I’m riding in the back of a Waymo that’s autonomously navigating the busy streets of San Francisco with relative ease thanks to 29 external cameras, six radar, and five lidar sensors all feeding into an AI model. For just 15 bucks, I get to experience what feels like a miracle of modern technology, and yet, there’s a nagging thought I can’t shake. The music sucks in here. Waymo’s music-streaming feature has felt like an aged barnacle attached to a futuristic shell. Until this week, passengers were limited to a few music stations that played lo-fi beats, smooth jazz, K-pop, or…
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Anthropic has acquired the co-founders and most of the team behind Humanloop — a platform for prompt management, LLM evaluation, and observability — in a push to strengthen its enterprise strategy. The terms of the deal were not shared, but it appears to follow the acqui-hire playbook we’re increasingly seeing in the tech industry amid the war for AI talent. Humanloop’s three co-founders — CEO Raza Habib, CTO Peter Hayes, and CPO Jordan Burgess — have all joined Anthropic, alongside around a dozen engineers and researchers. Anthropic is growing fast in the enterprise space as it leads in agentic and…
Key Takeaways A data leak exposed the names and emails of FTX creditors ahead of the next payout round. Scammers are targeting claimants with phishing emails, urging vigilance and use of official claim sites. Share this article Sunil Kavuri, a known FTX creditor activist, has warned that the full names and email addresses of FTX creditors have been leaked. Warning: Phishing Scam Email Full name, email addresses of FTX creditors revealed New or old data leak 1) Do not click on email links 2) Check Sender addresses 3) Go direct to claims portal or official address. Do not click on…
India-based audio series platform maker Pocket FM aims to be the Netflix of audio. That is, the company intends to match its audio series with hundreds of episodes to its users’ tastes. For that to work, it needs to release content rapidly — something it’s now turning to AI to help with. The Lightspeed-backed startup is giving its writers an AI tool set that can do things like suggest better endings to an episode or make the narrative more engaging. The hope is that the tools will speed up the storywriting process. Pocket FM already uses some AI tools like…
Key Takeaways Choreo LLC reports its first-ever Bitcoin ETF holdings valued at around $6.5 million. The firm’s largest position is in iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, with significant allocations to GBTC, FBTC, and BTC. Share this article Choreo, an independent wealth management firm with over $27 billion in assets under management, has officially entered the Bitcoin ETF rush, revealing around $6.5 million invested across multiple funds.According to a Wednesday filing with the SEC, Choreo’s largest stake was in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), with 51,679 shares valued at over $3 million as of June 30.The firm also held 22,976 shares…
Animals like bats, whales and insects have long used acoustic signals for communication and navigation. Now, an international team of scientists have taken a page from nature’s playbook to model micro-sized robots that use sound waves to coordinate into large swarms that exhibit intelligent-like behavior. The robot groups could one day carry out complex tasks like exploring disaster zones, cleaning up pollution, or performing medical treatments from inside the body, according to team lead Igor Aronson, Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Mathematics at Penn State. “Picture swarms of bees or midges,” Aronson said. “They move, that creates…
When NeoLogic started building its more energy-efficient CPUs for AI servers, folks in the industry told its founders Avi Messica and Ziv Leshem that their idea wasn’t viable. “Most of the people that we have met say it’s impossible,” Messica told TechCrunch. “Some of them told us, at the time, that the innovation is impossible because you cannot innovate in logic synthesis. You can’t innovate in circuit design. It’s too mature.” Israel-based NeoLogic nevertheless set out to prove them wrong, and the fabless semiconductor startup has been building a server CPU that uses more simplified logic — how a chip…
Global Financial Services Company western unionThe acquisition of International Money Express (InterMex) has attracted attention from the crypto space as analysts highlight its potential boost. Ripple and XRP. Intermex has been identified as Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) user, and could enhance blockchain-powered payment flows across the US while expanding Western Union’s retail and digital reach. Western Union expansion could enhance XRP and Ripple Market expert ‘xaif crypto’ It was pointed out A X Social Media post on Monday said Western Union’s $500 million InterMex all-cash acquisition could have a major impact on Ripple and XRP. According to analysts, Intermex is…
Key Takeaways OKB price surged over 170% after OKX announced a major token burn and tokenomics upgrade. OKTChain will be decommissioned, with OKT holders receiving OKB via an automatic conversion. Share this article OKB, the native token of crypto exchange OKX, spiked approximately 170% within an hour after the platform unveiled a sweeping tokenomics overhaul that includes burning more than 65 million tokens.According to CoinGecko data, OKB surged from about $47 to $126 on the news, pushing its 24-hour gain to 172%.OKX announced on Wednesday that it will conduct a one-time burn of over 65 million OKB tokens, after which…
Key Takeaways ALT5 Sigma closed a $1.5 billion offering led by World Liberty Financial with significant board changes. ALT5 will implement a WLFI Treasury Strategy, aiming to hol about 7.5% of the WLFI token supply. Share this article ALT5 Sigma Corporation, supported by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., announced Tuesday it had closed a $1.5 billion registered direct offering and private placement to kick off a treasury strategy focused on WLFI, the native token of World Liberty Financial.The completion of funding, which was led by World Liberty Financial, came after ALT5 Sigma revealed the plan on Monday. The company…