Stitch raises $25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital, increasing the round’s total to $46M
Open banking, in which traditional banks release their data via application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable the development of new financial services for their consumers, has been one of the most significant disruptions in global payments over the past decade. Less than five years ago, this innovation, in which businesses
Read moreMultimodal ChatGPT: Working with Voice, Vision, and Images
Explore ChatGPT's multimodal capabilities, from real-time voice interactions to image understanding, and how these enhance creative workflow. Continue reading Multimodal ChatGPT: Working with Voice, Vision, and Images on SitePoint.
Read moreUnitary AI picks up $15M for its multimodal approach to video content moderation
Content moderation continues to be a contentious topic in the world of online media. New regulations and public concern are likely to keep it as a priority for many years to come. But weaponised AI and other tech advances are making it ever harder to address. A startup out of
Read moreElon Musk is being sued for defamation after falsely claiming a man was a neo-Nazi on X
Elon Musk has been on something of a suing spree lately, but on Monday Twitter’s new owner was hit with a fresh inbound lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Musk defamed a California man after the owner of X (formerly Twitter) claimed that the recent college graduate was a federal agent
Read moreEnsuring Data Consistency Across Microservices: Challenges and Solutions
Vows, Rings, and Distributed Transactions: A Microservices Marriage CeremonyPhoto by Growtika on UnsplashPicture this: you’re piecing together a grand puzzle, where each piece is sourced from different places. Every piece is unique, important, and vital for the final image. But what happens if one piece doesn’t quite fit or goes missing? The
Read moreTesla Autopilot arbitration win could set legal benchmark in auto industry
In a victory for Tesla, a California federal judge ruled over the weekend that a group of Tesla owners cannot pursue in court claims that the company falsely advertised its automated features. Instead, they will have to face individual arbitration. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam’s ruling isn’t a win for
Read moreX Social Media is suing X, a social media company
Illustration: The Verge It was bound to happen eventually: a company has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Elon Musk’s X Corp. over its renaming of Twitter (via Reuters). The company in question is X Social Media LLC, an ad agency from Florida that alleges X Corp. is guilty
Read moreMax Q: Mining moon water
In this issue: Mining water on the moon with Starpath Robotics, news from Blue Origin, SpaceX and more.
Read moreRepublicans still don’t know how to talk to young voters online
In an appeal to younger voters, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — who proposed raising the voting age to 25 — launched his TikTok presence with an endorsement from Jake Paul, the YouTuber turned boxer who built a content empire by marketing to children. Ramaswamy is one of the only
Read moreOusted Flexport CEO Dave Clark strikes back
Dave Clark, the former Amazon executive who was ousted as CEO of Flexport just a year into the job, fired back at its founder and board, calling recent reporting on the logistics company “deeply concerning.” Clark made the comments Monday in a lengthy post on social media site X following
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