https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-is-adding-skills-and-third-party-shopping-plugins-to-copilot-windows-and-ai-want-to-help-you-spend-more-money Microsoft is introducing more abilities to Copilot in Windows, starting with plugins to integrate with other services, as well as a series of skills that lets it integrate more deeply with your PC settings. Next month, Microsoft will introduce even more features, including AI photo editing, additions to Windows Ink, and a closer connection with Android phones. In a blog post, Microsoft executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi wrote that "many" of these new features will start showing up today through Windows Update or, in the case of individual apps, through updates to the Microsoft Store. The new features will be available to Windows 11 users running versions 22H2 and 23H2. Plugins and Skills Copilot, to date, has largely been used on its own. With plugins, Copilot will be able to interact with other services. To start, Microsoft is highlighting OpenTable to make restaurant reservations through Copilot, and Instacart to shop for ingredients in recipes. The company says that in "the next month" more services will come on board, including Kayak, Klarna, and Shopify. This isn't the first time Microsoft has discussed plugins for Copilot, but it's the first time we're seeing them show up in Windows. In May 2023, when Copilot was being discussed as part of Microsoft 365, the company also listed many other partners, including Adobe, Asana, Trello, Spotify, TeamViewer, Box, Jira, Cloudflare, Monday.com, Thomson Reuters, SAP, Redfin, and more. In addition, Microsoft is adding new skills to Copilot, allowing you to adjust PC settings and access information about your computer. These are set to show up in "late March." Here's Microsoft's full list: Settings: Turn on/off battery saver Show device information Show system information Show battery information Open storage page Accessibility: Launch Live Captions Launch Narrator Launch Screen Magnifier Open the Voice Access page Open Text size page Open the contrast themes page Launch Voice input Device information: Show available Wi-Fi network Display IP Address Show Available Storage space Empty Recycle Bin Accessibility, Creativity, and More Microsoft is also adding more features to Windows. Some of these, unsurprisingly, are focused on AI. In Photos, you'll be able to remove "unwanted objects or imperfections" with a Generative Erase feature, which sounds similar to Google's Magic Eraser on certain Google services and Android phones. In Clipchamp, Microsoft is adding a "Silence Removal" feature that removes gaps in audio tracks, which it says should make resulting videos more natural. There are also new accessibility features revolving around voice commands. Microsoft is adding custom voice commands, which it suggests you could use for features like "pasting text and media, pressing keyboard keys or mouse clicks, [or] opening folders, files, apps or URLs". Voice Commands will work across multiple-monitor setups, allowing you to move apps and files between different screens. Meanwhile, some existing Windows 11 features are getting beefed up. For Android users, they'll get a deeper connection to Windows 11, including the ability to use their phone as a webcam (which sounds like Apple's Continuity Camera between Mac and iPhone). Windows 11's Snap Layouts are still one of my favorite parts of the OS, and now Microsoft is adding "Snap Suggestions" to organize your apps based on usage. I'm curious to check this one out — hopefully it reminds me to minimize Spotify more often. Microsoft is also adding more support to Widgets and Photos. The former will get a more organized Widget Board, and you can move widgets into categories. Windows Ink will be added to more software, including Photos, Paint, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Microsoft is also adding more apps to its file-sharing options, including Snapchat and Instagram. Getting the new Windows features Several of these new features are available today via Windows Update. If you want to be among the first to try them and are already running Windows 11 22H2 or 23H2, you'll need to go to Settings > Windows Update and choose "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available," and then search for updates. If not, you may wait a bit, as Microsoft runs through its usual controlled rollout to see how eligible computers work with the new features. "We anticipate broad availability for most new features by the April 2024 security update release for all eligible devices," Mehdi wrote in his blog post.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68244592.amp Labour's shadow justice secretary has said there has been "a loss of trust" from British Muslims in her party over its position on the Israel-Gaza war. Shabana Mahmood - one of Labour's most senior Muslim MPs - has urged it to "rebuild" relations with Muslim voters. Ten Labour frontbencher MPs resigned over the party's initial reluctance to call for a ceasefire in the region. Labour has since revised its position to call for a humanitarian halt in the fighting and a "sustainable ceasefire". Why are Israel and Hamas fighting in Gaza? Labour MP suspended over Gaza genocide remarks Speaking on Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, Ms Mahmood said she "wanted a ceasefire then, I want a ceasefire now". It was "impossible to look at footage of dead children being pulled from the rubble" and to not "want the fighting to stop", she added. "I wish it were possible, simply by calling for it, that you could immediately deliver" a ceasefire, she said. "The question is not so much, do you just call for it, but how you actually deliver one?" Israel declared war on Hamas after the group led an attack on communities inside Israel, killing about 1,300 people. Since then more than 27,700 Palestinians have been killed and at least 65,000 injured by waves of missiles launched by Israel into the Gaza Strip in response, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Asked about Ms Mahmood's comments, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the Israel-Hamas conflict had "caused great concern across the country". He said the party wanted to see a "sustainable" ceasefire, including more aid deliveries, the release of hostages taken by Hamas, and steps towards a two-state solution, alongside a stop