Whale Casino Launches “Lootboxes”: The First Casino To Introduce This Reward Feature

WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao, January 31st, 2025/Chainwire/–Whale Casino has announced the launch of “Lootboxes,” its latest feature designed to incorporate elements of video game mechanics into the casino experience. With “Lootboxes,” players can purchase boxes, each guaranteed to contain a prize, ranging from in-game credits to exclusive items, all while contributing to the $WHALE token ecosystem Unpacking … Read more

Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI’s impacts

Microsoft says that it’s creating a new unit, the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), within its Microsoft AI business division that will help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI the company hopes to build. Microsoft AI, which encompasses Microsoft’s Copilot, Bing, and Edge products, is becoming core to Microsoft’s growth strategy … Read more

MultiVersus’ next season will be its last

MultiVersus will go offline at the end of its next season, Warner Bros. Games announced on Friday. The free-to-play brawler’s fifth and final season starts on February 4th and runs through May 30th, 2025, after which you’ll only be able to play against AI opponents or through local co-op. It will also no longer be … Read more

Custom feed builder Graze is building a business on Bluesky, and investors are paying attention

A startup called Graze, which lets you build your own feeds for the Bluesky social network, has caught investors’ attention. In addition to offering tools to easily build, customize, publish, and manage Bluesky feeds, Graze will soon allow feed creators to monetize their efforts with advertising, sponsored posts, and subscriptions. In other words, Graze has … Read more

How Travelers Insurance classified emails with Amazon Bedrock and prompt engineering

This is a guest blog post co-written with Jordan Knight, Sara Reynolds, George Lee from Travelers. Foundation models (FMs) are used in many ways and perform well on tasks including text generation, text summarization, and question answering. Increasingly, FMs are completing tasks that were previously solved by supervised learning, which is a subset of machine … Read more

WhatsApp disrupts spyware campaign targeting journalists

WhatsApp says it disrupted a spyware campaign last month that targeted journalists and civil society members, according to reports from The Guardian and Reuters. The campaign originated from an Israeli spyware company called Paragon Solutions and impacted around 90 users. WhatsApp told The Guardian that it has reached out to affected users, saying it had … Read more

Accelerate digital pathology slide annotation workflows on AWS using H-optimus-0

Digital pathology is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, playing a critical role in healthcare delivery and pharmaceutical research and development. Pathology traditionally relies heavily on pathologist expertise and experience to conduct meticulous examination of tissue samples to identify abnormalities. However, the increasing complexity and volume of cases necessitate advanced tools to assist … Read more

Google’s latest Nest Learning Thermostat is down to one of its best prices to date

Google’s fourth-gen thermostat can learn your habits and preferences over time. If you’re tired of watching your heating bill soar every month, now is a good time to invest in Google’s latest Nest Learning Thermostat. Normally $279.99, right now Amazon, Best Buy, and Google are selling the smart thermostat in all three color options for … Read more