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Month: September 2024
USDT on TON chain surpasses $1 billion: Token Terminal
Tether’s stablecoin continues to dominate rivals, including Circe’s U.S. Dollar Coin (USDC).
Mistral launches a free tier for developers to test its AI models
Mistral AI launched a new free tier to let developers fine tune and build test apps with the startup’s AI models, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. The startup also slashed prices for developers to access its AI models through API endpoints, and added image processing to its free consumer AI chatbot, Le … Read more
Bitcoinized Fossil Fuel
Bitcoinized Fossil Fuels do not pollute the world in the same way as Petro-dollar fossil fuels. The later are worse.
How OpenAI Is Changing the World
A $150 billion valuation for OpenAI might seem like a heady figure, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to OpenAI’s impact. The uptake of GenAI will increase global gross domestic product (GDP) by 7%, or nearly $7 trillion, according to Goldman Sachs. And let’s get real: OpenAI has unleashed this economic engine. OpenAI is … Read more
Netflix’s next animated Witcher movie streams in February
Image: Netflix We’re still waiting on the biggest news in the Witcher universe — just what Liam Hemsworth will sound like as Geralt — but in the meantime, Netflix has announced when fans can expect the next animated spinoff. The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep will start streaming on February 11th, 2025. And Doug Cockle, … Read more
Ursa Major nabs $12.5M from U.S. Navy, DoD for 3D printed rocket motors
Ursa Major, a startup that produces rocket motors through 3D printing, received a $12.5 million grant to develop new solid fuel rocket engines © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Forget Meme Coins, Crypto Utility Is Already Here
Memecoin mania has many wondering if crypto will stop the nonsense and deliver real use-cases, but crypto utility is already here if we simply look, says David Zimmerman, a research analyst at K33 Research.
Brian Armstrong, ETF Experts Shoot Down ‘Paper Bitcoin’ Rumors
Rumors alleging Coinbase (COIN) of issuing bitcoin IOUs to BlackRock were quickly shut down by industry experts as well as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on Monday.
Key Opinion Leaders Are Bad for the Crypto Industry
That’s why my new project isn’t paying them. (And who is Professor Crypto, anyway?)
Trump and Harris Ethereum Tokens Will Power Wintermute Election Prediction Market
Wintermute’s decentralized prediction market will utilize TRUMP and HARRIS tokens, offering an alternative to Polymarket.
Dragonfly Capital eyes $500M for fourth crypto fund
Dragonfly’s new crypto fund will target early-stage projects in the crypto space. Over 100 digital-asset startups are part of the firm’s portfolio.
FTX’s Accounting Firm Prager Metis to Pay SEC $1.95M to Settle Negligence Allegations
International accounting firm Prager Metis has agreed to pay $745,000 to settle misconduct allegations from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tied to its bungled audit of FTX before its collapse in November 2022.
Eufy’s new smart lock may Matter to Apple Home users
The Eufy Smart Lock E30 is a Matter-compatible smart lock with a fingerprint reader. It’s Eufy’s first lock to work with Apple Home. | Image: Eufy The latest smart lock from Eufy is its first product to support Matter. The Eufy Smart Lock E30 ($169.99) works over Thread, which should allow for faster responsiveness, longer … Read more
Restaking will spark the next big rush of money into crypto
Platforms including EigenLayer, Symbiotic and Karak are charting new territory on the frontier of restaking.
Will Ether’s Supply Crunch Lead to Higher Prices in Q4?
Ether’s price might be falling, but its liquid supply is shrinking. If demand picks up next quarter, we could see a supply crunch that pushes prices higher, says Lucas Schweiger, Digital Asset Research Manager at Sygnum Bank.
Snap’s extremely large Spectacles bring impressive AR to developers at $99 a month
The Spectacles 5 are designed specifically for developers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Snap’s new Spectacles inch closer to compelling AR
Photo by Nalani Hernandez-Melo for The Verge Will developers finally help Snap take AR glasses mainstream? Continue reading…
AWS shuts down DeepComposer, its MIDI keyboard for AI music
AWS’ weird AI-powered keyboard experiment, DeepComposer, is no more. In a blog post today, the company announced it’s shutting down the five-year-old DeepComposer, a physical MIDI piano and AWS service that let users compose songs with the help of generative AI. “After careful consideration, we have made the decision to end support for AWS DeepComposer,” … Read more
Snap’s new AI feature lets you create Snapchat Lenses by simply describing them
Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, is expanding its suite of AI tools for creators. At this year’s Snap Partner Summit in Santa Monica, Snap announced a new feature, Easy Lens, that translates plain-English descriptions into Lenses, Snap’s brand of augmented reality (AR) objects, 3D effects, characters, and transformations for photos and videos. Available in Snap’s developer … Read more
Snapchat launches video comments and tools for creators seeking brand deals
At Tuesday’s annual Snap Partner Summit, the Snapchat maker unveiled new tools for creators designed to bring its app more in line with its competitors, like TikTok and Instagram. The company also said it will make it easier for creators to connect with brands for sponsored deals and partnerships. Catching up to rivals, creators on … Read more
SC Ventures invests in One Trading for EU crypto perpetual futures
Standard Chartered’s venture capital arm gets a toehold in Europe with its investment in the EU’s only MiFID II-compliant crypto platform.
The first Thunderbolt 5 dock appears to have arrived
The Kensington SD5000T5. | Image: Kensington The first Thunderbolt 5 cables arrived in July, and now it looks like we’re finally getting the first Thunderbolt 5 dock! Kensington has just announced the Intel-certified SD5000T5 EQ is now available to buy, seemingly beating every rival to the 120Gbps single-cable docking punch. (I just checked: Hyper, J5Create … Read more
Snapchat’s AI selfie feature puts your face in personalized ads — here’s how to turn it off
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’ve tried out Snapchat’s AI-generated selfies, you might want to double-check a setting that lets Snap use your face in “personalized sponsored content and ads,” as spotted by 404 Media. The feature, called My Selfie, lets you and your friends create AI-generated images of yourself based on … Read more
Build RAG-based generative AI applications in AWS using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP with Amazon Bedrock
The post is co-written with Michael Shaul and Sasha Korman from NetApp. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications are commonly built using a technique called Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) that provides foundation models (FMs) access to additional data they didn’t have during training. This data is used to enrich the generative AI prompt to deliver more … Read more