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May
07

OpenAI will release a Media Manager tool in 2025, allowing creators to block AI training

No price has yet been listed for the tool, and I'm guessing it will be offered for free since OpenAI is using it to position itself as ethicalRead More

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May
07

Xbox shuts down Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, two more studios

Microsoft is shutting down four game developers under its umbrella: Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and two other studios.Read More

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May
07

Razer partners with 5 startups as Add-Ons to Cortex platform

Razer is expanding its Cortex platform with its new Add-Ons marketplace, featuring tools to customize players' PC gaming experience.Read More

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May
07

MIT spin-off Rapid Liquid Print raises $7M for 3D printing

MIT spin-off Rapid Liquid Print has raised $7 million in funding for its novel liquid-based 3D printing technology.Read More

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May
07

Remote developers are finding hiring hard, and this is why

Navigating the hiring process has never been easy, but where remote working is the norm, new challenges and expectations continue to emerge.Read More

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May
07

Espresso AI emerges from stealth with $11M to tackle the cloud cost crisis

Espresso AI emerges from stealth with more than $11 million in seed funding to reduce cloud data warehouse costs by up to 80% using AI-powered SQL query optimization.Read More

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May
07

Mindscape and Aesir Interactive unveil open-world adventure Windstorm

Mindscape and Aesir Interactive unveiled Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori, an open-world adventure game coming in September.Read More

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May
07

Exclusive: AI startup Tenyx’s fine-tuned open-source Llama 3 model outperforms GPT-4

Tenyx has successfully fine-tuned Meta’s open-source Llama-3 language model to outperform OpenAI’s GPT-4 in certain domains, marking the first time an open-source model has surpassed the proprietary gold standard.Read More

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May
07

CCP Games readies tests for blockchain game Project Awakening | Hilmar Veigar Pétursson interview

During 2024, CCP Games will have multiple playtests for Project Awakening, a next-generation blockchain game set with the Eve Online universe. The next tests, dubbed Phase III, get underway on May 21 where about 5,000 people will test a level of the game for six weeks. CCP Games, a 26-year-old studio, will continue to operate Eve Online (launched i...

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May
07

Sprinklr launches ‘Digital Twins,’ AI versions of brands to provide better customer experiences

Sprinklr's Digital Twins lets brands deploy AI-powered autonomous bot replicas that mirror and enhance the work of their customer-facing teams.Read More

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May
07

Oracle reveals Code Assist, an AI coding assistant designed for Java and SQL enterprise apps

Oracle reveals an AI-powered code assistant running on its Cloud Infrastructure and is optimized for Java and SQL.Read More

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May
07

How VISA is using generative AI to battle account fraud attacks

VISA Security found that enumeration attacks most often succeed by exploiting vulnerabilities in e-commerce platforms, particularly those with inadequate rate limiting or verification processes.Read More

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May
07

Eric Schmidt was supposed to buy a yacht once owned by a Russian oligarch. Here's the one he bought instead.

Eric Schmidt bought Kismet from the Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan — hence the figurehead — last year and renamed her Whisper. Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images Eric Schmidt backed out of buying the Alfa Nero megayacht last year.He instead purchased the Kismet, formerly owned by Shahid Khan, and renamed her Whisper.The ship — one...

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May
07

A Florida Gen Xer who earned over $300,000 secretly working multiple remote jobs shares why he's 'far from rich'

A Florida Gen Xer who made over $300,000 last year secretly working multiple remote jobs says he's "far from rich." The subject of the story is not pictured. howtogoto/Getty Images A Florida-based Gen Xer made over $300,000 in 2023 secretly working multiple remote tech jobs.  While the extra income has allowed him to travel more, he still feels "fa...

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May
07

As high-paying jobs become harder to get, more Americans are looking to Uber and Lyft for extra income

New Bank of America Institute data reveals gig driving continues to get more popular. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Gig work, in particular ride-hailing for companies like Uber and Lyft, is getting more popular.Some Americans are turning to it as cost-of-living pressures persist and the job market slows.It might not be t...

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May
07

This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached

Ann Arbor, Michigan is one of many US cities piloting guaranteed basic-income for some low-income residents. pawel.gaul / Getty Images Ann Arbor is providing 24 monthly payments of $528 to low-income residents.The guaranteed basic-income program focused on entrepreneurs, small business owners, and gig workers.Past GBI participants reported using th...

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May
07

Mortgage Interest Rates Today, May 7, 2024 | Rates Ease Thanks to Cooling Job Market

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May
07

Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI was 'basically a bet,' says CTO Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott is chief technology officer of Microsoft. Microsoft Kevin Scott said Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI was a strategic "bet" on Sam Altman's company. The Microsoft CTO gave insight into its investment in the ChatGPT maker on the "Possible" podcast.Scott said Microsoft thought working with OpenAI would "push us to build better infrastr...

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May
07

A passenger had their flight ticket canceled after trying to smuggle a bag of snakes in their pants past TSA

The snakes and bag that were found in a passenger's pants at Miami International Airport. Courtesy of TSA Gulf A passenger was caught with a bag of snakes in their pants at Miami International Airport.The Daily Mail reported the passenger's flight ticket was subsequently canceled.Incidents of wildlife smuggling through airports are more common in A...

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May
07

Veteran analysts say the world's biggest private-equity firm could be in big trouble

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI In 2017, Blackstone — the world's largest private-equity firm, which usually caters to big institutions and the very wealthy — decided to give ordinary investors an opportunity to get in on the firm's magic. It created BREIT, a private fund that buys commercial real estate like warehouses and apartment buildings, and ...

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