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Amazon offers free credits to startups to use AI models

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Amazon offers free credits to startups to use AI models

Amazon has expanded its free points program for startups to cover the cost of using its main artificial intelligence model.

Apr 3, 2024
Digital asset inflows recover while ETF activity slows down

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Digital asset inflows recover while ETF activity slows down

Despite a net positive flow into the crypto market, spot bitcoin ETF demand seems to have slowed since its peak in the first week of March. Digital assets came back while ETF slumps Surprisingly, digital asset inflows into cryptocurrency investment products have made a notable…

Apr 3, 2024
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Form3 partners with Feedzai to unveil APP fraud prevention tool

Form3, an account-to-account platform, has partnered with Feedzai, a market leader in anti-fraud and financial crime software. The partnership reorganises the fintech realm In a groundbreaking move that promises to reshape the landscape of financial technology, two industry…

Apr 3, 2024
Telegram launches ‘business’ features challenging Meta

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Telegram launches ‘business’ features challenging Meta

Telegram, the renowned messaging platform, has set its sights on challenging Meta’s dominant position in the messaging app market with its latest move: the introduction of ‘Business’ features and revenue-sharing model. Telegram took its strategic step, reaching its profitable…

Apr 3, 2024
Apple working on a contextual AI language model called ReALM

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Apple working on a contextual AI language model called ReALM

Researchers at Apple have published a new paper on an artificial intelligence (AI) model called Reference Resolution As Language Model (ReALM) that is purportedly capable of understanding contextual language. Resolution As Language Model The AI model is named ReALM, which is an…

Apr 3, 2024
Copilot for Microsoft 365 gets GPT-4 Turbo, unlimited chats

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Copilot for Microsoft 365 gets GPT-4 Turbo, unlimited chats

Microsoft has announced a major upgrade to Copilot for Microsoft 365. The gist of the update is to prioritise access to the powerful GPT-4 Turbo model. This means that users can now receive a faster and more comprehensive response. GPT-4 Turbo GPT-4 Turbo offers a larger “context…

Apr 3, 2024
Bitcoin 5% flash crash leads to $165M in liquidations

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Bitcoin 5% flash crash leads to $165M in liquidations

Leverage traders are nursing losses of over $165 million, as the price of bitcoin tumbled 5%. The sharp decline of cryptocurrency price on Tuesday The cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant downturn on Tuesday, sending shockwaves through the trading community as bitcoin…

Apr 3, 2024
Global asset manager GoldenTree offloads crypto unit to Republic

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Global asset manager GoldenTree offloads crypto unit to Republic

Global asset manager GoldenTree sold its digital asset unit to investment firm Republic, aiming to seize opportunities in crypto market.

Apr 3, 2024
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Yahoo purchases AI news platform Artefact from Instagram co-founders

Yahoo said Tuesday it acquired Artefact, the artificial intelligence news platform from the co-founders of Instagram, and plans to integrate its technology into Yahoo’s news and other sites, underscoring the challenges media startups face in growing revenues amid the dominance of…

Apr 3, 2024
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Browsing in incognito mode is not as secure as one might suppose

The settlement, announced in federal court on Monday, aims to ensure more privacy for Chrome incognito mode users when they surf the web. Google Chrome’s “incognito” incognito mode mode has been in use for nearly a decade, and a legal solution to the way it works has brought it…

Apr 3, 2024
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Anthropic researchers find the hidden usage of large language models

A new vulnerability in large language models: ‘many-shot jailbreaking’ allows for inappropriate responses, by priming with harmless questions. Anthropic researchers find bug in LLMs How do you get an AI to answer a question it’s not supposed to? There are many such “jailbreak”…

Apr 3, 2024
Biomimetic Olfactory Chips

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Advanced gas and odor detection through biomimetic chips

In a groundbreaking feat, HKUST engineers have introduced Biomimetic Olfactory Chips (BOC), heralding a new era in scent detection technology. These chips, mimicking human olfaction, offer exceptional sensitivity and distinguishability, revolutionizing odor analysis and opening…

Apr 3, 2024
Apple Vision Pro’s spatial Personas: collaborative virtual interaction

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Apple Vision Pro’s spatial Personas: collaborative virtual interaction

Apple’s latest update for Vision Pro introduces spatial Personas, enhancing virtual collaboration. While innovative, users may encounter lingering uncanny valley effects. Improving realism: Apple’s personas evolve Apple Vision Pro: Does it live up to the hype? Much like the…

Apr 3, 2024
Yahoo co-founders AI news platform

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Yahoo acquires Artifact, AI news platform by Instagram founders

Yahoo announces its acquisition of Artifact, an AI news platform founded by Instagram co-founders, signaling the challenges faced by media startups against Big Tech dominance. The deal aims to integrate Artifact’s technology into Yahoo’s news services. Acquisition and integration…

Apr 3, 2024
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Andreessen Horowitz to invest $30M in tech-fuelled gaming startups

$750,000 will be handed out to a maximum of 40 companies, however, a16z’s early accelerator only accepts around 1% of applicants. a16z injects tech-fuelled gaming startups through ‘SPEEDRUN’ Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has announced it will be investing $30…

Apr 3, 2024
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Ethereum Purge to limit the historical data stored via EIP-4444

The purge will introduce history expiration via EIP-4444 to limit the amount of historical data score, according to Vitalik Buterin. Ethereum takes its key step in the transition Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared the next steps for protocol simplification and node…

Apr 3, 2024
Tesla to adopt new assembly technology, reducing production costs

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Tesla to adopt new assembly technology, reducing production costs

Tesla introduces “unboxed” assembly method, set to revolutionise manufacturing, lower costs, and enable a $25,000 car by 2025.

Apr 2, 2024
Schneider, NVIDIA to build AI ‘benchmark’ data centre design

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Schneider, NVIDIA to build AI ‘benchmark’ data centre design

Schneider Electric and NVIDIA will leverage their respective expertise to launch the first publicly available AI data centre reference design.

Apr 2, 2024
Gogo takes big step toward proper in-flight broadband internet

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Gogo takes big step toward proper in-flight broadband internet

The Gogo Galileo global broadband service has achieved a major milestone in completing end-to-end connectivity using HDX antennas.

Apr 2, 2024
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Apple: a new target aimed by the Biden DOJ in the monopoly hunt

After filing sanctions on companies like Amazon, Google and Meta platforms, the Biden DOJ takes its aim at Apple, the high-tech giant favoured by most local customers. DOJ targets Apple in monopoly crackdown The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) continues its…

Apr 2, 2024