kamal Every Gliimly application is built as both an application server and a command-line program. You can use both, depending on what’s the nature of your application. Some programs are meant to be used in scripts, or executed directly from the command line. Others need to stay in memory and execute user requests as servers. The … Read more
The UK Treasury has amended finance laws to clarify that crypto staking isn’t a collective investment scheme, which a lawyer says is “heavily regulated.”
Hippocratic AI, a startup building AI solutions that can handle non-diagnostic patient-facing tasks, secured a massive $141 million Series B at a valuation of $1.64 billion led by Kleiner Perkins, the company announced Thursday. The funding comes nine months after Hippocratic AI raised a $53 million round from General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz and five … Read more
The registered crypto trading firm allegedly stole “hundreds of millions of baht” from electricity providers, coming out to at least $2.88 million.
This is the alert that inadvertently went out to everyone in LA County. | Image: The Verge After two days of dealing with wildfires that have burned thousands of acres, residents across Los Angeles County received a wildfire evacuation alert on Thursday afternoon that was a mistake. Shortly after, officials sent a follow-up alert saying … Read more
Nvidia unveiled a prototype AI avatar at CES 2025 that lives on your PC’s desktop. The AI assistant, R2X, looks like a video game character, and it can help you navigate apps on your computer. The R2X avatar is rendered and animated using Nvidia’s AI models, and users can run the avatar on popular LLMs … Read more
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Image: Satechi Apple acknowledged issues with the reliability of the iPhone’s built-in alarm feature last April after a report by NBC’s Today morning show and said it was working on a fix, but some people are still having trouble. Android Authority points out this Reddit post by bryanlolwut in the r/iPhone subreddit from Wednesday with … Read more
ICON Technologies Inc., which builds homes using 3D printing, is laying off 114 people, according to a WARN letter filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the news to TechCrunch, providing a statement that ICON had “recently made a difficult decision to re-align” its team and team size “to focus … Read more
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CES 2025 has been a mixed bag for humanoid robots. The form factor had a watershed moment, as images of the top players flanked NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang during his Monday keynote. Of these, Agility’s Digit also showed up alongside a miniature conveyer belt at a closed access NVIDIA booth. It was a nice return … Read more
Many of crypto’s top firms have eagerly lined up to fund parties and events surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Coinbase Inc. (COIN) is warning customers that a U.S. regulator is demanding information about interactions with prediction market firm Polymarket, according to a person familiar with the situation, and Coinbase has sent messages to customers saying the exchange may have to share that data. Copies of the emails shared with some customers have circulated on … Read more
For the first post of 2025, I’m continuing my retrospective series. As last year, before diving in into the report proper, I’d like to remind you that Ukraine is still fighting for its survival after nearly 3 years and countless Russian war crimes. The civilized world can’t allow rewarding the invasion of a sovereign country, … Read more
The AI image generator is rebuilding its core architecture while exploring new capabilities like real-time generation and video creation.
Hot dog and eagle, sold separately. | Image: Micro Micro — maker of those electric bubble cars found in some European cities — has a new Microlino especially for Americans. The all-electric Microlino Spider is dubbed the “anti-pickup truck” and is meant to be a golf cart replacement. No, not for use on fairways, but … Read more
Illustration: The Verge Google is partnering with The Linux Foundation to launch an initiative meant to “fund open development and enhance projects” in the Chromium ecosystem, according to an announcement on Thursday. The fund, called Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers, is billed as a “neutral” space to support Chromium projects. Google launched Chromium alongside its Chrome … Read more
No, the Hollywood sign isn’t actually on fire: It’s one of many AI deepfakes creating confusion around the Los Angeles wildfires.
Former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji was found dead from an apparent suicide in November, but his mother is calling foul play.
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