Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google launches MusicLM, an experimental AI tool that can turn text prompts into several song versions, in its AI Test Kitchen app on the web, Android, and iOS  —  Google today released MusicLM, a new experimental AI tool that can turn text descriptions into music. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Google announces new features for cars with native Android including YouTube, Waze, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex by Cisco, and more video games from Google Play  —  Google announced a slew of new features that will be available to cars with native Android software, including YouTube, Waze … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: YouTube is running a “small experiment” globally that shows a pop-up urging users with ad blockers to allow ads on YouTube or consider subscribing to Premium  —  YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Google unveils Universal Translator, an experimental service that redubs a video into a new language and synchronizes the speaker’s lips to match the new audio  —  Google is testing a powerful new translation service that redubs video in a new language while also synchronizing the speaker’s lips with words they never spoke. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Google makes generative AI tools available to Play Store developers for text in English, including for drafting app listings and summarizing users’ app reviews  —  Google is making generative AI tools available to Play Store developers in an attempt to make it easier for them to build out their app listings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Google launches Project Tailwind, an “AI-first notebook” experiment that pulls information from users’ Google Drive documents, available via a US-only waitlist  —  Google has launched “Project Tailwind,” a new AI-first tool that is effectively a notebook of the future to help you research information as you write about it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Google unveils generative AI wallpapers, coming exclusively to Pixels in June, and Magic Compose, a feature in Messages for Android that auto-suggests responses  —  Generative AI is all the rage — and Google has found two new ways to put the tech in the palm of your hand. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Unity reports Q1 revenue up 56% YoY to $500M, vs. $480M est., net loss up 43% YoY to $254M, and Q2 revenue guidance above analyst estimates; U jumps 10%+  —  – Shares of Unity Software popped in extended trading Wednesday after the company released first-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Robinhood announces 24-hour trading of select stocks and ETFs, five days per week, starting with 43 securities next week and available to all users by June 2023  —  The online brokerage says all customers will have access by next month  —  Users of Robinhood Markets’ popular app will soon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Google rolls out a redesigned Home app with a Favorites tab, support for new device types, an iOS update to support Matter devices, and more, starting on May 11  —  A much-needed update brings greater control and customizability.  Plus, Google updates its iOS app to support Matter devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme