Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris “has an incredible opportunity to provide a reset on critical issues for U.S. competitiveness (like crypto regulation).” He noted that she is no stranger to Silicon Valley. Moreover, he cautioned against making assumptions based on political affiliation, warning that it could hold the crypto industry back.
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Coinbase’s payments arm, CB Payments Limited, £3,503,546 for breaching compliance rules by serving high-risk customers despite restrictions. The regulator explained that this marks the FCA’s first enforcement action…
Vanta, a startup using AI to automate security compliance, has secured $150 million in Series C funding, vaulting its valuation to $2.45 billion.
Sequoia Capital led the round, with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan joining as investors. This significant cash injection marks a…
Developers aren’t worried that gen AI will steal their jobs, Stack Overflow survey reveals
July 25, 2024
Generative AI is having a dramatic impact on many industries, including software development.
In a revealing snapshot of the global software development ecosystem, developer knowledge platform Stack Overflow is out today with a new report that exposes a nuanced interplay between AI and the coding community.
Stack Overflow’s 2024 Developer Survey is based on responses from more than 65,000…
Stability AI is expanding its growing roster of generative AI models, quite literally adding a new dimension with the debut of Stable Video 4D.
While there is a growing set of gen AI tools for video generation, including OpenAI’s Sora, Runway, Haiper and Luma AI among…
LONDON — The British Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Thales U.K. to procure “Martlet” missiles for replenishing the country’s stocks after donating hundreds of them to Ukraine.
UK Defense Equipment & Support, the defense ministry’s procurement…
PARIS — Dassault Aviation said the production ramp-up of its Rafale fighter jet continues to be impacted by supply chain disruptions in the aerospace industry.
Lifting the Rafale production pace to three a month at the final assembly plant in Mérignac in southwest France “is more difficult right now,” and reaching that rate is more a question of next year than this year, CEO Éric Trappier…
The US Navy risks outsourcing control of its drones
July 25, 2024
Thanks to programs like Replicator, and incubators like the Defense Innovation Unit and the Disruptive Capabilities Office, the Navy is on the precipice of widespread adoption of uncrewed systems.
These systems bring with them the prospect of new technologies, new…
Tesla has confirmed a new date for the unveiling of its upcoming Robotaxi, a dedicated self-driving vehicle.
It is now planned for October 10th and CEO Elon Musk is hinting at potential ‘one more thing’ at the event.
Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Tesla is…
It wasn’t too long ago that Rivian and Ford were expected to build EVs together. Then, Rivian and Mercedes-Benz announced plans to produce electric vans. Although both fell through long ago, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe recently spilled the tea on why the tie-ups really failed.
The first partnership began after Ford invested $500 million in Rivian in 2019. Ford said it would use Rivian’s platform to…
