June 17, 2024

AR/VR

Doodles Migrates Stoodio to Ethereum’s Base Network for Enhanced Efficiency

As part of its efforts to improve efficiency and user interaction, Doodles, an NFT-based entertainment brand, is making a major change. The Stoodio avatar customization platform will soon be moving from Flow to the Ethereum layer 2 network Base. This migration, expected to take place in mid-July, will utilize Base’s quicker and more cost-effective transactions, aligning with Doodles’ goal of expanding its reach and boosting engagement levels. Leveraging Base’s Efficiency for Broader Reach The move

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Apple embraces open-source AI with 20 Core ML models on Hugging Face platform

It’s time to celebrate the incredible women leading the way in AI! Nominate your inspiring leaders for VentureBeat’s Women in AI Awards today before June 18. Learn More Apple has made a significant stride in its efforts to empower developers with cutting-edge on-device AI capabilities. The tech giant recently released 20 new Core ML models and 4 datasets on Hugging Face, a leading community platform for sharing AI models and code. This move underscores Apple’s

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After 20 months of trying to raise funds, insurance startup Loop cuts staff | TechCrunch

Loop, the car insurance company co-founded by Harlem Capital co-founder John Henry, has laid off staff as the company struggles with fundraising.  Henry took to Instagram to post the email his co-founder Carey Nadeau sent to impacted staff on June 16th. Nadeu also posted the letter to LinkedIn. It stated that this was the “absolute last resort” for the company after it had been unsuccessful in raising additional capital after 20 months of trying. “Our

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Software

Is OpenAI’s Sora in Trouble Yet? | HackerNoon

Have you heard about the latest sensation in the generative AI world, the Luma Dream Machine? It’s being called OpenAI’s Sora’s biggest rival. But is it really that good? Comparing them is tricky because Dream Machine is available to everyone, while Sora isn’t. But let’s see what we can find out. Hard to deny that right now, Dream Machine is leading because we can actually use it. It’s the best tool for generating videos from

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Robotics

GM invests another $850M into Cruise as it expands manual operations – The Robot Report

Listen to this article Cruise has resumed some operations in three cities. | Source: Cruise Despite a bumpy 2023, Cruise LLC isn’t nearing the end of the road yet. General Motors, its parent company, said last week that it would invest an additional $850 million into the autonomous vehicle developer. To date, GM has invested more than $8 billion into Cruise and hasn’t yet seen much of a return. In 2023 alone, the San Francisco-based

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The Ultimate Chromebook Revival for 2024: Enter Pixelbook | HackerNoon

I fell in love with the Pixelbook about two months ago. I saw a coworker at Google using one, and I was immediately impressed by its extreme thinness. The Pixelbook is as thin as two USB-C ports stacked. Why hadn’t I paid any attention to such a beautiful device until now? The Forgotten Chromebook Chromebooks were first announced in 2011, and I admit I ignorantly dismissed them as cheap laptops that constantly relied on internet

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