in the fighting. "In the end, I think we all want to see the same thing," he added. Palestinian lives in a tent on the ruins of his house IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Thousands have died since Israel launched attacks on the Gaza Strip, in response to Hamas' killing of Israelis The war between Israel and Hamas has triggered several conflicts within the Labour Party. A flashpoint came when Sir Keir gave an interview to radio station LBC in October, in which he appeared to claim Israel had a right to cut off power and water from Gaza. He later denied he had meant to support Israel cutting off supplies to the territory, saying he was instead supporting Israel's right to defend itself. Ms Mahmood admitted "that was not a good moment" for her party. Tensions again boiled over when 56 Labour MPs defied party orders and voted for an SNP motion in the House of Commons calling explicitly for a ceasefire. A snapshot poll in November revealed that 41% of Muslim voters say they feel more negatively about Labour since the outbreak of the conflict. 'Partners for peace' Among Muslim voters "there has been a sense of a loss of trust, and I think that that needs to be rebuilt, "she said. "We aspire to be a party that can get votes from every part of our country and every community in our country. That has always been the Labour way and still the Labour way." However, it is not just Muslims in Britain who are "feeling a very strong sense of, pain at what's unfolding. So do all British Jews". "We are all British citizens together," she added. "I think that if we lose our sense of humanity for what is being suffered by all of the peoples in that region, I think we lose something very, very important and very precious. And once gone, I think it's very difficult to get back." She also criticised both Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for blocking a two-state solution. "We have to urgently find partners for peace, because a one state solution does not make the people of Israel safe," she said. "And it is an outrage to adopt a position that says that the people of Israel can have self-determination, but the people of Palestine cannot." On Thursday, Mr Netanyahu rejected proposed ceasefire terms from Hamas- saying "total victory" in Gaza is possible within months.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1v1qggrwweo A photographer had his dreams fulfilled when he captured a seal "resting up" in a more unlikely area of Lincolnshire. Lee Enderby spotted the seal at Baston Fen Nature Reserve on 27 January when he was on the lookout for otters. He snapped photos of the animal resting on the riverbank between Baston Fen and Kates Bridge, while walking along the River Glen. Mr Enderby, from Bourne, said he captured some "interesting behaviour" from the seal, including it sitting up and yawning. Mr Enderby, who described the nature reserve as a "good birdwatching site", had visited the area several times before he saw the seal. He said he "noticed something moving" and discovered the seal resting in water about 10ft (3m) deep. "As I got nearer I realised that it was a common seal, which I never in my wildest dreams expected to see in a relatively narrow body of water," he added. The seal was described by the photographer as looking "healthy and well-fed". Despite returning to the location twice after the sighting, Mr Enderby has not caught sight of the animal again. 'Inquisitive nature' A spokesperson for the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust said it was "not that unusual" to spot seals in rivers due to their "inquisitive nature". They said there was "likely to be fish" for the seal to feed on in the river, which is why it may have made its way to Baston Fen Nature Reserve. It is likely it made its own way back out to sea once the food source started to run out, the spokesperson explained.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2024/february/electric-charge-points-accelerated/ Ambitious plans have been announced to support the rapid rollout of public electric charging stations, including grants for schools and other public buildings, cash for councils and new targets for overall charge point numbers. Included in the Government scheme is a £381m Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund given to local authorities across the country, as well as grants of up to £2500 per unit to state schools to support the construction of charging locations. The plans are intended to support a nationwide transition towards electric vehicle use and accompany recent laws mandating transparent pricing at chargepoints. This comes as over 53,000 chargepoints have now been installed in the UK. The Zero SR-F ready for charge Technology and Decarbonisation Minister, Anthony Browne MP, said: “This latest set of measures will mean EV owners everywhere will benefit. This Government has already spent over £2bn to ensure a smooth switch to EVs, and we’re committed to supporting drivers as we transition towards net zero.” Adoption of EVs has been strong for the automotive sector, with fully electric cars now making up 16% of market sales in 2023. In the motorcycle market however, there’s a very different story to tell. Figures published by the MCIA revealed that electric bike sales made up just 3.6% of the market in 2023, with an overall reduction of 38% units sold versus 2022. Zero electric motorcycle charger plug in Evidently the majority of bikers seem to be clinging steadfastly to the combustion engine, with the appetite for battery bikes seeing a net reduction, despite heightening incentives to jump aboard the electric bandwagon. When asked if the news might improve plug-in bike sales, MCIA CEO Tony Campbell told MCN: “Infrastructure developments at this moment are largely irrelevant – investment is going towards trunk roads rather than the rural locations most pleasure riders venture to. The government needs to subsidise areas where motorcyclists congregate if they want to instigate change.” Zero DSR/X Dashboard shows charge level Campbell went on to add: “The bike industry faces different challenges to the automotive sector. [For bikes] the availability and pricing of fuels will likely be the biggest motivating factor of electric adoption. “As the average age of motorcyclists continues to rise, an engineering shift is inevitable as manufacturers move to attract a younger, more environmentally concerned audience.”

