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Source: The Verge You can bet on seeing lots of AI ads during the Super Bowl LIX, according to Mark Evans, the executive VP of ad sales for Fox Sports. Evans told The Hollywood Reporter that AI “will be coming like a freight train,” and that some companies have paid over $8 million for 30-second…
Source: Venture Beat VRAL Games, a Miami gaming company, acquired a 30% stake of PolarityOne, a Seattle game studio developing the sci-fi VR shooter Exoshock. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint I have never filed my ITR, as my tax liability has been nil. Now, I am planning to apply for a home loan, so I would need to present ITR to the bank. I want to file my ITR online alone as I cannot afford to pay to CA. I have registered…
Source: Coin Tegraph Musk is said to be exploring public blockchains to curb wasteful government spending and stem fraud and abuse. Will it work? Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint (Updates with market opening prices) Jan 29 (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index rose on Wednesday led by mining shares, as investors cheered the Bank of Canada’s decision to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 0.3% at 25,502.94, its highest level…
Source: The Verge MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit over data breaches that collectively exposed the personal information of 37 million customers. The case consolidated 22 class-action lawsuits filed over two security incidents: a data breach in 2019, and a ransomware attack in 2023. Lawyers for the victims…
Source: Venture Beat D3 Global, the a decentralized domain name company, has raised $25 million to modernize the way that internet domain names operate. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge When TikTok went off the air (to use a very old-fashioned phrase), there was a scramble to find an alternative to its shortform video feed — and a similar scramble by various social networks to provide that alternative. (In fact, while I was writing this, Tumblr launched its new Tumblr TV feature.)…
Source: Venture Beat Comcast is unveiling ultra-low lag connectivity when it comes to highly interactive applications like gaming, video conferencing and virtual reality. Read Full Article
Source: Bitcoinist Often considered as a safe-haven asset during economic crisis, Bitcoin has created a special niche in finance. Its distributed character, free from conventional financial restrictions, gives it a unique appeal. Its volatility, however, calls to question its dependability. While some consider the crypto as too unstable for actual safe-haven status, others see it…
