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Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More OpenAI has unveiled Operator, its first semi-autonomous AI agent, which is designed to “operate” a web browser much like a person would, on their behalf. The agent uses the cursor to point and…
Source: Coin Tegraph BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he’s “a huge believer in crypto” and urged the SEC to “rapidly approve” asset tokenization. Is this a net positive for the crypto sector? Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Meta and YouTube aren’t the only platforms looking to benefit from TikTok potentially disappearing — Substack wants in on the action, too. The company announced Thursday it’s launching a $20 million “creator accelerator fund,” promising content creators they won’t lose revenue by jumping ship to Substack. Creators in the program also get…
Source: Venture Beat Id Software, a division of Microsoft’s Bethesda, unveiled the details of Doom: The Dark Ages, a prequel to Doom 2016 coming on May 15. It’s a big reveal for a game that is the third in a series of modern Doom games — Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal in 2020 — and…
Source: Live Mint (Bloomberg) — Chile, home to the world’s biggest lithium reserves, is confident that investors will compete for licenses to drill new deposits even amid a worsening global glut that’s squeezing the battery-metal industry. “We’re convinced that there’s interest,” Mining Minister Aurora Williams said in an interview late Wednesday — a day before…
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Source: The Verge Perplexity has turned its AI “answer engine” into a mobile assistant on Android. The new assistant can answer general questions and perform tasks on your behalf, such as writing an email, setting a reminder, booking dinners, and more. It’s also multimodal, meaning you can ask it questions about what’s on your screen…
Source: Venture Beat Amplitude Studios announced Endless Legend 2, a long-awaited next entry in the award-winning fantasy strategy game series. Read Full Article
Source: Bitcoinist Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has shared his thoughts on the role that Bitcoin plays in the global financial system. At a recent event, Solomon denied that Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies might threaten the US dollar’s dominance. His remarks demonstrate how warily the conventional financial industry is reacting to the rising acceptance of…
Source: Coin Tegraph Janice McAfee and Vine co-founder Rus Yusupov are the latest to ride in the memecoin wave, raising scam fears. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge The Consumer Product Safety Commission has provisionally accepted the settlement. The commission worked with Fitbit to recall 1.7 million Ionic watches in 2022 after receiving 115 reports of overheating batteries. Of those reports, 78 mentioned burn injuries, including two instances in which consumers received third-degree burns from their watches and four instances…
