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Twitch, the streaming Internet video service popular with gamers, already does some impressive server side transcoding to make sure that its most popular channels have multiple streams of different quality available. That means that people with different bandwidth levels can benefit accordingly. But if you’re not one of its top performers then you just get a single stream.

Now, thanks to a new feature called Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting, owners of a modern GeForce RTX or GTX GPUs will be able to broadcast up to three resolutions, at up to 1080p, simultaneously. Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting, which launches in Beta this month supports HEVC (H.265) encoding, NVIDIA’s latest encoder that gives 25% efficiency and quality over H.264.

Background noise removal

If you’re a Twitch streamer then you can sign up for the Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting beta today at twitch.tv/broadcast. There’s more coming too, in the coming months Enhanced Broadcasting beta testers will be able to experiment with higher-input bit rates, up to 4K resolutions, up to 5 concurrent streams, as well as new codecs.

There are also some AI Audio enhancements from NVIDIA, and while they obviously appeal to streamers, you don’t need to be a Twitch streamer to take advantage of AI enhancement if you own an NVIDIA RTX GPU. Download the NVIDIA Broadcast app and you can start to use AI straight away to enhance your live streams, video chat, and voice calls. You can use the Broadcast app to apply AI effects like Noise Removal, which will remove distracting background noise while you video chat, and there’s a handy room echo removal feature, too.

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VMware vCenter Server, Broadcom’s central management hub for the VMware vSphere suite, had a critical-severity vulnerability that allowed threat actors to remotely execute malicious code on unpatched servers. The exploit involves a low-complexity attack that can be pulled off without victim interaction.

VMware vSphere is a virtualization platform that allows admins to create and manage virtual machines and computing resources in a data center.

Its central management hub, vCenter Server, was vulnerable to a heap-overflow bug in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol, a flaw that is now tracked as CVE-2024-38812. It was given a severity score of 9.8/10 (critical), and was recently patched.

Patches and workarounds

Besides vCenter Server, it was also said that VMware Cloud Foundation was vulnerable to the same bug, as well. VMware Cloud Foundation is an integrated software platform that combines VMware's compute, storage, and network virtualization products with management and automation tools to create a unified hybrid cloud infrastructure.

The bug was discovered by cybersecurity researchers TZL, during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking context, BleepingComputer reports. As per the researchers, a malicious actor could theoretically send a specially crafted network packet, which could lead to remote code execution.

Broadcom, VMware’s parent company, recently released a fix and is urging users to apply it immediately.

"To ensure full protection for yourself and your organization, install one of the update versions listed in the VMware Security Advisory," the company said. "While other mitigations may be available depending on your organization's security posture, defense-in-depth strategies, and firewall configurations, each organization must evaluate the adequacy of these protections independently."

If applying the patch is not an option right now, make sure you tightly control network perimeter access to vSphere management components and interfaces. The good news is that there is no evidence of in-the-wild abuse yet. However, now that the news is out, it is only a matter of time before hackers start scanning for vulnerable endpoints.

Via BleepingComputer

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Storage manufacturer Seagate has announced a brand new, officially licensed product for PlayStation owners.

The Seagate Game Drive External SSD for PS5 and PS4 is available to buy right now. As per a Seagate press release, the new drive has options for 1TB and 2TB capacities. The 1TB model comes in at £139.99 (around $189.99), with the 2TB option available at a higher £229.99 (around $304.99).

Players can expect the Seagate Game Drive External SSD to be very console-friendly, with support for USB Type-C 3.2 for high transfer speeds and options for USB-A to USB-C and USB-C to USB-C connections. As a result, it looks to be a pretty effective way to store games, screenshots, and captured footage. 

As is the case with the best SSDs for PS5, you'll also be able to transfer games to and from the console's internal storage with the Seagate Game Drive External SSD. This can save you from having to delete games entirely, thus avoiding a lengthy re-download process.

In terms of aesthetics, the Seagate Game Drive External SSD - no doubt in part thanks to the official PlayStation licensing - bears the same matte white color scheme as the PS5 console itself. There's also a subtle blue LED strip matching the lighting of the console and DualSense Wireless Controller.

Extra storage for your PS5 and PS4 is always a welcome upgrade. Given that the base console and the PS5 Slim only ship with 1TB of storage, your console is going to fill up fast, especially if you like to install larger titles like Horizon Forbidden West or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Having an extra 1TB or two on hand can save you tons of time in the long run.

It is worth noting that PS5 external SSDs are much faster than traditional external hard drives. However, unlike internal storage options, external SSDs aren't able to run PS5 games themselves. You'll only be able to store them. That said, you'll still be able to both store and run digital PS4 games, making the Seagate Game Drive External SSD a fantastic option for last-gen console owners.

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Epson has added two new mini laser projectors to its EpiqVision range, the EF-21 and the EF-22. Both models will challenge the best portable projectors around today by using Epson's 3LCD technology, and promise to deliver 5,000,000:1 contrast, and they're designed to produce screen sizes of up to 150 inches. 

The projectors are powered by Google TV to provide built-in access to the best streaming services and have Chromecast built in, and they come with the obligatory automatic focus, keystone correction, screen fit and obstacle avoidance. 

