Month: May 2024
Pixar cuts 14 percent of workforce, shifts focus back to feature films
Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Like parent company Disney, Pixar is now laying off employees as part of Bob Iger’s big plan to get the company’s spending under control. According to Variety, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter, Pixar is laying off 175 staffers — 14 percent of its workforce — as it shifts … Read more
Google’s AI search results are already getting ads
Illustration: The Verge Google only just rolled out AI summaries in search results — and now they’re getting ads. In an update on Tuesday, Google says it will soon start testing search and shopping ads within AI Overviews for users in the US. In the example shared by Google, the search engine’s AI overview lists … Read more
Detecting Architectural Gaps with Automation – Proposed Solution
Introduction In software development, the quest for a robust and seamlessly integrated solution stands as a paramount pursuit. This article embarks on a comprehensive journey into the depths of a proposed software solution, meticulously scrutinizing its architecture, integration strategies, and deployment modalities. Through this exploration, we illuminate the symbiotic dance between users and technology, offering … Read more
IGN scoops up Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, and more
Cath Virginia / The Verge It seems no industry is safe from consolidation, and the latest target is the gaming media. IGN Entertainment has acquired the website portfolio of UK publisher Gamer Network, which operates a number of beloved games-focused publications. That list includes Gamesindustry.biz, Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, and the tabletop site Dicebreaker. … Read more
The Curse of Pygmalion: VR and AR Is at a Dead End
Let’s try to guess what the near future of the VR/AR industry might look like if the key players of this market continue to develop in the way they are doing now. Everything is simple: it is a device, a helmet, or glasses weighing 300- 600 grams (sometimes more), with elements made of glass, plastic, … Read more
Farcaster, Blockchain-Based Social Media Startup, Raises $150M, Led by Paradigm
Dan Romero’s Farcaster made waves earlier this year with the introduction of “Frames,” a feature allowing apps to run within posts, so users don’t have to click off to another site.
Bitcoin derivatives hint at potential rally above $73K — New all-time highs next
Bitcoin derivatives data suggests room for additional price upside in the coming weeks as Ethereum ETF approval chances rise.
From Front-End to Back-End: A Personal Journey Through the Programming Field
I entered the programming world without a formal degree, relying on a Udemy course and some personal projects. Four months later, I landed an internship as an FE developer at BMW. For almost two years, I worked as a Front-End (FE) developer. Deep down, I’ve always wanted to dive into Back-End (BE) development, but my … Read more
The Power of Universal Semantic Layers: Insights from Cube Co-founder Artyom Keydunov
What is a universal semantic layer, and how is it different from a semantic layer? Is there actual semantics involved? Who uses that, how, and what for? When Cube Co-founder Artyom Keydunov started hacking away a Slack chatbot back in 2017, he probably didn’t have answers to those questions. All he wanted to do was … Read more
Bill Gates-backed wind startup AirLoom is raising $12M, filings reveal
The company is hoping to produce electricity at $13 per megawatt hour, which would be more than 50% cheaper than traditional onshore wind. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Create a multimodal assistant with advanced RAG and Amazon Bedrock
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) models have emerged as a promising approach to enhance the capabilities of language models by incorporating external knowledge from large text corpora. However, despite their impressive performance in various natural language processing tasks, RAG models still face several limitations that need to be addressed. Naive RAG models face limitations such as … Read more
Unleash Your Potential: Weaponizing Active Learning with David Novak
I recently sat down with David Novak, the visionary leader behind Yum! Brands’ explosive growth ($4 Billion to $32 Billion), on my podcast. He’s not just another successful CEO; he’s a master of personal transformation, harnessing the power of active learning and neuroplasticity to achieve extraordinary results. What he’s doing is so revolutionary that it’s … Read more
WitnessAI is building guardrails for generative AI models
Generative AI makes stuff up. It can be biased. Sometimes, it spits out toxic text. So can it be “safe”? Rick Caccia, the CEO of WitnessAI, believes it can. “Securing AI models is a real problem, and it’s one that’s especially shiny for AI researchers, but it’s different from securing use,” Caccia, formerly SVP of … Read more
Debugging Kubernetes: Part 1 – Introduction and Core Concepts
While debugging in an IDE or using simple command line tools is relatively straightforward, the real challenge lies in production debugging. Modern production environments have enabled sophisticated self-healing deployments, yet they have also made troubleshooting more complex. Kubernetes (aka k8s) is probably the most well-known orchestration production environment. To effectively teach debugging in Kubernetes, it’s … Read more
FOMO HOUR 121 – ETHEREUM GOD CANDLES!
ETH ETF suddenly seems likely, flurry of amendments. ETH biggest daily gain ever, gains SOL market cap. ETF approval shifted due to political pressure. ETF approval may come as soon as tomorrow. Squeeze liquidates $230M of shorts. ETH OI hits record of $14B on exchanges. BTC nears ATH amid 6th straight day of ETF inflows. … Read more
How 20 Minutes empowers journalists and boosts audience engagement with generative AI on Amazon Bedrock
This post is co-written with Aurélien Capdecomme and Bertrand d’Aure from 20 Minutes. With 19 million monthly readers, 20 Minutes is a major player in the French media landscape. The media organization delivers useful, relevant, and accessible information to an audience that consists primarily of young and active urban readers. Every month, nearly 8.3 million 25–49-year-olds choose … Read more
Gala Games Hacker Returns $23M in ETH; Founder Proposes ‘Buy and Burn’
Gala investor DWF Labs also said that it had purchased 28 million GALA tokens “to alleviate market selling pressures.”
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Ethereum Isn’t ‘Unified’ Enough Amid Layer-2 Expansion, Says Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin believes the network isn’t “unified”—and that a new guild should be formed to resolve this issue.
Dear Facebook, I’m Breaking Up With You.
My relationship with Facebook has reached its breaking point, and I can no longer ignore the glaring issues that have plagued us for far too long. It’s time to part ways, once and for all. The platform and its big-shot owner have become a joke. I used to believe in the potential of our connection, … Read more
Here’s the eight-inch Snapdragon PC for your Windows on Arm experiments
The Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows in a transparent shell; most if not all units will be black. | Image: Qualcomm Excited for an era of long-lasting powerful Windows laptops with Arm chips and 45 TOPS for AI but would rather pay less and plug into the wall? Qualcomm has just revealed a Mac Mini-esque … Read more
French AI startup H raises $220 million seed round
It’s not often that you hear about a seed round above $10 million. H, a startup based in Paris and previously known as Holistic AI, has announced a $220 million seed round just a few months after the company’s inception. The reason why it managed to raise so much money so quickly is that it’s … Read more
How does the Microsoft Surface Laptop stack up to the MacBook Air?
Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop could be the most impressive laptop the company has ever made. It has a modern chassis with thin display bezels and a new Arm-based CPU that might just give Apple laptops a run for their money when it comes to performance. That’s no mean feat, considering Apple’s striking lead … Read more
The Noonification: Whats Inside Play to Earn (5/21/2024)
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