The rise of generative AI has been powered by Nvidia and its advanced GPUs. As demand far outstrips supply, the H100 has become highly sought after and extremely expensive, making Nvidia a trillion-dollar company for the first time. It’s also prompting customers, like Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Google to start working on their own … Read more
Intro Exciting news for those eyeing Latin America: On October 3, 2024, Uruguay, finally embraced cryptocurrency regulation. After years without any legal framework for cryptocurrencies, Uruguay has followed in the footsteps of its neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, by enacting Law No. 20.345. This new legislation fully legalizes cryptocurrency exchanges, requiring them and other crypto platforms … Read more
The tech industry’s reaction to AI model DeepSeek R1 has been wild. Pat Gelsinger, for instance, is elated and thinks it will make AI better for everyone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The Chinese startup that has stunned Silicon Valley with its language models now boasts superior image generation and understanding.
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Following years of litigation, a federal court has finally ruled it unconstitutional for the FBI to search communications of US citizens collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a ruling unsealed last week, US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall decided that these “backdoor” … Read more
Nvidia’s stock dropped 16% on Monday as DeepSeek’s low-cost AI model disrupted the U.S. tech sector, wiping out $1 trillion in a day.
SonicWall said the bug is “confirmed as being actively exploited in the wild” by malicious hackers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
There is a general lack of consensus about what consciousness [or if used interchangeably, sentience] is. But there is an agreement that AI is not conscious. However, assuming the total consciousness of an individual is 1, what fraction of that total is language? To assess consciousness in some conditions, doctors ask questions [language] or make … Read more
With his U.S. Senate confirmation behind him, Scott Bessent is in place to be the top financial official of President Donald Trump’s administration, where he’ll be among those fulfilling the crypto directives already set out by the president last week. Bessent, a billionaire former hedge fund manager, didn’t give the crypto sector much to chew … Read more
Anyone telling you that AI Agents will change the world soon is lying. I’m finding it funny watching everything come full circle (again) and back to business processes. I can’t wait to see AI influencers start using old BPM and organizational improvement acronyms. PPT — People, Process, and Technology n POLDAT— People, Organisation, Location, Data, Applications … Read more
Quartz, the international business news outlet, has been quietly aggregating reporting from other outlets, including TechCrunch, in order to publish AI-generated articles under the byline “Quartz Intelligence Newsroom.” Quartz started publishing simple AI-generated earnings reports months ago, but beginning last week, the outlet moved on to short articles. One of the 18 AI-generated articles published … Read more
SoFi’s approach will depend on regulatory clarity stemming from President Donald Trump’s administration, according to its CEO Anthony Noto.
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Amid a bloody start to the week in crypto markets, which saw liquidations near monthly highs as various major tokens dropped by double-digit percentages, the native token of Solana-based DEX aggregator Jupiter is defying the trend over a new buyback plan. Data from TradingView shows that JUP is up more than 34% against bitcoin over … Read more
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to turn off and disable Apple Intelligence from your devices. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
KuCoin founder Michael Gan revealed Monday he has relinquished all roles at the company as part of a settlement agreement.
Malicious “DeepSeek” tokens have surged in the past 24 hours, underscoring scammers’ mobility in reacting to current events.
Dogecoin fell hard on Monday, dropping below $0.31 as Bitcoin, Solana, and other coins echoed the stock market’s dive.
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, became the talk of the proverbial AI town when it released its R1 model on Friday. R1’s functionality and accuracy compared to its U.S. counterparts, despite using fewer resources and less compute power, seems like a win for the overall AI industry. But it isn’t necessarily good news for everyone. … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) managed a minor bounce of its worst levels of the day, but the bitcoin mining stocks were unable to reverse any of their plunge as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek threw into question ideas that the miners had value as data center plays. The largest cryptocurrency was recently trading at $101,500, up from earlier … Read more
The payments firm said with the addition of the two US states, it held more than 50 licenses across different jurisdictions.
Bitcoin’s sell-off to $97,777 was followed by a healthy response from dip buyers. Is a snap back to BTC’s range highs the next logical step?
Zug, Switzerland – 27 January Safe Ecosystem Foundation – Safe Ecosystem Foundation proudly unveils Safe Agentathon—the first-ever hackathon focused on DeFAI, which fuses the power of the decentralized financial ecosystem with AI-driven analytics and automation. Unlocking unprecedented onchain expressivity, DeFAI will empower the future of decentralized intelligence. Running from February 3-17, 2025, Safe’s Agentathon offers … Read more
Image: Sony Sony is upping the limited warranty on some InZone gaming monitors to three years and is tossing in OLED burn-in coverage for the 27-inch M10S. The company announced the additional coverage today after launching both the InZone M10S OLED and M9 II LED in September with only one-year limited warranties out of the … Read more
Dubai, UAE, January 27th, 2025/Chainwire/–Zoth has unveiled its Pre-Deposit Campaign, as a part of its launch of the world’s first restaking layer for Real-World Asset Finance (RWAFi) that is designed to bridge the stability and trust of TradFi with the scalability and innovation of DeFi. Zoth’s mission is to unlock the $2T tokenized fixed-income market … Read more
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple updated its AirPods firmware support page today with a more detailed step-by-step guide on how to upgrade the AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max with their latest firmware, according to MacRumors. While most Apple devices, like the iPhone or Apple Watch, can start updates in the … Read more
China is leading the AI race with the US because of its interesting setup. In this piece, I give my thoughts on why the USA shouldn’t waste this opportunity to focus on leading with Bitcoin. A difficult decision, but it pays off in terms of world unity where AI only pays off in smarter systems … Read more
TikTok is mostly back online after briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law that went into effect on January 19th. On January 20th, Donald Trump issued an executive order “instructing the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce the Act for a period of 75 days from today.” … Read more
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek might be getting the bulk of the tech industry’s attention this week. But one of its top domestic rivals, Alibaba, isn’t sitting idly by. Alibaba’s Qwen team on Monday released a new family of AI models, Qwen2.5-VL, that can perform a number of text and image analysis tasks. The models can … Read more