Month: March 2025

Ham vs Spam: How to Identify and Classify Spam E-mail

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Abstract Email is a vital tool for communication in today’s world; however, spam emails have emerged as a major challenge. These unsolicited messages from unknown sources often fill inboxes, disrupting communication and productivity. This paper investigates the use of various machine learning techniques to classify emails as either “spam” or “ham” (non-spam). Classification models such … Read more

Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms

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Investor interest in AI coding assistants is exploding. Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, is in talks with venture capitalists to raise capital at a valuation of nearly $10 billion, Bloomberg reported. The round, if it transpires, would come about three months after Anysphere completed its previous fundraise of $100 million at a … Read more

Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Gemini Confidentially Filed for a U.S IPO: Bloomberg

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Crypto exchange and custodian Gemini has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The firm, founded by billionaire Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is working with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, the report said, noting that no final decision has been made on the listing. The potential IPO … Read more

A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content

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Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word “Luigi” as potentially violent — even when the content isn’t. Earlier this week, a moderator from r/popculture saw Reddit’s AutoModerator system flag a post about the video game Luigi’s Mansion 3 because it included the word “Luigi,” giving them instructions to “check for violence.” A Reddit spokesperson, … Read more

Inside the high-wire business of MrBeast

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The biggest YouTuber in the world is looking beyond videos to build a multibillion-dollar empire.  For the last several months, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, has been talking with investors about raising $200 million in a funding round that would value his holding company, Beast Industries, at more than $5 billion. An investor pitch deck I’ve … Read more

OCC Says Banks Can Engage in Crypto Custody and Certain Stablecoin Activities

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Federally regulated banks can engage in a range of cryptocurrency activities without prior approval, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said, in a new interpretive letter and statement. In a new interpretive letter, the OCC clarified that national banks and federal savings associations can legally provide crypto custody, conduct certain stablecoin-related activities, … Read more

Apple dodges a second Apple Watch ban

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This means the watch’s EKG features won’t face the same issues as its blood oxygen sensor. AliveCor has suffered another setback in its long-running patent case against Apple. Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a decision that the medical device maker’s EKG patents are not actually patentable. As a … Read more

Volkswagen is bringing back physical buttons

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The interior of the recently revealed Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 seems spartan but still has buttons. | Image: VW Volkswagen is planning a return to physical buttons in its future vehicles over haptic sliders and touchscreen toggles for vital functions such as climate controls. The automaker’s design head Andreas Mindt told Autocar that the company “will … Read more