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68254803 Mikel Arteta says he will continue to show emotion despite being criticised for over-celebrating Arsenal's 3-1 win over Premier League leaders Liverpool. Arteta sprinted down the touchline when his side scored, before saluting fans with fist pumps at the end of Sunday's crucial game as the Gunners moved two points behind Jurgen Klopp's men. Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville said there was a "little bit of immaturity" in Arsenal's celebrations. Arteta said: "Personally, I love it." "It brings such a passion and emotion to the game when it's done in a natural and unique way," added the Spaniard. Mikel Arteta manager of Arsenal celebrates during the Premier League match Arteta celebrated Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard's goals by sprinting animatedly down the touchline Gunners captain Martin Odegaard was also told to "get down the tunnel" by Sky Sports pundit and ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher after borrowing a camera from a club photographer to take pictures at full-time. "If you're not allowed to celebrate when you win a game, when are you allowed to celebrate?" Odegaard responded after the game. Arteta added: "I love it. I've seen managers at the Emirates, away [at other stadiums] on their knees inside the pitch. I've seen very big managers going across the touchline in the Premier League. "I think it's great but it's my opinion and other people may think something different."

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/new-york-fashion-week-menswear-showcases-age-defying-designs-2024-02-09/ NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - New York Fashion Week: The Shows officially kicked off on Friday, with four menswear designers showcasing their new collections. Y.Chroma, which launched less than a year ago, is on a mission to target the often-ignored middle-aged bracket. "My customers ... look in line at Starbucks and realize they're wearing the same clothes as every other guy, and they want to change that. That's actually not an easy transition to make," said founder Max Israel. Israel said the brand taps into Generation X's heritage, infusing the laid-back essence of skate and surf culture with luxurious textiles and refined aesthetics. "This matters because you're talking about 100 million men between the U.S. and Europe. They're most of GDP, and they're totally locked out of fashion... We're going to change that," said Israel. Designer Terry Singh, himself aged 57, returned with a collection that seeks to give each man he dresses a sharp identity. "When you see him coming down the street, he has that look," he said. Singh continued his tradition of using unconventional models. Brian St. John, for instance, is a record label vice president who Singh found having his photo taken on the street in New York. "Terry was directing my friend how to take the pictures better and angling it better. And then we exchanged Instagrams ... and he hit me up and asked me to be in the show," said St. John. Fashion brand Landeros also showed during the morning session of the biannual Men's Day event, while designer Jack Sivan's brand made its fashion week debut, focusing on soft and playful tailoring. Nearly 50 brands including Carolina Herrera, Tommy Hilfiger and Brandon Maxwell will showcase their collections during New York Fashion Week: The Shows, which runs until Wednesday.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68249962 Videos of Gazan detainees stripped, bound and blindfolded that were filmed and uploaded online by Israeli soldiers could breach international law, legal experts say. International law says detainees must not be exposed to unnecessary humiliation or public curiosity. BBC Verify looked at hundreds of videos openly shared by Israeli soldiers in Gaza since November 2023. We verified eight showing detainees. The IDF says it has terminated the service of one of the reservists we identified, and videos like these do not represent its values. It did not respond to any further request for comment. Dr Mark Ellis, a leading UN advisor to international criminal tribunals, said the footage we showed him from Israeli soldiers might violate the recognised rules for treating prisoners of war. Serving soldiers Most of the videos we analysed show scenes of fighting and soldiers looking through homes abandoned by residents. One video shows soldiers launching weapons dressed up as dinosaurs, and others show them setting up a pizza restaurant in an empty Palestinian home. But we found eight, filmed and shared publicly, which legal experts say show the ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees. They were all posted by men who are or were serving soldiers, who did not hide their identity. We uncovered one account by analysing an image of a Palestinian detainee which was widely shared online earlier this week. Reverse image search tools show it came from the YouTube account of Israeli soldier Yossi Gamzoo Letova. He has uploaded multiple videos from Gaza since early December, including shots of his troop, which he identifies as the Granite Battalion 932, which is part of the IDF's Nahal Brigade. In a video posted on 24 December 2023, the Palestinian detainee from the image is shown stripped and bleeding with his hands bound and sat on a chair while being interrogated. An IDF soldier interrogates a detainee in Gaza An IDF soldier interrogates a detainee in Gaza We identified the location as Gaza College, a school in the north of the strip, from the distinctive decor as well as the institution's logo which can be seen in the video and which we matched to its Facebook page. Later in the same video, the detainee is seen being marched barefoot through the streets of Gaza. In a statement, the IDF said: "The photo was taken during a field questioning. The suspect was not injured. A reservist photographed and published the picture contrary to IDF orders and values. It was recently decided to terminate his reserve service." Videos removed On