Improving Web3 accessibility is mission-critical in the industry’s current adoption phase. The tech stack has evolved significantly, alongside a steady cultural shift towards viable, long-term solutions. Integrating Web3 features into existing applications is a way forward. I discussed this in-depth with Tim Delhaes, a serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of Grindery. We explored … Read more
It’s time for Google’s annual look up to the cloud, this time with a big dose of AI. At 9 a.m. PT, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian will kick off the opening keynote for this year’s Google Cloud Next event, and you can watch it live right here. After this week we’ll know more about … Read more
The article demonstrates the importance of using StringComparison options for efficient string comparison in .NET Introduction Whether it’s searching, sorting, or equality, how you compare strings can significantly impact your application performance. The article demonstrates the importance of using StringComparison options for efficient string comparison in .NET Learning Objectives The Problem with Inefficient String Comparisons … Read more
Heap allocations aren’t entirely bad, but when an object is allocated on a heap, it contributes to the garbage collection cycles, which in turn reduces overall application performance. Introduction One approach to optimizing resource usage in async code is by using ValueTask syntax to minimize heap allocations, which in turn reduces pressure on garbage collection … Read more
From Runestone to NodeMonkes and Bitcoin Puppets, these Ordinals and Runes projects are well worth knowing before the halving.
Google says its Axion instances offer 30% better performance than other Arm-based instances from competitors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
If you think that choosing a nail polish color or which ingredients go into your face cream cannot have anything to do with blockchain, think again. Kiki World, a beauty startup launched last year, wants consumers to co-create products and co-own the company with the help of web3 technology. On Tuesday, LA-based Kiki announced that … Read more
Google is launching Jetstream, a new engine to run generative AI models, and MaxDiffusion, a collection of reference implementations of various diffusion models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
All of the major vendors have been looking at ways to use AI to help customers develop creative content. On Tuesday at the Google Cloud Next customer conference in Las Vegas, Google introduced a new AI-fueled video creation tool called Google Vids. The tool will become part of Google Workspace productivity suite when it’s released. … Read more
Its headlining feature is the amount of context that it can process: 1 million tokens, which is equivalent to around 700,000 words or around 30,000 lines of code. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
AI agents are the new hot craze in generative AI. Unlike the previous generation of chatbots, these agents can do more than simply answer questions. They can take actions based on the conversation, and even interact with back-end transactional systems to take actions in an automated manner. On Tuesday at Google Cloud Next, the company … Read more
With Chrome Enterprise, IT departments get the ability to manage employees’ browser settings, the extensions they install and web apps they use. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The jury is still out on how much AI increases individual productivity, but companies are now trying to monetize it as they build more advanced AI features into their software. Last year, Microsoft made waves when it announced Copilot would add $30 per user per month to the price of an Office 365 subscription. But … Read more
Imagen 2 can now create short, four-second videos from text prompts, along the lines of AI-powered clip generation tools like Runway, Pika and Irreverent Labs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google is also launching a new feature in Gmail for Workspace that can instantly turn rough email drafts into a more polished email. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
In addition to the new custom Arm-based Axion chips, most of this year’s announcements are about AI accelerators, whether built by Google itself or from Nvidia. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Many of the announcements had to do with Gemini, Google’s flagship family of generative AI models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google is renewing its focus on data sovereignty. For the time being, though, it looks like its emphasis is on partnerships, not building its own sovereign clouds. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Gemini in Databases is a bundle of AI-powered, developer-focused tools for Google Cloud customers who are creating, monitoring and migrating app databases. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Illustration: The Verge Google’s update to Gemini 1.5 Pro gives the model ears. The model can now listen to uploaded audio files and churn out information from things like earnings calls or audio from videos without the need to refer to a written transcript. During its Google Next event, Google also announced it’ll make Gemini … Read more
Countries have varying definitions and categorizations for stablecoins that may pose a risk to financial stability, the report by the Financial Stability Institute said.
Mezo is a permissionless Bitcoin economic layer that uses a neutral smart contract infrastructure to offer a wide range of applications.
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Singapore-based crypto platform Crypto.com has received full operational approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for its local entity, CRO DAX Middle East FZE.