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Tractable, which develops computer vision and AI tools to remotely assess damage to property and vehicles, raised a $65M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Tractable, which develops computer vision and AI tools to remotely assess damage to property and vehicles, raised a $65M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2  —  When it comes to transforming business operations, artificial intelligence holds a lot of promise across many industries.

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South Korea-based internet group Naver plans to release its HyperCLOVA X AI model this summer, as Google cuts into its core domestic search engine business (Kotaro Hosokawa/Nikkei Asia)

Kotaro Hosokawa / Nikkei Asia: South Korea-based internet group Naver plans to release its HyperCLOVA X AI model this summer, as Google cuts into its core domestic search engine business  —  Partnership with Samsung to develop chips for data processing servers  —  Naver is leveraging a massive database of Korean-language content …

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Filling: Celsius agrees to settle with Series B holders to distribute $25M from the sale of crypto custodian GK8; Galaxy Digital bought GK8 from Celsius in 2022 (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Filling: Celsius agrees to settle with Series B holders to distribute $25M from the sale of crypto custodian GK8; Galaxy Digital bought GK8 from Celsius in 2022  —  Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital purchased self-custody platform GK8 from Celsius in December as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

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A look at local US governments’ use of Automatic License Plate Recognition startups, like Rekor and Flock, that claim to spot “suspicious” movement patterns (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Thomas Brewster / Forbes: A look at local US governments’ use of Automatic License Plate Recognition startups, like Rekor and Flock, that claim to spot “suspicious” movement patterns  —  Artificial intelligence is helping American cops look for “suspicious” patterns of movement, digging through license plate databases with billions of records.

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Where quantum computing is already delivering value

You’ve heard that quantum computing could represent a step change from current, classical computing. Well, you don’t have to wait. Annealing quantum computers have already demonstrated that, for certain workloads, they’re magnitudes faster than classical computers alone, and will soon be capable of previously unimaginable calculations. Even better, they work synergistically with classical computers, so

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How to value cloud computing services

Value refers to the worth or usefulness that something holds for individuals or organizations. It is subjective and can vary from person to person, or business to business, or from one context to another. Value can be seen as the benefits or advantages that something provides compared to the cost or effort required to obtain

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Practical Inductors in LTSpice

LTSpice and the underlying Spice engine does a great job of simulating ideal components. But it is also capable — if you know how — of handling models of real-world devices. Inductors, for example, are one of the most imperfect components. Their constituent wire has resistance, and there is parasitic capacitance between the windings. If

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VanMoof e-bikes is bankrupt

It’s the end of the road for VanMoof as we know it. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge VanMoof — the independent e-bike maker that once bragged about being the “most funded e-bike company in the world” — has been declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. The company had entered into a so-called “suspension

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Sources: US chip company executives urged Secretary of State Blinken and other Biden administration officials on July 17 to halt further chip curbs on China (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: US chip company executives urged Secretary of State Blinken and other Biden administration officials on July 17 to halt further chip curbs on China  —  U.S. chip company executives met with top Biden administration officials on Monday to discuss China policy, the State Department and sources said …

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Threads’ early growth decisively proved the demand for a new text-based conversation app that could fully supplant Twitter’s role in shaping public conversation (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: Threads’ early growth decisively proved the demand for a new text-based conversation app that could fully supplant Twitter’s role in shaping public conversation  —  One week later, engagement is down — but the prize is still there for the taking  —  I.  —  On July 5, Meta released Threads into the

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Sources: EU’s attempts to lobby Asian countries like Singapore to adopt its AI Act are getting a lukewarm reception as many favor a “wait and see” approach (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: EU’s attempts to lobby Asian countries like Singapore to adopt its AI Act are getting a lukewarm reception as many favor a “wait and see” approach  —  The European Union is lobbying Asian countries to follow its lead on artificial intelligence in adopting new rules …

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