Visa earmarks $100M to invest in generative AI companies
Visa announced today that it plans to invest $100 million in companies developing generative AI technologies and applications “that will impact the future of commerce and payments.” The investments will be made through Visa Ventures, the card giant’s 16-year-old global corporate investment arm. Visa claims to have been a “pioneer
Read moreElon Musk’s X Corp faces trademark lawsuit from social media ad agency
When Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X this summer, there were concerns that the new company could face trademark lawsuits as there were nearly 900 active U.S. trademark registrations that cover the letter and branding “X” across various industries, according to comments made by trademark attorney Josh Gerben, speaking to
Read moreUSB-C for all, PHP 4EVA, and what do LLMs actually know (if anything)?
Ben and Ryan settle in for a wide-ranging discussion about whether large language models know anything, whether language ability is unique to humans, and what the end of the Hollywood writers’ strike says about the future of AI-generated content.
Read moreStreamers with C$10 million or more in Canadian revenue subject to Bill C-11 under CRTC’s new rules
Last Friday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) wrapped up two out of the three public consultations it launched in May related to the enactment of Bill C-11 (Online Streaming Act). The legislation, which forces streaming services such as Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, and Disney Plus to contribute to and
Read moreCanadian businesses struggle to keep pace in tech race, KPMG survey reveals
Canadian companies are falling behind their global counterparts in the race to adopt crucial digital technologies, risking their competitive edge and financial stability, states the 2023 KPMG Global Tech Report. Despite prioritizing advancements like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), a survey of 150 Canadian businesses reveals they are
Read moreQueer social app Lex gets a new CEO and $5.6M to grow
Lex, the app inspired by vintage lesbian personals, just raised $5.6 million in seed funding and elevated co-founder Jennifer Lewis from COO to CEO. As a result, founding CEO Kel Rakowski steps into a new role — chief creative officer, while former Hinge product boss Michelle Parsons joins as chief
Read morePower of .xcconfigs in Xcode
Power of Xcconfigs in XcodePhoto by Avinash Murugappan on UnsplashSo this isn’t just a tutorial on how to use configuration files in Xcode; it also talks about the emotion behind improving and using xcconfig files. This idea hit me when I had to make clones of my project. So why should you
Read moreElon Musk sued for defamation for falsely identifying man as neo-Nazi protestor
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), is being sued for defamation over posts he made falsely accusing a man of pretending to be a neo-Nazi to stir up a “false flag” operation earlier this year. The suit was
Read moreAmid Twitter chaos, Mastodon grew donations 488% in 2022, reached 1.8M monthly active users
Consumer interest in open-source, decentralized social networking isn’t something that was only reflected in news headlines over the past year, it’s also apparent in the financials behind Mastodon. The non-profit organization powers one of the many apps that came into fashion as a Twitter alternative following Elon Musk’s acquisition of
Read moreThis week in AI: AI-powered personalities are all the rage
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. Last week during its annual
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