the same day, Mr Letova posted another YouTube video showing hundreds of Palestinian detainees gathered in a sports field, which we geolocated and verified as Gaza's Yarmouk stadium. Most of those in the video have been stripped to their underwear. Some are blindfolded and kneeling on the ground in ordered rows, while Israeli soldiers watch on. At one point, a group including three women detainees appear kneeling and blindfolded behind a football goal with an Israeli flag hung above it. Detainees appear in a video posted online by an IDF soldier , Detainees appear in a video posted online by an IDF soldier An Israeli soldier appears in the video several times, and appears aware he is being filmed. By comparing his uniform and insignia with other publicly available images of IDF uniform online, we identified him as lieutenant colonel, or battalion commander. Both videos were taken down from Mr Letova's public YouTube page soon after the BBC contacted the IDF. Code of ethics Two videos uploaded to Tiktok by another IDF soldier include pictures of blindfolded detainees, interspersed with images of soldiers posing with guns. One posted on 14 December, set to an Israeli rap song, includes an image of blindfolded detainees packed into a pick-up truck with a soldier posing next to them with his thumbs up. We identified the soldier from his other social media accounts as Ilya Blank. An IDF soldier stands on a pickup truck with blindfolded detainees An IDF soldier stands on a pickup truck with blindfolded detainees He posted a second video that includes an image of a blindfolded man on the floor, surrounded by what appear to be three IDF soldiers. We have located a number of the photos used in his videos to northern Gaza. After we contacted the IDF and TikTok, the videos were taken down. Article 13 of the Third Geneva Convention states they must be protected at all times, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against "insults and public curiosity". Dr Ellis says the key is "not creating a public curiosity" for prisoners of war and not "degrading them or humiliating them". He added: "The idea of walking people through in their underwear and filming that and sending it out certainly would violate that. "The rules that are set down would not in any way allow this type of act." Prof Asa Kasher, an Israeli academic who helped write the IDF's first code of conduct, said sharing the pictures of half-naked people was against the IDF's code of ethics. He said there could be a military need to briefly strip a detainee in order to check if they were armed, but that he could not see a reason for "taking such a picture and sharing it with the public". "The reason for holding them half-naked is to humiliate them," he said. Human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield said the footage should be assessed by a UN court. "There is a very severe restriction on on how you deal with people who are detained who are prisoners of war in a time of war or conflict, which this plainly is, and that provision is really one in which you are intended to treat prisoners with respect," he said. We sent six videos to TikTok, who confirmed that they were all in violation of their community guidelines. They said their guidelines were clear that content "that seeks to degrade victims of violent tragedies" was not tolerated. The videos have all since disappeared from the platform. A spokesperson for YouTube said it had removed tens of thousands of harmful videos and terminated thousands of channels during the conflict between Israel and Gaza, and that it had teams are working around the clock to monitor for harmful footage content.

https://www.gadgets360.com/apps/news/apple-third-party-app-store-connect-support-testflight-changes-5026258 Apple has been making preparations to open the gates of iOS to allow third-party app marketplaces and apps on its platform in the European Union (EU). It recently rolled out the iOS 17.4 betas versions of the upcoming update that added support for alternative marketplaces. Now, the iPhone maker has released updates for App Store Connect and TestFlight apps to onboard these developers. It has also asked the alternative marketplaces to make submissions for the notarisation process for the third-party apps that will be made available on iOS. Announcing the changes to the two apps on its developer website, Apple said that developers in the EU can now add their marketplaces to the App Store Connect app that lets developers monitor their app's sales and downloads, reply to App Store reviews, get notifications for new reviews, and more. Similarly, changes have been made to the TestFlight app, which lets developers beta-test new features before rolling it out. But before alternative marketplaces can be added to the iOS ecosystem, the developers will have to agree to Apple's business terms and complete the notarisation process. According to a report by MacRumors, business terms include a core technology fee that Apple is charging both the marketplace and the app by the number of installs. Third-party marketplaces will have to pay EUR 0.50 (roughly Rs. 45) per instal, and apps will have to pay the same amount after completing one million instals. The notarisation process will also be important for third-party marketplaces and apps as Apple will determine whether an app is malicious or not. While a process like that is needed to ensure user safety from scammers and hackers, some have raised concerns about whether Apple will use this to disqualify competing apps and marketplaces. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, is among those who voiced their displeasure when Apple first announced the process. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), he called the payment by instals a “junk fee”. On the notarisation process, he said, “Epic has always supported the notion of Apple notarisation and malware scanning for apps, but we strongly reject Apple's twisting this process to undermine competition and continue imposing Apple taxes on transactions they're not involved in.”

