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/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951352/STK043_VRG_Illo_N_Barclay_4_Meta.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Meta AI can now be used by the US military for national security")
Source: The Verge Meta will now allow US government agencies and contractors to use its open-source Llama AI model for “national security applications.” In an announcement on Monday, the company said it’s working with Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, and others to make Llama available to the government. Under Meta’s “acceptable use policy,” people…
Source: Coin Tegraph The US presidential race could determine the fate of more than half a dozen proposed crypto ETFs. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint US stocks were mixed on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election and Federal Reserve’s expected rate cut decision later in the week. As of 1:57 pm Eastern time, the S&P 500 was slipping 0.1 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.5 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.1…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25715037/2028793337.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Here’s FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr sucking up to Donald Trump by threatening to take NBC off the air")
Source: The Verge FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr loves the idea of government speech regulations, and he especially loves the idea that he will be the one to impose them in a future Trump administration. That’s the short version. Here’s the slightly longer, dumber version: Kamala Harris made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live over…
Source: Coin Tegraph Cartwright reported that an “unnamed scheme” based in the UK had made a 3% allocation of Bitcoin into its pension fund. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25183570/2024_chevrolet_blazer_ev_rs_101_2000.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "GM says it has become the No. 2 seller of EVs in the US")
Source: The Verge GM is claiming the number two spot in EV sales in the US for the third quarter of this year, selling 32,000 electric vehicles. The automaker produces EVs across multiple brands running on the same platform, like Chevy’s Silverado, Blazer, and Equinox EVs, as well as the GMC Hummer EV and the…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25715062/Snoop_Dogg_10.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Snoop Dogg’s Times Square concert showed the ambitious future of music in Fortnite")
Source: The Verge In front of thousands of fans in Times Square, with most of the sprawling screens displaying his face, Snoop Dogg provided a twist on one of hip-hop’s iconic lines. “It ain’t nothin’ but a gangsta party,” he chanted. “It ain’t nothin’ but a Fortnite gangsta party.” The moment was part of a concert…
Source: Venture Beat UC San Diego and Tsinghua University researchers develop breakthrough AI method that teaches small language models when to use tools versus internal knowledge, achieving 28% better accuracy while using fewer resources than larger models like GPT-4. Read Full Article
Source: Coin Tegraph Data suggests traders are ignoring the current Bitcoin price correction and betting for new highs after the US elections wrap up. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint (Bloomberg) — Groupe Dynamite Inc., a Canadian retailer of women’s clothing, has hired banks for an initial public offering that’s likely to be marketed in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is working with major Canadian financial institutions and a US bank on the offering, the…
