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AMD launches the Instinct MI325X GPUs to compete with Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell chips, and plans to start production before the end of 2024 — AMD launched a new artificial-intelligence chip on Thursday that is taking direct aim at Nvidia's data center graphics processors, known as GPUs.
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Intel unveils its Arrow Lake desktop processors, with an NPU, better power efficiency at higher clock speeds, and 2x the graphics performance vs. its 14th Gen — New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down?
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| Jack Kubinec / Blockworks: |
Stripe reintegrates crypto payments in the US, letting users pay merchants in USDC or USDP on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, after disabling the feature in 2018 — Customers can pay merchants in USDC or USDP on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, while US-based merchants are paid in dollars| Decrypt: |
Uniswap Labs unveils Unichain, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain built on Optimism tech, to enable faster, cheaper transactions and better liquidity across chains — Uniswap will launch an Ethereum layer-2 network called Unichain in an effort to cut fees, boost liquidity, and more.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to let US users buy and play Xbox games from the Xbox App on Android starting in November, after a judge ordered Google to open up Play Store — Microsoft is planning to update its Xbox mobile app on Android to allow US users to purchase and then play Xbox games on their mobile devices next month.
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The US and UK announce a joint agreement aimed at keeping children safer online, including the setting up of an online safety working group to share expertise — The argument over smartphones in schools has been “won”, the technology secretary Peter Kyle has told the BBC … | CNBC: |
Sources detail Meta's work on a consumer version of Orion, which could be built within two years, plans to bring Orion wristband tech to its other devices, more — When Facebook changed its name to Meta in October 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the occasion to show the world his vision …
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Glooko, whose diabetes management app is used by more than 4.4M patients and 10K clinics globally, raised a $100M Series F led by Georgian — Glooko Diabetes Data venture capital (VC) — The digital diabetes developer Glooko has collected $100 million and a new CEO to help boost the trajectory of its data management platform.| Joyu Wang / Wall Street Journal: |
Taiwan says China detained four employees at Foxconn's iPhone factory in Zhengzhou and says Foxconn said it didn't suffer a financial loss tied to their actions — Taiwan says investor confidence may be damaged after four Taiwanese are held — TAIPEI—Four Taiwanese employees …
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The FBI reveals it created Ethereum-based token NexFundAI with the help of “cooperating witnesses” to investigate price manipulation in crypto markets — The FBI created a cryptocurrency as part of an investigation into price manipulation in crypto markets, the government revealed Wednesday.
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| Grace Kay / Business Insider: |
Four of Musk's Tesla direct reports, including its CIO and global vehicle automation and safety policy lead, recently resigned, ahead of Tesla's robotaxi event — - Four Tesla execs announced in the past week that they were leaving or had already left the company.
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Amazon says Apple TV+ will be available as a $9.99/month subscription add-on in Prime Video Channels later this month in the US, joining 100+ streaming services — Apple will begin selling TV+ subscriptions through Prime later this month, Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Amazon Prime Video …
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| Financial Times: |
Darktrace co-founder Poppy Gustafsson, who left last month ahead of the £4.3B takeover of the cybersecurity group, is appointed as the UK's investment minister — Appointment comes ahead of international investment summit — Darktrace co-founder Poppy Gustafsson has been appointed …
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| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
PayPal formally launches PayPal Ads, which looks to help US marketers tap into data about transactions across PayPal's platforms, including Venmo and Honey — - PayPal is set to launch an ads business, starting in the US. — The company intends to offer ads across its own properties, as well as retailers.
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LinkedIn says ~10M people have created pages on its Services Marketplace for freelancers, up 48% in the last year; it launched the marketplace in 2021 — More than 100,000 people have been laid off in the technology industry alone this year, and — either by circumstance or choice … | Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Chinese researchers debut AI model Pyramid Flow, which makes a five-second, 384p video in 56 seconds, built using a new technique called pyramidal flow matching — The number of AI video generation models continues to grow with a new one, Pyramid Flow, launching this week … | David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
How Ryan Salame, an FTX executive who gave millions to GOP politicians, and Michelle Bond, who ran for Congress, went from crypto power couple to facing prison — Ryan Salame, an FTX executive, and Michelle Bond, a crypto policy advocate, were once a Washington power couple. Now they both face prison time.
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