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-electronic-music-human-rhythm.html Electronically generated rhythms are often perceived as too artificial. New software now allows producers to make rhythms sound more natural in computer-produced music. Research at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization and at Harvard University forms the basis for new and patented methods of electronically generated rhythms according to patterns of musicians following fractal statistical laws. The process, which produces natural-sounding rhythms, has now been licensed to Mixed In Key LLC, whose music software is used worldwide by leading music producers and internationally renowned DJs. A product called "Human Plugins," which uses this technology, has now been launched. Nowadays, music is often produced electronically, i.e., without acoustic instruments. The reason is simple: pieces of music can be easily created and reworked without a recording studio and expensive musical equipment. All that is needed is a computer and a digital audio workstation (DAW), i.e., an electronic device or software for recording, editing and producing music. The desired sound for any software instrument from piano to drums is generated and reworked via the DAW. Much of the music, however, is produced with quantized, artificial-sounding loops that have no natural groove, and there is no standardized process to humanize them. Too high precision sounds artificial to the human ear. But randomly shifting sounds by a few milliseconds isn't enough—it just doesn't sound like a live musician playing this part on a musical instrument. Without the correct correlation between the time deviations of the beats, these usually sound bad to the human ear, or they are perceived as digital timing errors. The only option was to strive for very precise timing, which characterized the sound of music in the post-90s in almost all genres. The new "humanizing" method developed at the MPI-DS now makes it possible to add natural variances to electronic rhythms to create a more natural sound experience. A method based on this and developed at Harvard University, called "Group Humanizer," expands the scope of application to several instruments and makes the temporal deviations in the interplay of different electronic and acoustic instruments sound human, as if different musicians were playing together in the same room. Mixed In Key has further developed this technique and created a way to humanize audio channels and MIDI notes with a set of "Human Plugins" that are compatible with most major DAWs. Methodical research on natural variances The foundation for the new method was laid by Holger Hennig in 2007, then a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen under the direction of Theo Geisel, director emeritus at the institute. Hennig asked himself whether musicians' temporal deviations from the exact beat vary purely by chance or follow a certain pattern and what effect this has on the music perception. The deviations follow a fractal pattern. The term fractal was coined by mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975 and describes patterns that have a high degree of scale invariance or self-similarity. This is the case when a pattern consists of several small copies of itself. Fractals occur both as geometric figures and as recurring structures in time series, such as the human heartbeat. The drummer's rhythmic fluctuations follow statistical dependencies—not just from one beat to the next, but over up to a thousand beats. This results in a pattern of structures and dependencies that repeat over several minutes, known as long-range correlations, which are present on different time scales. How do these temporal deviations affect the way musicians play together? Results at Harvard University show that the interaction of musicians is also fractal in nature with so-called long-range cross correlations. "The next time deviation of a musician's beat depends on the history of the deviations of the other musicians several minutes back. Human musical rhythms are not exact, and the fractal nature of the temporal deviations is part of the natural groove of human music," says Holger Hennig. But what do these fractal deviations sound like? A piece of music composed specifically for this research was humanized in post-production. The piece was played to test subjects in different re-edited versions as part of a psychological study at the University of Göttingen: one version with conventional random deviations and another version with fractal deviations. The version with human fractal deviations was preferred by most listeners over conventional random deviations and was perceived as the most natural. New product for lively and dynamic rhythms Based on the article "When the beat goes off" in the Harvard Gazette, which caused a stir in the music scene in 2012, the London electronic musician James Holden contacted Hennig, who was then carrying out research at Harvard University. Together they further developed the theoretical foundations into a plugin written by James Holden for the software Ableton Live used worldwide. The so-called "Group Humanizer," which James Holden uses in his live shows and albums, focuses on the interaction of several MIDI tracks. Various computer-generated parts react to each other's temporal deviations and sound as if the instruments were being played by musicians performing together. The mutual exchange of information creates a stochastic-fractal connection and thus a natural musical movement, as if the recordings, which were generated separately, had been recorded together. Moreover, it is now possible that electronic instruments adapt in a natural manner in real-time to the performance of musicians. "The ability to integrate synthetic and human sound sources in a coherent manner that the Humanizer software has unlocked has let me access a new aesthetic in electronic/acoustic music," says James Holden. The Group Humanizer Plugin finally caught the attention