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OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
Rolling Stone
Victrola’s New Speaker Makes Listening to Vinyl a Lot Simpler
The Soundstage is a surprisingly solid turntable speaker, although the lack of a built-in preamp feels like an oversight…
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WorldPingPhys.org
Uranus's unusual rotation makes its bow shock expand and contract each day
Within our solar system, Uranus is a geometric oddball. Its spin axis tilts more than 90° from its orbit, so it essentially rolls on its side through space. In contrast, Earth and other planets tilt only moderately or not at all.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org
ZDNet
This Bluetooth-only Marshall home speaker sounds so good, I can forgive the missing Wi-Fi
The Marshall Stanmore IV is a more expensive home speaker, but there's so much to like that $430 sounds like a good value.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ZDNet
WorldPingDecrypt
OpenAI's First Device Is a $300-Plus Doughnut-Shaped Speaker: Report
Designed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio, the screenless gadget is slated for 2027 and will use cameras, lights and moving parts.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt
WorldPingGizmodo
OpenAI’s Rumored Smart Speaker Sounds More Like a… Squirming AI Robot?
We're still not sure if an anthropomorphized hockey puck can sell us on the future of AI hardware.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo