Month: August 2024
Elon Musk Renews Legal Battle Against OpenAI and Sam Altman, Alleging Fraud
After dropping his previous lawsuit in June, Elon Musk has stepped up his claims against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in his latest filing.
Streamlining AI Data Collection with Bright Data’s Scraping Browser
Bright Data infrastructure is championed around collecting only publicly available data, backed by an industry-leading know-your-customer (KYC) process and a transparent, acceptable use policy. Rated number one by customers on G2, Bright Data provides two scraping solutions, the Web Scraper API and the Scraping Browser, that simplify the data collection process. This guide covers the … Read more
Donald Trump says Google ‘has to be careful’ or it will be ‘shut down’
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Here at The Verge, we’ve been doing our best not to uncritically publish every random statement and half-cocked idea that comes out of former President Donald Trump’s mouth for several years now. He just says stuff, especially about tech, and most of it doesn’t come to anything. … Read more
41% of Polymarket Bettors Think Bitcoin Will Go Below $45,000 Before September
Polymarket traders are taking the market crash as an opportunity to place bets. So far, they results are looking extremely bearish.
Robinhood says its 24-hour trading ‘currently operating’
Introduced in May 2023, the Robinhood 24-hour market service allows customers to invest on their own schedule.
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Zelda’s big adventure gets a new trailer
Image: Nintendo When The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is released on September 26th, it will be the first Zelda game in decades with the titular princess as the hero. Nintendo has released a new trailer highlighting some of the new powers she’ll have and all the places she’ll get to use them. Princess … Read more
Flipkart blitzes into India’s 10-minute quick commerce battle
India’s fast-growing quick commerce market is getting a new deeply-pocketed entrant: Walmart-owned Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce firm. Flipkart has started to roll out Flipkart Minutes, its quick commerce service, in parts of Bengaluru. The new service offers customers the ability to have a wide-range of items, from grocery to smartphones, delivered to them within 10 … Read more
Bitcoin Dominance Hits 3-Year High Amid Market Turmoil
Bitcoin dominance has hit its current high water mark as crypto markets have been rocked by macroeconomic headwinds.
I Led Dozens of Meta System Design Interviews, Here’s The Right Way to Prep
When coordinating your interview at Meta (formerly Facebook), you’ll be asked whether you want to do a System Design Interview (“Pirate”) or a Product/API Design Interview (“Pirate X”). As a systems engineer myself, I chose the System Design Interview. Since you’re here, I’m guessing that’s your choice, too. After conducting system design interviews for dozens … Read more
Harris Likely to Pick Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro for Veep, Prediction Markets Say
Also: the Democrat gains on Trump but hasn’t closed the gap, unlike in polls; Polymarket punters trade on Olympic women’s boxing controversy; Fed will cut rates fast and hard in September, say bettors.
Meet Stellar: HackerNoon Company of the Week
Hey Hackers! Welcome back to another edition of HackerNoon’s Company of the Week! This series aims to give tech companies from our database the big bright spotlight they rightfully deserve. And this week, we have another great one in store. Everyone, meet Stellar: A decentralized public blockchain that helps developers set up various payment options. … Read more
38 startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here’s the full list
The list includes Elon Musk’s xAI, which is already valued at a staggering $24 billion, as well as a good number of other AI startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Booking CEO Glenn Fogel wants you to take out your travel frustrations on AI chatbots
Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo by Booking Holdings The head of online hotel and flight giant Booking on how competition, regulation, and AI are changing travel. Continue reading…
I Stopped Writing Code and You Can Too: 11 AI Code Gen Hints.
Hint 1: If you have a creative task such as code architecture, you want to use the so-called chain of thoughts. You add “Think step-by-step” to your prompt and enjoy a detailed analysis of the problem. Hint 2: Create a Project in Claude or a custom GPT and add a basic explanation of your code … Read more