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Charting The Next Frontier of Human Achievement with Yuri Milner’s Eureka Manifesto
Released in 2021, Eureka Manifesto: The Mission for Our Civilisation is a short book by Giving Pledge signatory and Tech For Refugees founder Yuri Milner. The book sets forth a grand mission for humanity: to explore and understand our Universe. Milner argues that, if...
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A Look at How Technology is Revolutionizing the World of Online Gambling
https://images.pexels.com/photos/3021120/pexels-photo-3021120.jpeg Technology has revolutionized the world of online gambling in more ways than one. From providing players with access to a larger selection of games, to offering them better user experience and even...
How Online Technology is Fuelling the iGaming Industry
The iGaming industry includes all forms of online gaming. So, if you play online casino games, bet on sport, or play online bingo games for real money, you are part of the iGaming world. The iGaming industry has only been possible because of the internet and the...
3 Best Alternatives to TiviMate IPTV Player in 2022
IPTVs are changing the way we used to watch TV. We used to sit in front of our screens to watch our favorite content. I still remember waiting for an ad to pop up so I could go to the washroom without missing the show. IPTV saves a lot of money compared to analog TV....
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OmniHuman: ByteDance’s new AI creates realistic videos from a single photo
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More ByteDance researchers have developed an AI system that transforms single photographs into realistic videos of people speaking, singing and...
Hugging Face researchers aim to build an ‘open’ version of OpenAI’s deep research tool
A group of developers at AI dev platform Hugging Face, including Thomas Wolf, the company’s co-founder and chief scientist, say they’ve built an “open” version of OpenAI’s deep research tool. Deep research, which OpenAI unveiled during an event Sunday, crawls the web...
Call of Duty raises $1.6M for LA fire relief through gamer in-app purchases
Activision said it has raised $1.6 million for LA Fire Relief as a result of gamer purchases of the in-game pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty Warzone. All of the proceeds will be split between the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation (LAFD) and...
Okta lays off 180 employees – nearly one year after last workforce reduction
U.S. access and identity management giant Okta laid off 180 employees on Tuesday, the company confirmed to TechCrunch – just over one year after it let go of 400 workers. The company also conducted another workforce reduction in February of 2023 that affected 300...
China may probe Intel for antitrust: report
Amid China’s retaliation to recently-announced U.S. tariffs, Intel may find itself in the hot seat with China’s regulators. China is apparently considering an antitrust probe into semiconductor giant Intel, according to reporting from the Financial Times. This would...
EU puts out guidance on uses of AI that are banned under its AI Act
The first compliance deadline kicked in a couple of days ago for the European Union’s AI Act, a risk-based framework for regulating uses of artificial intelligence — banning a narrow selection of so called “unacceptable risk” use-cases of AI, such as social scoring...
A comprehensive list of 2024 and 2025 tech layoffs
The tech layoff wave continued through 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, 2024 saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 542 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Large companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google,...
Cruise to slash workforce by nearly 50% after GM cuts funding to robotaxi operations
Autonomous vehicle company Cruise is laying off “nearly” 50% of its workforce — cuts that extend to the CEO and several other top executives — as it prepares to shut down operations. What remains of Cruise will move under parent company General Motors as the automaker...
Deel unloads $300M in secondary sale, brings General Catalyst on as an investor
Fintech-turned-HR outfit Deel is trying to lay the groundwork for an IPO. On Tuesday, it said its annual revenue run rate climbed to $800 million in 2024 after growing by 70%. The startup, which helps businesses globally hire, manage and pay employees remotely, also...
Zynga unveils Game of Thrones: Legends — The Dragon Egg Hunt, powered by Google Maps
Zynga said its puzzle RPG Game of Thrones: Legends is hosting The Dragon Egg Hunt, a social-led sweepstakes powered by Google Maps. Fans around the world now have the opportunity to participate in a global treasure hunt using a custom Google Maps experience to find...
ESL FaceIt Group and Intel renew multi-year esports partnership on Counter-Strike
ESL FaceIt Group and Intel renewed their long-standing partnership to support premier Counter-Strike esports competition worldwide. The new multi-year deal will continue Intel ‘s work with ESL for the ESL Pro Tour and IEM events, which have been a cornerstone of the...