Fitting AI models in your pocket with quantization
SPONSORED BY QUALCOMM One of my favorite things to hear from clients is “You can’t do that…” Over the years, I’ve invited dozens of clients and developers to bring me a challenge. Got a piece of software you built but are certain it would never run on a smartphone? Let
Read moreSolana Pay integrates plug-in with Shopify for USDC payments
Solana Pay, a decentralized payment protocol by Solana Labs, has integrated its plug-in with Shopify, allowing millions businesses on its platform to use it for payments, TechCrunch was told exclusively. Solana Pay launched in February 2022 and is built on top of the layer-1 blockchain Solana. USDC, the second largest
Read moreWand.app raises $4.2M to scale its AI-powered creative tool for artists
Wand.app, an AI-powered creative tool that gives artists the ability to manually customize and visualize their ideas, has raised $4.2 million in seed funding led by O’Shaughnessy Ventures. Unlike AI-powered creative tools that provide limited control over the content they generate, which can be alienating to artists who have specific
Read more5 Engineering Lessons from Early Stage Startups
Over the past three years, I’ve left behind a 10-year stint leading an engineering team building enterprise, commercial SaaS for customers — like Novo Nordisk and Boehringer-Ingelheim — and dove head-first into the VC-backed startup world as well as working on my own startups like Turas.app.During that time, I’ve worked with a range of
Read moreIndia’s Chandrayaan-3 makes successful landing on the moon
Chandrayaan-3, the latest iteration of India’s ambitious mission to the moon, has successfully landed on the lunar surface — making history after its predecessor failed in 2019. The landing, which took place at the targeted time of 5:34am PT (6:04pm IST) on Wednesday over a month after the spacecraft’s launch,
Read moreFBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks
The U.S. government said it believes North Korean hackers are preparing to cash out millions of dollars stolen during a spate of high-profile crypto hacks. On Tuesday, the FBI warned cryptocurrency companies about recent blockchain activity connected to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by malicious
Read moreThe ‘US Cyber Trust Mark’ finally gives device makers a reason to spend big on security
Apu Pavithran Contributor Apu Pavithran is the founder and CEO of Hexnode. The Internet of Things (IoT) is in hacker crosshairs. Last year, more than 110 million IoT malware attacks took place — an 87% increase from the previous 12 months. And as connected devices take on more critical roles
Read moreThe false promises of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving
Image: Owen Grove / The Verge Back in 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stunned the automotive world by announcing that, henceforth, all of his company’s vehicles would be shipped with the hardware necessary for “full self-driving.” You will be able to nap in your car while it drives you to
Read moreIntroducing Pieces Copilot
Discover the Pieces Copilot, and experience the hyper-contextual, on-device, multimodal, integrated future of AI software development. Continue reading Introducing Pieces Copilot on SitePoint.
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