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Trademark filings suggest Apple is considering calling its mixed reality headset “Reality One” or “Reality Pro” and its specialized chip “Reality Processor” — Trademark filings suggest that Apple Inc. may be staking claim to potential names …
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Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January; Tan will step away from his role at Initialized Capital — Y Combinator has tapped an outsider as its next president — sort of. — The storied Bay Area-based accelerator has chosen venture capitalist …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Snap adds a Dual Camera feature to Snapchat on iOS, enabling users to capture photos and videos using their phone's front-facing and rear cameras simultaneously — Snapchat is the latest app to add dual camera functionality. The app is launching the “Dual Camera” recording feature …
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Unlike DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion is open source and can run on high-end consumer GPUs, while its CreativeML Open RAIL-M license “strives for” “responsible” use — A state-of-the-art AI model available for everyone through a safety-centric open-source license is unheard of.
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A look at the “Palantir Pack”, a group of Palantir alumni who have founded companies and VC firms like Affirm, Anduril, OpenSea, Handshake, Ironclad, and 8VC — When Luba Lesiva created the Palantir Alumni syndicate on AngelList, she thought it would be a small project to help … | Daniel Van Boom / CNET: |
Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed at MTV's Video Music Awards in Yuga Labs' game Otherside, using Bored Yacht Ape NFT avatars that they own — Just like the video clip for the song, Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed “From The D 2 The LBC” as their Bored Apes during Sunday's Video Music Awards.
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Meta partners with JioMart, an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms, to launch a grocery shopping service on WhatsApp in India — Meta and an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms are bringing JioMart grocery shopping to WhatsApp …
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How Taiwan's centrality in the global chip supply chain may help keep the peace by providing the island with a “silicon shield” against a Chinese invasion — TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Chinese warships rehearsed a blockade of Taiwan this month, they simulated a scenario global leaders …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India says it won't restrict Chinese companies from selling smartphones cheaper than $150, after a report said it may do so to boost its domestic industry — India is not proposing to restrict Chinese smartphone manufacturers from operating in the sub-$150 price range, a key minister said Monday …
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SEC filing: Triller raised $200M and is targeting a valuation of $3B in its IPO later in 2022; source: Triller is on track for a run rate of $250M in 2023 — Triller, a video-sharing social network service, has raised $200 million in financing as it eyes an initial public offering (IPO) of $3 billion before the end of this year.
Tweets: @jstrauss and @lthomasnews
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping a €997M fine against Qualcomm for allegedly paying Apple billions to use only Qualcomm chips — EU antitrust regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping its 997-million-euro ($991 million) fine against U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm …
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A look at FWB Fest, dubbed the “crypto Woodstock”, attended by Friends With Benefits social club members hoping to change the way people use blockchain tech — Founders of the online Friends With Benefits social club hope to change the way people use the blockchain
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