Leben (Life aka misc)
Brit Fusion Magnets Set For US Gamma Ray Bombardment Test
UK fusion company Tokamak Energy claims to have made a breakthrough in fusion magnets, developing technology capable of withstanding the electromagnetic bombardment from a fusion reaction while holding the reaction in place. It plans to put its technology to the test at a U.S. gamma ray facility in the desert. Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Palantir Demos AI To Fight Wars
Palantir, the company of billionaire Peter Thiel, is launching Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), software meant to run large language models like GPT-4 and alternatives on private networks. In one of its pitch videos, Palantir demos how a military might use AIP to fight a war. In the video, the Read more…
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Mastercard Seeks To Expand Crypto Card Tie-ups
Mastercard will expand its cryptocurrency payment card programme by seeking more partnerships with crypto firms, the company’s head of crypto and blockchain said, even as the sector comes under closer scrutiny from regulators and banks grow wary. Mastercard has already partnered with crypto exchanges including Binance, Nexo and Gemini to Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Zuckerberg Says Meta Wants To ‘Introduce AI Agents To Billions of People’
Meta sees “an opportunity to introduce AI agents to billions of people in ways that will be useful and meaningful,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors Wednesday. While he was vague about how exactly Meta will add generative AI to its apps, Zuckerberg gave the most detailed preview yet during the Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) NewsFlash
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Creativity Leben (Life aka misc)
The Imgur Apocalypse Is Going To Break Large Parts of the Internet
Imgur, a popular photo-uploading service that has been informally tied to Reddit since its 2009 founding, will remove two types of content from its platform starting next month: explicit or pornographic imagery, and images uploaded anonymously — the latter with a lean on unused images, according to the company. While Read more…