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Hyperloop One is shutting down
Hyperloop One had once dreamed of building a high-speed freight link between Europe and China, one that could take cargo from one end to the other in a single day. That will, however, remain one of the many goals the company won’t be able to […]
GTA 6 hacker is sentenced to an indefinite hospitalization
A London judge has sentenced the teenage hacker who infiltrated Rockstar Games, leaking Grand Theft Auto VI footage, to an indefinite hospitalization, as reported by The BBC. The 18-year-old, Arion Kurtaj, breached Rockstar’s servers from a Travelodge hotel while under police custody, using only an Amazon […]
Medallion, a platform for artists to connect directly with fans, raises $13.7M
Medallion is a platform for artists to have a dedicated digital hub for promoting album releases, tour dates and merch drops, as well as selling digital collectibles and sharing exclusive content to foster deeper connections with fans. The company announced today that it closed $13.7 […]
Backed by Schmidt Futures, Cloudline raises $6M to take aerial autonomy green and mainstream
South African aerospace startup Cloudline has secured $6 million in funding as it aims to lead the global frontier of carbon emissions-free autonomous flight. Schmidt Futures, the philanthropic venture founded by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt, is an investor in the seed round. […]
AI will make 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess’
Generative AI will make the 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess’ — whether it is from chatbots or deepfakes — say experts.
Google’s new VideoPoet multimodal AI video generation model looks incredible
VideoPoet can generate larger and more consistent motion across longer videos, based on the examples posted by the researchers online.
A free AI image dataset, removed for child sex abuse images, has come under fire before
This isn’t the first time the massive open source AI dataset, LAION-5B, has had to defend itself against problematic images.
Pornhub and XVideos will be subject to the same strict EU rules as social media sites
The European Union says three porn sites are now subject to stricter rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The bloc has designated Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos as “very large online platforms” (VLOPs) after determining that they each have an average of more than 45 […]
Nashville-based Phosphorus gets $27M to build out its xIoT security solutions
Phosphorus stands out in the cybersecurity landscape with its unique capability to provide complete discovery, remediation, and security management across a vast spectrum of devices on the xIoT.