The specifications of the two models are very similar, but the biggest difference is in the audio performance. Where both projectors have twin 5W speakers for stereo audio, the EF-22 adds a passive radiator to deliver more low-end thump. The EF-22 also includes an adjustable fixed stand, and comes in some slightly more sober colors. 

The Epson EF-21 is available in Warm White or Smoke Ice Green and the Epson EF-22 comes in a choice of metallic blue or metallic black.

Epson EF-21 and EF-22 specifications and price

Both projectors have a 360-degree orientation and deliver up to 1,000 ANSI Lumens from a light source rated for 10 years. Resolution is Full HD and there's a single HDMI connection if you want to connect a wired video source such as a Blu-Ray player or games console. I'm assuming the HDMI port is HDMI 2.0 as the presence of HDMI 2.1 in AV devices tends to be highlighted as a key feature, and Epson hasn't done that here (and it also isn't really necessary for a sub-4K projector).

Google TV means you've got all the usual TV streaming apps as well as the ability to cast from your phone, tablet or laptop; Epson says you'll have access over 400,000 movies and episodes from the various available services.

It's worth pointing out that while both of these projectors are very small, their true portability is limited: both devices need to be powered and don't have internal batteries, though this is still standard among projectors.

There seems to be some confusion over the pricing, though: we've been given prices of £649 for the EF-21 and £849 for the EF-22 in the UK directly by Epson, but they've been reported as £1,055 / $800 for the EF-21 and £1,320 / $1,000 for the EF-22 by HDTV Test.

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Zack Snyder's new Netflix anime series Twilight of the Gods is being released tomorrow (September 19) and, if you weren't already excitedly running through multiple iterations of the Viking Thunder Clap, the first four minutes of the highly anticipated show have been released. 

The announcement, which was made on the streamer's X/Twitter account (see below), is part of Netflix Geeked Week 2024, a four-day movie, TV show and videogame bonanza of reveals for fans, and offers a sneak peek of what fans can expect from the Norse mythology anime. 

In a mythical world of great battles, great deeds, and great despair, a mortal king is saved. Watch an exclusive #GeekedWeek sneak peek of @ZackSnyder's Twilight of the Gods: https://t.co/1tolF06rgK pic.twitter.com/PFa2YLz0TCSeptember 17, 2024

Snyder doesn't shy away from violence and, judging by the opening sequence for his new anime series, one that's part of everything new on Netflix in September, it's no exception to the rule. Indeed, it's filled with blood-stained swords that perfectly contrast its snowy setting and reveals a key part of the plot that's more tender than I expected. 

The series opens with a mortal king called Leif (voiced by Stuart Martin) recalling how he met his bride-to-be Sigrid (voiced by Sylvia Hoeks) on the aforementioned blood-soaked battlefield. Sigrid is introduced as a fearless warrior, saving Leif and killing numerous foes but, when a Valkyrie arrives to guide the fallen souls to Valhalla, Sigrid is left alone.

What can we expect from Twilight of the Gods?

We first heard about Zack Snyder's new Netflix project in mid-2021, with the writer-director revealing the title of his forthcoming animated TV show and saying that it was his "take on Norse mythology". However, we didn't hear much more until Snyder revealed the release date and some first-look images showing Twilight of the Gods' unusual art style in April. Then, in September, Netflix finally announced the plot for the mythos-laced show, saying that it was a "heroic story of love, loss, and revenge". 

After reading its synopsis, which says the series will follow Sigrid and Leif as they try to "survive a wrath of terror from Thor (Pilou Asbæk)" and "sets them – and a crew of crusaders – on a merciless mission for vengeance, against all odds", it gave me the inclination that this would be another gore-laden show like some of the best anime. But, after watching the opening sequence, I'm more convinced that it'll lean as heavily into the romance-led narrative. Indeed, Sigrid and Leif look like they'll be the Bonnie and Clyde of Viking mythology and might help make this one of the best Netflix series of 2024.

The new show marks a slight change in direction for Snyder, whose previous Netflix project – the mega Star Wars-esque saga Rebel Moon, which received two Director's Cut versions that had a total run time of about six hours, wasn't as well received as he or Netflix had hoped. His other offering for the world's most popular streaming service  the zombie-themed heist movie Army of the Dead, which is said to be part of the same new sci-fi universe on Netflix as Rebel Moon, generally fared better. Twilight of the Gods might not be billed as a romance, but it's definitely an action-packed love story, and I for one can't wait for it.

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The Last of Us season 2 is expected to release in the "first half" of next year, according to HBO chief Casey Bloys.

Speaking to Deadline after the 2024 Primetime Emmys award ceremony, Bloys implied that the hugely popular dystopian drama series would return to our screens before June 30, 2025. Asked when The Last of Us' sophomore season would arrive on HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) streaming platform Max, Bloys said: "Well, all I’ll say now, generally first half of the year, I expect them [The Last of Us season 2 and recent Emmy winner Hacks] to be in the Emmy window [for 2025]."

Bloys' comment won't come as a complete shock to anyone who's followed season 2's development. The Last of Us' next chapter has been in the works since it was renewed in early 2023 and, with filming starting in January 2024 before wrapping in late August, its post-production phase – save for the odd reshoot or two – is well underway. HBO all but confirmed that one of the best Max shows would return sometime next year in a thrilling new Max trailer that contained snippets of footage from The Last of Us season 2, too, but it's nonetheless pleasing to hear that it'll be here sooner rather than later.

