Month: August 2024
Meta is planning mixed reality glasses they’re calling ‘Puffin’ — Report
Meta is reportedly working on a new pair of mixed-reality glasses in a bid to upset the Apple Vision Pro’s dominance in the augmented-reality wearable market.
Polygon MATIC may be ‘brewing’ reversal amid sudden spike in onchain activity
On-chain activity for the Ethereum layer-2 network has picked up recently, but token prices remain at deep bear market levels.
Durex India spilled customers’ private order data
Durex India has exposed customers’ personal information, including full names, email and postal addresses, and order details. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Crypto CEO Stabbed Multiple Times During Trial Involving Alleged $826M Embezzlement
Lee, who was stabbed multiple times in the neck by a man described by local media as being in his 50s, was immediately taken to hospital.
TON Back Online After Second Outage
TON says its core developer team is looking into why the DOGS token continues to crash the chain.
DeFi network Radix team cuts 15% of staff, citing need to ‘refocus’
Piers Ridyard, the CEO of RDX Works said the cuts are part of a “more comprehensive set of changes that need to be made.”
AI crypto tokens wobble as Nvidia posts good but not good enough earnings
AI-related tokens slumped as Nvidia’s Q2 earnings beat Wall Street estimates but failed to impress investors.
Google lets AI depict people again after diversity-borked images in Feb
Google’s Gemini AI model is back to generating images of people again after pulling the function earlier this year when it produced inaccurately diverse historical images.
OpenAI in talks to raise funds at over $100B valuation: Report
Private documents show OpenAI stockholders are planning to sell shares at a price that would value the firm at $103 billion. Any new investment would see the AI startup valued even higher.
Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch
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Speed Is Slowing You Down: How to Outperform Everyone With Effortless Effort (and Overcome Laziness)
Laziness is the habit of letting life happen to you rather than shaping your reality. It’s living on autopilot without being mindful of your actions. Embrace boredom. It’s essential for clarity and creativity. You can only play the right game when you know what the right task is.
Crypto Markets Poised for Resurgence as Fed Signals Looming Rate Cuts: Analysts
Anticipated rate cuts are expected to inject fresh liquidity into financial markets, boosting risk assets, including crypto, analysts say.
LG’s new smart home hub has a built-in voice assistant
The ThinQ On is LGs new smart home hub. A smart speaker, it uses generative AI for conversational commands and control of connected devices. | Image: LG LG has announced the ThinQ ON, the company’s first dedicated smart home hub. The device, which was teased at CES earlier this year, will debut at the IFA … Read more
How to Send Detailed Slack Notifications from GitHub Actions?
Introduction GitHub Actions is a powerful tool that allows you to automate workflows directly from your GitHub repository. One common use case is sending notifications to a Slack channel whenever a certain event occurs, such as a successful or failed build. This blog post will walk you through the steps to set up Slack notifications … Read more
Is Decentralized AI Winning The War Against AI Data Silos?
In the age of AI, speed, accuracy, and efficiency are not tradeoffs. However, palpable concerns over data control and user privacy have continued to linger due to the increasing number of centralized AI platforms dominating the space. The problem, which the overbearing presence of these corporations has created, is data silos– (a pejorative term for … Read more
10-Day .Net Aspire Challenge: Day 1 – An Introduction to .Net Aspire
Step-by-step guide on how to use the .Net Aspire framework in Visual Studio. Introduction .Net Aspire framework is used to develop cloud and production-ready distributed applications. It consists of components to handle cloud-native concerns such as Redis, Postgres, etc. Prerequisites Install .Net 8 Install Visual Studio 2022 version 17 or higher .Net Aspire Workload Container runtime such … Read more
Google’s Gemini AI Gets ‘Gems’ and Built-In Image Maker
The newly released Imagen 3 image generator is part of the update, but safety guardrails are in place.
California State Assembly passes sweeping AI safety bill
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The California State Assembly has passed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047), Reuters reports. The bill is one of the first significant regulations of artificial intelligence in the US. The bill, which has been a flashpoint … Read more
Apple introduces AI-powered object removal in photos with the latest iOS update
Apple released the new developer betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 Sequoia. With this update, the company is launching new Apple Intelligence features, including the ability to remove objects from photos. The feature, called Clean Up, lets users identify and remove an object from the photo without affecting the picture. The system … Read more
NEA quietly reenters the secondaries market
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is getting back into the secondaries game. The Silicon Valley-based VC raised more than $468 million for NEA Secondary Opportunity Fund, according to an SEC filing. The fundraise closed on July 3, according to a source familiar with the matter, but hasn’t received much attention. The fund raised capital from more … Read more
HTML Image Uploader: A Useful Guide
In today’s digital landscape, images and file uploads are integral to both websites and mobile apps, whether for user-generated content or internal use. Online tools, social media platforms, and internal systems all require efficient file upload capabilities to function smoothly. For instance, image editing tools and social media sites rely on effective file uploader services … Read more