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Mark Schlabach

Police to probe protocols during Scheffler arrest

The Louisville Metro Police Department will investigate whether its officers followed proper protocols when world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday outside Valhalla Golf Club.

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Pochettino out as Chelsea boss after 1 season

Mauricio Pochettino has left his role as Chelsea manager by mutual consent after less than 11 months in charge despite qualifying for European football next season, the club confirmed Tuesday.

Mashable

Microsoft Build 2024: What GPT-4o can do on Azure AI

OpenAI's multimodal model GPT-4o is now available to developers on Microsoft's Azure AI.

At Microsoft Build 2024, the company's developer conference, Microsoft shared that those itching to get their hands on GPT-4o can now access it through the Azure AI Studio and as an API.

Microsoft's Azure AI Studio is a playground for developers to try out the latest tools supported by Azure, which includes OpenAI models like GPT-4 Turbo — and now GPT-4o.

GPT-4o's image and vision capabilities are...

Mashable

Meta, Match Group, and more announce new anti-scam coalition

Some of the biggest names in social media, dating apps, and digital finance are teaming up to fight escalating online financial scams. Perhaps those disturbing AI-generated Facebook posts will finally meet their match.

Announced Tuesday, May 21, the Tech Against Scams coalition will act as a convening body between a network of tech companies to "collaborate on ways to take action against the tools used by scammers, educate and protect consumers, and disrupt rapidly evolving financial scams."...

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Microsoft unveils Copilot Agents, an AI business assistant

Microsoft's annual Build event unsurprisingly focused on AI this year. Big Tech companies have all been hopping aboard the AI hype train, with Google most recently showing off its own AI products at its Google I/O event last week.

Earlier at this year's Build, Microsoft announced Team Copilot, an AI chatbot that acts as a co-worker for entire teams and companies, using the group's shared knowledge to answer questions and queries. Mashable noted how similar Team Copilot is to Google's own AI...

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Build 2024: Microsoft shows off GPT-4o with cringe shoe demo

Microsoft's Build 2024 developer conference has been all about AI and CoPilot. Microsoft has invested billions in OpenAI and was pleased to show off how companies can integrate its Azure and Open AI services into their workplaces.

But things got a little goofy 49 minutes and 59 seconds into the stream:

During CEO Satya Nadella's keynote speech, the Microsoft head man showed a demo of how a company can use Azure's implementation of OpenAI's AI models to help customers make life easier...

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Carol Rosenberg

The U.S. Was Resettling Guantánamo Prisoners. The Hamas Attack Halted Those Plans.

The White House suspended a secret mission to transfer detainees to Oman in October after Congress members expressed concerns about Middle East instability.

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Sheena Vasani

Where to preorder the Sonos Ace headphones ahead of June 5th

The stylish Sonos Ace come in black and white. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

At long last, the eagerly anticipated Sonos Ace have arrived. On Tuesday, the company announced that its first pair of wireless headphones will be available on June 5th. Even better, you can already preorder them ahead of launch for $449.

We’re still testing the Sonos Ace, but in our limited time playing around with them during a recent demo session, we came away impressed. The plush noise-canceling...

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Tom Warren

Microsoft’s new Windows Copilot Runtime aims to win over AI developers

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Microsoft launched a range of Copilot Plus PCs yesterday that includes new AI features built directly into Windows 11. Behind the scenes, the company now has more than 40 AI models running on Windows 11 thanks to a new Windows Copilot Runtime that will also allow developers to use these models for their apps.

At Microsoft Build today, the company is providing a lot more details about exactly how this Windows Copilot Runtime works. The runtime...

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Sean Hollister

Microsoft is making File Explorer more powerful with version control and 7z compression

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Here’s one more way to stay on top of your favorite programming projects: have them sync to the same File Explorer you already use to navigate your hard drive in Windows.

At Build, Microsoft now says it’s adding native version control to File Explorer by integrating systems like Git, letting you see new changes and comments directly from the app.

Image: Microsoft

Here’s a cropped and zoomed version of the provided screenshot so you...

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Kylie Robison

Elon Musk’s xAI is working on making Grok multimodal

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is making progress on adding multimodal inputs to its Grok chatbot, according to public developer documents. What this means is that, soon, users may be able to upload photos to Grok and receive text-based answers.