A perfect day for a zombie outbreak

Cheer up, Joel, season 2 is on its way! (Image credit: HBO)

Happy though I am that The Last of Us season 2's release window has been shortened to the first six months of 2025, it's still difficult to determine when the next installment will debut on Max and HBO (US), Sky and Now TV (UK), and Binge (Australia). Even if its post-production phase is a lengthy one, it's only likely to rule out a January or February 2025 return for the Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey-starring show.

But there is one particular date – one set between January 1 and June 30 – that would be a perfect release date for The Last of Us' second season. And no, I'm not taking about Outbreak Day that, for anyone unfamiliar with Naughty Dog's The Last of Us game series, which the HBO show is based on, occurred on September 26. Instead, I'm talking about June 19.

Why is that date so special? Because it's when The Last of Us Part 2 was originally released on the PlayStation 4. Indeed, Naughty Dog's highly anticipated videogame sequel launched on June 19, 2020, so it would be especially fitting if season 2 of The Last of Us TV show, which will authentically adapt huge swathes of the aforementioned game's story, arrived on that date.

The only problem with my theory is that June 19, 2025 falls on a Thursday. Traditionally, HBO releases new shows, or brand-new seasons of a series, on a Sunday evening, which throws a spanner in the works of what I'm proposing. But, with the US cable network opting to release the first episode of The Penguin, the first TV spin-off of 2022's The Batman, debuting on Max and HBO this Thursday (September 19), WBD has started to show a willingness to experiment with its usual release schedule format. Don't bet against The Last of Us season 2 doing likewise, then, if HBO and WBD allow it to premiere on the five-year anniversary of the game franchise's second entry.

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The Australian police pulled off a successful supply chain attack which resulted in the shutdown of a criminal communications network, the arrest of dozens of alleged criminals, and the seizure of illegal weapons and drugs.

Roughly nine years ago, a 32-year-old unnamed cybercriminal made a mobile app which they named Ghost. According to the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the app was "a dedicated encrypted communication platform built solely for the criminal underworld".

The criminal installed the app on modified smartphones, which they later sold to select individuals. The phone cost around $1,600, and apparently, more than 300 were active in Australia alone, at the time of the law enforcement operation. The criminal also maintained the app, pushing regular updates. At one point, the police managed to infiltrate the developer’s infrastructure and taint an upcoming update.

Batch processing woes

When the update was installed on the devices, it granted the police access to the content found there. The content was evidence enough to kick off Operation Kraken, during which the police executed 71 search warrants, arrested 38 people, seized 25 illicit weapons, and confiscated 200 kilograms of drugs. Furthermore, the police said it thwarted 50 threatened acts of violence, or murder.

Besides Australia, law enforcement operations are being undertaken in Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and Canada, it was said.

"We allege hundreds of criminals, including Italian Organized Crime, outlaw motorcycle gang members, Middle Eastern Organized Crime and Korean Organized Crime have used Ghost in Australia and overseas to import illicit drugs and order killings," AFP deputy commissioner Ian McCartney was cited saying.

This is not the first time the police broke into a communications platform run by criminals. In one such instance, EUROPOL seized the infrastructure of Sky Global, an app that was allegedly used by some of the biggest drug smugglers in Europe.

Via The Register

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Google has announced a brand new smartwatch partnership that could deliver an influx of new Wear OS hardware to the market, and bring even more variety to the lineup of best Wear OS Watches. 

The company has signed a deal with Masimo, the health and consumer electronics company most recently famed for taking Apple to task over the pulse oximetry technology found in the best Apple Watch models. 

Masimo successfully sought a ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission that blocked Apple for a time from selling its Apple Watch devices with the blood oxygen feature, which was introduced in 2020. Now, Masimo has announced a major partnership with Google "to develop a new reference platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building Wear OS by Google smartwatches." 

Masimo says that thanks to its reference platform, "OEMs will be able to more efficiently build and bring high-performing Wear OS smartwatches to market." The new platform will support Wear OS, including all the health and wellness features you'd expect from the ecosystem. Masimo says that the new platform should be compatible with existing Google apps and Wear OS services. 

Manufacturers who take Masimo up on its offer will be able to design their own smartwatch exteriors, and the user interface wrapped around Wear OS. Masimo will provide the hardware underneath, a combination of hardware and software components, biosensors, and a companion Android smartphone app. 

Masimo says that its platform will feature the same innovations as its W1 wearable and the upcoming Freedom smartwatch. That could include fall detection, step counting, pulse and heart rate monitoring, oxygen saturation, and even hydration index measurement. 

Wear OS' Masimo-powered upgrade

It's impossible to say when Masimo's new partnership with Google and Wear OS will bear hardware fruit, but what we do know is that Masimo is partnering with processor giant Qualcomm to help build the next-generation platform. In a separate announcement, Masimo says the combination of its medical prowess and Qualcomm's Snapdragon ecosystem "will help scale the wearable ecosystem." 

The move will undoubtedly make it easier for manufacturers to come up with their own Wear OS hardware, since many of the key internals and Android compatibility will be taken care of. It seems unlikely that larger manufacturers such as Samsung would deviate from their own hardware, but companies yet to enter the smartwatch space could be tempted by the move, including some classic watch manufacturers getting into the game (or back into the game, since many of them tried in the early days).

