DeFi lending platform Celsius pauses “all withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts”, citing extreme market conditions
We are writing with a very important message for our community. — Due to extreme market conditions, today we are announcing that Celsius is pausing …
A look at advanced large language models, as Google places an engineer on paid leave after he became convinced that its LaMDA chatbot generator was sentient
AI ethicists warned Google not to impersonate humans. Now one of Google's own thinks there's a ghost in the machine.
Major cryptocurrencies are crashing: bitcoin drops by 17%+ to ~$23K, ether drops by 20%+ to ~$1.2K, and Solana drops 18%+ to ~$28
Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months in Asia trading Monday as the impact of Friday's shock US inflation data continued to reverberate through global risk assets.
Despite differences within the AI community, pretty much all AI experts find the notion that Google's LaMDA might be sentient completely ridiculous
No, LaMDA is not sentient. Not even slightly. … Blaise Aguera y Arcas, polymath, novelist, and Google VP, has a way with words.
WWDC 2022 analysis: Stage Manager is a confusing mess, clues about an upcoming AR/VR headset, CarPlay's new interface as a precursor to an Apple car, and more
The next-generation CarPlay interface is a precursor to an eventual Apple-designed Tesla rival.
As crypto tumbles, MicroStrategy, which owns 129K+ bitcoins, drops as much as 25%, while Coinbase, Riot Blockchain, and Marathon Digital each drop 10%+
Cryptocurrency-related stocks plunged on Monday as Bitcoin tumbled to its lowest level in 18 months amid a deepening selloff in risk assets …
Celsius' token CEL fell 70% in one hour after the DeFi lending giant suspended withdrawals, dropping to about ¢20 amid a broader crypto market slump
Daniel Roberts / Decrypt :
Binance paused BTC withdrawals for a few hours, citing a “stuck transaction”; BTC withdrawals have now resumed, according to the company
CEO Changpeng Zhao attributed the issue to a “stuck transaction,” and promised a quick fix. — The world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume … Source: @cz_binance , @cz_binance , and @binance...
Sources: Apple plans to use Apple ID data for identity verification and fraud prevention in its BNPL service, alongside credit reports and FICO scores
Tech giant will approve borrowers and fund loans itself rather than rely on a bank — Apple Inc. tiptoed into finance with Apple Pay …
Study: some streaming devices keep playing content when TVs are off, leading to ~17% of ads being shown when users can't see them, costing brands $1B+ per year
Lack of communication between TV sets and streaming devices causes estimated waste of over $1 billion in ad dollars
Microsoft releases an update to Teams that uses AI to reduce echo and interruptions while improving acoustics
Your Teams calls should sound a lot better — Microsoft has spent the past two years adding flashy new productivity features to Teams, and now the company is overhauling how the fundamentals work tha...
Microsoft and CWA union announce a deal that will make it easier for Activision Blizzard's ~7,000 US employees to unionize after Microsoft's acquisition closes
The accord could ease the path for thousands of workers to unionize at the game company Microsoft is acquiring and addresses an antitrust objection.
Amazon plans to begin testing drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, after receiving FAA approval, for products ordered through Amazon Air
The service will be called Prime Air and will use drones with sense-and-avoid systems to deliver packages safely. — Sarah Lord
A skeptical look at crypto as a foundation for self-sovereign identity and some likely dystopian outcomes, as Buterin, Dorsey, and others explore the idea
Anonymity and trustlessness are central to the crypto world. People don't have to attach real-world identities to crypto wallets …
A look at the growing disparities between ad blocker browser extensions, as Google's Manifest V3 bans blocking via Web Request while Mozilla keeps supporting it
There's a growing split over how much room browsers should leave for ad blocking — and Chrome and Firefox have ended up on opposite sides of the fight.
Google agrees to pay $118M to settle a gender pay discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, according to the law firms representing the women
Robert Burnson / Bloomberg :
bttn, a B2B marketplace for medical supplies, has raised a $20M Series A led by Tiger Global at a $110M post-money valuation and says it has 7,000 customers
News stories over the past two years spotlighted the problems hospitals and other medical organizations were having in procuring masks …
Intel claims its Intel 4 node, its first to use EUV lithography, offers 21.5% higher frequencies or 40% power reduction vs Intel 7, up to 2x transistor density
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware :
Sources: Alphabet offered to let rival ad intermediaries place YouTube ads, hoping to end an EU antitrust probe and avert a fine of up to 10% of global turnover
Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has offered to let rival ad intermediaries place advertisements on YouTube to address …
How Amazon entices creators to join its Influencer Program, which launched in 2017 and pays a commission for generated sales, by flying them to resorts and more
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Q&A with Unity CEO John Riccitiello, who thinks the metaverse will be compelling with millions of destinations but won't be dominated by users' 3D avatars
Janko Roettgers / Protocol : Tweets: @nickstatt and @avvyland Tweets: Nick Statt / @nickstatt : I've been reading about how the skeuomorphic conception of the metaverse as a 3D place you hangout in a...
How coaches and sports teams are using computer vision to predict injuries and provide tailored workouts and practice drills to reduce the risk of injury
Eric Niiler / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @stefaniei , @wsjscience , @edgeimpulse , and @chrismattmann Tweets: Stefanie Ilgenfritz / @stefaniei : “There are athletes that are treating their body li...
Belgium-based Odoo, which makes open source ERP and CRM software for SMBs globally, raises €112M from Summit Partners at a €3.2B valuation
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu : Tweets: @robinwauters Tweets: @robinwauters : On @tech_eu: Belgian open source business software scale-up @Odoo hits €3.2 billion valuation with @SummitPartners signficantly...
Leaked images and a video seem to show a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 with a similar design to the Flip 3's but with a shallower and less noticeable display crease
Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America: startups in the region raised $2.8B in Q1 2022, up 67% YoY and up 375% compared to Q1 2020
or $1.2 billion - having flowed into the category, according to @lavca_org https://techcrunch.com/...
Atlanta-based Ledgible, whose crypto tax and accounting software determines consumer and enterprise tax liabilities, raised a $20M Series A led by EJF Capital
Taobao's top three livestreaming influencers have gone dark in recent months amid increasing regulations of e-commerce livestreaming, a $180B+ industry in China
A defense of blockchains and crypto as they take on the money-transfer and payments industries, the economics of which computer networking has yet to transform
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.