AI & RoboticsNews

Tesla’s big ‘We, Robot’ event criticized for ‘parlor tricks’ and vague timelines for robots, Cybercab, Robovan

October 16, 2024
Elon Musk’s publicly traded electric vehicle company Tesla, Inc. hosted its highly anticipated “We Robot” event on Oct. 10, 2024, at Warner Bros. Discovery Studios in Burbank, California and streamed it live on his social network X and YouTube. Despite showing off slick prototypes of a new “Cybercab” autonomous car without a steering wheel or gas and brake pedals, and a similarly sparse…
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DefenseNews

US Army Pacific to absorb new units under ‘transformation’ mantra

October 14, 2024
U.S. soldiers fire an M142 High Mobility Rocket System during Exercise Balikatan 24 at Rizal, Philippines, May 2024.(Cpl. Kyle Chan/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army command for the Indo-Pacific finds itself at the front of the service’s transformation initiative, incorporating new unit types created to facilitate rapid adaptation to adversary tactics, according to U.S. Army Pacific Command chief…
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CryptoNews

FBI Seeks Crypto Fraud Victims in Major Market Manipulation Case

October 11, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging potential victims of cryptocurrency fraud to come forward as it investigates market manipulation involving several cryptocurrency companies. Accusations include “wash-trading” and artificially inflating trading volumes to deceive investors. FBI Seeks Victims in Major Cryptocurrency Fraud Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation…
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CryptoNews

London Man Denies Running Illegal Cryptocurrency ATMs

October 11, 2024
A London resident has denied charges of operating an illegal cryptocurrency ATM business and laundering criminal proceeds. The individual is accused of converting £300,000 into digital currencies without Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorization. The regulator…
CryptoNews

FBI Warns Investors of Growing Crypto Scams Amid Billion

October 11, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to cryptocurrency investors, highlighting a surge in scams, particularly targeting retirees and the elderly. FBI experts explain how scammers trick victims into fake crypto investments and scare them into handing…
AI & RoboticsNews

New high quality AI video generator Pyramid Flow launches — and it’s fully open source!

October 11, 2024
The number of AI video generation models continues to grow with a new one, Pyramid Flow, launching this week and offering high quality video clips up to 10 seconds in length — quickly, and all open source. Developed by a collaboration of researchers from Peking University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Kuaishou Technology — the latter the creator of the well-reviewed…
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