Qualcomm, Masimo, and Google are unanimous in stating the partnership will increase innovation, variety, and choice in the Wear OS market, and we're inclined to believe them – it could bring some much needed design variation among the best smartwatches.

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Hostinger, a leading global web hosting provider, has introduced Kodee, an advanced AI-powered chat assistant aimed at optimizing customer support and improving its product offerings.

Kodee is now embedded in Hostinger’s live chat support and core products, helping clients solve their queries quickly and efficiently.

Kodee is powered by a general-purpose Large Language Model (LLM), currently based on the latest version of OpenAI's GPT-4o. This AI model enables Kodee to understand and resolve a wide variety of customer inquiries with a high degree of accuracy.

Kodee, a custom-built AI chat assistant

According to Hostinger, Kodee is customizable and because it is integrated into Hostinger’s core products - it has access to detailed information about each tool, product, and individual client’s services. This access allows the feature to offer custom guidance specific to each customer’s query. Kodee can assist users with hPanel navigation or Virtual Private Server (VPS) management.

Furthermore, Kodee can handle a large volume of customer inquiries. On average, Hostinger reveals that Kodee resolves around 5,500 customer inquiries daily with a response time of 20 seconds. It can also handle interactions in over 50 languages, making it a versatile tool for Hostinger’s global client base.

In addition to its fast response time, Kodee has steadily improved in solving customer issues. During its initial phase of testing, only 20% of customer queries were fully resolved by Kodee. However this number has now risen to 50%.

Kodee’s effectiveness in customer support has notably improved in key areas. Specifically, the AI assistant has enhanced its ability to resolve domain transfer inquiries, with success rates rising from 40% to 69%. For issues related to non-working websites, the resolution rate has increased from 25% to 50%. Similarly, Kodee has improved its handling of SSL certificate-related queries, with resolution rates climbing from 45% to 62%.

Despite Kodee’s capabilities, it is not meant to completely replace human support staff. Rather, the AI assistant helps handle more straightforward or common queries while humans handle more complex or advanced technical issues.

In doing so, Kodee is estimated to be performing the work of “over 100 people”, allowing Hostinger to allocate its resources more efficiently. By automating the resolution of routine inquiries, the AI assistant enables Hostinger’s human support team to dedicate more time to solving problems that require specialized knowledge or expertise.

Kodee is not Hostinger’s only foray into AI-driven solutions. The company also offers a no-code AI Website Builder, which can generate fully functional websites in under a minute based on a simple description provided by the user. This tool, powered by AI, also assists with content writing, logo and illustration creation, user behavior prediction, and search engine optimization (SEO).

For WordPress users, Hostinger’s suite of AI tools speeds up site launches, automates content creation, and troubleshoots common errors. Together, these tools form an integrated ecosystem of AI-powered products aimed at making website management easier, faster, and more accessible for a wide range of users.

“We understand that establishing and maintaining a website can be daunting, especially for people who are doing it for the first time. We are constantly improving our products and services to make their journey fast, easy, and smooth. Kodee is the latest example of how we're leveraging the power of AI to help our clients succeed online,” says Giedrius Zakaitis, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Hostinger.

“When building Kodee, we realized that it can not only answer questions but also solve problems or even control the services for clients. In the future, we envisage the AI assistant becoming their true personal companion: besides providing accurate instructions, it will be able to, for example, change website or server settings for customers. We believe it will become a reality next year, if not this year,” Zakaitis added.

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With iOS 18 now out in the wild, Apple has also expanded its iOS 18.1 beta. Previously, this beta was only available on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, but now beta 4 of iOS 18.1 has rolled out, and this is available for every device capable of running iOS 18.

Of course, the reason Apple limited the beta previously was because the headline feature is Apple Intelligence, and this only works with the iPhone 16 line and the iPhone 15 Pro models. But there’s more here than just Apple Intelligence, including call recording and transcribing, and thanks to this latest beta we now know these features will be more widely available.

MacRumors has confirmed that these features work on the iPhone 14 Pro, and there have been other user reports suggesting that they work on everything from the iPhone XS onwards – which is to say, every phone that can run iOS 18.

(Image credit: MacRumors) Recordings and transcripts but no summaries

With this latest iOS 18.1 beta then, no matter what phone you’re using you should be able to tap an icon in the top left corner of the call screen to start a recording. A spoken message will then inform everyone on the line that the call is being recorded, and once the call is over you’ll find the recording and a transcript in the Notes app.

However, while it seems all recent iPhones will get these features, you will still need Apple Intelligence to get an AI-generated summary of the call. So for that you need an iPhone 15 Pro, an iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 model.

You also currently need to be in the U.S., Australia, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, or South Korea to use call recording at all, but hopefully the feature will be made more widely available over time.

And if you don’t fancy grabbing a beta, the finished version of iOS 18.1 is set to land in October, so there’s not long to wait.

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Nvidia’s RTX 4090 is on the verge of being discontinued to make way for a new flagship Blackwell GPU, the RTX 5090, the rumor mill believes.

Wccftech noticed that the Japanese tech blog Gazlog got the scoop on this from the Board Channels in China, which is a common source of rumors from the supply chain, but one that should be regarded with some skepticism.