of the company Mixed In Key. The company Mixed In Key LLC, based in Miami, U.S., develops and markets software for DJs and music producers, including the "Mixed In Key" suite. Mixed In Key has now licensed the humanizing patent developed at the MPI by Max Planck Innovation, the technology transfer organization of the Max Planck Society, as well as the Group Humanizer patent developed at Harvard University, and has developed a software plug-in called Human Plugins. "With the new Human Plugins, the humanization of electronic rhythms is taken to a completely new level. This software has the potential to become the standard in the field of music humanizing," says Yakov Vorobyev, president and founder of Mixed In Key LLC. This new plugin can be integrated into all common DAWs such as Ableton Live, Logic Pro X, FL Studio, Pro Tools and Cubase and humanize not only MIDI but also audio and wave audio tracks. The users only add one or several new audio tracks to the DAW, which enables the humanizing of several instruments at a time (e.g., drums, bass, piano). With the help of a knob, it is possible to determine the strength of humanizing, i.e., the height of the standard deviation of the shifts, which indicates the width of the Gaussian distribution determined by the researchers at the MPI-DS. In this way, a certain feel of rhythm can also be created depending on the style of music. "The basic research into fractals and their application in psychoacoustics has created a completely new area of research and the basis for a product with great economic potential that gives musicians completely new options for presenting their music. We are pleased that we were able to win Mixed In Key LLC, one of the most important companies in the music business, as a partner to ensure the worldwide distribution of this fascinating music post-production process," says Dr. Bernd Ctortecka, patent and license manager at Max Planck Innovation.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/the-next-ai-focused-version-of-windows-is-windows-11-24h2-not-windows-12 Rumors about Windows 12 have been circulating for some time with some rumors pointing toward a 2H 2024 release for the new OS. However, Microsoft confirmed in a Windows Insider blog post that Windows 11 24H2 will be the next major feature update to arrive in 2024, all but shutting down rumors of a potential Windows 12 release in the back half of 2024. Microsoft never officially said Windows 12 was coming nor announced its existence in any way, but, there has been enough evidence to warrant speculation of a potential "Windows 12" release in 2024. Even the CEO of Qualcomm speculated that Windows 12 could be coming this year. Microsoft's roadmap for 2024 pointed toward massive updates to Windows 11 including big pushes to get AI integrated throughout the entire OS, inciting speculation that Microsoft might package all these new features into a new version of Windows, rather than carry it on into Windows 11. This logic comes from Microsoft's previous history with Windows 11, where it hid Windows 11's existence inside of Windows 10 right up until its launch. (Many core parts of it also came from the shelved Windows 10X). Windows 11 was originally classified as a Windows 10 feature update dubbed "Sun Valley", before being unveiled as Windows 11 in late 2021. But now we know for a fact this will not be the case. Microsoft's latest Windows Insider blog post cites that all builds starting with the number 26 in the Canary and Dev Channels will now be identified as Windows 11 version 24H2. 4. This doesn't change any of Microsoft's plans for 2024, all the features speculated to arrive in Windows 12 will be released under Windows 11's future 24H2 patch. 24H2 is expected to be a huge patch that will integrate AI throughout the entire OS, taking advantage of the new hardware-accelerated Neural Processing Units (or NPUs) found in all of the new "AI PCs" that were announced earlier this year. 24H2 will also be the only major feature update for Windows 11 for the entirety of 2024. Microsoft has decided to go back to an annual release cycle for Windows feature updates instead of releasing a major feature update every few months. That said, Windows 11 will still be supported with smaller feature drops known as "Moment" updates. It's probably a good idea that Microsoft didn't go through with Windows 12 anyway. Windows 11 is still struggling to gain adoption and is still not as po[CENSORED]r as Windows 10. Adding a third OS into the mix would fragment the Windows user base even more. Microsoft could still launch Windows 12 in the future, but it probably won't be this year.

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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/should-we-be-worried-about-xbox-spot-on/1100-6520977/ The Xbox ecosystem could be turned upside down if recent reports are to be revealed and, naturally, fans of Microsoft's gaming business have much to say about this. The responses to reports that the company is thinking about releasing its Xbox-exclusive games on PlayStation has elicited everything from reasoned discussion to outright rage. At this point, it's difficult to cut through the noise and consider all the perspectives, mostly because of the immediate and overwhelming reaction on social media platforms. So, on this episode of Spot On, Lucy and Tamoor break down everything that happened and discuss what it all means. They talk through the reports indicating Microsoft's drastic shift in business, as well as what it stands to gain and lose and the reaction from the Xbox fanbase. Spot On is a weekly news show airing Fridays in which GameSpot's managing editor Tamoor Hussain and senior producer Lucy James talk about the latest news in games. Given the highly dynamic and never-ending news cycle of the massive video game industry, there's always something to talk about but, unlike most other news shows, Spot On will dive deep into a single topic as opposed to recapping all the news. Spot On airs each Friday.

