Apple unexpectedly wrote to California state senator Susan Talamantes Eggman this week to support SB 244, a “right to repair” bill in Sacramento’s State Capitol. Apple has softened its position on right to repair legislation, including last year’s Self Service Repair program. Many saw the offering as a preemptive measure …
Read More »In Q2, Nvidia proved to be the biggest winner in the generative AI boom
Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings, released Wednesday after markets closed, show that selling generative AI boom picks and shovels can be lucrative. A new computing era has begun. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said companies worldwide are moving from general-purpose to accelerated computing and generative AI. Huang is right. Nvidia dominates …
Read More »Indian moon lander Chandrayaan-3 lands
After failing in 2019, Chandrayaan-3, India’s latest moon mission, landed on the moon. India became the fourth nation to softly land on the moon, after the former Soviet Union, the U.S., and China, and the first to land on the lunar south pole, an unexplored area that is expected to …
Read More »FBI says North Korean hackers planning to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks
The U.S. government believes North Korean hackers are preparing to cash out millions of dollars stolen in high-profile crypto hacks. On Tuesday, the FBI warned cryptocurrency companies about blockchain activity related to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group, also known …
Read More »Wand.app raises $4.2M to scale its AI-powered artist tool
Wand.app, an AI-powered creative tool that lets artists manually customize and visualize their ideas, raised $4.2 million in seed funding led by O’Shaughnessy Ventures. Wand uses visual tools and personalization to bridge the gap between AI-powered creative tools and artists who have specific visions for their work. Wand was founded …
Read More »Shopify plug-in for USDC payments by Solana Pay
Exclusively reported that Solana Labs’ decentralized payment protocol, Solana Pay, has integrated its plug-in with Shopify, allowing millions of businesses on its platform to use it for payments. Solana Pay launched in February 2022 on the layer-1 blockchain Solana. Josh Fried, business development and partnerships at Solana Foundation, told that …
Read More »Hackers steal broker funds using WinRAR zero-day bug
A zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR, a popular Windows shareware archiving tool, is being used by cybercriminals to steal traders’ funds. In June, cybersecurity firm Group-IB discovered the WinRAR ZIP file processing vulnerability. Hackers can hide malicious scripts in archive files disguised as “.jpg” images or “.txt” files to compromise target …
Read More »The Netflix interactive story game for ‘Love is Blind’ fans
Netflix released a mobile game that “Love is Blind” fans will want. Netflix Stories is an upcoming interactive fiction story game that lets players explore popular Netflix movies and shows. Netflix Stories: Love is Blind, the app’s first game, simulates a social experiment where singles try to find love before …
Read More »Microsoft adds Python to Excel
Microsoft released the public preview of Python in Excel today, allowing advanced spreadsheet users to combine Python scripts and Excel formulas in the same workbook. This feature will first be released to Microsoft 365 Insiders in Excel for Windows beta. While the feature will initially only be available in Excel …
Read More »Relume, a bootstrapped AI web builder, wants to turbocharge Figma and Webflow
Since its launch in November 2021, Relume has bootstrapped instead of accepting investments in the current wave of generative AI breakthroughs, which has raised $14 billion in equity funding as of August. “We are focusing on building a product we can sell. Bootstrapping helps us build a better product, Relume …
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