Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

The company is refreshing its entire e-reader lineup, launching four new Kindle devices.

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Lightmatter’s $400M round has AI hyperscalers hyped for photonic datacenters

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Photonic computing startup Lightmatter has raised $400 million to blow one of modern datacenters’ bottlenecks wide open. The company’s optical interconnect layer allows hundreds of GPUs to work synchronously, streamlining the costly and complex job of training and running AI models. The growth of AI and its correspondingly immense compute requirements have supercharged the datacenter […]
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Amazon revamps Kindle line with faster page turns, AI, and a new green color

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon’s Kindle line seems to go longer and longer between updates. While e-readers aren’t quite the consumer electronics darlings they once were, however, the retail giant is still invested in the category. After all, according to estimates, Amazon controls more than 80% of the U.S. market. Along with the long-awaited addition of a color Kindle, […]
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ASML just gave us a first glimpse into how U.S. chip export curbs will dent its China sales

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

ASML on Tuesday offered the first glimpse into how U.S. restrictions on exports of its advanced chip manufacturing tools to China will impact its sales in the Asian country.

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Firm hacked after accidentally hiring North Korean cyber criminal

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

The hacker downloaded sensitive data from the company and used it to send a ransom demand.

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Amazon Kindle finally gets color

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

It’s a big week in Kindle land. Along with refreshes to the base Kindle, Paperwhite, and Scribe, the company is introducing something many of us never expected in a devoted e-reader: color. Earlier this year, Amazon’s chief e-reader competitor, Kobo, introduced the $220 Libra Colour, which leverages color e-ink. The technology has thus far received […]
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Fable adds cognitive and hearing impairments to its accessibility tools with $25M round

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Fable has gained a reputation as the go-to startup for helping companies build digital products that are more accessible to people with disabilities. After raising $25 million in new funding, the Toronto-based startup is now expanding the communities it supports and working to make AI training data more inclusive. Fable started in 2020 as a […]
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Twitch streamer Asmongold suspended after Palestinian rant

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

The streamer, real name Zach Hoyt, later apologised online for his comments.

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Generative AI startups get 40% of all VC investment in cloud amid ChatGPT buzz

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Venture capital firm Accel says that funding for cloud startups is set to rise 27% in 2024 thanks to a boost from AI — the first year of growth in three years.

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LatticeFlow’s LLM framework takes a first stab at benchmarking Big AI’s compliance with EU AI Act

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

While most countries’ lawmakers are still discussing how to put guardrails around artificial intelligence, the European Union is ahead of the pack, having passed a risk-based framework for regulating AI apps earlier this year. The law came into force in August, although full details of the pan-EU AI governance regime are still being worked out […]
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