Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday that users who have connected their accounts to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, can now see who follows them and likes their posts from other fediverse servers, such as Mastodon and Pixelfed. The company said users will now have up to 15 minutes to make … Read more
The price of Bitcoin was dented Tuesday as Iran rained missiles on Israel. Will it hold up amid fears of all-out war?
Over the last 18 months, AWS has announced more than twice as many machine learning (ML) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) features into general availability than the other major cloud providers combined. This accelerated innovation is enabling organizations of all sizes, from disruptive AI startups like Hugging Face, AI21 Labs, and Articul8 AI to industry … Read more
Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Tesla and CEO Elon Musk scored another win Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders over the safety and effectiveness of the company’s driver-assist technology. US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin said that plaintiffs failed to prove that Musk acted with … Read more
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Amazon’s ultra-affordable streaming sticks are great for enjoying Spooktober playlists. | Image: Amazon We’ve officially turned the calendar to October, meaning spooky season is in full effect. That also means we’re a week away from Prime Big Deal Days, which starts on October 8th. There were already plenty of early Prime Day deals to consider, … Read more
Drumrolls 🥁 🥁 🥁 please…… HackerNoon’s annual Startups ✨ of The Year (SOTY) 2024 has officially COMMENCED 🎉 🎊 ✨ Nominations (how to here) and voting 🗳️ for the best companies are NOW open! It’s time to spotlight & celebrate Tech’s Rising Stars. This is your chance to help us recognize and celebrate the most … Read more
Australian pension funds can expect a pitch soon for saving money on fees with a stablecoin.
Durk Kingma, one of the lesser-known co-founders of OpenAI, today announced that he’ll be joining Anthropic. In a series of posts on X, Kingma revealed that he’ll be working mostly remotely, from the Netherlands (where he’s based), but didn’t say which Anthropic org he’ll be joining — or leading. Reached for comment, an Anthropic spokesperson … Read more
At Amazon and AWS, we are always finding innovative ways to build inclusive technology. With voice assistants like Amazon Alexa, we are enabling more people to ask questions and get answers on the spot without having to type. Whether you’re a person with a motor disability, juggling multiple tasks, or simply away from your computer, … Read more
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Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is more explicitly telling content creators, businesses, and other users how they should be posting to the platform via a new feature called “best practices.” The best practices hub is available for professional accounts on Instagram and is accessible through the professional dashboard. The feature is marketed as … Read more
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Amsterdam-based Brineworks, a company specializing in seawater electrolysis technology, says its innovative method is expected to cost under $100 per ton of CO2 at scale. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Image: Bose Bose has announced a new addition to its long-running SoundLink line of wireless speakers. Most of Bose’s speakers have a colorful and durable design that shrugs off sand and water during an afternoon at the beach, but the new $219 SoundLink Home uses materials like anodized aluminum and a fabric speaker cover for … Read more
It’s been a tumultuous week for OpenAI, full of executive departures and major fundraising developments, but the startup is back at it, trying to convince developers to build tools with its AI models at its 2024 DevDay. The company announced several new tools Tuesday, including a public beta of its “Realtime API”, for building apps … Read more
Blockchain technology has long promised the creation of an independent financial ecosystem—one that operates free from the control of traditional finance institutions that have continually benefited from their extortion. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum emerged as decentralized alternatives to fiat, with the goal of democratizing finance and empowering individual sovereignty. Central to this mission is … Read more
The new capability, rolling out Tuesday, will help advertisers who want to enhance their Pinterest Product Pins (ads) and attract more clicks, according to Pinterest. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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