Ikea’s new Matter-over-Thread products were supposed to prove that the smart home could be cheap, accessible, and reliable. The highly anticipated line — which includes sensors, remotes, smart plugs, air-quality monitors, and smart bulbs — has most everything you need to build a smart home, with prices starting at $6. It’s an exciting idea, but … Read more
NBC News is partnering with journalist and author Joanna Stern to expand its coverage of AI and emerging technologies. Stern, who recently left The Wall Street Journal to start her own independent media company, will serve as chief tech analyst and contributing correspondent. Stern and her media company will create content, including vertical videos, explainer … Read more
VersaBank, a federally chartered Canadian digital bank focused on institutional lending, is adding foreign exchange functionality to its tokenized deposit platform, allowing users to convert between US and Canadian dollars within a blockchain-based system. Announced Tuesday, the upgrade enables real-time, 24/7 currency conversion using Real Bank Tokenized Deposits (RBTDs), that is, digital representations of fiat … Read more
Puig has named Jose Manuel Albesa as chief executive officer, effective immediately. He will work alongside Marc Puig, who is stepping away from his current role of chairman and CEO of the Spanish conglomerate and into the position of executive chairman. The pair will work together to align Puig’s strategic vision and focus on M&A … Read more
After their dramatic falling out, it doesn’t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together. Instead, the Pentagon is building tools to replace Anthropic’s AI, according to a Bloomberg conversation with Cameron Stanley, the chief digital and AI officer at the Pentagon. “The Department is actively pursuing multiple LLMs into the appropriate … Read more
Opinion by: Leo Fan, founder of Cysic Decentralized compute has failed. Not because it can’t find you a cheap GPU; it’s actually quite good at that. The problem is that every major network today still forces you to trust the node operator with your data and results. We have replaced Amazon’s login page with a … Read more
Getty Images “The White Lotus” Season 4 just took five more reservations. Max Greenfield (“The Neighborhood”), Kumail Nanjiani (“Silicon Valley”), Chloe Bennet (“Agents of SHIELD”), Jarrad Paul (“Chad”), and Charlie Hall (“The Sex Lives of College Girls”) will recur in the HBO series’ upcoming season, the prestige … Read more
Of all the seasonal shifts, winter to spring is the most anticipated. Lack of sunlight—and for many of us, exposure to frigid temperatures—makes us yearn for warm, sunny days. We finally had the first 60-degree day in New York City last week, and suddenly, life felt exciting again. People took to Central Park en masse, … Read more
This “significant breakthrough” imbues everything with a particular look that’s become synonymous with AI-generated art. It’s sort of like motion smoothing, if motion smoothing went a step farther and changed people’s faces — and it’s making everything look the same. It’s important to note that the next time you play Requiem on a PC, Grace … Read more
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) were built on an ideological premise that is now running up against the realities of running a business, where decentralization collides with the need for legal ownership and control. On March 11, DAO Across Protocol made a controversial proposal to transition to a private company through a token-to-equity exchange buyout. Risk … Read more