Month: May 2024
Gala Games Attacker Returns Ethereum After $240 Million Token Exploit
After 5 billion GALA tokens were minted and swiped Monday, Gala Games got back some of the funds in ETH—and is still figuring out the rest.
Automating SaaS Client Onboarding: CRM-IAM Integration
Onboarding is the last step of a Sales Cycle in any organization. Slow onboarding often leads to revenue loss resulting from changing business priorities due to evolving market conditions. The primary reason for slowness stems from the need to establish a secure data transfer conduit between the SaaS Product and its clients. IT organizations face … Read more
Google’s new ‘Add to Chromebook’ badge makes web apps easier to find and install
How the “Add to Chromebook” badge looks like on websites. | Image: Google Google is making a new “Add to Chromebook” badge that’s designed to make it easier for ChromeOS users to find and install progressive web apps (PWAs) and Android apps. The badge links directly to the web app you’re looking to install or … Read more
RFK Jr. Says He Bought GameStop to ‘Punish Predator Short Selling to the Moon’
The presidential hopeful isn’t just a fan of Bitcoin, going in on meme stocks and telling crypto fans “I ride with you.”
Donald Trump says his campaign will accept crypto
Facing several criminal cases, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for U.S. President is expected to face off against President Joe Biden in November 2024.
Factors to Consider in Crafting Effective Security Awareness Training
Germany sets the pace with an impressive 85% of employees recognizing the risk of email attachments. The world today is interconnected and cyber threats continue to develop fast, organizations are recognizing the need for security awareness training. However, providing materials alone is not enough to determine its effectiveness. Crafting profound influential security awareness involves various … Read more
Arta TechFin, Chainlink expand partnership to tokenize real-world assets
Arta TechFin, a Hong Kong-based asset manager, and Chainlink are exploring solutions to tokenize real-world assets like real estate.
Ether Rally Prompts Over $300 Million ETH Inflow to Crypto Exchanges: Nansen
The fast move likely signals short-term profit taking after ether’s rapid 30% rally, one observer noted.
The Promising Future of AI and Automotive Technology
One of the more intriguing aspects of the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen in the automotive industry and the problems and solutions found therein. This technological revolution is impacting various aspects of the industry, from manufacturing and supply chain management to the driving experience itself. Autonomous vehicles, for instance, promise to enhance safety, … Read more
Microsoft Recall Is Spyware And an Obvious Target, Say Security Experts
Critics say a headline feature of Microsoft’s new AI-centric laptops and tablets is a privacy nightmare.
Wisconsin man arrested for allegedly creating AI-generated child sexual abuse material
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images A Wisconsin software engineer was arrested on Monday for allegedly creating and distributing thousands of AI-generated images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Court documents describe Steven Anderegg as “extremely technologically savvy,” with a background in computer science and “decades of experience in … Read more
VCs wanted FarmboxRx to become a meal kit, the company bootstrapped instead
Some startups choose to bootstrap from the beginning while others find themselves forced into self funding by a lack of investor interest or a business model that doesn’t fit traditional VC. FarmboxRx decided to bootstrap because founder Ashley Tyrner didn’t like the advice she was getting from potential backers. Tyrner told TechCrunch’s Found podcast that … Read more
Uber’s and Lyft’s ride-hailing deal with Minnesota comes at a cost
Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota will see higher pay thanks to a deal between the state and the country’s two largest ride-hailing companies. The upshot: a new law that gives some protections to drivers while placing limits on state government. The bill, which Governor Tim Walz has supported publicly and is expected to sign, … Read more
Your After Hours Guide to Consensus 2024, Wednesday Night
Events to consider following the first day of the conference.
Exploring Automated Story Generation and Controllable Language Models
:::info Authors: (1) PIOTR MIROWSKI and KORY W. MATHEWSON, DeepMind, United Kingdom and Both authors contributed equally to this research; (2) JAYLEN PITTMAN, Stanford University, USA and Work done while at DeepMind; (3) RICHARD EVANS, DeepMind, United Kingdom. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Intro Storytelling, The Shape of Stories, and Log Lines The Use … Read more
Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Warns Against Rushing Into ‘Very Risky’ Superintelligent AI
We must avoid a world where “most human thought becomes read and mediated by a few central servers controlled by a few people,” he said.
This Microsoft-approved website tracks how Windows games play on Arm
Image: Linaro With Microsoft’s new Surfaces leading a wave of Copilot Plus PCs powered by Arm chips that could reshape our expectations of Windows laptops, you might be wondering: do they game? We’d already seen a few examples, like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Control — but at Build, Microsoft and Qualcomm just revealed a new … Read more
a16z’s American Dynamism team launches program to introduce technical minds to VC
Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism fund has established a new fellowship program aimed at introducing top engineers and technologists to venture investing, a move that could help the firm less obvious sources for VC talent. The American Dynamism fund launched in 2023 with the broad aim of supporting companies building in the nation’s interest across hard … Read more
Fed, Bank of Japan Will Drive Bitcoin to $1 Million, Says Arthur Hayes
A complex entanglement between central banks over the Japanese yen will lead to frantic money printing, blowing up asset prices worldwide, says the BitMEX co-founder.
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Human Touch vs. Machine Precision: Debating the Role of AI in Content Creation
Back in the day, whenever you had an idea and wanted to bring it to life, you had to get a pen and paper. At some later point, you could do this using a computer but you still had to type and the idea still has to come from you. Today, bringing an idea to … Read more