https://gamerant.com/monopoly-go-all-cupid-cuties-rewards-milestones/ The two-day Retro Love event in Monopoly GO has ended, so the developers have replaced it with the brand-new Cupid's Cuties event. Beginning on Feb 9, it will be live for two days, so get ready for a 48-hour gaming extravaganza. It’s running alongside the Valentines Partners event, so tycoons would want to grab as many heart tokens as possible. In addition, gamers have a chance to snag up to 14,320 dice rolls by hitting all its milestones. This article will discuss everything you need to know about the Cupid's Cuties event in Monopoly GO. How to Play the Cupid's Cuties Event in Monopoly GO Players will have to gather pickups to get points during the Cupid's Cuties event, which are found on random tiles on the board. Collecting one pickup will reward players with two points. Activating roll multipliers can be a smart move, but be mindful that they use more dice rolls. As mentioned above, the Cupid's Cuties event will only be live for a short period, so act fast if you want to get all of the rewards. Here is a full list of all the rewards and milestones in the Cupid's Cuties event: Milestones Points Required Rewards 1 Five 70 Heart Tokens 2 10 15 Free Dice Rolls 3 10 Cash Prize 4 10 One-Star Sticker Pack 5 50 80 Free Dice Rolls 6 15 80 Heart Tokens 7 15 Cash Grab for 10 Minutes 8 15 One-Star Sticker Pack 9 20 120 Heart Tokens 10 130 200 Free Dice Rolls 11 25 Cash Prize 12 30 150 Heart Tokens 13 40 One-Star Sticker Pack 14 35 180 Heart Tokens 15 350 475 Free Dice Rolls 16 45 Rent Frenzy for 15 Minutes 17 45 Two-Star Sticker Pack 18 50 210 Heart Tokens 19 55 Cash Prize 20 725 825 Free Dice Rolls 21 50 230 Heart Tokens 22 55 Three-Star Sticker Pack 23 60 High Roller for 10 Minutes 24 70 250 Heart Tokens 25 1000 1000 Free Dice Rolls 26 70 Cash Prize 27 80 75 Free Dice Rolls 28 85 270 Heart Tokens 29 100 Four-Star Sticker Pack 30 800 Cash Prize 31 250 200 Free Dice Rolls 32 350 Cash Prize 33 400 300 Heart Tokens 34 1600 1400 Free Dice Rolls 35 500 Cash Boost for Five Minutes 36 550 Four-Star Sticker Pack 37 700 Cash Prize 38 800 350 Heart Tokens 39 3200 2700 Free Dice Rolls 40 850 Five-Star Sticker Pack 41 900 550 Free Dice Rolls 42 950 500 Heart Tokens 43 2800 Cash Prize 44 1000 800 Free Dice Rolls 45 1200 Cash Prize 46 1400 Five-Star Sticker Pack 47 1800 650 Heart Tokens 48 6,200 6,000 Free Dice Rolls

https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-7-remake-director-would-give-an-emphatic-no-if-someone-asked-him-for-an-ff8-remake-and-ff8s-original-director-isnt-keen-either/ Call me an empath, but something tells me that remaking Final Fantasy 7 as a trilogy of slick, high-budget modern games is taking its toll on poor Naoki Hamaguchi, the remake's director. In a recent chat with IGN, Hamaguchi and Final Fantasy 8 director Yoshinori Kitase were presented with the idea of a similar remake for FF8. Hamaguchi took to the idea like a cat to a swimming pool. "If after we've finished the three games in the [FF7] trilogy," said Hamaguchi, "Mr Kitase then comes to me and says, 'Right, we're going to be remaking another numbered Final Fantasy game and you are on the project,' I'll just turn around and go, 'No!'" Kitase seemed to agree, even though FF8 was originally his own baby all the way back in 1999. "Trying to recreate that kind of volume of content you had in the RPGs back then in the modern day really is not something you can take up lightly," he said, "It's such a massive investment of time and effort that we really have to think very hard about taking on any kind of project like that." Well, that's that then. No Hamaguchi-helmed FF8 remake for you, and even one fronted by a different developer sounds unlikely. Still, that doesn't mean Kitase doesn't have ideas percolating about just what he'd do if Square Enix set him to remaking Squall and co's adventures. In particular, Kitase would like to "really rework the battle system" in a hypothetical FF8 remake. He referenced the game's Junction system, which saw you equip abilities from the games GFs (Guardian Forces, not girlfriends) to your stats in a way that wasn't quite as intuitive to RPG players as putting on bog-standard weapons and armour. "I think it was a very difficult system for some people to get into. Depending on player skills, sometimes they just didn't work out the best way of doing it," said Kitase, "I think I'd want to return to that and really rework the battle system… and make it something where that level of difficulty and approachability for some fans was a lot better balanced." I'm not a Final Fantasy expert—I've actually just finished playing the first game, as a real-life weirdo starting with Final Fantasy 1—so I can't tell you just how badly the Junction system needs reworking. But it sounds like both Hamaguchi and Kitase would quite like to work on something that won't swallow up a decade plus of their lives, which means I doubt we'll see an FF8 remake in the near future (or maybe ever). Still, if Square Enix does decide to give the game a reboot, at least Kitase already has some ideas in the tank.