Month: August 2024

You can now read Kindle books on a Peloton

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Who among you is going to run and actually read at the same time? Please, tell me who you are. | Image: Amazon If you’ve ever thought, “Man, I wish I could read while sweating on the Peloton,” then good news. You can now access your Kindle library straight from the Peloton Bike, Bike Plus, … Read more

What to Expect From Bitcoin in the Next Few Months

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Ah, predictions. Who doesn’t love a good guess made in public? The problem with predictions is that when you’re right, it’s a coincidence, and when you’re wrong, people make fun of you. I don’t dabble in predictions. That said, we can set some realistic expectations, can’t we? The months ahead From an on-chain perspective, the … Read more

Migrate Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler flows to Amazon SageMaker Canvas for faster data preparation

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Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler provides a visual interface to streamline and accelerate data preparation for machine learning (ML), which is often the most time-consuming and tedious task in ML projects. Amazon SageMaker Canvas is a low-code no-code visual interface to build and deploy ML models without the need to write code. Based on customers’ feedback, … Read more

FOMO HOUR 182 – STABLECOIN CAP NEARS ATH

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Crypto falls as soon as US stock futures open higher. Crypto funds saw $30m inflows last week. Stablecoin market cap nears ATH. US may increase crypto reporting standards. Justin Sun hints at lift to China crypto ban. Tether to launch USDT on Aptos. MATIC to POL migration on September 4th. TON leads L1s on continued … Read more

Fintech shutdowns, Klarna’s move into banking and which companies are hiring

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Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the respective demise of Tally and Score, plus examining Klarna’s latest business move. We also have a list of fintech companies that are looking to add headcount. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at … Read more

Authors sue Anthropic for training AI using pirated books

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Image: The Verge A group of authors has sued Anthropic, accusing it of training its models on pirated books, as reported by Reuters. The proposed class action lawsuit was filed in a California court on Monday and alleges Anthropic “built a multibillion-dollar business by stealing hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books.” In the lawsuit, the … Read more

Microsoft’s new Xbox Game Pass Standard tier is now available to test for $1

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Image: Microsoft Microsoft is starting to test its new Xbox Game Pass Standard tier with Xbox Insiders today. The new Game Pass Standard subscription includes the usual Game Pass library for Xbox but with online console multiplayer, too. Crucially, it doesn’t include immediate access to day-one game releases, though. During the test period, Xbox Insiders … Read more

You Should Give That Talk or Write That Blog

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At least once a month, someone in a 1:1 or a mentoring session will ask me why I write these articles or give talks at conferences and want to know how they could get started themselves. It can be daunting if you’ve never published something with your name attached or spoken in front of a … Read more