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Instagram announced on Tuesday that it will now allow users globally to add multiple audio tracks to Reels. According to the company, users can add up to 20 tracks to a single reel. To add a new track to your video, click the[ミックスに追加]Tap the option. Once you've added a track, you can trim it to include only the portion of audio you want. “The launch of multi-track audio in Reels gives creators the ability to visually align audio with elements like text, stickers and clips, expanding their creative flexibility and enabling them to express their creativity in a way that…

More than 3 billion people worldwide rely on wild or farmed seafood for their protein intake. According to a report released last week, global aquaculture production has reached an all-time high, with 89% of aquatic animal production being used directly for human consumption. This indicates that global consumption of seafood is continuously increasing. As a result, aquaculture industry startups are using AI technology to help farmers improve productivity and sustainability. Among them is Canada-based startup Wittaya Aqua. Its data-driven platform enables aquaculture farmers to integrate existing data points across the seafood supply chain to increase profitability, sustainability and efficiency. The…

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firms, said he has been a Democrat for most of his life, supporting and voting for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But he says he's no longer allegiance to the Democratic Party. He plans to support and vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. His reasons for choosing Trump over President Joe Biden mainly boil down to one big issue: He believes Trump's policies are far more favorable to the technology, and especially the startup, ecosystem. Andreessen explained…

We're halfway through 2024, but this year has already seen some of the largest and most damaging data breaches in recent history. And just when you thought these hacks couldn't get any worse, they do. From untold amounts of personal customer information being scraped, stolen and posted online to the mass theft of medical data for most people in the United States, the worst data breaches to date in 2024 have already seen at least a billion records stolen and counting. These breaches not only impact the individuals whose data has been irretrievably compromised, but they also embolden criminals who…

Andrei Karpathy, a former head of AI at Tesla and a researcher at OpenAI, is launching Eureka Labs, an “AI-native” education platform. In tech terms, that usually means built from the ground up with AI at its core. While Eureka Labs' ambitions for AI are lofty, the company is starting with a more traditional education approach. San Francisco-based Eureka Labs, which Karpathy registered as a limited liability company in Delaware on June 21, aims to leverage recent advances in generative AI to develop AI teaching assistants that can guide students through course material. According to Karpathy, who posted the news…

Apple originally added the new flashlight UI in the third developer beta of iOS 18, but now that iOS 18 is available as a public beta, you can try out one of iPhone's most underrated additions right now. The company has already introduced a new way to control the True Tone flashlight on the iPhone 14 Pro and 15 Pro models. Unlike the previous on/off and four brightness levels, the new controls include a way to adjust brightness and the width of the beam. The first beta controls were just vertical and horizontal lines, which took some time for users…

There are several shady industries for people who want to monitor or spy on their family members, with app makers selling software, also known as stalkerware, to jealous partners that can remotely access the victim's phone. However, despite how sensitive this data is, a growing number of businesses are losing huge amounts of it. Including the latest hack of mSpy, at least 20 stalkerware companies have been hacked or have had their customers or victims' data leaked online since 2017, according to a TechCrunch tally. That's not a typo: 20 stalkerware companies have been hacked or suffered significant data leaks…

Community colleges are not immune to the current challenges facing higher education. Student enrollment is declining, while institutions continue to raise tuition fees, leading to students failing to complete their programs. Clearly, it's time for the industry to try something new. Tade Oyelinde thinks startups can help. Oyelinde is founder and CEO of Campus, a venture-backed, fully accredited online community college. Campus pays its professors higher salaries than other universities, but students pay less for tuition and get laptops and mentoring. Oyelinde said the system allows him to keep costs low for students while attracting top professors, and many students…

Anthropic on Tuesday launched the Claude Android app to bring its AI chatbot to more users, the company's latest effort to convince users to ditch ChatGPT by making Claude available in more places. The Claude Android app works the same as the iOS version released in May and includes free access to Anthropic's best AI model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, as well as upgrade plans with Anthropic's Pro and Team subscriptions. Users can sync their conversations with Claude across devices and upload photos and files to the app for real-time image analysis. The Claude Android app also includes real-time language translation,…

Trouble is looming for OpenAI, after a group of whistleblowers accused the company of requiring employees to sign illegally restrictive non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Lawyers representing these whistleblowers sent a letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler arguing that OpenAI's contracts with current and former employees may illegally prevent them from reporting adverse conduct to government agencies. The letter states that OpenAI is requiring employees, former employees and investors to seek prior consent before disclosing any information to the federal government, effectively discouraging anyone from speaking up except for a group of anonymous whistleblowers. The allegations are ominous given that several well-known,…