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PS5 Pro Controller: Features, release date, price, and colors

Sony might release a “PS5 Pro Controller” with removable joysticks and grips, rear paddles, and trigger stops. Here's everything we've heard about the gamepad.

Input · Jun 23, 2022

Amazon's Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives

Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they’re dead

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Amazon’s Alexa could turn dead loved ones’ voices into digital assistant

Technology promises ability to ‘make the memories last’ by mimicking the voice of anyone it hears

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022

Microsoft limits access to facial recognition tool in AI ethics overhaul

Company also restricts use of custom neural voice technology owing to deepfake concerns

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022

Is This Podcast Sentient?

Episode 413 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Reason · Jun 22, 2022

Amazon close to 10,000 Bellevue workers, as it stretches HQ1 beyond Seattle

Roughly seven years after announcing its return to the city where Jeff Bezos opened Amazon's first office from his garage, the company has close to 10,000 Bellevue, Washington-based employees.

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022

Microsoft Stops Selling Emotion-Reading Tech, Limits Face Recognition

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it would stop selling technology that guesses someone's emotion based on a facial image and would no longer provide unfettered access to facial recognition technology. The actions reflect efforts by leading cloud providers to rein in sensitive technologies on their own as lawmakers in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022

Microsoft’s Outlook email service hit by outage as millions work from home amid Tube and rail strikes

The company said some users may be unable to access their mailboxes, and send or receive messages

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2022

Heavy Call Buying in Microsoft, is It a Good Stock to Buy?

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has recently reported solid revenue growth across all its segments for the fiscal third quarter of 2022 and expects the growth to continue in the forthcoming quarters. In addition, given that investors have been stacking up on the stock’s call option over the past week, is it…

StockNews.com · Jun 20, 2022

3 Buy-Rated Companies That Recently Increased Their Dividends

The stock market has been facing severe unrest due to various macroeconomic and geopolitical issues. With the fears of a looming recession, investors can consider investing in stocks that offer a steady income stream by paying dividends. Ladder Capital (LADR), W. R. Berkley (WRB), and FedEx (FDX) have recently increased…

StockNews.com · Jun 20, 2022