INNOVATION
Research team's shape-changing smart speaker lets users mute different areas of a room by techxplore.com
In virtual meetings, it's easy to keep people from talking over each other. Someone just hits mute. But for the most part, this ability doesn't translate easily to recording in-person gatherings. In a bustling cafe, there are no buttons to silence the table beside you. Read more
SCIENCE
Creative content
Is Generative AI Art Actually Art, or Randomly Generated Content? by techopedia.com
After a judge in Colorado ruled that another award-winning artist cannot claim copyright due to MidJourney use, a great debate has flared up about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for artistic endeavors. Read more
Unusual
The Opposite of Déjà Vu Exists, And It's Even More Uncanny by sciencealert.org
The opposite of déjà vu is "jamais vu", when something you know to be familiar feels unreal or novel in some way. Read more