December 13, 2024

Robotics

Unleashing the potential of AI in robotics

GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development General Motors Co. has announced that it will no longer fund Cruise LLC’s robotaxi deployment work. It cited long development times, high costs, and an increasingly competitive robotaxi market as the reasons behind its decision.  Since acquiring the self-driving startup in 2016, GM has poured more than $10 billion of funding into Cruise. In June, for example, GM invested another $850 million into the self-driving startup, despite

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AR/VR

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Projects, letting you organize files, chats in groups

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More OpenAI’s latest release, Projects in ChatGPT, addresses the need to organize files and conversations on ChatGPT. The feature is similar to Google’s popular NotebookLM application.  During the sixth day of its “12 Days of OpenAI” live stream, the company presented Projects in ChatGPT, allowing users to create folders and add conversations and documents, bringing these capabilities

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Software

Bybit Advances Regulatory Compliance, Temporarily Adjusts EEA Operations | HackerNoon

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 13th, 2024/Chainwire/–Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, continues to reinforce its commitment to transparency and regulatory compliance. In response to evolving regulations, Bybit has made the difficult but necessary decision to temporarily adjust the availability of its products and services within the European Economic Area (EEA). Paving the Way with MiCAR Compliance Bybit is actively pursuing a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) license in Austria, a cornerstone

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Software

Prosper Acquires 7,000 ASIC Miners From BITMAIN And Secures Strategic Funding To Democratize Bitcoin | HackerNoon

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 13th, 2024/Chainwire/–Prosper, a centralized protocol democratizing access to Bitcoin mining by tokenizing institutional-grade Bitcoin hashrate as omnichain real-world assets (RWA), today announced the acquisition of over 7,000 ASIC miners from BITMAIN along with the successful closing of its strategic funding round. Backed by Metalpha, Waterdrip Capital, BIT Mining, Animoca Brands, and more, Prosper has procured the new ASIC miners from BITMAIN to bring institutional-grade execution quality to its protocol Prosper

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MEXC Futures Achieves No. 1 Growth Rate, Rises To Global Top 5 In Trading Volume | HackerNoon

Seychelles, December 13, 2024 –MEXC, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, achieved outstanding results in November. Its derivatives trading products are experiencing unprecedented growth, propelling the platform into the top five global cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges by trading volume. This milestone underscores MEXC Futures’ dominant position in the crypto derivatives market, as the platform secured the #1 growth rate worldwide, further cementing its leadership in the industry. Achieves Industry-Leading GrowthMEXC Futures Achieves No. 1 Growth Rate, Rises

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Hardware

Sihoo discounts its Doro S100 Ergonomic Chair with dual-lumbar support by $310

It’s time to get rid of that uncomfortable chair you’ve been sitting in for much longer than you should have. Go out and get yourself a chair designed with ergonomics in mind. In the post-COVID-19 world many people have found themselves working from home, and when it comes to a home office, it’s important to create a comfortable work environment that benefits your work, and one of the best ways to do that is to

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Mist v2 Fails to Defend Against Robust Mimicry Methods Like Noisy Upscaling | HackerNoon

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Background and Related Work Threat Model Robust Style Mimicry Experimental Setup Results 6.1 Main Findings: All Protections are Easily Circumvented 6.2 Analysis Discussion and Broader Impact, Acknowledgements, and References A. Detailed Art Examples B. Robust Mimicry Generations C. Detailed Results D. Differences with Glaze Finetuning E. Findings on Glaze 2.0 F. Findings on Mist v2 G. Methods for Style Mimicry H. Existing Style Mimicry Protections I. Robust Mimicry

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Software

Prosper Adds 7,000 More ASIC Miners from BITMAIN To Drive Tokenization Of Hashrate As Omnichain RWA | HackerNoon

DUBAI, December 12, 2024: Prosper, a decentralized protocol democratizing access to Bitcoin mining by tokenizing institutional-grade Bitcoin hashrate as omnichain real-world assets (RWA), today announced the acquisition of over 7,000 ASIC miners from BITMAIN along with the successful closing of its strategic funding round. Following the announcement of Prosper’s long-term partnership and hosting service agreement with BITMAIN, the world’s leading manufacturer of digital currency mining servers, this landmark purchase marks an instrumental step in Prosper’s

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Hardware

Windows 11’s Recall feature isn’t supposed to screenshot your credit card details – but it does

TL;DR: Windows 11’s Recall feature, an AI search tool, recently went live in testing, but it’s struggling with privacy settings, failing to filter sensitive information like credit card details and passwords. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t – but more often the latter, which isn’t going to impress those who are already worried about the security aspects of the feature. Windows 11’s Recall feature is back in play – in testing, and it just expanded

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