This was first teased in a blog post last month from xAI which said Grok-1.5V will offer “multimodal models in a number of domains.” The latest update to the developer documents...

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Sean Hollister

Microsoft is bringing ‘Windows Volumetric Apps’ to Meta Quest headsets

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You can already beam your flat Windows desktop and its VR games onto your Meta Quest headset — but what if Windows could send HoloLens-like 3D apps and digital objects to the headset, too?

At Build, Microsoft has just announced “Windows Volumetric Apps on Meta Quest,” a way to “extend Windows apps into 3D space.”

Details are slim, but the company showed off a digital exploded 3D view of an Xbox controller from the perspective of a...

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Jack Milko

Charles Schwab Challenge: How to watch, streaming, preview, tee times and more

Emiliano Grillo holds the trophy after winning the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge in a playoff. | Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images

How can fans tune into the Charles Schwab Challenge? Here is everything you need to know about the PGA Tour’s latest trip to Texas.

The PGA Tour returns to Texas, where a revitalized Colonial Country Club will host the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Emiliano Grillo won this event in a thrilling playoff last year over Adam Schenk. These two players finished at...

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Matt Warren

Jim Harbaugh and Will Ferrell is the unlikeliest comparison of the NFL offseason, but it actually works?

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A Los Angeles Chargers player compared coach Jim Harbaugh to comedian Will Ferrell, and hopes he’s not in trouble.

You may remember new Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh from his playing days or earlier stops in his coaching career. During previous stops, he was known much more for being a passionate fighter, not necessarily a comedian. Yet, one member of his new team seems to think differently.

“My first impressions...

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Pre-order two new Dell laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon for early July delivery

Dell's latest laptops are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, and two are already available for preorder.

Dell Qualcomm Snapdragon laptops available for pre-order Base model Dell Inspiron 14 Plus laptop (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) ...

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Microsoft’s new ‘Team Copilot’ is awfully similar to Google’s ‘AI Teammate’

Microsoft held its annual Microsoft Build event on Tuesday, just one week after Google held its equivalent event, Google I/O.

Microsoft and Google have similar ambitions based on the AI focus of each company's respective event. Both companies are clearly of the same mind when it comes to what they believe AI should be – to the point where Microsoft announced a feature that's incredibly reminiscent of a feature Google just announced last week.

According to Microsoft, Microsoft 365 will...

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Build 2024: 3 new Microsoft Teams announcements, including custom emojis and reactions

At Microsoft Build 2024 developers conference on Tuesday, the Redmond-based tech giant introduced a series of exciting updates for Microsoft Teams, aimed at showcasing its incorporation of AI in the ways users interact, collaborate, and enhance productivity.

These new updates deliver AI-powered enhancements, improved data protection, expanded custom app experiences, and advanced collaboration tools, underscoring Microsoft's commitment to create a more dynamic and secure communication...

Mashable

TomTom makes cars more chatty with the help of Microsoft AI

Navigation experts at TomTom are making cars chattier with the help of Microsoft's Azure OpenAI.

The company will talk about the new experiences during a session at Microsoft's Build conference Wednesday.

Modern cars often do have some form of a voice assistant present, but TomTom is talking about a far smarter, AI-based assistant that can engage the driver in a natural conversation, as well as handle complex driver requests.

SEE ALSO: Copilot gets ChatGPT-4o...

Mashable

Microsoft Copilot added to Teams calls: 7 things your AI co-worker can do

Announced at Microsoft Build 2024, Team Copilot can lurk inside your Microsoft Teams calls and chats, after being given access by a host, of course, to meet your needs — and your colleagues' needs, too.

Recently, there has been a flurry of announcements from the biggest names in AI, including OpenAI with GPT-4o and Google I/O with a host of new updates. Among those new revelations, Team Copilot sounds quite similar to Google's AI Teammate — more on that later.

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Microsoft Edge will use AI to add real-time translation to videos — what this means for you

At Microsoft Build 2024, the Redmond-based tech giant revealed that the Edge browser will have a new real-time video translation feature. In other words, tapping into its AI capabilities, Edge will translate videos from one language to another. It can also deliver subtitles for users who are hard of hearing.

Microsoft Edge's real-time video translation: Everything we know

Microsoft said that it's aware of the sheer number of videos available on the internet, but many of them aren't accessible....

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