It’s been a busy few weeks for Databricks. After releasing a new iteration of its data lakehouse with a universal table format and introducing Lakehouse Apps, the company on Wednesday announced new tools aimed at helping data professionals develop generative AI capabilities. The new capabilities — which include a proprietary enterprise knowledge enginem dubbed LakehouseIQ,
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Shein, which was valued at $66B in May 2023, has registered with the SEC for a US IPO, which could come before the end of 2023 — Shein, the Chinese online fashion retailer worth more than $60 billion that is under scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers over its labor practices …
Read MoreImage: Warner Bros. Pictures There are a lot of returning faces in the latest trailer for Dune: Part Two. Timothée Chalamet’s Paul getting prepared to lead an uprising; Stellan Skarsgård’s terrifying Baron; and Zendaya actually getting to do things in her role as Chani. But perhaps most interesting is what’s new — including our first
Read MoreImage: Roland Quandt via WinFuture The rumored DJI Air 3 might feature an upgraded camera system. In a set of images provided to WinFuture by leaker Roland Quandt, you can see two camera sensors on the gimble mounted to the front of the device. That could offer an improvement over the second-gen DJI Air, which
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Changes to the Reddit API are forcing beloved apps like Apollo to shut down, and following the protests, mods are feeling threatened by Reddit. Continue reading…
Read MoreIf you’re a woodworker, you know the value of a good planer. A stout model will last a lifetime if properly cared for. [Process X] has now taken us behind the scenes of a Japanese factory that turns out quality planers to show us how it’s done. The video starts at the forge, where steel
Read MoreIf you’ve got a large Bose bass module like the one above in your home somewhere, pay attention. | Image: Bose Ordinarily, a recall about products sold way back in the early 2000s probably wouldn’t catch our attention. But this particular recall is about Bose, and people tend to hold onto Bose gear for a
Read MoreProgramming can be faster when algorithms help out, but there is evidence AI coding assistants also make bugs more common.
Read MoreBen Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Marc Andreessen on “Public Intellectual Marc”, software and the physical world, his essay on AI, COVID-19, China, a16z, crypto investments, and more — Today’s Stratechery Interview — and the last Interview of the summer — is with Marc Andreessen.
Read MoreWith summer just underway here in North America, it may seem like a strange time to talk about snow. But when you live in North Idaho, winter is never very far away and is always very much on everyone’s mind. Our summers are fierce but all too brief, so starting around September, most of us
Read MoreIllustration by William Joel / The Verge FTC v. Microsoft day four was all about Satya Nadella and Bobby Kotick. Continue reading…
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’re looking to trade in your Apple product — be it a MacBook, iMac, Mac desktop, iPhone, or iPad — you stand to get a pretty good return. Apple’s tech has a reputation on the secondhand market for retaining value long after release. This speaks to build
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority YouTube is apparently testing a three-strikes policy for people who block ads on the platform. The policy would eventually see users barred from watching videos. YouTube requires users to pay for YouTube Premium if they’d like an ad-free experience, but some users have bypassed ads by using third-party apps
Read MoreThe inaugural commercial trip of Virgin Galactic, created in 2004 by billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, is named Galactic 01. This historic flight is a big step toward realizing Virgin Galactic’s dream of taking well-heeled tourists to the edge of space and back. There will also be an astronaut instructor and two pilots on board to
Read MoreBrandy Betz / CoinDesk: Austria-based One Trading, the digital asset exchange formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as it separates from Bitpanda — The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading. — Austria-based One Trading …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google and Facebook alumna Lexi Reese launched her campaign for US Senate in California Thursday — but you won’t see that announcement on Twitter. Reese, who previously helped lead advertising for both Facebook and Google, said her campaign won’t be using Twitter due to Elon Musk’s leadership at
Read MoreRachel Metz / Bloomberg: NYC-based Runway AI, which lets customers generate videos from text prompts, raised $141M from Google, Nvidia, and others, taking its total funding to ~$237M — Runway AI Inc., whose artificial intelligence software can create a short video from just a few typed words …
Read MoreAlex Konrad / Forbes: Inflection AI, a startup led by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman that released its Pi chatbot in May 2023, raised $1.3B, a source says at a $4B valuation — Backed by Microsoft, Nvidia and billionaires Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates and Eric Schmidt, the startup led by ex-DeepMind leader Mustafa Suleyman …
Read MoreThe Asus Zenfone comes in an eye-catching red this year. Android phones are categorically ginormous, so every summer over the past few years, when a new Asus Zenfone has come around, it’s been kind of a treat for the small phone fans among us. The Zenfone 10 continues the tradition of providing flagship-grade specs in
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The ASUS Zenfone 10 is here! Although the rumor mill made it seem like ASUS would wildly reinvent what it does with the Zenfone series, the 2023 flagship phone from the brand keeps things very similar to 2022’s Zenfone 9. In other words, if you like your Android phones
Read MoreASUS Zenfone 10 review: At a glance What is it? The ASUS Zenfone 10 is the latest compact flagship Android phone from ASUS. Sporting a little 5.9-inch display, it’s smaller than rival flagship phones. But with a powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor onboard, this is a tiny phone with a power-user mentality. What is
Read MorePoor air quality doesn’t just cause lung cancer. It may also be responsible for other cancers, strokes, diabetes, and more.
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: Snapchat says Snapchat+, which lets users access experimental and pre-released features for $3.99 per month, has reached 4M paid subscribers in its first year — Snapchat on Thursday will announce that its subscription service, Snapchat+, has reached 4 million paid subscribers in its first year, executives told Axios.
Read MoreChoi Seung-hyun, Lee Jin-uk, Won Ji-an, Park Gyu-young, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Jo Yu-ri, Roh Jae-won, the additional cast members of Squid Game season 2. | Netflix While Squid Game’s upcoming second season still doesn’t have a hard release date just yet, Netflix has just revealed the final eight new cast members set to join
Read MoreWashington Post: Meta’s Oversight Board calls for Cambodian PM Hun Sen to be suspended on Facebook and Instagram, the first time the Board has asked for a ban of a head of state — MANILA — The social media giant Meta’s Oversight Board called Thursday for the immediate suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister …
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