Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an AI model that could change how we interact with digital assistants. The new system, dubbed LLaMA-Omni, enables real-time speech interaction with large language models (LLMs), promising to transform industries from customer service to healthcare.
LLaMA-Omni, built on Meta’s open-source Llama 3.1 8B Instruct model, can process spoken…
Coinbase Launches Wrapped Bitcoin for Ethereum and Base Networks
September 13, 2024
Coinbase has unveiled Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC), giving users a gateway to decentralized finance (defi) apps on Ethereum and Base, using bitcoin (BTC). The cbBTC token is essentially a wrapped version of bitcoin, fully backed by BTC held in Coinbase’s…
Donald Trump Announces World Liberty Financial Launch — 'We're Embracing the Future With Crypto
September 13, 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the launch of his family’s cryptocurrency platform, World Liberty Financial, positioning it as an alternative to traditional banks. He encouraged users to join a live event on X next Monday. “We’re embracing the future…
Grayscale Launches XRP Trust — Cites Potential to Transform Legacy Financial Systems
September 13, 2024
Grayscale Investments has created a new trust for XRP, allowing accredited investors to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency known for facilitating cross-border transactions. The Grayscale XRP Trust functions like other single-asset crypto investment vehicles, holding only XRP. Grayscale’s head of product highlighted the potential of XRP to transform financial infrastructure.
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Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone, and it’s another round of sticker shock. The Mate XT Ultimate Design starts at around $2,809, but should you damage its folding screen enough to need…
Here’s everything you need to know about preordering the new iPhone 16
September 13, 2024
The dust is still settling from Apple’s latest iPhone event, which introduced us to the Apple Watch Series 10, a new set of AirPods, and a suite of smartphones that are due to arrive later this month. And while we’ve only had some initial hands-on time with the new…
Google tests desktop windowing for Android tablets
September 13, 2024
Google is testing a new feature for Android tablets that will let you resize apps freely and arrange them on your screen at will, making it easier to juggle multiple tasks. The “desktop windowing” feature is now available as a developer preview, and for apps that support it, you could even have more than one instance open.a new feature for Android tablets
Currently, apps on Android tablets…
Here’s what your iPhone 16 will do with Apple Intelligence — eventually
September 12, 2024
Apple heavily sprinkled mentions of AI throughout its iPhone 16 event on Monday. However, generative Apple Intelligence features won’t be ready for the public launch of iOS 18 on September 16th or the new iPhones when they’re released on September 20th.throughout its…
Google announces a market-shifting deal to capture CO2
September 12, 2024
Google just landed a deal to capture planet-heating pollution at a huge bargain: $100 per ton of CO2, the price climate tech startups around the world are racing to achieve in order to make their technologies commercially viable.
The company announced the agreement today…
Bluesky lets you post videos now
September 12, 2024
Bluesky, the decentralized X alternative, now supports video. The platform announced on Wednesday that you can share videos up to 60 seconds long on its desktop site and mobile app.announced on Wednesday
The videos will autoplay by default, but Bluesky says you can turn this feature off in the settings menu. You can also add subtitles to your videos, as well as apply labels for things like adult…
