Affordable Cars Await: The Best Online Auction Sites for 2025

Before bidding, know how much you’re willing to spend and stick with that number. Cars on this site are extremely affordable. The premium membership will cost you $200 a year, regardless of how often you use it. The driver’s side of a white classic Stingray.Jacob Spence / Unsplash For live auction bidding, a premium membership is required. Ready to give your next vehicle some TLC as long as it saves you thousands?...

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Christina Crane

Affordable Luxury: Top-Tier Tech Delights to Try

Prices and availability are subject to change without notice. It’s time to get your wallet out! It’s designed for both birds and bird watchers. Amazon It has a flashlight with adjustable intensities, robust activity tracking, and daily training reports. She enjoyed exploring its nifty artificial intelligence (AI) features, such as CoCreator and Live Captions. The Oura Ring 4 is as eye-catching as it is smart. Amazon It logs and analyzes your activity and sleep habits and even helps you manage stress....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Jasmine Hall

AfroFreelancer Helps Black Entrepreneurs Find Jobs

Businesses can also post projects or support their need for freelancers by choosing from available talent. AfroFreelancer supports freelancers across nine main categories, including programming, writing, digital marketing, and financial services. Users can search through AfroFreelancer’s database by location, freelancer profile, category, or project. AfroFreelancer cofounders, MJ Cunningham (left) and Lillian Jackson (right).AfroFreelancer That did not exist. So, we created it." Cunningham said she would go to sites like UpWork and Fiverr when hiring freelancers....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Tracy Evans

AfroTech World 2025: Dates, News, and Everything Else to Know

When Will AfroTech Be Held? The next Afrotech will run from October 27 to 31, 2025 in Houston, TX. How to Register and Attend you’re free to register for Afrotech 2025 at theofficial website. The following ticket options are available: What Announcements Are Expected? This event doesn’t typically involve significant industry announcements.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 52 words · George Andrade

Age of Empires II PC Demo Download

While the demo version is no longer available from the developer, it can still be found online. Information in this article applies to the original PC version ofAge of Empires II. There is no demo for Age of Empires II on PS2. Microsoft You might also be able to find atorrent fileof the demo on a torrent site. Simplyextract the compressed game filesand initiate the installer. Always scan files you download from the internet for malware using anantivirus program....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Michael Snyder

AI & GPT 4 Could Allow Movie Makers to Have Even More Creativity

Then, it automatically animates, lights, and composes the CG character directly into the live-action scene. Wonder Studio is only one of many movie apps using AI. For example, the film editing software Descript isadding the newly released GPT-4to its suite of tools. Enes Evren / Getty Images The film and television industry relies heavily on visual effects (VFX). AI image generation can be used to generate VFX images quickly and efficiently....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Billy Sutton

AI Advances Could Help Fight Wildfires Faster

A new study shows machine learningcomputer algorithms that improve themselves without direct programming by humanscan improve lightning forecasts. A better understanding of where lightning can strike could help predict fires started by the bolts from the sky. Predicting Danger Improved lightning forecasts could help prepare for potential wildfires and improve safety warnings for lightning. Micolas Resille / EyeEm / Getty Images “The best subjects for machine learning are things that we don’t fully understand....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Gary Fletcher

AI Altered Music Could Enhance Users' Listening Experience

The company had been working on using AI to shift songs, essentially generating unique music. AI experts believe the acquisition puts Apple in a position to push the boundaries of AI-generated music. “However, can AI achieve the human equivalents of creativity and empathy? berya113 / Getty Images And in the evening, it’s a bit jazzier. The entire genre can change, or the key it’s played in,” explained Mahdavi. In other words, the technology could automatically create new variations of songs to present completely different music....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Jonathan Bowers

AI Breakthroughs Could Improve Weather Forecasts

Making accurate weather predictions is a challenging problem that has resisted millenniums of effort. But researchers hope AI could revolutionize weather forecasting. “For example, utilities are using AI to identify and predict grid resiliency and potential outages.” Oscar Wong / Getty Images The company calls the technique “nowcasting” because it’s so timely. “Conceptually, this is a problem of generating radar movies. Predicting Chaos Weather is a chaotic process that’s difficult to predict with precision....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · William Hicks

AI Can Help Pick Your Best Photos

Say, “Cheese!” However, experts say there are still some concerns about AI accessing your personal photos. According to Canon, the algorithm bases the selection on sharpness, noise, emotion, and closed eyes. Bloom Productions / Getty Images It does its job of cleansing out the not-so-good iPhone photos and keeping the most Instagram-able ones. “Most major social media platforms have far more invasive AI technologies,” Sydney said. Canon

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 67 words · Michelle Brown

AI Can Now Understand Your Videos By Watching Them

MIT researchers havedeveloped a techniquethat teaches AI to capture actions shared between video and audio. “The main challenge here is, how can a machine align those different modalities? But for machine learning, it is not that straightforward.” Yuichiro Chino / Getty Images It then maps those data points in a grid, known as an embedding space. The researchers designed the model so it can only use 1,000 words to label vectors....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Brandon Haynes

AI Can Write Songs, but Is It Creative?

But is a computer program really capable of being creative? “Thereby creating an organic synthesis between human and AI, which can be played around the campfire.” AI Song Contest Experts disagree on whether AI can create original compositions. Westend61 / Getty Images But creating something new doesnt necessarily mean starting from scratch, Queiroga pointed out. “For instance, when innovatively associating familiar ideas, we are being creative,” she added. Smart Doesnt Mean Inspired Theres a fundamental difference between intelligence and creativity, Shah said....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Ashley Riley

AI Contributes to Climate Change—Here's How to Make It Cleaner Technology

GPT-3 used the most power at 1,287 megawatt-hours. Then there’s water consumption associated with generative AI training. One report says it guzzled 185,000 gallons of water over the course of its training." SanderStock / Getty Images The problem is one of scale. This amount is equivalent to the energy used by three US homes for an entire year. “It isn’t just the energy consumption that is an environmental concern for AI,” he added....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Hannah Johnson