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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), a foundational technology of the internet age, died at age 78 on October 11 — On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
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| Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal: |
Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035 — Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company's data centers, in a first-of-its-kind deal in the U.S.
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| Matt Mullenweg: |
Matt Mullenweg responds to DHH's claim that “Automattic is doing open source dirty”, pointing out Rails' own trademark policy and taking some jabs at 37signals — I'll just remind everyone at the start that this is a respectful debate, and DHH and I tried to get on a call but couldn't because we were both traveling.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The FIDO Alliance debuts Credential Exchange Protocol, a specification to make passkeys portable across systems, and Passkey Central, a developer resource site — “Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations …
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| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft's VP of GenAI research who is known for his work on its Phi small language models, is joining OpenAI to “further his work” on AGI — Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Monday said that its vice president of GenAI research, Sebastien Bubeck, is leaving the company to join ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe launches its AI video model Firefly Video Model in public beta in Premiere Pro, including letting users extend footage and generate video from prompts — Adobe is making the jump into generative AI video. The company's Firefly Video Model, which has been teased since earlier this year …
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| Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel: |
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US mulls capping AI chip sales from Nvidia and others on a country-specific basis, with a focus on the Middle East, for national security reasons — From AGI to GPT, an AI Glossary You Can Actually Understand … Hello World … Quicktake
More: Barron's Online, Reuters, South China Morning Post, and Benzinga
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/NVDA_Stock
| Kali Hays / Fortune: |
Analysis: since ChatGPT's launch about two years ago, the US DOD has awarded ~$670M in contracts to ~323 companies for AI projects, up 20% from 2021 and 2022 — Robert Skinner, The Department of Defense chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, testifying in March 2024 before House Armed Services Subcommittee.| Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: |
Sources: Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens before discontinuing the device, and is pulling back work on IVAS, the combat goggles for the US Army — - Microsoft is discontinuing HoloLens after losing billions of dollars on the project. — The company's 10-year IVAS contract … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
UK podcaster Harry Stebbings' 20VC raised a $400M fund for early stage startups, one of Europe's biggest venture funds; the podcast recently hosted Sam Altman — British firm 20VC pulls in $400mn to invest in early stage tech start-ups — A venture firm founded by 28-year-old British …
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LinkedIn: Ed Cooke and Alexandre Dewez
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Duolingo co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn on gamifying language learning, how the app makes money, AI, “founder mode”, returning to the office, and more — The cofounder of the world's largest education app thinks AI and gamification can supercharge language learning.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tether talked to several commodities trading firms about lending to them, as it hopes to face fewer regulatory restrictions than traditional lenders — - Commodity traders rely on credit lines to finance shipments — Tether CEO says any commodities work ‘in early stages’
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