Month: August 2024
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Rocket Lab’s sunny outlook bodes well for future constellation plans
Rocket Lab surpassed $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time, a 71% increase from the same quarter of last year. This is just one of several shiny accomplishments executives showed off to investors on Thursday — and a good omen for the space company’s medium-term ambitious plans. Executives continued to tease plans for … Read more
Debate rages over Bitcoin power law as critics label it a ‘magic trick’
The Bitcoin power law has come under intense debate, with critics on one side and fierce advocates on the other.
AI Firm Synthesia Unveils Digital Video Avatars—Here’s How They Work
Personal Avatars can be created to streamline video creation, or just for fun—with guardrails to prevent abuse. Here’s our take.
Cisco achieves 50% latency improvement using Amazon SageMaker Inference faster autoscaling feature
This post is co-authored with Travis Mehlinger and Karthik Raghunathan from Cisco. Webex by Cisco is a leading provider of cloud-based collaboration solutions which includes video meetings, calling, messaging, events, polling, asynchronous video and customer experience solutions like contact center and purpose-built collaboration devices. Webex’s focus on delivering inclusive collaboration experiences fuels our innovation, which … Read more
How Cisco accelerated the use of generative AI with Amazon SageMaker Inference
This post is co-authored with Travis Mehlinger and Karthik Raghunathan from Cisco. Webex by Cisco is a leading provider of cloud-based collaboration solutions, including video meetings, calling, messaging, events, polling, asynchronous video, and customer experience solutions like contact center and purpose-built collaboration devices. Webex’s focus on delivering inclusive collaboration experiences fuels their innovation, which uses … Read more
Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ re-release that’s packed with upgrades
Image: Bethesda If you haven’t played Doom or Doom II for a while — or ever — a new re-release that Bethesda surprise-dropped (sorta) on Thursday might be the perfect excuse to jump in to the classic games. The re-release, which combines both games into one package called Doom + Doom II and is a … Read more
Chinese boomers joining crypto tapper cults, WazirX fallout worsens: Asia Express
China’s elderly are joining crypto tapper cults, WazirX faces fraud probe and asset freeze, Do Kwon’s flight home delayed again: Asia Express
‘Dark Skippy’ method can steal Bitcoin hardware wallet keys
Malicious firmware can embed secret data into a public Bitcoin transaction, which the attacker can then use to extract a person’s seed words.
Microsoft and Palantir to Upgrade AI in Defense and National Security
The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant will tap the big-data firm’s expertise to help government agencies push AI “beyond chat.”
CloudPay, a payroll services provider, lands $120M in new funding
In 1996, two companies, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, formed a venture called CloudPay to provide payroll and payments services to enterprise clients. CloudPay grew quietly over the next several decades, adding workflow automation features to maintain pace with upstart rivals. It’s still growing, CFO Andy Thomson assures TechCrunch. Thomson claims that CloudPay is handling … Read more
Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms
The vulnerabilities allowed one security researcher to peek inside the leak sites without having to log in. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Franklin Templeton’s Blockchain Fund Launches on Ethereum Layer-2 Arbitrum
The money-market fund is launching on the Ethereum scaling network as interest in tokenized funds surges.
Turkey blocks Roblox
Illustration: The Verge The Turkish government has blocked access to Roblox following a government investigation that found content that could lead to child exploitation. “According to our Constitution, our State is obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure the protection of our children,” Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç says in a machine-translated post on X. … Read more
Now anybody with a Substack account can publish content
Illustration by The Verge Anybody with a Substack account can now publish posts on Substack’s web and mobile app, the company announced on Thursday, turning the newsletter platform into even more of a social network. (Currently, users publishing posts on their profile from mobile can only do so via the Substack iOS app, though support … Read more
ChatGPT now lets free users generate up to two images per day made by DALL-E 3
Image: The Verge OpenAI is going to let users of ChatGPT’s free tier make up to two images per day with its DALL-E 3 model, the company announced on Thursday. When the company launched DALL-E 3 in September, it was available first to users who paid for ChatGPT Plus. One of DALL-E 3’s key improvements … Read more
Bitcoin Miner With Celsius Assets Delays IPO After Losing CEO and Auditor
Ionic Digital’s CEO Matt Prusak will step down this month, recently appointed CFO John Penver will take the helm in the interim.
Industry execs discussed crypto policy with White House officials: Report
Representatives from Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple and Circle reportedly attended a video call with US policymakers to discuss their approach to crypto regulation.
Careers in Crypto: 5 Insights for 2024
In an overwhelming job market, leaning into personal networks and connections are more important than ever. Emily Landon, CEO of The Crypto Recruiters, outlines what is happening in the crypto job market and how you can position yourself or your company in 2024.
Ethereum Can’t Keep Up With Bitcoin Or Solana: What’s Going On?
“Ethereum investors are less loyal than Bitcoin investors” and seek different things, one expert tells Decrypt.
OpenAI claims GPT-4o poses ‘medium risk’ of political persuasion
On the bright side, the company says there’s little risk it’ll become sentient and begin updating itself.