Why Humans Are Putting a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground
Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
Read MoreStartups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
Read MoreKaren Gilchrist / CNBC: With half of the world’s adults set to vote in 2024, the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2024 ranks AI mis- and disinformation ahead of war, climate change, and more — – Concern over the impact of artificial intelligence in disrupting election outcomes has topped the list of the biggest risks for
Read MoreAuthors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazon. There’s little they can do to rein in the rip-offs.
Read MoreAmong the many announcements at CES 2024, Amazon introduced several new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for its Alexa personal assistant. Last year Amazon introduced new tools to enable developers to build generative AI experiences, and that is beginning to come to fruition now. Alexa users can start to try out generative AI experiences After a
Read MoreCredit: SmartPrix A new leak shows off practically all the first-party cases that Samsung could release for the Galaxy S24 series. Many cases will be available in several color options. Samsung’s first-party cases promise the best compatibility with your phone but are often more expensive than comparable third-party cases. The Galaxy S24 series will launch
Read MoreNew York Times: Sources: as US-China tensions rise, Microsoft debates what to do with its prized 800-person Beijing research lab, opened in 1998; Microsoft has added guardrails — Amid U.S.-China tensions, the company has faced questions over whether operating an advanced research lab in Beijing is politically tenable.
Read MoreLivestreaming giant Twitch is set to announce significant staff cuts with around 500 employees to be axed due to financial pressures. As reported by Bloomberg, “prohibitively expensive” costs were cited in the recent news that the streaming platform would end its operations in South Korea due to the sheer impact on the balance sheet of
Read MoreBloomberg: Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time — – Saudi Arabia dominates tech scene with 52% share of funding — Overall regional funding drops 23% amid shifting landscape
Read MoreAmazfit has launched the new Helio Ring smart ring during CES 2024. In addition to tracking vitals such as heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep, and stress, the Helio Ring also focuses on recovery stats using Readiness scores. Amazfit has not revealed the price of the Helio Ring, but some of the recovery features are tied
Read MoreCreated by Anaconda and launched in April 2022, PyScript is an experimental but promising new technology that makes the Python runtime available as a scripting language in WebAssembly-enabled browsers. Every commonly used browser now supports WebAssembly, the high-speed runtime standard that languages like C, C++, and Rust can compile to. Python’s reference implementation is written
Read MoreThere are moments that expand what we think is possible in software development, and thus change the fabric of everything we do as developers. Certain historic documents capture the most crucial paradigm shifts in computing technology, and they are priceless. This article looks back over the past century (nearly) of software development, encoded in papers that
Read MoreOtterBox has revealed a new iPhone case made of cactus that is the perfect option for the eco-conscious consumer.
Read MoreThere could be a new color of Apple Watch Ultra on the way.
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details — Aeva Technologies (AEVA.N) on Tuesday said that it has reached a $1 billion deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck (DTGGe.DE) …
Read MoreSheila Chiang / CNBC: Meituan’s market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business — – Chinese food delivery giant Meituan lost about $82 billion in market cap in 2023 from its yearly high, according to CNBC calculations.
Read MoreRevealed at CES 2024, the Sennheiser Momentum Sport earbuds have heart rate and body temperature sensors which can be added to your Apple Health app.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Valve has issued new rules about how game developers can publish games that use AI technology on Steam. Writing in a blog post, the company says that it is “making changes to how we handle games that use AI technology” which mean that developers will need to disclose when their games use
Read MoreKat Bailey / IGN: Valve’s Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content — New survey update will ask developers to disclose how their games use generative AI.
Read MoreThe Wi-Fi Alliance consortium announced the new Wi-Fi 7 standard at CES, which could bring huge speed improvements and less latency.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you search YouTube for what to do if someone is suffering a heart attack, the platform will now display credible first-aid explainer videos at the very top of the search results. The brief, step-by-step videos, made in partnership with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross,
Read MoreSam Kim / Bloomberg: SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY — – Recovery among chip makers may be uneven as demand returns — Global chip sales rose for the first time in
Read MoreJason Koebler / 404 Media: An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total — Joe Rogan, Taylor Swift, Andrew Tate, Steve Harvey, The Rock, and Oprah have been cloned by AI for scam ads that, in total …
Read MoreHONOR has announced its Magic OS 8.0 UX based on Android 14. The update’s highlight is a new intent-based shortcut recommendation feature and on-device MagicLM. HONOR has not announced global rollout details, though. Android 14 is the latest version of our beloved operating system, and phone makers are moving forward with updating their UX skins
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: SentinelOne acquires Bengaluru-based cloud security provider PingSafe, sources say for a $100M+ valuation; PingSafe had raised ~$3.3M from Peak XV and others — SentinelOne’s deal to acquire PingSafe values the Peak XV-backed young startup at over $100 million, two sources familiar …
Read MoreThe Economic Times: Bengaluru-based Impact Analytics, which offers retail, grocery, CPG, and supply chain planning and merchandising software, raised $40M led by Sageview Capital — With the latest fundraise, Sageview Capital partner Jeff Klemens and senior advisor Prashanth Palakurthi have joined the company’s board …
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