CryptoNews

Coinbase Launches Regulated Crypto Benchmark — Who Can Invest?

November 13, 2024
Coinbase’s new cryptocurrency index introduces a regulated crypto benchmark, offering investors broad exposure and setting a new standard for transparency in the digital asset market. A New Crypto Benchmark Emerges — Coinbase’s Bold Move with COIN50 Index Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) has launched the Coinbase 50 Index (COIN50), which the crypto exchange described as “a regulated crypto…
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CryptoNews

Brazil Prepares to Let Tradfi Institutions Embrace Crypto

November 13, 2024
The Central Bank of Brazil is preparing to open the crypto market to tradfi institutions, which will be able to operate in this industry with clarity after the enactment of the upcoming regulation. Small crypto startups might face challenges in regularizing their situation…
AI & RoboticsNews

ByteDance’s AI can make your photos act out movie scenes — but is it too real?

November 12, 2024
ByteDance has unveiled an artificial intelligence system that can transform any photograph into a convincing video performance, complete with subtle expressions and emotional depth that rival real footage. The Chinese technology giant, known for TikTok, designed its “X-Portrait 2” system to make still images mirror scenes from famous movies — with results so realistic they blur the line…
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AI & RoboticsNews

How Connecty’s AI context mapping could end enterprise data pipeline chaos

November 12, 2024
Enterprise data stacks are notoriously diverse, chaotic and fragmented. With data flowing from multiple sources into complex, multi-cloud platforms and then distributed across varied AI, BI and chatbot applications, managing these ecosystems has become a formidable and time-consuming challenge. Today, Connecty AI, a startup based in San Francisco, emerged from stealth mode with $1.8 million to…
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DefenseNews

The US Navy is at risk of losing vital shipbuilding skills

November 12, 2024
By 2030, the U.S. could have approximately 2.1 million unfilled manufacturing jobs. Not only are these lost opportunities for American workers, but this magnitude of unfilled manufacturing jobs could negatively impact the U.S. economy, costing us more than $1 trillion by the…
DefenseNews

Next-gen stealth tanker may be unaffordable, Air Force secretary fears

November 12, 2024
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall raised a warning flag on the service’s ability to afford a next-generation refueling tanker at a mobility conference Nov. 1. The Air Force says that tanker — referred to as the Next-Generation Aerial Refueling System, or NGAS — is necessary to modernize the Air Force’s ability to fight a war against China, along with a sixth-generation fighter known as…
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