Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed optimism for the future of artificial intelligence, calling it life-changing with limitless possibilities—but emphasized that the technology needs regulations and guardrails to prevent curb misuse. “It can be life-changing in a good way,” Cook said during an interview with singer Dua Lipa on the At Your Service podcast. “Because it can do things like in…
A New Zealand dollar-pegged stablecoin has gone live through a partnership with New Zealand crypto exchange Easy Crypto and Australian blockchain development firm Labrys. In a Nov. 22 announcement, Labrys and Easy Crypto said the NZDD will be backed 1:1 with cash in trust and regulated by the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority. It’s initially live on Ethereum but has…
Kyle Vogt, CEO of Cruise, announced his resignation on Twitter. His departure from the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors follows recent high-profile developments, including the suspension of Cruise’s driverless car testing permits in the state of California and the pausing of operations due to safety incidents and operational setbacks. “Today I resigned from my position as CEO of Cruise,”…
Anthropic has just released Claude 2.1, a large language model (LLM) that offers a 200,000-token context window—a feature that outpaces the recently announced 120K context of GPT-4 Turbo by OpenAI. This strategic release brings context-handling prowess that nearly doubles that of its closest rival, and is the fruit of an extended partnership with Google that made it possible for the…
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will pay a $175 million release bond and agree to return to the United States 14 days before his Feb. 23, 2024 sentencing — possibly allowing him to return to Dubai. In a Nov. 21 bond document filed in a Seattle federal court, Zhao agreed to share with the court where he would reside and…
Allie Eve Knox on Spankchain and the life of a Crypto Financial Dominatrix Welcome to the first IRL episode of This Time Will Be Different! In this week’s episode, our host, Reza Jafery, is joined by Allie Eve Knox, the Spankchain Chief of Staff and FinDomme. They discuss – How to sell feet pics – If crypto is really as…
Crypto gaming company Animoca Brands is adding Ubisoft’s upcoming NFT game Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles to its Web3 Frequent Player Program, Animoca Brands announced Tuesday. Animoca’s Frequent Player Program is a part of its NFT Membership project called Mocaverse, where Moca ID owners can earn “Realm Points” by completing various participation-based tasks, according to the announcement. “We’re incredibly excited to…
Cyberpunk 2077 has completed its vast turnaround, going from a botched and buggy 2020 launch to a much more polished and widely acclaimed experience thanks to a recent update and the Phantom Liberty expansion. Now it’s all getting bundled together for new players—and for some reason, the bundle is the first three-disc set ever for the Xbox Series X. That’s…
Binance, the world’s largest exchange, entered a landmark $4 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today that also has CEO Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, stepping down and paying an additional $53 million to the feds. The news comes amid a flurry of other industry shaking developments, and has prompted another storm of speculation—this one debating what…
Binance and its founder Changpeng”CZ” Zhao has admitted to violating United States laws around money laundering and terror financing — agreeing to pay $4.3 billion in fines The Here’s what happened. Feb. 15: Binance was under suspicion since 2018 Reports emerged that Binance is the target of several United States law enforcement investigations — some dating back to 2018. March…
