I don’t know about you, but I spent many, many hours sitting in front of my parents’ TV playing Pong, Breakout, and Space Invaders. Before I got my TRS (TRASH)-80 computer I spent several minutes adjusting the vertical hold on my parents’ TV and finding a channel that had no signal. All to play in...
We all knew this was coming. Everyday products are getting smarter everyday. We’ve seen smart speakers, smart watches, and smart coffee makers. Why not smart doors? Already at a Home Depot Near You The Masonite M-PWR Smart Door was unveiled at CES 2022. The door comes equipped with a Yale smart lock and Ring video...
VinFast, Vietnam’s largest automaker, surpassed Ford and GM’s market value this week. VinFast share’s climbed to $37 per share (VFS) pushing its value to $85 billion. Ford and GM are $48 billion and $46 billion respectively. As shares in VinFast climbed, it also made Vietnam’s richest man, Pham Nhat Vuong richer by $39 billion. He...
We love innovation of all kinds at theSync, even food innovation. Dutch company, Meatable, has announced plans to sell its lab-grown, cellular sausage in Singapore. This isn’t the first time we’ve reported on governments approving lab grown sausages. Meatable is planning to bring its slaughter-free sausages to the Singaporean market next year. They also intend...
Keisha Schahaff was entering a contest on a Virgin Atlantic flight to the UK to sort out her daughter’s visa. Who would have known she’d win the contest blasting her and her daughter off to space. Keisha Schahaff and her daughter, Anastasia Mayers are both from Antiqua. Keisha was heading to Scotland to sort out...
Zoom has become the go-to connectivity app professionally and personally after the pandemic. The tool has become the de facto standard for hosting virtual happy hours, telemedicine visits, and business calls. A hasty change to Zoom’s terms of service led some in social media to call for a boycott when reality is a bit more...
There’s an old adage in software. If something you wrote isn’t selling, open source it. Facebook/Meta Labs open sourced, AudioCraft, its family of AI audio models. The family consists of AudioGen, MusicGen, and EnCodec. AudioCraft is used for generating sound effects, audio tracks, and encoding audio for playback. You can think of AudioCraft as a...
I don’t know why El Jefe put me on the Burger Beat, but here we are. Maybe it’s because his doctor told him to lay off of red meat and this is punishment. White Castle is the latest burger chain attempting to use AI in a harsh environment. I first reported on AI’s use at...