Gemini was designed from the beginning to be about much more than just text. | Image: Google Google has been an ‘AI-first company’ for nearly a decade. Now, a year into the AI era brought on by ChatGPT, it’s finally making a big move. Continue reading… Source: The Verge
Sona is a new web3 streaming protocol that uses DeFi primitives (decentralized finance basic building blocks) to put the financial power back into artists’ hands with its rewards model, auctions and ad-free streaming. Sona emerged from stealth today, announcing the open beta launch of its first product—Sona Stream, a free music streaming service with zero...
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry participates in an event on women’s role in building a climate-resilient world, at COP28 World Climate Summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Pho (This Dec. 5 story has been corrected to remove a reference to electricity in paragraph...
Visual Electric, a company backed by Sequoia Capital has launched its generative AI-based image-generation tool aimed at designers. The company was founded in November 2022 by CEO Colin Dunn, a former executive at Universe, a mobile building site. Dunn also worked at Facebook and Dropbox; Chief Product Officer Adam Menges, a former Apple employee whose...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber launched a new “Store Pickup” feature for holiday procrastinators who may be in need of a little extra help with their gift distribution. For a fee, customers can request an Uber courier pick up a purchased item from a store to be delivered to a recipient of...
Mastercard is launching a new generative AI shopping tool called “Shopping Muse” that is designed to help users get personalized product recommendations. The tool is powered by Dynamic Yield, a personalization company that was acquired by Mastercard in April 2022. Mastercard says the idea behind Shopping Muse is to “revolutionize how customers search for and...
(Reuters) -A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried South Korea’s first spy satellite into orbit on Friday from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, after North Korea successfully launched its own military reconnaissance satellite last month. The satellite was placed into orbit and a little over an hour after launch “successfully established communication with an overseas ground...
JEDDAH — In an effort to highlight its brand focus on the new urban elite and shape a "diverse, boundaryless" user ecosystem, the emerging off-road brand JAECOO has embarked on the "WHO Source: Saudi Gazette
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) speaks as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) joins striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on the picket line outside GM’s Willow Run Distribution Center, in Belleville, Way By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union said...
FEBE Ventures’ name stands for “for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs,” and true to form, it is continuing to support seed-stage startups with the launch of its second fund. Targeting $75 million, Fund II is 2.5 times larger than FEBE’s first fund and 90% has already been committed. As part of the launch, FEBE Ventures also announced...