EmoCtrl-TTS utilizes embeddings that represent emotion and non-verbal vocalizations to condition the flow-matching-based zero-shot TTS. In order to generate high-quality emotional speech, EmoCtrl-TTS ...

Microsoft is expanding its data center footprint in Madrid, Spain. The company's data center campus project in Alcalá de Henares has taken a step forward following the initial approval of the special ...

A UK government department's three-month trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot has revealed no discernible gain in productivity – speeding up some tasks yet making others slower due to lower quality ...

Imagine this: you’re managing a complex project with multiple moving parts, tight deadlines, and a team that relies on regular check-ins to stay aligned. Now, add recurring tasks like monthly progress ...

In a frustrating twist for fans, Microsoft’s anticipated reboot of Perfect Dark nearly found new life after its recent cancellation. Reports reveal a potential deal with Take-Two fell through. Here's ...

What's happening today with Microsoft and AI, then? For once, it's not Copilot being stuffed into something, instead, an interesting new open-source project called VibeVoice. VibeVoice is an entirely ...

Windows Agent Arena (WAA) 🪟 is a scalable Windows AI agent platform for testing and benchmarking multi-modal, desktop AI agents. WAA provides researchers and developers with a reproducible and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has severed Chinese contractors’ access to Pentagon cloud data systems under a Microsoft project while ordering a wider inquiry into the system, the Secretary announced ...