As cloud architecture becomes more widespread, many organizations are adopting a hybrid approach, combining SaaS in private and public clouds with on-premises products. IBM bought Apptio, a hybrid data tracking platform, for $4.6 billion in cash today, doubling down on the hybrid concept. IBM plans to use Apptio alongside its …
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The luxury all-electric Air sedan maker Lucid Group will supply Aston Martin with powertrain components for future electric vehicles, the companies announced Monday. The iconic British luxury automaker plans to launch an EV in 2025. Lucid can now supply and diversify its revenue streams with the agreement. Lucid has missed …
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Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission will attempt marine booster recovery, the latest step in its reusability program. “Baby Come Back” will launch from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. Launch begins July 14. The Electron rocket will launch four NASA CubeSats, two Spire Global radio frequency …
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According to two sources, Apple has been in talks with NPCI to launch Apple Pay in South Asia, hoping to compete with Walmart’s PhonePe, Google’s GPay, and Paytm. People familiar with the matter said Apple is working on a localized version of Apple Pay that works with UPI, a popular …
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Inflection, a well-funded AI startup aiming to create “personal AI for everyone,” revealed the large language model powering its Pi conversational agent. Competition is good, but it’s hard to objectively and systematically assess these things’ quality. As measured by computing power used to train them, Inflection-1 is roughly GPT-3.5 (AKA …
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This question is serious. How can generative AI be used ethically in a major public work of art? Marvel Studios’ use of AI to create “Secret Invasion”‘s title sequence raises this issue. AI-generated art—in this climate? By a billionaire-funded company? Unacceptable! This is not a secret AI invasion. Some were …
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TikTok is testing a new in-app “Trendy Beat” shopping section that sells ByteDance products. The U.K. is testing the Financial Times-reported feature. Trending videos feature ear wax removal tools in the shopping section. On Thursday, the company told that the new e-commerce initiative is not being tested in the U.S., …
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Instagram now lets users download Reels from others to share outside the app. TikTok, a rival short video app, has had this feature for years and gained popularity by having users watch videos with its watermark outside the platform. Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday that U.S. users can download Reels …
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Amazon announced today that Prime Day will be held July 11-12. Customers receive many discounts during this event to boost sales. The event will run from July 3 to July 12. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, …
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Netflix is now poking fun at itself after the first episode of “Black Mirror” Season 6 went viral. Netflix launched two “Streamberry”-themed websites. Netflix created Streamberry.tv, a replica of the fictional platform. Youareawful.com lets users submit photos for Streamberry shows. Streamberry was featured in the first episode of “Black Mirror,” …
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