Ten Years of Image Synthesis
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Gaslighting is Word of the Year 2022
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LBRY alleges Apple forced it to censor certain terms during COVID-19
After Elon Musk lamented the winding back of Apple’s Twitter advertising, crypto company LBRY replied about its own troubles with Apple and censorship.
Seedstars Capital launches to support new fund managers around the world
The venture market is in the middle of a downturn, but there are still plenty of emerging fund managers. Seedstars International Ventures, the investment firm that backs high-growth startups around the world, announced today it has launched a platform called Seedstars Capital with Swiss-based investment holding company xMultiplied to help new fund managers around the … Read more
Israel’s chief economist lays out recommendations for crypto regulation
The chief economist said the Supervisor of Financial Service Providers and the Israel Securities Authority should be granted more powers to oversee the industry.
AWS makes Lambda cold start latency a thing of the past with SnapStart
At its re:Invent kickoff keynote tonight, AWS announced a small but important update to Lambda, its serverless platform, that tackles one of the most common issues with the service. Typically, when a function isn’t used for quite a while, Lambda will shut the virtual machine down — and despite improvements like faster Firecracker microVMs, this … Read more
Despite ban, Twitter downloads surge in China amid COVID protests
Twitter saw a surge in downloads in China as protests against the country’s stringent COVID restrictions erupted nationwide over the last few days. The social media app ranked 9th amongst all the free iOS apps in China on November 29, up from 150th a week ago, according to app analytics firm SensorTower. Discussion about the … Read more
Nifty News: China’s lockdown protest NFTs emerge, Candy Digital cuts staff, and more
Two collections have appeared on NFT marketplace OpenSea depicting images and art related to the rare widespread protests in China over its lockdown policies.
Silvergate denies recent FUD, confirms minimal exposure to BlockFi
Silvergate Capital has been quick to distance itself from the now-bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi.
AWS launches Graviton3E, its new Arm-based chip for HPC workloads
At its traditional evening keynote at re:Invent, AWS tonight announced quite a bit of new hardware in its cloud, starting with a new version of its Nitro hypervisor, new instance types, and a new version of its custom Arm-based Graviton chips which was specifically designed for powering high-performance computing workloads. This new Graviton3E chip — … Read more
Bankrupt BlockFi Sues Sam Bankman-Fried for His Robinhood Shares, FT Reports
SBF, through his Emergent Fidelity Technologies, had pledged his stake in the online trading company as collateral for a loan.
Calls for regulation get louder as FTX contagion continues to spread
The FTX saga has made some crypto executives, researchers, analysts, and politicians more aligned on regulation than ever.
As Pipe’s founding team departs, tensions rise over allegations
On November 22, alternative financing startup Pipe announced that its three co-founders were stepping down from their executive roles and that a search for a new, “veteran” CEO had commenced. In an exclusive interview, co-founder and former co-CEO Harry Hurst told TechCrunch that the trio were “0-1 builders, not at-scale operators.” He said the company’s … Read more
A Poor Man’s API
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First Mover Asia: Ethereum Isn’t WETH or stETH. But Jokes Still Move Markets
Sam Reynolds writes that irreverent posts about lesser-known altcoins – and more significant tokens – can be destructive. Especially if people don’t get the irony. ALSO: Bitcoin drops as BlockFi files for bankruptcy protection.
AWS Unveils New AI Service Features and Enhancements at re:Invent 2022
Over the last 5 years, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have evolved from a niche activity to a rapidly growing mainstream endeavor. Today, more than 100,000 customers across numerous industries rely on AWS for ML and AI initiatives that infuse AI into a broad range of business use cases to automate repetitive and … Read more
FTX resumes paying staff and contractors after weeks in limbo
The payments will exclude former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and certain former execs including Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, and Alameda’s Caroline Ellison.
The best Lego deals for adults on Cyber Monday
You probably know that Lego isn’t just for kids anymore — it’s a pricey hobby for adults, too! And it didn’t help when The Lego Group raised its prices this year by up to 25 percent. But today is Cyber Monday, and some of today’s deals more than make up for those price hikes. Below, … Read more
Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype
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Southeast Asia insurtech Igloo increases its Series B to $46M
Igloo, a Singapore-based insurtech focused on underserved communities in Southeast Asia, announced it has raised a Series B extension of $27 million, bringing the round’s total to $46 million. The first tranche of $19 million was announced in March, and led by Cathay innovation with participation from ACA and returning investors OpenSpace. The newest round … Read more