Monthly Archives: April 2024

Startups Weekly: Is the wind going out of the AI sails?

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. After years of booming growth, the AI industry is now experiencing … Continue reading

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Xbox puts up Dungeons 3, Eiyuden Chronicle for free play weekend

Three games are coming free to all Xbox Game Pass subscribers for the weekend, starting April 18 and going to April 21. Subscribers at all levels will get to play Dungeons 3, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, and I Am Fish. Dungeons … Continue reading

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Google Ads exploited to target Whales Market users

Cybercriminals are exploiting Google’s advertising platform to target users of the decentralized OTC trading platform Whales Market, according to a recent BleepingComputer report. By creating a legitimate-looking Google Search advertisement, threat actors are redirecting unsuspecting visitors to a malicious phishing … Continue reading

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Bitcoin, altcoins dip on Iran-Israel tensions

The past week brought a downturn for both Bitcoin and altcoins, possibly triggered by the macroeconomic implications of the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel over the weekend. As a result, Bitcoin’s value dipped below $60,000, causing concern among investors. … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s new VASA-1 AI model can turn photos into ‘talking faces’

Microsoft has provided a glimpse of VASA-1, its new artificial intelligence (AI) model, which can turn still images into ‘talking faces’ to great effect. The end product can be impressive or terrifying, but the lip-sync capability of this project is … Continue reading

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Level up these stats first to survive in No Rest for the Wicked

Early access or not No Rest for the Wicked can be a brutal game at times. In the initial stages, the game’s attribute points that can be assigned to your eight stat categories are hard to come by, meaning that … Continue reading

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Breakthrough in Quantum Cloud Computing Ensures its Security and Privacy

Oxford University researchers used an approach dubbed “blind quantum computing” to connect two quantum computing entities in a way that is completely secure.

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MarketForce winds down its B2B e-commerce arm

Kenyan B2B e-commerce company MarketForce is winding down its B2B e-commerce business that served informal merchants (mom-and-pop stores) after a turbulent two-year period that saw it scale down operations severely. The shutdown of the B2B e-commerce arm dubbed RejaReja comes … Continue reading

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The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

The world’s most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown.

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Bitcoin Miners Brace for the ‘Halving’—and Race to Cash In

The Bitcoin halving is imminent. Crypto mining companies are reaching for every trick in the book to survive it.

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