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/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…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25715120/airtag_suitcase1.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Apple will let you share lost AirTag info with an airline")
Source: The Verge Apple will be introducing a new feature to its Find My app that allows you to temporarily share the location of a lost AirTag with “an airline or a trusted person,” according to MacRumors, which is testing the second developer beta release of iOS 18.2. The feature could make it easier for…
Source: Venture Beat It doesn’t sound like much coming from the world’s wealthiest man and multi-billionaire, and it’s not really on a per user basis. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25366150/247070_Xbox_AI_chatbot__CVirginiaA.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "You can now try out Microsoft’s new AI-powered Xbox chatbot")
Source: The Verge Microsoft has been testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot, and now Xbox Insiders can try it out for the first time. I exclusively revealed the existence of this new “Xbox Support Virtual Agent” earlier this year, and Microsoft now says it’s designed “to help Xbox players more efficiently solve their support-related gaming…
