Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is in India this week. His plans include setting up an office in Bengaluru and exploring a partnership with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. This move signals the AI startup’s effort to deepen its presence…
Mastodon, the decentralized and open social network with over eight million accounts and nearly seven hundred thousand monthly active users, is planning to introduce a new feature called Packs. This feature is designed to make it easier for newcomers to…
Perhaps the most surprising threat to modern concrete is rust. Most concrete structures are strengthened with steel rebar, but when this metal corrodes, it can cause the concrete to fail prematurely. Bridges are especially vulnerable because they are constantly exposed…
After using the iPhone Air for the past ten days, I can confirm what everyone has been wondering: yes, it really is that light and thin. The more interesting question is whether Apple’s thinnest phone ever, measuring just 5.64 millimeters,…
OpenAI held its annual developer day on Monday. The company introduced its plan to build apps directly into ChatGPT. The demonstration was impressive, showing how programs like Spotify and Figma can be accessed without ever leaving the ChatGPT window. With…
The Indian government’s tax authority has fixed a security flaw in its income tax filing portal that was exposing sensitive taxpayer data. This issue was discovered in September by a pair of security researchers, Akshay CS and “Viral.” The flaw…
AltStore, a third-party app store and one of the first alternative marketplaces in the European Union, is preparing to connect its platform with the fediverse. This move will link users on open social apps like Mastodon or Meta’s Threads with…
California has passed a new law aimed at quieting blaring advertisements on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video. The law requires commercial volumes to match the audio levels of the content being streamed. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has appointed a new chief financial officer. According to a report from the Financial Times, former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong has taken on the role. Armstrong previously provided advisory services to Musk during…
Professional services and consulting firm Deloitte announced a major enterprise AI deal with Anthropic. This announcement came on the same day it was revealed that the company would issue a refund for a government-contracted report that contained inaccurate, AI-produced information.…
