dayun Yeuhu in China, the Mini SUV EV is set to debut in SA in the last quarter of 2024 and will be joined by a “range of budget-friendly electric cars” also targeting the sub-R400,000 price point. Aside fr ..read more

AlphaFold 3, unveiled to the world on May 9, is the latest version of an algorithm designed to predict the structures of proteins – vital molecules used by all life – from the “instruction code” in their building blocks. Predicting protein structures and the way they interact with other molecules has been one of the biggest problems in biology. Yet, AI developer Google DeepMind has gone some way to solving it in the last few years. This new version of the AI system features improved function and accuracy over its predecessors. Like the next release in a video game fran ..read more

OpenAI’s new generative Sora tool has sparked lively technology discussions over the past week, generating both enthusiasm and concern among fans and critics. Sora is a text-to-video model that significantly advances the integration of deep learning, natural language processing and computer vision to transform textual prompts into detailed and coherent life-like video content. In contrast to previous text-to-video technologies, like Meta’s Make-A-Video, Sora is able to overcome limitations related to the type of visual data it can interpret, vi ..read more

We might soon see AI step up to the next level, with impending upgrades to artificial intelligence (AI) systems developed by OpenAI and Meta. OpenAI’s GPT-5 will be the new “engine” within the AI chatbot ChatGPT, while Meta’s upgrade will be named Llama 3. Among other things, the current version of Llama powers chatbots on Meta’s social media platforms. Statements to the media by executives at both OpenAI and Meta suggest that some ability to plan ahead will be incorporated into these upgraded systems. But how exactly will this innovation change the capa ..read more

OpenAI’s new “strategic partnership” and licensing agreement with the Financial Times (FT) follows similar deals between the US tech company and publishers such as Associated Press, German media giant Axel Springer and French newspaper Le Monde. OpenAI will licence the FT’s content to use as training data for its products, including successors to its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The AI systems developed by OpenAI are exposed to this data to help them improve their performance in terms of use of language, context and accuracy. The FT will receive an undisclosed payment as part of the ..read more