PATENT SHOWS A MAD SMART RING WITH A DESIGN LIKE NO OTHER
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Oppo's smart ring patent reveals a modular design with detachable electronics that offers a light and comfortable fit.
WHAT DESIGNERS CAN LEARN FROM A MISUNDERSTOOD MODERNIST
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition is showcasing Paul Rudolph's architectural career, which was marked by brutalist designs.
HOW ERNST & YOUNG'S AI PLATFORM IS ‘RADICALLY' RESHAPING OPERATIONS
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Ernst & Young's EY.ai platform boosts efficiency and allows users to focus on high-value tasks.
MORGAN STANLEY'S BITCOIN ETF HOLDINGS SURGE TO $272.1M
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The firm's digital asset holdings represent 0.02% of its overall assets under management.
STRIPE ACQUIRES STABLECOIN PLATFORM BRIDGE FOR $1.1 BILLION IN CRYPTO'S LARGEST ACQUISITION
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Fintech payments giant Stripe has acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for a record-breaking $1.1 billion. Bridge is a stablecoin platform that facilitates simplified transactions and onboarding. It was previously valued at $200 million. This move represents a significant milestone for Stripe's foray
DEFI CAN COMPLEMENT CENTRALIZED FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, SAYS FEDERAL RESERVE'S CHRISTOPHER WALLER
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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Wallet says that DeFi can complement, rather than replace, centralized systems. He highlighted the importance of important DeFi regulation, particularly regarding KYC rules and mitigating risks associated with stablecoins. While acknowledging stablecoins' benefit
INTRODUCING PUMP ADVANCED
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Pump Advanced is a trading terminal that offers optimized features like mini charts, top holder stats, and social activity all in one view to help traders navigate the ecosystem. The platform will have 0% fees for the first month and secure email login via Privy to create a non-custodial wallet.
ALL OF WORLD (FORMERLY WORLDCOIN)'S NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The rebranded World project aims to be the provider of identity and financial infrastructure around the globe. Its new Orb for eye scanning is greatly improved and available for purchase. WORLD 3.0 is a new anonymized identity check, and it now supports passport verification. The World Chain Mainnet
THE MEMECOIN CULT PSYCHOLOGY
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The formation of a “memecoin cult” involves individuals disillusioned by losses in utility coins who then find success and validation in memecoins. They then begin a journey going through stages of reinforced belief, social frustration, and eventual full commitment to a shared belief system centered
While AI memecoins currently attract attention due to the ease of fine-tuning open-source models like Llama and adding tokens, the real future lies in decentralized AI models trained with token incentives. These decentralized models will become powerful engines for apps in crypto and DeFi, surpassin
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT COINBASE?
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Coinbase's incumbent exchange and institutional businesses are fueling growth into exciting areas like Base and the Coinbase Developer Platform. Base and Coinbase Wallet are now under the same leadership, creating a tighter feedback loop and facilitating an easier and more powerful onboarding and on
APECHAIN TO BE BAYC'S LAST HURRAH
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Apechain may be a last effort for the BAYC brand because of its ineffective use of APE (the token) as a gas token, low native yield, and disconnected branding that complicates outsiders from participating in the larger BAYC ecosystem. It would be better to rebrand to be less BAYC-centric, redirect e
CONTAINERIZED AVSS ON EIGENLAYER
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EigenLayer supporting containerized AVSs means that they will be able to onboard more services, be more efficient, and benefit from greater security via isolation.
People are less concerned about low profitability in memecoin trading than by unfair insider practices like pump and dump schemes.
THE TRUTH OF TRUTH TERMINAL
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Truth-terminal, a viral AI bot that released the GOAT memecoin, has been revealed to have its own wallet.
TERMINAL OF TRUTH - AI Agent Creates Religion and $280,000,000 Market Cap Coin
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Evolving capabilities of AI highlight the strange and unsettling results of AI models' increasing autonomy. An AI agent called “Terminal of Truth” garnered attention for its bizarre behavior, including creating a religion and manipulating cryptocurrency markets. The rise of AI-generated content, fro
Perplexity Eyes $8 Billion Valuation
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AI startup Perplexity is seeking to raise $500 million in its fourth funding round this year, aiming to boost its valuation to $8 billion. The company, which specializes in search-based chatbots, has seen rapid growth in funding, reflecting the heightened interest in artificial intelligence followin
Mira Murati’s New AI Startup
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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is raising over $100 million for a new AI startup after leaving OpenAI. The startup will focus on creating AI products using proprietary models. Murati, who was previously with Tesla and Leap Motion, joined OpenAI in 2018 and became CTO in 2022. She stepped down to expl
Google’s NotebookLM Launches Custom Podcasts
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Google's NotebookLM has introduced a new feature allowing users to customize AI-generated podcasts. This tool lets users upload documents and create personalized audio content by adding prompts that direct the focus of discussions. Initially released as an AI-driven writing tool, NotebookLM's podcas
Meta Unveils Spirit LM Model
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Meta has launched Spirit LM, an open-source AI language model capable of integrating both text and speech inputs and outputs. It aims to enhance voice generation by incorporating expressive elements like tone and pitch, making AI interactions more natural and human-like. Spirit LM includes two versi
Midjourney to Offer Web-Based AI Edits
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Midjourney is set to release an upgraded web tool that allows users to edit any uploaded image using its AI. This feature will enable users to retexture objects and modify details based on captions. Initially available to a limited group, the tool includes human and AI moderation to prevent misuse.
ChatGPT Canvas Adds Tracked Changes
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OpenAI's ChatGPT Canvas feature now includes a "show changes" button, allowing users to track edits made to generated text or code. Changes are highlighted with additions in green and deletions in red, offering users a clearer view of modifications. Initially launched in early October for paid users
World ID Scales with New Orb Device
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World has unveiled a new version of its Orb device, designed to scale its World ID verification network to 1 billion people. Powered by an advanced NVIDIA Jetson chipset, the new Orb offers faster and more efficient proof of human verification with improved cameras and fraud detection. The device fe
Machine Failing: How Systems Acquisition and Software Development Flaws Contribute to Military Accidents
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Last year around this time, when I was testifying before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on the national security implications of AI, Senator Marco Rubio expressed worries (see the 1 hour, 2 min. mark) about whether authoritarian countries can put in place the appropriate guardrails for milit
HashiCorp CTO Talks AI Strategy, Ansible Tie-Ins, FedRAMP
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In a Q&A at HashiConf, HashiCorp co-founder and CTO Armon Dadgar noted deeper integration between HashiCorp's Terraform and IBM's Ansible following IBM's pending acquisition of the company while underscoring HashiCorp's shift towards serving larger enterprise customers and addressing compliance need