Month: May 2021
Anthropic is the new AI research outfit from OpenAI’s Dario Amodei, and it has $124M to burn
As AI has grown from a menagerie of research projects to include a handful of titanic, industry-powering models like GPT-3, there is a need for the sector to evolve — or so thinks Dario Amodei, former VP of research at OpenAI, who struck out on his own to create a…
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Twitch warns streamers another wave of copyright strikes is coming
Twitch has received a “batch” of new takedown notices from music publishers over copyrighted songs in recorded streams (known as VODs), the company said in an email to streamers today. The notice may be worrying for some streamers who were affected by the waves of takedowns that hit last year,…
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The financial pickle facing Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Loop system
Restrictions put in place by Nevada regulators are making it difficult for The Boring Company (TBC) to meet contractual targets for its LVCC Loop, Elon Musk’s first underground transportation system. The Loop system at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) is supposed to use more than 60 fully autonomous high-speed…
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Far Cry 6 release date set for October Far Cry 6
Far Cry 6 is set to be released on October 7, 2021 as one of the next big games from Ubisoft. Like prior Far Cry titles, it’s an open-world first-person shooter. Players are unleashed on the tropical island of Yara, where the dictator Anton Castillo rules. Castillo is portrayed by…
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and other internet giants comply with India’s IT rules
Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn and Tiger Global-backed Indian startups ShareChat and Koo have either fully or partially complied with the South Asian nation’s new IT rules, according to two people familiar with the matter and a government note obtained by TechCrunch. India’s new IT rules, unveiled in February this year,…
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Apple AirPods 3 release date leak says it’ll be here in 2021 – here’s what will change airpods pro
A new report claims that a third iteration of the Apple AirPods are in development right now as are the second generation of the Apple AirPods Pro. According to Bloomberg who spoke with people familiar with the plans, the AirPods 3 could include motion sensors for fitness tracking and integration…
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