We’re told that Nvidia is planning to cease production of the RTX 4090 (and the RTX 4090D variant for China) in October, and then the GPU inventory will be slimmed down over the course of that month and November.

This is, of course, paving the way for the RTX 5090 (and 5090D), at least in theory.

The source further notes that with production being halted, stock of the RTX 4090 may soon start to run thin, and therefore pricing could go up as a result – at least while the RTX 5090 remains waiting in the wings.

(Image credit: Future) Analysis: Blackwell launch timing

This is just speculation, and requires extra seasoning given the source, as we’ve already noted. Still, given its next-gen graphics card plans, it’s not exactly surprising to hear that Nvidia is expected to pull the plug on the RTX 4090 next month – though do note the (translated) report couches it in terms of an expectation, rather than a concrete plan for Team Green at this stage.

We’d normally judge the likely truthfulness of any rumor by examining other speculation linked to it, meaning in this case the purported launch date of the RTX 5090 (and RTX 5080, which is also expected to be part of the initial Blackwell launch). However, the grapevine has been a bit all over the place regarding that prospect, sadly.

Mind you, a few more reliable sources are now gravitating towards the idea of a CES 2025 launch for the RTX 5090 and 5080, or perhaps a late in 2024 reveal, which would line up with starting to cut down RTX 4090 stock from next month onwards.

However, a more recent suggestion has been a September launch – which would indicate an imminent arrival – although to be honest, we’re not buying that possibility. We’d have expected to see more rumors about the RTX 5090 (and 5080) at this stage if they were about to be unleashed. We’re more inclined to believe the CES 2025 launch possibility, frankly – but we could be wrong, of course.

Still, if you want to buy an RTX 4090, be aware that as noted, pricing could be going up. That said, with the RTX 5090 not too far off launching, one way or another, it’d seem a bit crazy not to wait for the next-gen flagship to see if it really will be a huge performance leap over its Lovelace counterpart, as some are predicting (surely making it set to grab a spot on our list of the best GPUs). That said, the RTX 5090’s price tag could be seriously eye-watering, and indeed, we’d be surprised if it wasn’t – a hike seems very likely to be in the cards.

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Yesterday we reported on an apparent Sonos soundbar leak that revealed the Sonos Arc Ultra and a fairly hefty price tag of $1,199. But it seems that that particular detail may be incorrect and the price is lower – at least, we hope so, because two new claimed leaks shed more light on the Arc Ultra and another new Sonos speaker, the Sonos Sub 4.

The news comes via Arsène Lupin on X, who has posted images and pricing for both products. Lupin says that the Sonos Arc Ultra will be $999, and that the Sonos Sub 4 will be $799. They've also reposted some interesting details of the speakers' specifications.

Arc Ultra ($999) https://t.co/z6sXvj2dAg pic.twitter.com/iuwG2vGXDvSeptember 17, 2024

Sonos Arc Ultra and Sonos Sub 4: rumoured specifications

Lupin posted a few weeks ago that Sonos has "begun preparations" for the two products' launches, and the shared images appear to be marketing photos. The speakers will be called the Sub 4 and the Arc Ultra, and the former will come in a choice of white or black with a matte finish and dual force-canceling woofers, as is the norm for Sonos subwoofers.

As per previous reports, the new Arc Ultra has "Sound Motion technology" which delivers "a balanced sound that surround you precisely from every direction". That's likely to be based on the HeartMotion technology Sonos acquired in 2022, enabling speakers to be made much smaller and more efficient without compromising on sound quality. That provides more flexibility with the number and/or layout of the drivers inside any speaker device, and it sounds like it's been used here to create a more immersive soundstage. It too will be available in white or black finishes.

The new posts look very similar to yesterday's leak, so it's unclear why the pricing is so different. It's possible that the previous web page leak was a marketing dummy that accidentally went public; it's possible it was a total fake (Sonos did not respond to our requests for comment). At $999, the Arc Ultra would be marginally more expensive than the current model, but at $1,199 it would be a major step up. Hopefully Lupin's price is the right one, and the Arc Ultra can take a place among our list of the best soundbars.

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iPadOS 18 recently landed alongside iOS 18, adding all sorts of tweaks, improvements, and new features to Apple’s tablets, but if you have one of Apple’s latest iPads, you won’t be able to download it right now.

Initially, iPadOS 18 was available for the iPad Pro 11-inch (2024) and the iPad Pro 13-inch (2024), but a number of users found the update bricked their devices, preventing them from turning on, and leading Apple to send out replacement iPads.

It’s unclear exactly how many users have been affected by this, but there are threads on Reddit and elsewhere reporting the issue, and it has proven widespread enough that Apple has temporarily prevented users of the iPad Pro (2024) from downloading the update.

In a statement to MacRumors, Apple said: “We have temporarily removed the ‌iPadOS 18‌ update for M4 ‌iPad Pro‌ models as we work to resolve an issue that is impacting a small number of devices."

A challenging chipset?

(Image credit: Apple)

It’s not clear then why this is happening, but Apple’s mention of the M4 chipset there and the fact that the issue is only present on iPad Pros with that chipset, suggests the M4 chip might somehow be the culprit.

Don’t worry if you’ve already updated your iPad though – if iPadOS 18 was going to brick yours it seems it would do so during the update process, so if you’ve successfully updated already then your iPad should be fine. If yours did brick during the update though then it’s worth contacting Apple, because it sounds like Apple might need to replace it.

