Monthly Archives: July 2024

How Getty and Shutterstock Are Building AI Image Generators

Companies like Getty have begun developing A.I. models with their own data, part of a broader push to build artificial intelligence with licensed content.

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CrowdStrike Outage Disrupts Microsoft Systems Worldwide

Airports and law enforcement agencies were among the organizations hit by the Blue Screen of Death. CrowdStrike said the error has been fixed.

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Donald Trump and Silicon Valley’s Billionaire Elegy

Venture capitalists Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen claim the tech industry, California, and the country are doomed if we don’t embrace the former president.

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How a software update caused one of the world’s biggest IT blackouts

A fault with an update issued by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike led to a cascade effect among global IT systems Friday.

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Crowdstrike and Microsoft: What we know about global IT outage

A mass IT outage has caused chaos around the world, with major airlines among the victims.

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Sim Lab teams up with Mercedes to showcase a new $2,500 F1 sim-racing steering wheel

It sounds like a broken record to keep saying there is so much going on right now in the simulation world. Be it racing sims or flight sims, the speed at which we are getting fantastic new sim peripherals coming … Continue reading

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Netflix has surpassed Q2 expectations with 44% profit surge

The video streaming giant Netflix has boosted its global subscribers by 16.5% to 277.65 million, resulting in a 44% profit surge to $2.15 billion. These numbers surpass Wall Street’s expectations of the firm for the second quarter of 2024. The … Continue reading

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dogwifhat Price Prediction – WIF Poised for 2x Surge in Coming Weeks

Altcoins have struggled recently, declining in value. However, based on the previous dogwifhat price analysis, the WIF price prediction remains bullish. Investors felt a surge of optimism for the anticipated bull run as the cryptocurrency market rebounded this week. Bitcoin … Continue reading

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Anthropic and Menlo Ventures launch $100m fund for AI startups

Anthropic and Menlo Ventures have joined forces to set up the Anthology Fund for aspiring developers to make their mark on the evolution of artificial intelligence.  The $100 million fund aims to support the advance of new AI technology for … Continue reading

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Atari launches Asteroids Recharged – a full-sized arcade cab that I somehow need to sneak past the wife

One of the first major video game successes in history is back and in a brand new, modern arcade cabinet that would fit in very nicely into many a games room, 1979’s arcade space classic Asteroids from Atari, who recently … Continue reading

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