Google researchers have made an AI that can generate minutes-long musical pieces from text prompts, and can even transform a whistled or hummed melody into other instruments, similar to how systems like DALL-E generate images from written prompts (via TechCrunch). The model is called MusicLM, and while you can’t play around with it for yourself, the company has uploaded a bunch of samples that it produced using the model. The examples are impressive. There are 30-second snippets of what… Source link

The White House this week released data showing the number of student borrowers in each state who applied for or were automatically eligible for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. More than 26 million people applied for cancellation in the few weeks the loan forgiveness application was available. Over 16 million of those applications were fully approved by the Education Department (ED) before it stopped accepting applications because of lawsuits. Overall, more than 40… Source link

This janitor in Vermont amassed an $8M fortune without anyone around him knowing. Here are the 3 simple techniques that made Ronald Read rich — and can do the same for you Warren Buffett is reported to have once said, “You don’t need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.” It might sound too simplistic to be true, but if you doubt the Oracle of Omaha’s wisdom, you should hear the story of… Source link

In a match that was all about power and strength, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus triumphed to win the 2023 Australian Open and take home her first Grand Slam trophy. She rallied to beat Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an epic 2-hour, 28-minute battle. Sabalenka double-faulted to start the match, an ominous sign, and was broken twice in a first set in which she double-faulted five times in losing 4-6 — the first set she lost in 2023. But then Sabalenka got it going. After saving two… Source link

The world googled “how to be a pilot” more than any other job between Oct. 2021 and Oct. 2022, data shows. In China, dietitian is the dream job for most citizens, according to the study. Other top dream jobs include writer, dancer, entrepreneur, and YouTuber. … Source link

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images The European Union’s upcoming ban on Russian oil products could spell more turmoil for the Kremlin. China and India are unlikely to buy refined Russian fuels that were once sold to the EU, which will ban them on February 5. That’s in contrast to Russian crude oil, which were snapped up by China and India after Europe shunned those supplies. Russia faces new sanctions on its… Source link

Vital Farms (VITL) CEO Russell Diez-Canseco says the recent spike in egg prices, up more nearly 60% year-over-year, is “a head scratcher.” “Over the course of 2022, we certainly saw inflationary impacts to our key inputs like the grains we feed our girls [hens] and the diesel fuel that the truckers use to fuel their trucks as they deliver the eggs to the grocery stores,” Diez-Canseco told Yahoo Finance. “Our approach to price increases has been to take them reluctantly in small amounts.” A… Source link

Natasha Nesiba was a senior software engineer at Google, where she focused on YouTube Kids. On January 20, Nesiba lost her job at Google and went into labor with her second child. “I’m at my most vulnerable, physically, mentally, and emotionally,” she told Insider. … Source link

There are nine NHL games starting at 7 p.m. EST or later Saturday, the final Saturday of January at that. It’s also the last busy day for the NHL before the All-Star break. Here are my players to target, and to avoid, for your DFS lineups. Let’s take advantage of all the options! GOALIE Stuart Skinner, EDM vs. CHI ($27): Skinner is a goalie that can hold his own (.914 save percentage) and tends to get plenty of offensive support from a top-five scoring squad. Chicago is battling the Ducks for… Source link