Word and PowerPoint get automatic, on-device Alt Text on Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft has unveiled a new feature for Copilot+ PCs that utilizes on-device NPUs to automatically generate rich, ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I thought Microsoft OneNote was enough until I paired it with Copilot

If you are on a Family plan like I am, here is the kicker: you must be the subscription owner (the admin). Even if you are a member of a shared family group, the Copilot Pro benefits don’t currently ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Sendspin is ESPHome's answer to Sonos-style multi-room audio

Sendspin is described as a multi-device and multi-room music and media experience protocol, but that description honestly ...
KCCI Des Moines

New Text to 911 service allows you to reach help without cell reception. Here's how it works

SHORE. POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS DISPATCHED TO A SWAMP WHERE SOMEBODY WAS STUCK. OUR RHONDELLA RICHARDSON IS LIVE IN MANCHESTER BY THE SEA WITH THE TOOL FIRST RESPONDERS USED TO PULL IT OFF. RHONDELLA ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing ...

Co-op Games Peak devs rebut claim their award-nominated multiplayer game uses AI: "We might be slop, but we're human-made locally-sourced artisanal slop" RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets dragged ...
Digital Trends

Microsoft AI debuts its Nano Banana rival, and it’s already a top text-to-image model

What’s happened? Microsoft AI has unveiled the slightly clunkily named MAI-Image-1, its in-house text-to-image system. The pitch is straightforward, generate useful pictures quickly, not flashy demos ...
The Verge

Microsoft AI announces first image generator created in-house

The model has already secured a spot in the top 10 of LMArena. The model has already secured a spot in the top 10 of LMArena. is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Voice Search Now Powered By Speech-to-Retrieval (S2R)

Google has updated its Voice Search models to be powered by Speech-to-Retrieval (S2R). Google said this allows it to "gets answers straight from your spoken query without having to convert it to text ...
CBS News

Microsoft blocks Israel's use of some services after review over mass surveillance of Palestinians

Microsoft says it has stopped providing some of its cloud and AI services to Israel's Ministry of Defense following a report in Britain's Guardian newspaper, which alleged Israel used the services to ...
PC World

Microsoft’s Copilot AI text-to-speech gets new, cleaner ‘scripted mode’

Microsoft’s AI Manager Mustafa Suleyman recently unveiled in a social media post a new feature called “Scripted Mode” in Copilot Labs for turning written scripts into text-to-speech. Copilot Labs is ...