OpenAI’s Sora 2 lets users insert themselves into AI videos with sound

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced Sora 2, its second-generation video-synthesis AI model that can now generate videos in various ...
The Conversation

How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard

Brian W. Stone does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Daily Herald

Plan to convert historic bank building into restaurant could be ‘a major change for the downtown,’ Des Plaines officials say

Des Plaines City Council members on Tuesday enthusiastically approved a multimillion-dollar deal to convert a historic downtown building into a restaurant. “This is something to be excited about,” 2nd ...
The New York Times

Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business

The deal is among the largest government interventions in a U.S. company since the rescue of the auto industry after the 2008 financial crisis. By Tripp Mickle Lauren Hirsch and Ana Swanson Tripp ...
Advanced Television

How BBC editors generate subtitles for 500 hours daily using AI

Every day, the BBC has to manage more than 500 hours of new video content, including news, documentaries, sports, and entertainment. Creating subtitles for such a huge volume used to be slow and ...
Hackaday

How To Convert A Drain Into A Hydropower Facility

Over on his YouTube channel [Construction General] shows us how to convert a drain into a hydropower facility. This type of hydroelectric facility is known as a gravitation water vortex power plant.
Insurancenewsnet.com

Hanwha Life Completes Acquisition of U.S.-Based Velocity Clearing, LLC, Becoming the First Korean Insurer to Signal a Bold Expansion into North American Capital Markets: Hanwha ...

2025 AUG 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mergers & Acquisitions Daily News-- Hanwha Life, South Korea’s first life insurance company, has officially completed the acquisition of ...
SiliconANGLE

Anaconda raises $150M+ to speed up Python-based AI projects

Developer tooling provider Anaconda Inc. today announced that it has closed a Series C funding round worth more than $150 million. Insight Partners led the investment with participation from Mubadala ...
The Diplomat

Taiwan’s Recall Elections Failed – But That Doesn’t Signal an Embrace of Beijing

The failure of the recalls does not reflect a re-evaluation of cross-strait policy preferences. But it does send a clear message to both the DPP and the KMT. Taiwanese voters delivered a decisive ...