The longstanding feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar is heating up. Drake — via a business entity called Frozen Moments LLC — filed a petition yesterday in a New York Supreme Court accusing distributor Universal Music Group (UMG) of artificially inflating the popularity of […]
Month: November 2024
Palantir’s Bright Horizon: How Trump’s Influence Could Propel a Tech Giant to New Heights
Palantir Technologies has long been a name synonymous with innovation, strategy, and impact. Known for its role in handling vast amounts of data to solve complex problems, Palantir operates at…
IMAX embraces AI to expand original content reach
With global content consumption rising and demand for non-English content surpassing that for English movies and shows, IMAX is leveraging AI to scale localization on its original content. The entertainment and media industry grew 5% to $2.8 trillion in 2023, according to a report by […]
Tesla appears to be building a teleoperations team for its robotaxi service
As Tesla gears up to launch a robotaxi service in the coming years, the automaker looks like it’s building out a teleoperations team. According to a recent job listing, Tesla is hiring a software engineer to help develop a teleoperations system that will allow human […]
Google Developer Program gains new features, but you’ll have to pay for them
In June, Google announced the Google Developer Program, a free program to give devs access to resources designed to help them build applications using Google services. Now that “millions” of devs have signed up (according to Google), the company is introducing a second, paid tier […]
Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for new Trump committees
With Elon Musk playing such a high-profile role in Donald Trump’s transition team, Musk’s buddies, many of them Silicon Valley venture capitalists, are reportedly being tapped to help out. For instance, VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and in particular co-founder Marc Andreessen, is repeatedly being mentioned. […]
Neuralink Plans to Test Whether Its Brain Implant Can Control a Robotic Arm
Elon Musk’s brain implant company is launching a new study to test whether its wireless device can control a robotic arm.
COP29 Agreement Says Someone Should Pay to Help Developing Countries, But Not Who
Rich countries have agreed to pay developing nations $300 billion a year to help them with their climate actions—but the agreement doesn’t say who specifically should contribute or how.
Rivian snags $6.6B conditional federal loan to build Georgia factory
Rivian said late Monday it has secured conditional commitment for a $6.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy, funds that will help the EV maker restart construction of a massive factory in Georgia. The funds will come from DOE’s Loan Programs Office Advanced Technology […]
Anthropic releases Model Context Protocol to standardize AI-data integration
Model Context Protocol, a new open source release from Anthropic, aims to eliminate the need to write code for every AI data integration.