Growl is building the Peloton of boxing

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

There’s a new connected fitness device in town and it’s called Growl. Inspired by hardware companies like Peloton and Tonal, Growl is building a boxing bag that you can attach to your wall at home. Users can then start immersive, gamified boxing classes from the comfort of their home. It also looks like the team […]
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Data resilience firm Veeam scores $15B valuation in $2B secondary sale

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

Veeam, which helps its users secure and recover their data, has seen its valuation spike in a recent secondary sale that was aimed at bolstering the company’s cap table before an eventual IPO. The Insight Partners-backed company said on Tuesday it had raised $2 billion in a secondary share sale that valued it at $15 […]
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This ex-Scale AI leader built a platform to automatically extracts insights from customer feedback

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

In this hyperconnected world we live in, it’s easier than ever to send feedback to the companies we patronize. But just because businesses offer more ways to get in touch doesn’t mean they’re poring over every comment. According to a 2020 survey from Productboard, 90% of companies fail to successfully capture feedback from all channels […]
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Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

Much as the CEO seems awestruck by AI and his just-released Apple Intelligence, he’s more convinced that the tech giant’s health apps will define the company’s legacy.

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Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

It is the latest in a series of changes announced by the platform since its founder Pavel Durov was arrested.

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‘Surreal Elderhood’ using OpenAI’s text-to-video model, Sora

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

Katsukokoiso.AI is a project from professional photographer Eugenio Marongiu, an alpha tester on OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora. Marongiu used the unreleased Sora model to create a piece titled “Surreal Elderhood,” which aims to balance absurdity and striking realism. Earlier users of Sora pointed out the system can be tricky to work with and can’t be […]
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Brian Chesky Says Big Things Are Coming for Airbnb in 2025

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

At WIRED’s The Big Interview event in San Francisco, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said next year Airbnb could have “one of the biggest reinventions” in recent memory.

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Jensen Huang Wants to Make AI the New World Infrastructure

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a plan to bring AI infrastructure to countries around the world, and he’s pitching it in person.

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OpenAI Poaches 3 Top Engineers From DeepMind

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

The new hires, all experts in computer vision, are the latest AI researchers to jump to a direct competitor in an intensively competitive talent market.

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Mira Murati Quit OpenAI. She’s as Optimistic as Ever About AGI

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Techme101

At WIRED’s The Big Interview event, the ex-OpenAI CTO said she’s still in the midst of setting up her startup, but AGI is top of mind.

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