Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project
Image: Worldcoin via Twitter Kenya is pumping the brakes on Worldcoin — the eyeball-scanning crypto project launched by OpenAI founder Sam Altman. The Kenyan government has ordered Worldcoin to stop collecting data in the country while it reviews the project for potential privacy and security risks, as reported earlier by
Read moreTinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles
Tinder is currently testing an AI photo selection feature that looks at a user’s photo album and selects the five that best represents them for their dating profile, parent company Match Group revealed during its earnings call today. “AI has really inspired our product people across the entire company to
Read moreLow-Code and No-Code Task Automation With LlamaIndex Data Agents, Zapier NLA, Snowflake, &…
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Read moreVoyager and Airbus will operate Starlab private space station via ‘transatlantic joint venture’
Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space are expanding their existing relationship via a new joint venture focused on the design, build and operation of the Starlab commercial space station. The two companies announced that they would be partnering on Voyager’s Starlab space station in January, saying that Airbus would
Read moreDiscord will now let you stream Xbox gameplay directly to servers and DMs
Streaming to Twitch is one thing, but sometimes you just want to share a new game (ahem Baldur’s Gate 3) or a big gameplay moment with your inner circle. Building off its previous integration with Xbox, Discord announced today that users will now be able to stream Xbox games directly
Read moreOurCrowd teams up with Airwallex to let its investors back startups in their local currency
Over the course of the last few years, venture investment platform OurCrowd has become Israel’s most active venture investor, with over 400 portfolio companies across 42 funds. The platform allows accredited investors to invest in the startups in the OurCrowd portfolio, but until now, they had to do so by
Read moreAmazon now offers Fresh grocery delivery to non-Prime members in select US cities
Amazon is making its Fresh grocery delivery service available to people without Prime memberships in select U.S. cities. In the past, Fresh grocery delivery was only available to people who had a Prime subscription. With this expansion, people in a dozen cities, including Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas-Fort
Read moreSurvey reveals sysadmins seriously need to up their AI knowledge
Results of a new survey from Action1 Corp., provider of a patch management platform designed for work-from-anywhere enterprises, indicate that an alarming 73 per cent of IT system administrators (sysadmins) are “clueless” about leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) for company success. Based on a June survey of 560 sysadmins from around
Read moreCyber Security Today, August 2, 2023 – A valuable report from the CISA
A valuable report from the CISA. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. I’m away for a few days, so this podcast doesn’t have the latest news. Instead I want to draw listeners’
Read moreHow Elon Musk took over Tesla using money, strong-arm tactics, and his own popularity
Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk at the launch of the Tesla Roadster in 2008. | Image: Getty The story of Tesla and Elon Musk can be traced back to the early 2000s, when Musk was ousted as CEO of his first company, PayPal. That incident taught Musk a
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