Other iPad models should be safe to download iPadOS 18, so if you’re using an older unit there’s no need to wait. As for users of M4 iPad Pros that are yet to update, we don’t know how soon Apple will fix this issue and once again make iPadOS 18 available, but we imagine the company is working to do so as soon as possible.

It should be worth the wait in any case, as iPadOS 18 lets you more freely customize the home screen, adds a calculator app, allows you to customize the colors of apps and widgets, lets you lock and hide apps, redesigns the photos app, and more.

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Is your latest song on repeat really sung by Blackpink or Justin Bieber? There’s a shockingly high chance that it’s a deepfake voice clone created to trick you, according to a new study from musicMagpie aptly titled Bop or Bot? The study found an astonishing 1.63 million AI covers just on YouTube. Listeners may not always be able to tell the difference, and it could actually have a financial impact on the artists whose voices are being used for the songs. 

The biggest victims of these deepfake tracks are K-pop groups, accounting for 35% of the top twenty most-streamed AI-generated artists. Blackpink is at the top of the list, with more than 17.3 million views of AI-generated content mimicking the group, with an AI cover of ‘Batter Up’ by BabyMonster nabbing 2.5 million views alone. Justin Bieber ranks second on the list at over 13 million views, including his biggest fake hit at 10.1 million views, ‘Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You’ by George Benson. Rounding out the top three stolen voices is Kanye West at 3.4 million views for AI-generated tracks, including a cover of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ with 2.6 million streams.

There’s’ a more literal theft involved, too. The financial implications of AI-generated music are substantial, according to musicMagpie. The company estimated that the surge in AI-generated content could translate to more than $13.5 million in lost revenue for original creators. That’s about $500,000 lost for Blackpink, while Bieber and West lost out on $202,964 and $130,000, respectively.

Voice Tricks

Even being deceased can’t save artists from AI theft, as the AI ghost of Frank Sinatra’s 8.9 million views and Freddie Mercury’s 3.55 million views can attest. As for fictional unlicensed voices, there’s an unexpected appeal to SpongeBob SquarePants performing songs and collecting 10.2 million views of the yellow cartoon character. His biggest hit? Don Maclean’s ‘American Pie.’

Part of the issue is that people aren’t good at telling AI-generated music from music made by humans. In a further study, musicMagpie found that 72% of participants were sure they could tell an AI-produced song from one made by humans, but 49% couldn’t do so. And it’s not an age thing; Gen Z participants were actually the most easily fooled. All of this is fodder for ongoing legal battles facing AI music startups like Suno and Udio overusing unlicensed material to train their AI models. If the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and music labels can successfully argue that there’s a real monetary loss involved, they’ll likely have a stronger case against the AI model developers. 

“These findings highlight a growing challenge in the music industry: as AI technology becomes more sophisticated, music lovers across multiple generations are struggling to discern between what is real and what is artificially created,” the study’s authors point out. “If nearly half of listeners can’t tell the difference between a human artist and an AI, what does this mean for the value of human creativity? How will this affect the way we create, perceive, and appreciate music in the years to come? These are questions that the industry must grapple with as AI continues to evolve.”

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Snapchat is taking its Spectacles game to the next level with a complete reimagining that enables augmented reality, gesture control, experience sharing, gaming, and more.

On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, the social media company unveiled its beefy new 226-gram smartglasses, which look almost nothing like any Snapchat Spectacles that have come before. 

Unlike previous Spectacles that allowed you to capture and quickly share your world with Snapchat friends, Snapchat Spectacles 5th generation alters your world with augmented reality (AR). It does it with a blend of, at least to Snap, all new technologies.

First, there's the display system, which we've seen previously on Lumus Z-Lens glasses. It's based on waveguides, which is the practice of taking projected images and guiding them to the glass lenses in front of your face. 

Like those glasses, which we saw at CES 2023, Spectacles 5th Gen with AR uses Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) micro-projectors and something like mirrors to stretch the projected images and guide them across your field of view. Snap claims that the visual will look like a 100-ft screen as seen from a distance of 10 ft away.

(Image credit: Snap)

There are four cameras used to capture spatial information and let you control the Snapchat Spectacles via gestures. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel wore the new glasses on stage during the unveiling event and demonstrated the controls, which virtually sit in the palm of your hand. You'll control the Spectacles via pinch and pull gestures with one or both hands. A large screen behind him showed the Spectacles feed, which included menus and other interface graphics. It looks as if the AR imagery did not fill the entire viewport.

Powering the new Spectacles is the new Snap OS and a pair of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, which Snap says will split the processing tasks. During the demo, Spiegel also used the glasses to take a video of the crowd, so it appears that these spectacles will maintain some of their original utility.

Snap is already lining up developer partners and is promising experiences from ILM for the Star Wars Galaxy, Niantec, and LEGO.

(Image credit: Snap)

Snap says the lenses are built to share your AR experiences with friends who can watch on their smartphones. The lenses even have auto-dimming to adjust in sunlight. In other words, they're AR spectacles and sunglasses.

As for pricing and availability, well, none of that is set. Snap is only opening up its developer program, Lens Studio,  which will allow developers to test, play with, and develop for the new augmented reality platform.

