Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy
Earlier this month, I picked up the Kiwibit Bird Feeder Pro 4K AI camera. It has become my favorite backyard accessory. Setup is very easy. Multiple mounting options allow you to install the feeder on a pole, window ledge, or tree. Dual seed compartments are designed for easy refilling and cleaning. There’s a solar panel […]
This chip startup just raised $135 million on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck is memory, not compute.
Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, that request triggers a data relay race. Information comes out of memory, passes through the CPU for preprocessing, goes to the GPU for heavy calculations, and then comes back. The entire process is repeated for every word the AI generates. The bottleneck is structural, meaning each request is […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during test in Florida
Blue Origin’s New Glenn giant rocket exploded during a test at its Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch site, according to a livestream on NASASpaceFlight.com and SpaceFlight Now. Blue Origin later confirmed the explosion. Jeff Bezos’ space company was conducting a static burn test of its new rocket ahead of its fourth launch scheduled for the next […]
Slate Auto will announce EV pricing and accept pre-orders on June 24th
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, will announce pricing for its low-cost electric vehicle on June 24 and begin accepting non-refundable pre-orders ahead of first deliveries later this year. The company sent an email to prospective buyers on Thursday, inviting them to make a […]
Slate Auto will announce EV pricing and accept pre-orders on June 24th
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, will announce pricing for its low-cost electric vehicle on June 24 and begin accepting non-refundable pre-orders ahead of first deliveries later this year. The company sent an email to prospective buyers on Thursday, inviting them to make a […]
Asana acquires no-code agent builder StackAI
Asana has acquired workflow automation company StackAI for $75 million. This is part of a larger effort to position itself as an AI-native workplace platform. StackAI founders Tony Rosinol and Bernard Aceituno will join Asana as part of the acquisition. Asana positioned the acquisition as part of a broader AI axis, building its platform into […]
Hackers seek to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks
Hackers are targeting Signal users to steal chat backups as part of a new hacking campaign, according to a TechCrunch investigation. On Wednesday, Washington Post analyst Josh Rogin posted a screenshot of a new type of attack against Signal users. The hacker poses as the app’s support team and warns the target that their backed […]
Anthropic raises $65 billion, approaches $1 trillion valuation ahead of IPO
Anthropic has raised $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in its latest funding round, which could be the AI startup’s last private funding before its public market debut. The Series H round was co-led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Capital Group, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners and others. Institutional investors […]
AI token futures trading will soon be possible, just like gold and oil
The most important market of the future could be the LLM token, and financial groups are rushing to build new infrastructure for it. China’s Shanghai Futures Exchange is currently designing a derivatives market for AI tokens, Reuters reported. The news comes as major derivatives exchanges CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange (owner of the NYSE) announced […]
Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new “Dynamic Workflow” tools
On Thursday, Anthropic released Opus 4.8, the latest version of its most advanced publishing model. This model is available everywhere at the same standard price as previous Opus releases. The new model was released just 41 days after Opus 4.7 was released, a much faster upgrade cycle than Anthropic’s usual. (The latest Sonnet and Haiku […]