Max 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
Read moreVisa 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
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