The AR glasses look big (as many that use similar technology do), and there's no word on battery life. However, this form of AR display technology is reportedly brighter and larger while still using less power.

Snap's sudden entry into the AR Smart Glasses space comes as Meta is gearing up for Meta Connect where we expect to get at least a sneak peek at the company's eagerly-anticipated AR glasses project. Will we get as much as Snap just delivered? Time will tell.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #465) - today's words

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

• DROOP
• DEMO
• STOOP
• GOOF
• BLOOPER
• SNOOP
• DOPE
• SCOOP
• DECK
• DISH
• HIGHLIGHT
• LAD
• SIZZLE
• YARD
• INFO
• PORCH

NYT Connections today (game #465) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• Yellow: Outdoor meeting place
• Green: Special knowledge
• Blue: Instagram has them too
• Purple: SCOOB would be another

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #465) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: GATHERING SPOT OUTSIDE A RESIDENCE
• GREEN: LOWDOWN
• BLUE: KINDS OF REELS
• PURPLE: CARTOON DOGS MINUS “Y”

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #465) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #465, are…

• YELLOW: GATHERING SPOT OUTSIDE A RESIDENCE DECK, PORCH, STOOP, YARD
• GREEN: LOWDOWN DISH, DOPE, INFO, SCOOP
• BLUE: KINDS OF REELS BLOOPER, DEMO, HIGHLIGHT, SIZZLE
• PURPLE: CARTOON DOGS MINUS “Y” DROOP, GOOF, LAD, SNOOP

• My rating: Easy
• My score: 1 mistake

Something-minus-a-letter is a favorite Connections type for purple, so I always try to spot it. Solving purple isn't always necessary, but these types are generally easier to answer than some other kinds, because you don't need much specialist knowledge – just the ability to add a letter and form some other words. And so it was today, with SNOOP(Y), DROOP(Y), GOOF(Y) and LAD(Y) all being CARTOON DOGS MINUS “Y”.

Completing purple meant that I didn't have to worry so much about the other groups, because I only needed two of the three (supposedly) easier ones. I got them in the form of KINDS OF REELS (blue) and GATHERING SPOT OUTSIDE A RESIDENCE (yellow), meaning I kept my streak for another day.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 17 September, game #464)

• YELLOW: GET EXCITED, WITH "UP" AMP, FIRE, HYPE, PSYCH
• GREEN: KINDS OF SHOES FLAT, MULE, PUMP, SLIDE
• BLUE: LEGISLATIVE ROLES CHAIR, LEADER, SPEAKER, WHIP
• PURPLE: NAME HOMOPHONES DUG, MATTE, MIC, PEAT

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #199) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Handy helpers

NYT Strands today (game #199) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• LIVE
• LIVER
• LIVID
• WEAR
• CLOSE
• CLOSET

NYT Strands today (game #199) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Essential DIY collection

NYT Strands today (game #199) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First: right, 7th row

Last: left, 5th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #199) - the answers

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The answers to today's Strands, game #199, are…

• KNIFE
• PLIERS
• HAMMER
• SCREWDRIVER
• WRENCH
• LEVEL
• SPANGRAM: TOOLCHEST

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

Deep in my shed, behind assorted boxes, no-longer-working gadgets and unneeded cables, covered in dust and surrounded by oh-so-many spiders there is a box. That box contains my DIY tools. There is a HAMMER, a rusty one admittedly, but it's there all the same. There are many SCREWDRIVERs, some of which I even occasionally use. There is a LEVEL, a KNIFE, a couple of WRENCHes and some PLIERS – the latter of which are entirely rusted up and now useless.

So, solving this Strands puzzle was simply a matter of me thinking about what lurks within my TOOLCHEST. I didn't actually go out there and look – because a) that would be cheating, b) it would be far more effort than I was willing to put in this early in the day and c) those spiders. So. Many. Spiders.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday 17 September, game #198)

• SPRING
• TRAMPOLINE
• ECHO
• BASKETBALL
• KANGAROO
• SPANGRAM: LETSBOUNCE

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now nearly 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #968) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #968) - hint #2 - repeated letters Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 0.

Quordle today (game #968) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #968) - hint #4 - starting letters (1) Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 2.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #968) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• C

• V

• M

• M

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #968) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #968, are…

• CEDAR
• VENOM
• MIGHT
• MEDIC

In stark contrast to yesterday's Quordle, where I had 19 out of the 20 letters I needed by the end of the third guess, I had to work a lot harder here. My three set start words only gave me 15 – which may not sound like a massive difference, but which in reality left me scrabbling around for 10 minutes in search of those missing letters.

