Immutable Passport sign-ups for Web3 games surpass 3M
Source: Venture Beat Immutable Passport sign-ups surpassed a milestone of three million this week, a 2,500% increase since the launch in early 2024. Read Full Article
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Disney Imagineer wants his amazing retractable lightsaber to become a toy
Source: The Verge I think the company would like to do that. And I think Josh D’Amaro, our number two guy, our head of Disney Parks, said it at a public — I hope — meeting of toy vendors to say, hey, we’d like you to take what we have learned in terms of making…
Reflection 70B saga continues as training data provider releases post-mortem report
Source: Venture Beat The more data the Reflection 70B creators publish about the model, the more evidence the open source AI community has to pore over. Read Full Article
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The new Ford Expedition adds Android Automotive and half of the Lincoln’s panoramic screen
Source: The Verge The new Expedition, which is first being teased with a drone light show today in Texas, looks like it has only the left half of the Lincoln’s 48-inch pillar-to-pillar panoramic display, leaving behind just a 24-inch panel for the Expedition. You’re getting the same instrument cluster and navigation combo in front of…
3thix partners with Avalanche on web3 gaming ad data
Source: Venture Beat 3thix is partnering with Avalanche to launch a decentralized ad data layer on the Layer 1 blockchain, offering an ad solution without compromising privacy. Read Full Article
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Port workers on the East and Gulf coasts agree to end their strikes
Source: The Verge Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Many ports along the East and Gulf coasts were shut down, threatening the country’s supply chains, after unionized port workers went on strike on Tuesday. But those workers will return to work after reaching a tentative agreement on wages with the group representing port employers. As part…
XenTag: Changing the game for collectible products
Source: Venture Beat CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: XenTag is providing brands and creators with a unique solution to break creative barriers and introduce superior, limited-edition products into their product lines. After ten years in the GPS and telematics solutions industries, CEO Vishal Singh and his team discovered the convergence point between blockchain and NFC technology… Read Full…
Big Sur AI drives future of e-commerce with AI
Source: Venture Beat CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: From startups to industry giants like TikTok, companies are increasingly turning to AI to improve online sales. Digital advertising is moving five times faster than inflation in the U.S.; 71% faster than the costs of TV ads. Further, the average customer acquisition cost (CAC) in e-commerce has risen more than…
How GPT-4o Defends Identities Against AI-Generated Deepfakes
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Deepfake incidents are surging in 2024, predicted to increase by 60% or more this year, pushing global cases to 150,000 or more. That’s making AI-powered deepfake attacks the fastest-growing type of adversarial AI…
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Watch what it’s like to handle an overturned truck full of burning batteries
Source: The Verge A truck full of lithium-ion batteries was knocked over near the Port of Los Angeles on September 26th, exploded, and was left to burn for days — interrupting traffic on highways, and a bridge and shutting down port terminals. A local towing company, Pepe’s Towing Service, caught the explosion on camera and…