Month: August 2024
Rivian lost $1.46 billion in Q2 as it drives towards a VW-linked future
Rivian’s financial losses have crept up as it pushed out the last of its first-generation R1 trucks and SUVs in favor of newer, more cost efficient versions — a sign of just how much the company could use the $5 billion that could come its way as part of a recently announced deal with Volkswagen … Read more
Crypto Market Hits ‘Extreme Fear’, Surpassing FTX Collapse Lows
The popular metric of market sentiment for Bitcoin and other large cryptocurrencies has plunged.
Bitcoin Startup Lab Launches Largest Bitcoin Hackathon In History
AUSTIN, USA, August 6th, 2024/Chainwire/–Bitcoin Startup Lab has initiated the Bitcoin Olympics along with other Bitcoin industry leaders, the largest online Bitcoin hackathon to date. Running from August 1st to 27th, the event will culminate in an award ceremony at BTCON on September 4th, celebrating the achievements of participants and the collaborative efforts of Bitcoin … Read more
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Amazon Music’s new ‘Topics’ feature uses AI to recommend podcast episodes
Illustration: The Verge Amazon Music on Tuesday introduced Topics, a new AI-powered feature that should let you easily discover other related podcasts based on topics discussed in a particular episode. After analyzing podcast transcriptions and descriptions to identify key topics, AI, with the aid of human reviewers, generates a Topics tag button. Located beneath each … Read more
Google Assistant lives to automate another day
With new Pixel devices just over the horizon, Assistant’s days on Android may still be numbered. For the time being, however, it still has a place on the home. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Nearly every token Binance listed in 2024 is now bleeding red — Coin98
Part of the problem is the airdrop model for token distributions, which has grown in popularity in recent years.
A new Bill Gates-backed project wants to make carbon removal more legit
A small-scale model of a carbon removal facility during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Occidental Petroleum and 1PointFive Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Ector County, Texas, on April 28th, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images Companies are increasingly turning to newfangled ways to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as a way to hit … Read more
Semler Scientific Studied MicroStrategy’s Success Before Adopting Bitcoin Strategy
It was more than two years before Bitcoin’s birth when Dr. Herbert Semler, who served as a flight surgeon in the Korean War before leading cardiology at a Portland hospital, co-founded Semler Scientific in 2007.Seventeen years later, the medical device manufacturer has converted much of its cash holdings to bitcoin and aims to buy a … Read more
Bitcoin Skeptic Peter Schiff Accidentally Makes a Pro-Bitcoin Argument
While criticizing Bitcoin ETFs, Schiff perfectly captured Bitcoin’s investment thesis in a single tweet.
Amazon upgrades its AI image generator
Amazon has released an upgraded version of its in-house image-generating model, Titan Image Generator, for AWS customers using its Bedrock generative AI platform. Simply called Titan Image Generator v2, the new model brings with it several new capabilities, AWS principal developer advocate Channy Yun explains in a blog post. Users can “guide” the images they … Read more
How mobile technology can drive mass Web3 adoption
According to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA), 49% of individuals globally access the internet from smartphones.
CoinShares revenue surges 110% in Q2, driven by FTX claim sale
CoinShares revenue for the second quarter of 2024 rose to nearly $28.5 million. FTX bankruptcy proceedings generated a return of 116% in the quarter.
Trump Meme Coin DJT Falls to Nearly Zero as Dev-Linked Wallet ‘Rugs’
Weeks after controversy over whether Donald Trump had any connection to DJT, the meme coin’s price crashed Tuesday after a huge sale.
Convergence congratulates attacker, attempts to open negotiations
The Convergence team posted a message to the Ethereum network, stating it believes the attacker ‘acted as a white hat.’
Build custom generative AI applications powered by Amazon Bedrock
With last month’s blog, I started a series of posts that highlight the key factors that are driving customers to choose Amazon Bedrock. I explored how Bedrock enables customers to build a secure, compliant foundation for generative AI applications. Now I’d like to turn to a slightly more technical, but equally important differentiator for Bedrock—the … Read more
Mitigating Bias in AI Models
:::info Authors: (1) Wenxuan Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (2) Haonan Bai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (3) Jen-tse Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (4) Yuxuan Wan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (5) Youliang Yuan, The Chinese … Read more
Razer’s Basilisk V3 Pro, one of our favorite gaming mice, is $30 off
Razer’s wireless V3 Pro packs a 30K DPI sensor, 11 programmable inputs, and all the lighting effects you could want. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Logitech’s new G309 might be one of the most versatile gaming mice in existence, but before that, there was our No. 1 pick for the best … Read more
Garmin adds watchfaces and more apps to its app store
More watchfaces, Garmin Pay, and GoPro are now in the Garmin Connect IQ store. | Image: Garmin Garmin doesn’t have the best third-party app store, but it’s at least getting a bit better starting today. You’ll now be able to make purchases in the Connect IQ store using Garmin Pay, plus there’s a handful of … Read more
Bitcoin traders regain optimism as BTC price aims to reclaim $57K
Traders say Bitcoin presents the “best buying opportunity” after BTC price rebounds toward the $57,000 level.
FOMO HOUR 173 – ARE WE BACK?
BTC & ETH ETFs see huge $6bn of trading volume. ‘Real number’ of liquidations estimated at $7-9bn. 274k traders liquidated on move. 60% of top 50 coins now red for 2024. Trump says US should not sell crypto holdings. Bitcoin not as good a hedge as gold: Cramer. Ark buys $18m Coinbase stock in drop. … Read more
Tim Walz Meme Coins Jump, Then Crash After Kamala Harris VP Pick
Meme coins skyrocketed as reports began to circulate that Tim Walz would be Kamala Harris’ running mate. The buzz didn’t last.