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68137220 Britain is ready to bring forward the moment when it formally recognises a Palestinian state, the foreign secretary has suggested. Lord Cameron said Palestinians had to be given a political horizon to encourage peace in the Middle East. He is beginning his fourth visit to the region since being appointed foreign secretary in November. The UK has a responsibility to set out what a Palestinian state would look like, he told a Westminster reception. The Palestinian people would have to be shown "irreversible progress" towards a two-state solution, Lord Cameron said. "As that happens, we - with allies - will look at the issue of recognising a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations," he told the Conservative Middle East Council. "That could be one of the things that helps to make this process irreversible." Aid trucks queue to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Kerem Shalom crossing, Israel Lord Cameron has urged Israel to allow more humanitarian support into Gaza The foreign secretary also urged Israel to allow more humanitarian support into Gaza and said it was "ludicrous" that vital British and other aid was being sent back at the border. Lord Cameron said the last 30 years had been a story of failure for Israel because it had failed to provide security to its citizens. Only by recognising that failure, he said, would there be peace and progress. Foreign Secretary, David Cameron meets with the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog Foreign Secretary David Cameron met President of Israel Isaac Herzog in November Britain has long supported a two-state solution, where Israelis and Palestinians could live side by side in separate countries. But Lord Cameron is suggesting Britain could give formal, diplomatic recognition to a Palestinian state not as part of a final peace deal, but earlier, during the negotiations themselves. At the same time, there would have to be a new Palestinian authority "stood up quickly" with "technocratic and good leaders" able to govern Gaza, he said. Lord Cameron added: "Together with that, almost most important of all, is to give the Palestinian people a political horizon so that they can see that there is going to be irreversible progress to a two-state solution and crucially the establishment of a Palestinian state. "We have a responsibility there because we should be starting to set out what a Palestinian state would look like, what it would comprise, how it would work and crucially, looking at the issue, that as that happens, we with allies will look at the issue of recognising a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations. "That could be one of the things that helps to make this process irreversible." As part of any long-term deal, the foreign secretary said Israel would need to see all hostages released, with a guarantee that Hamas could not launch attacks on Israel and its leadership had left Gaza. He said a deal would be "difficult" but not impossible. Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission in London, said Lord Cameron's comments were "historic", because for first time the UK was considering recognising a Palestinian state "as a contribution to a peaceful solution rather than an outcome". However, the idea of fast-tracking Palestinian statehood prompted anger from some Conservative MPs. Former minister Theresa Villiers told the Commons "bringing forward and accelerating unilateral recognition of Palestinian state would be to reward Hamas' atrocities". Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell said the government would not recognise a Palestinian state "bilaterally" but would do so "at a time when it best serves the objective of peace". The Israeli government has yet to comment. Foreign secretary supports 'sustainable ceasefire' and warns over deaths Israel should turn water back on in Gaza - Lord Cameron On the ongoing efforts to end the war in Gaza, Lord Cameron said a pause in the fighting was needed now and there were "hopeful signs" about the negotiations under way. "There is a path that we can now see opening up where we really can make progress, not just in ending the conflict, but progress in finding a political solution that can mean peace for years rather than peace for months," he said. The real challenge would be to "turn that pause into a sustainable ceasefire without a return to the fighting, he said. "That is the prize we should be looking for, and more than that, not just how you go from pause to sustainable ceasefire, but how you go from there to a set of political moves and arrangements that could start to deliver the longer term political solution," Lord Cameron said. "Although it is incredibly difficult, although efforts in the past have failed, we cannot give up. "If the last 30 years tells us anything, it is a story of failure. "Ultimately it is a story of failure for Israel because yes, they had a growing economy, yes they had rising living standards, yes they invested in defence and security and walls and the rest of it, but they couldn't provide what a state most wants, what every family wants, which is security. "And so the last 30 years has been a failure. "And it is only by recognising that failure and recognising that true peace and progress will come when the benefits of peace and progress are greater than the benefits of returning to fighting."