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SEC's 'Secret' Filing in Binance Case Could Relate to Criminal Investigation, Says Former SEC Official – Regulation Bitcoin News

August 30, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s former head of Internet enforcement suspects that the SEC’s “secret” filing in the Binance case is a “rare” tactic that could relate to the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation against the crypto exchange. He stressed that the securities regulator’s “seal-seeking filing is unusual, odd, and uncommon,” emphasizing that the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: August 29, 2023

August 30, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

The first US offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico was a dud

August 30, 2023
There was only one bid in the first-ever US offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico today – here’s why it was a bit of a washout. The three lease areas off Texas and Louisiana that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) auctioned today have the potential to generate around 3.7 gigawatts (GW) of clean power for almost 1.3 million households – but only one lease area had a single…
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GamingNews

Gaming spend stagnates per Data.ai and IDC H1 2023 report

August 30, 2023
While the games industry isn’t growing according to Data.ai and IDC’s latest report, spending declines are leveling off faster than expected. The firms project that consumer spending on mobile games will reach $108 billion in 2023. This represents about 55% of the…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google brings new AI to AlloyDB and database migration service

August 30, 2023
At the Google Cloud Next conference today, Google will announce a series of AI-powered updates across its portfolio, including its database platforms. Among the AI focused database announcements is the introduction of AlloyDB AI, which brings vector embeddings to the PostgreSQL compatible cloud database. The new vector embeddings will also be part of the AlloyDB Omni service which is entering…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google shows off what’s next for Vertex AI, foundation models

August 30, 2023
AI is a core focus for Google, and at its Google Next event today, the company announced a series of updates across its portfolio that benefit from the power of generative AI. Front and center are enhancements and new capabilities across Google’s Vertex AI platform, including both developer tooling and foundation models. Google’s PaLM 2 large language model (LLM), first announced at the Google…
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