Playing M was ultimately the key, because that gave me the start of MEDIC and MIGHT, and the end of VENOM. The other gaps pretty much filled themselves.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Daily Sequence today (game #968) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #968, are…

• SUNNY
• AUDIT
• KNOCK
• LAPSE

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #967, Tuesday 17 September: ETHOS, COUNT, PRINT, THREE
• Quordle #966, Monday 16 September: ROUGE, SWAMP, FUGUE, UNDUE
• Quordle #965, Sunday 15 September: VILLA, SMOKE, BULKY, THRUM
• Quordle #964, Saturday 14 September: ESSAY, GENRE, WIMPY, CHUTE
• Quordle #963, Friday 13 September: LEANT, ORGAN, FILLY, PLAIT
• Quordle #962, Thursday 12 September: ARBOR, STARK, LEAVE, GOOFY
• Quordle #961, Wednesday 11 September: ROUGH, CACTI, SAVOY, ODDER
• Quordle #960, Tuesday 10 September: PLUMB, SEIZE, EARLY, ASSET
• Quordle #959, Monday 9 September: CHIRP, BEADY, THETA, MINUS
• Quordle #958, Sunday 8 September: TEASE, AGATE, PRIDE, PLATE
• Quordle #957, Saturday 7 September: LASSO, TILDE, BUNCH, PRONG
• Quordle #956, Friday 6 September: FARCE, WOOLY, LOCAL, NIGHT
• Quordle #955, Thursday 5 September: SNIDE, EGRET, AMONG, SHINY
• Quordle #954, Wednesday 4 September: POINT, WITTY, GAFFE, ABUSE
• Quordle #953, Tuesday 3 September: ATOLL, ANGER, OCEAN, SWEEP
• Quordle #952, Monday 2 September: HABIT, LODGE, PLAIN, DRIFT
• Quordle #951, Sunday 1 September: RABBI, CRAWL, GUPPY, BRAND
• Quordle #950, Saturday 31 August: AWOKE, TIBIA, ITCHY, SNACK
• Quordle #949, Friday 30 August: ARISE, OLDER, ISSUE, ERUPT
• Quordle #948, Thursday 29 August: DECAY, DRUID, AVOID, KNEED

The future of AI is set to be powered by agents able to provide a customizable and personalized experience like never before, Salesforce's CEO has declared.

"This is the third wave of AI - agents," Marc Benioff said in his opening keynote at the company's Dreamforce 2024 event in San Francisco, championing its new Agentforce platform as the next major leap for the technology.

"This is what AI was meant to be," he declared.

Third wave of AI

This year's Dreamforce keynote was heavily focused towards AI, with Agentforce taking center stage during the event.

Announced a few days before the event, Agentforce is designed to improve productivity and efficiency across sales, marketing, commerce and customer service.

Benioff was keen to emphasize that this was a new era for AI - one that does away with "DIY AI" and doesn't require customers to do the heavy lifting when it comes to implementing AI.

"Agentforce has to be the biggest breakthrough we've ever had on technology, and I think it's the biggest breakthrough I've seen in a long time in artifical intelligence," Benioff declared.

"I don't think you can DIY this - you want a single, professionally managed, secure, reliable, available platform. You want the ability to deploy this Agentforce capability across all of these people that are so important for your company."

(Image credit: Future / Mike Moore)

Agentforce bots will be able to carry out tasks independently, reducing the need for human supervision and improving overall business output.

“We are all going to be using agents, but we're going to do it all within our Salesforce platform,” said Benioff. “This platform is the key strategic motion of Salesforce, and now this platform has the best AI in the world," he added, declaring this year's event "the most important Dreamforce ever."

"We have the data and the metadata and the workflow and the business process and the security model and the sharing model, and all those things that we love and have used and are deeply wedded to for 25 years — it turns out those things make a more accurate AI.”

"It's not just what is possible, but what you're going to make possible," Benioff told the thousands of attendees at Dreamforce.

"Our goal is simple, for you to augment your employees, create better experiences, and deliver better business results for your companies."

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A major report on the state of the AI industry has revealed some key insights into potential problems for companies and the industry at large as its growth continues to boom following the release of ChatGPT and other AI models. 

WEKA, commissioned by S&P Global Market Intelligence, recently released its 2024 Global Trends in AI report, surveying over 1,500 different tech executives and decision-makers on underlying trends across a broad range of topics. 

Some of the most interesting insights related to the supply of AI-capable GPUs, almost all of which are made by Nvidia, although companies like AMD, as well as start-ups, are gaining some ground. 

The main takeaway, as per WEKA, is that AI applications are "now pervasive in the enterprise", which is probably something most employees can feel already. However, scaling these AI apps is often tricky, mostly due to legacy data architectures. 

Generative AI has also taken organisations by storm, with the report noting 88% of organizations are "now actively investigating generative AI, far outstripping other AI applications such as prediction models (61%), classification (51%), expert systems (39%) and robotics (30%)." 

Nvidia, the corporate world needs you

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High-end GPUs are, naturally, a big focus of the report – having the raw power is fundamental to being able to actually do anything with many AI applications. 

"Hyperscaler public clouds are one pathway to GPUs, but many are also turning to specialist AI clouds," it notes. "GPU clouds are emerging as a key venue for both training – employed by almost a third, 32% of organizations – and inference, 31%."

All of this interest means that orders for Nvidia chips are only getting bigger. 

Interesting, WEKA highlights the issue of GPU scarcity in a number of major Asia-Pacific economies, including India. "India, Taiwan, New Zealand, and Australia are more likely to rank GPU availability among their top three challenges to bringing a model into production," says the report authors. 

"One of the most striking takeaways from our 2024 Trends In AI study is the astonishing rate of change that’s taken place since the onset of ChatGPT 3 and the first wave of generative AI models reached the market in early 2023," principal research analyst John Abbott told Blocks & Files. 

"In less than two years, generative AI adoption has eclipsed all other AI applications in the enterprise, defining a new cohort of AI leaders and shaping an emergent market of specialty AI and GPU cloud providers."

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