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Vitruvian’s Trainer+ is an all-in-one home gym that actually lives up to its promises

January 16, 2023

The connected home gym gear craze probably experienced its zenith during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, with indicators like Peloton’s fortunes pointing to waning interest as people get back to using their gym memberships. But the category still has plenty of potential, especially if the gear in question can combine smarts with other key […]

Vitruvian’s Trainer+ is an all-in-one home gym that actually lives up to its promises by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla rolls into a pressure cooker, Paris mulls its scooter future, and the double SPAC arrives

January 16, 2023

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Tesla rolls into a pressure cooker, Paris mulls its scooter future, and the double SPAC arrives by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter’s third-party client issue is seemingly a deliberate suspension

January 16, 2023

Last Friday, a ton of popular Twitter clients including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Echofon were down. Users couldn’t log into their accounts or look at their timelines. At first, it looked like a bug in Twitter API, but radio silence from Twitter and new details indicated that the company deliberately limited access to third-party apps. The […]

Twitter’s third-party client issue is seemingly a deliberate suspension by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

The New Microsoft AI Tool Can Mimic Anyone’s Voice

January 16, 2023
A new AI tool by Microsoft has garnered quite the attention. Vall-E’s AI Text To Speech system (TTS) can take a three second recording of a person and then convert written words into a speech in that person’s voice. What is the most frightful and astonishing part about the tool is its accuracy.

Didi gets China approval to relaunch after 18-month security probe

January 16, 2023

Eighteen months after its app was suspended in China, ride hailing giant Didi made a comeback on Monday. The move came as China showed signs of easing up its sweeping regulatory clampdown on the internet sector over the past three years. In July 2021, Chinese authorities ordered the country’s app stores to remove Didi, citing […]

Didi gets China approval to relaunch after 18-month security probe by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch