Kevin O’Leary and Anthony Scaramucci discuss SBF, FTX and what’s next for crypto

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In a dimly purple-lit room with floor-to-ceiling windows (and a yacht outside) at the Benzinga Future of Crypto event, Kevin O’Leary, investor and founder of O’Leary Ventures, and Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, took to the stage for the “Opportunities and Threats Facing Crypto” panel to discuss what crypto’s future may … Read more

Improve scalability for Amazon Rekognition stateless APIs using multiple regions

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In previous blog post, we described an end-to-end identity verification solution in a single AWS Region. The solution uses the Amazon Rekognition APIs DetectFaces for face detection and CompareFaces for face comparison. We think of those APIs as stateless APIs because they don’t depend on an Amazon Rekognition face collection. They’re also idempotent, meaning repeated … Read more

Use your own training scripts and automatically select the best model using hyperparameter optimization in Amazon SageMaker

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The success of any machine learning (ML) pipeline depends not just on the quality of model used, but also the ability to train and iterate upon this model. One of the key ways to improve an ML model is by choosing better tunable parameters, known as hyperparameters. This is known as hyperparameter optimization (HPO). However, … Read more

VoiceOver on the iPhone was a miracle for people who can’t see, and it keeps getting better — learn how at Sight Tech Global

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Back in 2009, Apple’s Phil Schiller stood onstage and unveiled the iPhone 3GS with a brief and somewhat surprising aside: the buttonless, glass-fronted device would work even if you couldn’t see it. Schiller was referring to Apple’s not-yet-announced plan to bring VoiceOver, the assistive tool known as a “screen reader,” to the iPhone, a move … Read more

Thoma Bravo adds record $32B in new capital to fuel buyout funds

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There has been widespread speculation that investors are sitting on substantial amounts of money for investing in startups and for acquisitions, depending on the firm’s goals. Today, private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced that it has raised a record $32.4 billion to be spread across three separate buyout funds. The company is assigning $24.3 billion … Read more

How to watch The Game Awards 2022

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Geoff Keighley is once again hosting The Game Awards. | Photo by JC Olivera / Getty Images It’s almost time for gaming’s annual end-of-year awards and announcements extravaganza. The 2022 edition of The Game Awards takes place on Thursday, December 8th, and the opening act kicks off at 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT. While the … Read more

Google discovered North Korea exploiting an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability in October

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Google’s Threat Analysis Group discovered that an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability was used to lure victims using Microsoft Office documents referencing the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush tragedy. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A new blog post from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reveals that an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability was actively … Read more

Roadtripping with (and camping in) the Rivian R1S

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Let’s be clear: I hate the desert. In spite of competing in last year’s Rebelle Rally and spending a full 10-days completely off the grid, camping, competing, navigating and driving offroad in the Nevada and California deserts with 150 other women, I still dislike it. Add in a harrowing 60-mile-per-hour haboob or two, heat that … Read more