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WhatsApp launches Apple Watch companion app, allowing users to receive call notifications, read full messages and record and send voice messages (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 4, 2025

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: WhatsApp is launching an Apple Watch companion app, allowing users to receive call notifications, read full…

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Microsoft unveils Mico, a character that responds with real-time expressions when spoken to, now enabled by default in Copilot voice mode in the US, UK and Canada (Tom Warren/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 23, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Al Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen (Nvidia, Stanford, Netflix) Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth…

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Finch, which offers a voice AI system to automate administrative tasks performed by paralegals, has raised a $20 million Series A, according to a source, at a valuation of $100 million (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 15, 2025

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Finch, which offers a voice AI system to automate administrative tasks performed by paralegals, raised a…

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How ElevenLabs’ AI tools and others were used to recreate the voice of a woman, lost against motor neurons, from only eight seconds of audio on a VHS band (Beth Rose / BBC)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 24, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: The great debate of GPT-5, the AI bubble of Sam Altman, only the chatbots The…

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The IOS application of Grok now offers two AI "Companions"or 3D animated avatars who interact with users via voice, including Aniime, an anime character with an NSFW mode (Alexey Shabanov / Testingcatalog)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 15, 2025

Alexey Shabanov / Testingcatalog:: The IOS application of Grok now offers two “companions” AI, or 3D animated avatars that interact…

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Sources: An impostor used AI to imitate Marco Rubio’s voice and writing style and contacted the foreign ministers, an American governor and a member of the Congress (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 8, 2025

Washington Post:: Sources: an impostor used AI to imitate the style of voice and writing of Marco Rubio and contacted…

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Synthflow, based in Berlin, a code without code allowing companies to build and deploy customer service agents of personalized voice, has collected a series of $ 20 million AD by ACCEL (Rebecca Szkutak / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 24, 2025

Rebecca Szkutak / Techcrunch:: Synthflow, based in Berlin, a code without code allowing companies to create and deploy customer service…

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Meta Meta Meta Ray-Ban Privacy Policy for Meta Smart glasses on April 29 to activate the hey meta voice command by default, store vocal recordings for a year, and more (Chris Welch / The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2025

Chris Welch / The penis:: Meta has updated the Privacy Policy of Ray-Ban Meta Meta Smart Lunes on April 29…

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US community colleges are fighting against a flood of false, or bot, students who have led to online courses and subjecting work generated by AI (Jakob McWhinney / Voice of San Diego)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 17, 2025

Jakob McWhinney / San Diego voice:: US community colleges are fighting against a flood of false, or bots, students who…

Asia

The disappearance of the voice of America is a failure of American values - the diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMarch 21, 2025

If the American government reduces or even leads Voice of America (VOA), the authoritarian regime of China will be the…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Some Mac Mini and Mac Studio models are unavailable or facing wait times of up to 12 weeks in the United States, with analysts citing strong demand from power users of AI agents (Nicole Nguyen/Wall Street Journal)

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Browsing: voice

WhatsApp launches Apple Watch companion app, allowing users to receive call notifications, read full messages and record and send voice messages (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Microsoft unveils Mico, a character that responds with real-time expressions when spoken to, now enabled by default in Copilot voice mode in the US, UK and Canada (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Finch, which offers a voice AI system to automate administrative tasks performed by paralegals, has raised a $20 million Series A, according to a source, at a valuation of $100 million (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

How ElevenLabs’ AI tools and others were used to recreate the voice of a woman, lost against motor neurons, from only eight seconds of audio on a VHS band (Beth Rose / BBC)

The IOS application of Grok now offers two AI "Companions"or 3D animated avatars who interact with users via voice, including Aniime, an anime character with an NSFW mode (Alexey Shabanov / Testingcatalog)

Sources: An impostor used AI to imitate Marco Rubio’s voice and writing style and contacted the foreign ministers, an American governor and a member of the Congress (Washington Post)

Synthflow, based in Berlin, a code without code allowing companies to build and deploy customer service agents of personalized voice, has collected a series of $ 20 million AD by ACCEL (Rebecca Szkutak / Techcrunch)

Meta Meta Meta Ray-Ban Privacy Policy for Meta Smart glasses on April 29 to activate the hey meta voice command by default, store vocal recordings for a year, and more (Chris Welch / The Verge)

US community colleges are fighting against a flood of false, or bot, students who have led to online courses and subjecting work generated by AI (Jakob McWhinney / Voice of San Diego)

The disappearance of the voice of America is a failure of American values - the diplomat