Google Stadia is shutting down in a week, but in all of its time, Google never offered up any information on the player count its cloud gaming platform had managed to gather. If Destiny 2 is any indication, it wasn’t great.
Destiny 2 was one of the first games launched onto Google Stadia when it debuted in November 2019, and it remained the one of the most popular games on the platform…
4 AI and ML job hunting tips from Chip Huyen
January 11, 2023
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Chip Huyen is the cofounder of Claypot AI, a platform for real-time machine learning (ML), as well as the author of top-selling computer science books such as Designing Machine Learning…
AI may be red-hot, but Scale AI layoffs send shivers
January 11, 2023
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In April 2021, data labeling service Scale AI had a $7 billion valuation and a CEO, Alexandr Wang, who was known in Silicon Valley as “the next Zuckerberg.”
But last night, an Insider’s…
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Digital fashion brand House of Blueberry has teamed up with streetwear brand Boy Meets Girl to create a collection of digital wearables on Roblox.
The collection includes Boy Meets Girl branded leggings, short-sleeve tops, long-sleeve tops and beanies.
House of Blueberry and Boy Meets Girl worked together to…
How generative AI and E. coli are speeding up new drug discovery
January 11, 2023
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For many, hearing the word E. coli is often a reason to be concerned, as the bacteria can lead to incidents of food poisoning in humans.
As it turns out, E. coli might well be the panacea that…
Playstream raises $2M for AI-generated livestream content
January 11, 2023
Playstream has raised $2 million for its AI engine that generates the best gaming or any live content from livestreams in seconds. Playstream’s Spikes.gg AI Engine takes hours of content and produces bite-sized content.
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Playstream has been working on…
Techart has announced the TZM-02, a new autofocus adapter for using manual focus Leica M lenses on Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. The new second-generation adapter offers a more compact design and promises improved performance, including better autofocus thanks to more powerful autofocus servo motors.
The Techart TZM-02 is compatible with Nikon’s latest APS-C and full-frame Z-mount cameras…
NASA Wants You to Help Study Planets Around Other Stars
January 11, 2023
More than 5,000 planets have been confirmed to exist outside our solar system, featuring a wide array of characteristics like clouds made of glass and twin suns. Scientists estimate there could be millions more exoplanets in our home galaxy alone, which means professional…
NASA’s TESS Discovers Planetary System’s Second Earth-Size World
January 11, 2023
Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet’s surface. The world is…
TikTok fixed a security hole in its Android app that bypassed two-factor authentication [Video]
January 11, 2023
A vulnerability has just been disclosed in the TikTok app for Android, as well as TikTok on the web which made it relatively easy to bypass two-factor authentication entirely.
Uncovered by Lu3ky-13 on HackerOne, TikTok’s Android app had a gaping security hole that allowed users to bypass two-factor authentication without any special tools or methods. The vulnerability simply brute forces the…
