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U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

The FBI, NSA and other U.S. government agencies detailed a Chinese-government operation that used 260,000 of internet-connected devices to launch cyberattacks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Luminate’s hair-saving chemo helmet nears release, as new funding goes toward home cancer care

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

The pitch sounds a bit sci-fi: a helmet called Lily that people undergoing chemotherapy wear to prevent the hair loss, which is a common side effect of the treatment. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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MrBeast and Amazon named in lawsuit over Beast Games

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

The Amazon series offered 1,000 participants the chance to win a cash prize of $5m.

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YouTube launches Communities, a Discord-like space for creators and fans to interact with each other

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

At its Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced a new dedicated space for creators to interact with their fans and viewers. The space, called “Communities,” is kind of like a Discord server built into a creator’s channel. … Continue reading →

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Amazon adds PayPal as a payment option to Buy with Prime

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon’s Buy with Prime program, which lets shoppers with a Prime membership purchase items from third-party stores and check out using their Amazon account, is getting a new payment option: PayPal. Today, Amazon announced that Prime customers can use PayPal … Continue reading →

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Amazon increases average pay for warehouse workers and adds free Prime membership perk

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

Starting this month, Amazon’s average starting pay for front-line employees will be more than $22 an hour, up from roughly $20.50 an hour, the company said.

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YouTube Studio now lets creators brainstorm video ideas with the help of AI

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

At its Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced that creators can now brainstorm ideas for videos with the help of AI right within YouTube Studio. YouTube will also soon start letting creators create AI-generated thumbnails and quickly … Continue reading →

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YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google’s AI video model 

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

The main attraction of YouTube’s Made On event on Wednesday morning was, you guessed it, artificial intelligence. The company announced that it is integrating Google DeepMind’s AI video generation model, Veo, into YouTube Shorts, letting creators generate high-quality backgrounds as … Continue reading →

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Generative AI startup Runway inks deal with a major Hollywood studio

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

Runway, a startup developing AI video tools, including video-generating models, has partnered with Lionsgate — the studio behind the “John Wick” and “Twilight” franchises — to train a custom video model on Lionsgate’s movie catalog. Lionsgate vice chair Michael Burns … Continue reading →

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The 22-year-old building Roblox developer tools to make gaming more efficient

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Techme101

Gamebeast is a live operations tooling platform that lets developers modify games without needing to release a new version or interrupt an ongoing game. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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