Month: August 2024
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The Noonification: AI the Quest for Superintelligence (8/15/2024)
How are you, hacker? đȘWhat’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. ## Confidence: Itâs Not a Gift, Itâs a Skill By @benoitmalige [ 9 Min read … Read more
How Artistry Sets Ethereum Card Game ‘The Lost Glitches’ Apart as Open Beta Hits Epic Store
With an artistic vision and vibrant allure, The Lost Glitches aims to keep players hooked as the open beta launches via the Epic Games Store.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches this fall
Image: BioWare BioWare is announcing the release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard and sharing a new trailer to commemorate the occasion. Players will be able to return to Thedas â the name of the gameâs world that is simultaneously a clever acronym for The Dragon Age Setting â on October 31st, more than 10 … Read more
Rivianâs new fold-and-stow electric kitchen lets you cook atop your tailgate
Image: Rivian Rivian is selling a travel kitchen accessory for the first time. This is not the comprehensive campsite device it advertised years ago (but never released) that slid out the side of the companyâs electric R1T trucks. Instead, this new one is compact and lightweight, designed to sit on a vehicleâs tailgate. Simply called … Read more
The Systemic Impact of Deplatforming on Social Media: Acknowledgements, Data, and References
:::info Authors: (1) Amin Mekacher, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK) and this author contributed equally; (2) Max Falkenberg, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK), this author contributed equally, and Corresponding authors: max.falkenberg@city.ac.uk; (3) Andrea Baronchelli, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V … Read more
The Systemic Impact of Deplatforming on Social Media: Methods
:::info Authors: (1) Amin Mekacher, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK) and this author contributed equally; (2) Max Falkenberg, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK), this author contributed equally, and Corresponding authors: max.falkenberg@city.ac.uk; (3) Andrea Baronchelli, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V … Read more
Stablecoin Regulations Could Pose Problems for Tether, JPMorgan Says
Stablecoin issuer Tether has attracted regulatory scrutiny in the past due to its lack of transparency about the composition of its reserves, the report said.
The Systemic Impact of Deplatforming on Social Media: Discussion & Conclusion
:::info Authors: (1) Amin Mekacher, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK) and this author contributed equally; (2) Max Falkenberg, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK), this author contributed equally, and Corresponding authors: max.falkenberg@city.ac.uk; (3) Andrea Baronchelli, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V … Read more
The Systemic Impact of Deplatforming on Social Media: Results
:::info Authors: (1) Amin Mekacher, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK) and this author contributed equally; (2) Max Falkenberg, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK), this author contributed equally, and Corresponding authors: max.falkenberg@city.ac.uk; (3) Andrea Baronchelli, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V … Read more
The Systemic Impact of Deplatforming on Social Media: Abstract and Introduction
:::info Authors: (1) Amin Mekacher, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK) and this author contributed equally; (2) Max Falkenberg, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK), this author contributed equally, and Corresponding authors: max.falkenberg@city.ac.uk; (3) Andrea Baronchelli, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V … Read more
Delight your customers with great conversational experiences via QnABot, a generative AI chatbot
QnABot on AWS (an AWS Solution) now provides access to Amazon Bedrock foundational models (FMs) and Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed end-to-end Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) workflow. You can now provide contextual information from your private data sources that can be used to create rich, contextual, conversational experiences. The advent of generative … Read more
Solana ETFs will not see significant demand â Sygnum research head
Low uptake of Grayscaleâs Solana fund is an early indicator, she said.
Announcing judges for the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
The Startup Battlefield is one of the highlights of Disrupt, and we canât wait to see which of the thousands of applicants will be selected to pitch to panels of top-tier VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place on October 28â30 in San Francisco. Itâs always epic, and every contender is on the road to making a … Read more
âNo matter how bad it gets, thereâs a lot going on with NFTsâ: 24 Hours of Art, NFT Creator
âThereâs a sense of inevitabilityâ that NFTs are the start of a renaissance in digital art says 24 Hours of Artâs RD: NFT Collector.
Groyper war, dark elves, bugmen: how the GOP ticket is reviving far-right beef
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Antisemitic streamer, Holocaust denier, Charlottesville rally attendee, and January 6th instigator Nick Fuentes disavowed Donald Trumpâs presidential campaign last week, claiming the America First movement had been âhijackedâ by âconsultants, lobbyists, & donors.â The news that Fuentes had declared a âgroyper warâ on his preferred presidential candidate has sparked … Read more
The HoverAir X1Â selfie drone is getting big resolution upgrades in two new versions
Zero Zero Robotics hasnât yet revealed pricing or a ship date for the HoverAir X1 Pro and X1 Pro Max selfie drones. | Image: Zero Zero Robotics One of the shortcomings of the recently reviewed HoverAir X1 selfie drone was that its camera could only capture video at 2.7K/30fps resolutions. Zero Zero Robotics will soon … Read more
Avoid Getting Caught in a Honeypot Trap When Scraping the Web
Has your web scraper just been blocked, but you donât know why? The cause might be a honeypot! Thatâs nothing more than a trap intentionally left on the site to spot the automated nature of your script. Follow us on our guided journey into the insidious world of honeypot-scraping traps. Weâll unravel the intricacies of … Read more
From Real Estate to Ruby: My Journey of Reinvention and Discovery
While writing this post, I was thinking about where to start mentioning Ruby. It was hard to figure out because, not long ago, I didnât even know what Ruby or JavaScript were. I didnât even know what I should be doing with my life next. Yes, I was quite depressed at that time, but to … Read more
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Linktree acquires social media scheduler tool Plann
Link-in-bio platform Linktree announced Thursday that it has acquired social media scheduling tool Plann for an undisclosed amount. While Sydney, Australia-headquartered Plann will continue to operate as usual for now, Linktree is set to integrate its social scheduling tool into its platform in the coming months. This means that users will soon have access to … Read more
Bridgit Mendler will talk about building the data highway between Earth and space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Earlier this year, Bridgit Mendler surprised her fans when she announced that she was heading a new space data startup called Northwood Space. With Northwood, the former Disney star and singer is taking aim at an overlooked but critical part of space infrastructure: ground stations. Sheâs coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on October 28-30 in … Read more