Month: July 2024
GameStop Stock Falls 9% as Roaring Kitty Turns His Attention to Chewy
Has GameStop bull trader Roaring Kitty (aka Keith Gill) left behind his favorite meme stock for good? GME investors are jumping ship.
EU MiCA stablecoin regulations come into effect: Law Decoded
Noncompliant stablecoin issuers could potentially exit the EU market entirely, with a shift toward euro-backed stablecoins as demand picks up in European markets.
Build a self-service digital assistant using Amazon Lex and Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock
Organizations strive to implement efficient, scalable, cost-effective, and automated customer support solutions without compromising the customer experience. Generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots play a crucial role in delivering human-like interactions by providing responses from a knowledge base without the involvement of live agents. These chatbots can be efficiently utilized for handling generic inquiries, freeing up … Read more
Identify idle endpoints in Amazon SageMaker
Amazon SageMaker is a machine learning (ML) platform designed to simplify the process of building, training, deploying, and managing ML models at scale. With a comprehensive suite of tools and services, SageMaker offers developers and data scientists the resources they need to accelerate the development and deployment of ML solutions. In today’s fast-paced technological landscape, … Read more
‘Moonray’ Begins Play-to-Airdrop Push Alongside Epic Games Store Launch
Combat game Moonray looks to climb the Epic Games Store leaderboards with its play-to-airdrop campaign ahead of its Ethereum token launch.
Indian language RAG with Cohere multilingual embeddings and Anthropic Claude 3 on Amazon Bedrock
Media and entertainment companies serve multilingual audiences with a wide range of content catering to diverse audience segments. These enterprises have access to massive amounts of data collected over their many years of operations. Much of this data is unstructured text and images. Conventional approaches to analyzing unstructured data for generating new content rely on … Read more
George Santos’ Q-Themed Token Plummets After Former Lawmaker Steps Aside
For a few days, the ousted lawmaker George Santos stood by his conspiracy-themed cryptocurrency. When he backed away, Q’s price collapsed.
AI Won’t Destroy Mankind—Unless We Tell It To, Says Near Protocol Founder
Illia Polosukhin, a key architect in modern AI, told CNBC that it’s humans that start wars. Experts remain worried.
3 reasons why Bitcoin (BTC) is up today
Weak tech corporate earnings, spot Bitcoin ETF inflows and the potential arrival of a new major investor drove Bitcoin price above $63,000.
Some Pixel 6 owners say factory resets have bricked their phones
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Some folks are reporting being left with bricked Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6A phones after they factory reset them. Google is aware of the issue and is investigating, according to a comment from a member of the Pixel support forums’ product expert program. Users in the forum … Read more
Apple already considers the first HomePod ‘vintage’
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple says the iPhone X, first-generation AirPods, and first-generation HomePod are now considered “vintage,” as reported by MacRumors. So, if you own a first-generation HomePod — or multiple, like the person I sold my HomePod to in 2022 — it might sting to hear that Apple already considers … Read more
The best fitness trackers to buy right now
Photo illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get. Continue reading…
DOJ’s US Marshals Service Chooses Coinbase to Custody Crypto Assets
The U.S. Marshals Service has selected Coinbase Prime to take custody of and transact its crypto assets, following a request for proposals.
How to Write Text Prompts for AI Image Generators to Get Optimal Results with Ease
Have you ever found yourself staring at an image spotted somewhere on the internet and wondering whether it results from human or artificial creative labor? Since the breakthrough in image generation technology, I’ve been captivated by interior designs, nature scenery, fashion photographs, and futuristic cityscapes made with AI that look like professional artwork. As someone … Read more
Fintech company Wise says some customers affected by Evolve Bank data breach
The news highlights that the fallout from the Evolve data breach on third-party companies — and their customers and users — is still unclear. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Instagram’s ‘Made with AI’ label swapped out for ‘AI info’ after photographers’ complaints
Image: Meta On Monday, Meta announced that it is “updating the ‘Made with AI’ label to ‘AI info’ across our apps, which people can click for more information,” after people complained that their pictures had the tag applied incorrectly. Former White House photographer Pete Souza pointed out the tag popping up on an upload of … Read more
Why is Ether (ETH) price up today?
Etheruem price is up today as investors anticipate an eventual spot ETH ETF launch and the amount of Ether held at centralized exchanges declines.
PLYR Gaming Blockchain Officially Launches
SINGAPORE, Singapore, July 1st, 2024/Chainwire/–The PLYR Gaming Blockchain mainnet is set to launch as an Avalanche Subnet today on July 1st, 2024. This significant milestone marks the beginning of a new era in crypto gaming, aimed at creating a seamless and interconnected gaming universe that spans multiple blockchains. What is PLYR Gaming Blockchain? PLYR Gaming … Read more
Circle becomes first licensed stablecoin issuer under MiCA
Circle’s USDC and EURC stablecoins become the first fully compliant digital fiat tokens under the Markets in Crypto-Assets rules.
Nubila Kickstarts Fundraising Round Led By IoTeX, VeChain And Other Leading Investors
SAN FRANCISCO, United States, July 1st, 2024/Chainwire/–Nubila,a leading data oracle specializing in accurate and actionable Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data for the Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) ecosystem, has kicked off its fundraising round. The on-going round is led by IoTeX and VeChain + Boston Consulting Group, with the participation from OrangeDAO, MH Ventures, … Read more
AI and the Future of Music
Since the dawn of humanity music has played a great rolle in our lives. Imagine the tribal gatherings around the fire singing and dancing to the drums. Fast forward to our modern age of going to concerts, music clubs or sharing playlists among each others. I once read that to our brains, listening to music … Read more
Circle Secures EU Stablecoin License as MiCA Crypto Regulations Take Effect
As Europe’s MiCA crypto framework comes into play, USDC issuer Circle has secured the EU’s first stablecoin license.