Amid a week of synths and sunshine, for the second year in a row EDM.com’s “Insider Access” networking event became the opening pitch of Miami Music Week 2024. As the sunny spring afternoon unfurled, hundreds of guests ascended to the rooftop of the lavish Uma House hotel, greeted by a panoramic view that mirrored the … Read more
Microsoft’s Ignite 2023 event came with a lot of updates, and AI product reveals and expansions were front and center as the company laid out its updated vision for IT professionals. As our own Devin Coldewey wrote in October, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has made it clear that the company is all-in on AI, and … Read more
One of the more unexpected products to launch out of the Microsoft Ignite 2023 event is a tool that can create a photorealistic avatar of a person and animate that avatar saying things that the person didn’t necessarily say. Called Azure AI Speech text to speech avatar, the new feature, available in public preview as of … Read more
Disney/Marvel’s The Marvels failed to get off the ground in its debut weekend, collecting a meager $47 million at the domestic box office. The pic ranks as the lowest opening for an MCU film to date, falling short of The Incredible Hulk’s $55M opening in 2008. Yikes! Worldwide, the Brie Larson superhero epic grossed just … Read more
Erin Cuthbert is determined to help Scotland bounce back from their UEFA Women’s Nations League defeat by the Netherlands after declaring herself fit for the return match at Hampden. The Chelsea midfielder missed Friday’s 4-0 loss with a quad injury but trained at Hampden on Monday evening and is keen to feature on Tuesday. Cuthbert … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict. Israel has traded fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group … Read more