DataStax on Tuesday said that it was releasing a new JSON API in order to help JavaScript developers leverage its serverless, NoSQL Astra DB as a vector database for their large language model (LLMs), AI assistant, and real-time generative AI projects. To read this article in full, please click here
Read MoreNicolas Cage as Paul Matthews in Dream Scenario. | Image: A24 For many people, the concept of achieving viral fame has become the definition of success worth aspiring to — if not for simple popularity, then for the brand deals and endorsements that can come along with it. But in the first trailer for A24’s
Read MoreAllison Johnson / The Verge: Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max review: USB-C, lighter, nicer to hold, useful Action Button, and camera improvements, but no 5x telephoto on the smaller Pro — Apple didn’t choose the USB-C life, but boy are we glad it got here anyway. … There are very few surprises from
Read MoreDerek Strickland / TweakTown: FTC v. Microsoft: in April 2022, Xbox Game Pass may have generated around $231.5M in revenue, or $9.26 per subscription, and most subscribers pay full price — Microsoft reveals more details about how much money Xbox Game Pass actually makes. — VIEW GALLERY – 4 IMAGES
Read MoreKerry Flynn / Axios: Electrify Video Partners, which acquires 50% to 100% of a YouTube creator’s business, raised $85M from Capital D and says the company is profitable — – Kerry Flynn, author of Axios Pro: Media Deals — Exit Content Preview — Electrify Video Partners has raised $85 million …
Read MoreMove over, Siri. Startups are using the technology behind ChatGPT to build more capable AI agents that can control your computer and access the web to get things done—with sometimes chaotic results.
Read MoreAllen Media Group CEO and founder Byron Allen. | Photo: Allen Media Group. Allen Media Group CEO and founder Byron Allen is coming to the Code Conference this month, where he’ll be talking about the state of the media industry with CNBC senior media and tech correspondent Julia Boorstin. Allen’s sprawling media company includes local
Read MoreArlo’s new line of Essential cameras and doorbells includes a wired/wireless video doorbell. | Image: Arlo Arlo announced the second generation of its Essential camera and doorbell line on Tuesday, and they all have more affordable starting prices than their predecessors. The lineup includes a new XL outdoor camera, a new outdoor camera, a new
Read MoreRemember when browsing Reddit on the go was easy? Those options are gone, but here’s what you can do instead.
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Plan A, which offers a SaaS sustainability tool to help track net zero efforts, raised a $27M Series A extension, taking its total funding to $42M — Plan A, a carbon accounting and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting platform for corporations …
Read MoreBloomberg: Raleigh-based Pryon, which helps users search data via chatbots, raised a $100M Series B, mostly from billionaire Thomas Tull, sources say at a $500M+ valuation — – North Carolina startup valued at more than $500 million — Pryon’s CEO founded Yap, Amazon’s first AI-related acquisition
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 Pro is finally on the way so you may be wondering if your old case will fit. This is what we know.
Read MoreTemperature data from the Apple Watch can now be used to power Natural Cycles’ digital birth control feature. | Image: Natural Cycles The FDA has cleared the Apple Watch for use with Natural Cycles, a digital birth control app. This means Natural Cycles users who own an Apple Watch Series 8, 9, Ultra, or Ultra
Read MoreIt might be a little premature to purchase this given Wi-Fi 7 devices aren’t expected until 2024. | Image: Netgear While many people are still considering whether they should upgrade their wireless network to the Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E standards, Netgear is already trying to tempt consumers with the technology’s future successor. Announced in
Read MoreAST SpaceMobile used an ordinary Samsung Galaxy S22 to make the call. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge AST SpaceMobile — a cellular satellite company backed by AT&T — has placed a satellite call over 5G, marking the “first ever” 5G connection between an unmodified smartphone and a satellite in space. To conduct
Read MoreGreg Bensinger / Reuters: Interviews with 15 current and former employees at Amazon’s Lab126 hardware unit describe low morale after layoffs and fears over a weak development pipeline — Some workers within Amazon’s (AMZN.O) once-storied hardware division – responsible for popular devices like the Kindle reader …
Read MoreMarissa Newman / Bloomberg: Tel Aviv-based Cato Networks, which offers tools to protect remote workforces, raised $238M led by Lightspeed at a $3B+ valuation, for $770M in total funding — – Firm raises $238 million from Lightspeed, SoftBank and others — Cato boosted its valuation from $2.5 billion after last round
Read MoreJustin Warren / Forbes: Alcion, which offers “backup-as-a-service” tools to enterprise, raised a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners-owned IT company Veeam, for $29M in total funding — Billing itself as a modern data management company, Alcion has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by data protection behemoth Veeam.
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: A look at Panos Panay’s impact on Microsoft and Surface, paving the way for OEMs to focus on quality 2-in-1s, and the executives taking over parts of his role — Panos Panay has always been the force behind Microsoft’s Surface line. He helped bring Surface to life as a secret
Read MoreJoseph Cox / 404 Media: A look at ShadowDragon, which offers social media surveillance tools that gather data from games and more, used by ICE, the State Department, the DEA, and more — ShadowDragon tracks BabyCenter, a website for people expecting children, as well as social media sites specifically for Black people, bodybuilders, and the
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Google updates Bard to use data from Gmail, Docs, and Drive, not just the web, to help find and summarize emails, highlight points in a document, and more — Google’s Bard AI chatbot is no longer limited to pulling answers from just the web — it can now scan your
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: TikTok launches a tool to let creators label their AI-generated content and plans to test other ways of labeling such content automatically — As more creators turn to AI for their artistic expression, there’s also a broader push for transparency around when AI was involved in content creation.
Read MoreIn an interview with CBS, Tim Cook talks about the future of the company, sustainability and the Vision Pro.
Read MoreJakarta EE, the Eclipse Foundation’s enterprise Java, has gained converts while usage of Eclipse’s MicroProfile microservices architecture for Java has fallen, according to Eclipse’s annual Jakarta EE Developer Survey Report for 2023. Since arriving September 2022, Jakarta EE 10 usage has grown to 17% of the enterprise Java developers surveyed, according to the report, released
Read MoreWhen it went public in 2021, Babylon Health was valued at over $4 billion. Now it has declared bankruptcy. Insiders say it could never live up to its hype.
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