Tech Titans Microsoft and Google Make AI Moves Down Under

Tech Titans Microsoft and Google Make AI Moves Down Under

Looking to bolster its technology sector with artificial intelligence, Australia is opening its doors to AI developers that are eager to expand into untapped markets. On Tuesday, tech giant Microsoft said the company…

Bitcoin Funds Gain  Million in Fresh Cash Amid ETF Mania

Bitcoin Funds Gain $57 Million in Fresh Cash Amid ETF Mania

Publicly traded crypto funds worldwide absorbed over $61 million in new capital on Monday—enough to account for more than 10% of all net deposits into crypto funds since the start of the year—and…

What Are the Odds Sam Bankman-Fried Testifies in His Trial?

What Are the Odds Sam Bankman-Fried Testifies in His Trial?

A defendant facing criminal charges has the right to testify during their trial, but many don’t. Now, several weeks into Sam Bankman-Fried’s case, the FTX founder still hasn’t decided whether he’ll take the…

Robot Hands Can Match Humans’ Dexterity With New AI Smarts, Claims Nvidia

Robot Hands Can Match Humans’ Dexterity With New AI Smarts, Claims Nvidia

Nvidia researchers have achieved a major leap in robotic dexterity thanks to Eureka, an AI agent that allegedly can teach bots complex skills like pen-spinning tricks as adroitly as humans. The new technique,…

NASA Prepares Deep Space Mission—Why AI Will Play Important Role

NASA Prepares Deep Space Mission—Why AI Will Play Important Role

As the new space race ramps up and humanity looks to deep space and potentially life as an interstellar species, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing to launch…

Google and BlackRock Considered Investing in FTX as It Crumbled

Google and BlackRock Considered Investing in FTX as It Crumbled

FTX engaged BlackRock and Google as potential investors while Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange circled the drain last November, according to evidence submitted in the one-time wunderkind’s criminal trial on Thursday. Federal prosecutors offered…

Human vs. AI-Generated Music: Indistinguishable, or Uncanny Valley?

Human vs. AI-Generated Music: Indistinguishable, or Uncanny Valley?

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has advanced to the point where AI systems can be used to create new musical works and songs. As AI becomes more ubiquitous in the process of making music,…

RoboCop: Rogue City Is Like an Xbox 360 Throwback in the Best Way

RoboCop: Rogue City Is Like an Xbox 360 Throwback in the Best Way

One of the more surprising video game announcements we’ve seen in a while was the reveal of RoboCop: Rogue City, a first-person shooter set in the world of RoboCop—that is, the legendary 1987…

Blending Tech and Tunes,  Million Riffusion Raise Lights Up AI Music Scene

Blending Tech and Tunes, $4 Million Riffusion Raise Lights Up AI Music Scene

Riffusion, an application born as a free and open-source tool that uses Stable Diffusion to produce music from visual cues, recently secured a $4 million investment after its creators pivoted it into a…

Playable Grand Theft Auto on Netflix? Just ‘Rumors,’ Says Streaming Giant

Playable Grand Theft Auto on Netflix? Just ‘Rumors,’ Says Streaming Giant

Netflix is making moves beyond film and television streaming into video games, and a report from the Wall Street Journal this week suggests that the streaming giant has begun talks to license a…

Coinbase Decries SEC ‘Bureaucratic Pantomime’, Again Demands a Decision on Crypto Rules

Coinbase Decries SEC ‘Bureaucratic Pantomime’, Again Demands a Decision on Crypto Rules

Dismissing the most recent response from the Securities and Exchange Commission to its long-delayed petition on rulemaking, Coinbase is demanding once again that the agency take prompt action on a request it made…

Venezuela Offer ‘Unique Crypto Utility’ Amid Hyperinflation: Report

Venezuela Offer ‘Unique Crypto Utility’ Amid Hyperinflation: Report

Hyperinflation and authoritarianism have constantly placed Venezuela in the sweet spot for a national cryptocurrency model. Whether for protection from its collapsing bolívar or to escape Nicolás Maduro’s strict regime, tech pundits are…

Microsoft Now Owns ‘Call of Duty’ Maker Activision Blizzard—What Happens Next?

Microsoft Now Owns ‘Call of Duty’ Maker Activision Blizzard—What Happens Next?

After a lengthy legal battle with regulators, Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of game publisher Activision Blizzard is complete, adding another stack of franchises and studios to the tech company’s portfolio. Microsoft’s Xbox division…

Crypto Gaming Attracted 0M Worth of Q3 Investment Despite Bear Market

Crypto Gaming Attracted $600M Worth of Q3 Investment Despite Bear Market

The nascent blockchain gaming industry is still seeing substantial venture capital investment despite continued challenges in the broader crypto and gaming markets. Blockchain games received approximately $600 million in Q3 2023, according to…

From Reading X-Rays to Decoding Classified UFO Reports, ChatGPT Shows Off Its Vision

From Reading X-Rays to Decoding Classified UFO Reports, ChatGPT Shows Off Its Vision

Although AI exploded onto the scene through sometimes eerily clever chatbots, text-based interactions are already old fashioned. The announcement of OpenAI’s GPT-4 update introduced GPT-Vision (GPT-V), the latest multimodal AI marvel. The announcement…

Lightning Network Growth Is a ‘Shock‘, Says Bitcoin Analyst

Lightning Network Growth Is a ‘Shock‘, Says Bitcoin Analyst

The Lightning Network is on a tear.  Bitcoin’s layer-2 scaling solution the Lightning Network achieved impressive growth, according a report published today by Bitcoin financial services company River Financial. Among the impressive figures:…

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