China is single-handedly undermining the crypto market as it forced widespread closures of mining operations across the country, leading to a decline in the network hashrate for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. The People's Bank of China has issued new restrictions preventing banks from offering services that facilitate transactions involving cryptocurrencies.
Facebook’s Clubhouse competitor, Live Audio Rooms, is making its way stateside, with some US-based public figures, as well as certain groups, starting hosting rooms through the main Facebook iOS app. There's no cap on the number of listeners allowed in, and notifications when your friends or followers join a room, asWell as live captions, there will be a "raise a hand" button to request to join the conversation.
Amblin has signed a deal with Netflix to make "multiple new feature films per year" for the streaming service. The deal covers at least two films a year, but it's unclear whether Spielberg will end up directing movies for Netflix. The move is a big get for Netflix as it is releasing at least one movie every week.
The US intelligence community may finally reveal some of its secrets to Congress when it delivers a mandatory, unclassified report that will be available to the public. The change from UFO to UAP is in part a nod to the likelihood that some of the incidents may be explained by technical glitches or environmental phenomena rather than actual tangible objects.
Airspeeder says its electric “flying” race car, the Alauda Mk3, has had its first unpiloted test flights in southern Australia, an electric vertical takeoff multicopter remotely controlled and the test flights took place under the supervision of Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Web-based word processor Google Docs is being actively exploited to disguise dangerous web domains, as cybercriminals have found a way to conceal attacks behind standard Google Doc's URLs, which can be delivered to victims via email without triggering security software. The loophole can be exploited to redirect victims through to malicious web pages, which could be set up to siphon personal details and account credentials, or rigged with malware.
The current crop of hot startups dedicated to artificial intelligence shows how far AI has come in accessibility and use in the workplace and field. These startups prove that unlocking innovations in AI isn’t a goal reserved for the largest tech giants, but innovative work is happening in the suburbs of Detroit.
The current crop of hot startups dedicated to artificial intelligence shows how far AI has come in accessibility and use in the workplace and field. These startups prove that unlocking innovations in AI isn’t a goal reserved for the largest tech giants, but innovative work is happening in the suburbs of Detroit.
The next mainline Metroid game, called Dread, is coming to the Switch on October 8th. The game would feature Samus Aran being constantly pursued by an all-powerful force, instilling fear in players with an enemy they couldn’t defeat.
Microsoft has launched a new version of its Whiteboard app for Microsoft 365, with features designed to help people collaborate better whether they're working from the office or home, including new content types, new UI and expanded Microsoft 365 integration. The latest version also introduces templates to help you get started on a presentation, along with a "follow along" feature to guide users through ideas.
Spotify announced its acquisition of Podz, trying to solve the problem of podcast discovery, as podcasts are often 30 minutes long and hard for listeners to browse new shows. Instead of podcasters manually choosing how to promote their show, Podz chooses a clip using its machine learning model.
Facebook is funding research into deepfake technology to guard against future threats as the work is still in the research stage and isn't ready to be deployed. This work is a collaboration with academics from Michigan State University to create a method to reverse-engineer deepfakes. The work is useful as it could help Facebook track down bad actors spreading deep fakes.
