Month: May 2024

Fine-tune large multimodal models using Amazon SageMaker

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Large multimodal models (LMMs) integrate multiple data types into a single model. By combining text data with images and other modalities during training, multimodal models such as Claude3, GPT-4V, and Gemini Pro Vision gain more comprehensive understanding and improved ability to process diverse data types. The multimodal approach allows models to handle a wider range … Read more

Bitcoin UTXO’s Model: How Ordinals and Runes Are Shaking Up the Crypto Ecosystem

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Bitcoin’s recent innovations such as inscriptions and Runes are gradually becoming the focus of the crypto industry’s attention. This is because they have been showcasing the different application potential of UTXOs (Unspent Transaction Output) through the Ordinals protocol, Nervos CKB, and others. They follow a Bitcoin UTXO model which emerged as industry competition intensified and … Read more

How 3D Printing Is Impacting Supply Chains

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While three-dimensional (3D) printing — also known as additive manufacturing — has been a staple in hobbyists’ lives for years, its popularity in industrial applications is rapidly rising. As more companies leverage it, its impact on logistics becomes clear. Will this technology permanently affect supply chains? The Role of 3D Printing in Supply Chains 3D … Read more

This founder says memetech is the next big thing

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Alex Taub, a longtime founder with multiple exits under his belt, believes it’s time to disrupt the meme industry. “I have this big thesis that memetech is going to be the next big category,” Taub told TechCrunch. “Like, there’s healthtech, there’s proptech, there’s adtech, there’s fintech
 I think memetech is about to have a big … Read more

Activision is awarded $14.5 million in a Call of Duty cheating lawsuit

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Image: Activision Activision notched a second victory in an ongoing legal case against EngineOwning, a cheat maker that the company sued in 2022. Yesterday, District Judge Michael Fitzgerald ordered several defendants, including EngineOwning itself, to pay the company $14.465,600 for their creation and distribution of Call of Duty cheats. In addition, the judge ordered EngineOwning … Read more

Verizon and AST SpaceMobile have a $100 million deal for satellite cellular service

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon’s inked a deal with satellite broadband provider AST SpaceMobile to help fill customers’ coverage gaps when they travel outside the reach of terrestrial cell towers. The company is committing $100 million in a new deal connecting AST’s satellite network to mobile phones using the 850 Mhz band. … Read more

Electric bikes are about to get more expensive, and the timing couldn’t be worse

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Image: Getty Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced major new tariffs on Chinese imports, including electric vehicles, batteries, solar cells, and a range of other goods. The goal was to prevent China from flooding the market with cheap products that could endanger domestic manufacturers. But environmental groups warned it could hinder our efforts to … Read more

Microsoft’s Copilot is now on Telegram

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Microsoft’s Copilot, a generative AI-powered tool that can generate text as well as answer specific questions, is now available as an in-app chatbot on Telegram, the instant messaging app.  Currently in beta, Copilot for Telegram allows you to talk with the AI chatbot as if you’re having a normal, one-on-one conversation with a friend. It … Read more