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Foursquare Ends Its City Guide App as Swarm Takes Center Stage
Foursquare is set to discontinue its flagship city guide app by December 15, marking a major shift for one of the App Store’s early success stories. The company announced that…
Northern Data Plans to Divest Peak Mining to Fuel AI and High-Performance Computing Growth
Northern Data Group, a major player in the technology sector, is considering the sale of its cryptocurrency mining division, Peak Mining, as part of a strategic pivot towards enhancing its…
Meta Revives Facial Recognition to Tackle Scams and Account Recovery
Meta is reintroducing facial recognition technology to Facebook and Instagram, this time focusing on combating scams and aiding account recovery while attempting to address previous privacy concerns. The company previously…
News Corp Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright Infringement
News Corp is pursuing legal action against Perplexity AI, accusing the startup of illegally copying content from its outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post, to…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Supports Republican Candidates for Senate
Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, has publicly endorsed several Republican candidates for the United States Senate in the upcoming November elections. Armstrong’s endorsements, shared via his X…
AI Tool from GE HealthCare Simplifies Data Analysis for Cancer Diagnosis
GE HealthCare has introduced a new artificial intelligence tool, CareIntellect for Oncology, designed to assist oncologists in diagnosing and treating cancer more efficiently. This AI application aims to streamline doctors’…
Chainlink Introduces Privacy-Enhanced Blockchain Solutions for Financial Institutions
Chainlink, a leading decentralized blockchain oracle network, has unveiled groundbreaking privacy-enhancing technologies designed specifically for financial institutions engaging in blockchain activities. Announced on October 22, these new features aim to…
Optimism Surrounding U.S. Election Spurs $2.2 Billion Inflows into Cryptocurrency Investment Products
Cryptocurrency investment products have witnessed their most significant inflows since July, reaching a weekly total of $2.2 billion. CoinShares, a leading crypto investment firm, detailed these developments in their Digital…
Indian Startup Neysa Secures $30 Million to Expand AI Services
Neysa, an Indian AI startup, has raised $30 million in an all-equity Series A round as it seeks to position itself against global hyperscalers like AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and…
Japanese Party Leader Proposes Crypto Tax Reforms in Election Campaign
Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of Japan’s Democratic Party for the People (DPP), has outlined a significant proposal to amend cryptocurrency taxation, promising to reduce the tax on crypto gains to…
Bitcoin Open Interest Surpasses $40 Billion as Price Nears $70,000 Milestone
On October 21, open interest in Bitcoin derivatives reached an unprecedented high, indicating a robust engagement in the market as the price of Bitcoin approached the $70,000 threshold. CoinGlass reported…
Alcon Sues Tesla Over AI-Generated Blade Runner Art
Alcon Entertainment, the production company behind Blade Runner 2049, has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, Elon Musk, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), claiming that AI-generated imagery resembling scenes from the…
Liz Cheney Advocates for Conservative Support of Kamala Harris Amid Abortion Debate
Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a long-standing critic of unrestricted abortion policies, has recently pivoted to oppose stringent Republican-imposed bans on the procedure. During a series of events held in…
AI investment in China faces looming US restrictions
The U.S. is set to implement new restrictions on investments in artificial intelligence (AI) in China, with final rules currently under review by the Office of Management and Budget, signaling…
xAI Releases API for Grok Chatbot
Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has officially launched an API for its generative AI model, Grok, though its current capabilities appear limited. The API provides access to a single model,…
ByteDance Fires Intern for Tampering with AI Model Training
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, confirmed it dismissed an intern in August for allegedly sabotaging its artificial intelligence (AI) model training project. The intern, who worked on ByteDance’s commercialization…
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Strategies to Address Ethereum’s Staking and Block Production Centralization
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a series of proposals to combat the centralization of block production and staking within Ethereum’s network. These suggestions come as part of the “Scourge”…
South Korea’s New Drone Serves as a Flying Shopping Cart
South Korean researchers have unveiled a new drone prototype that functions as a “flying shopping cart,” designed to transport goods over uneven terrain. Developed by a team from the Seoul…
Stripe Secures $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Stablecoin Platform Bridge, According to TechCrunch Founder
Payment processing giant Stripe has finalized a monumental $1.1 billion acquisition of the stablecoin platform Bridge, as reported by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. This deal marks a significant expansion for…
Ford Urges EV Owners to Stop Using Tesla NACS Adapters
Ford has advised its electric vehicle customers to stop using Tesla NACS adapters due to concerns that some units could cause slower charging speeds or damage the charging port. The…