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Andy Greenberg

A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering

Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM have released a new AI model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of bitcoin money laundering.

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Eric Ravenscraft

Dell Alienware m16 R2 Review: Gaming Power in a Business Suit

This laptop packs an all-day battery for work, a smooth screen, and enough power to run your favorite games.

The Verge

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Ring’s first integrated pan and tilt camera comes in pink

Ring’s Indoor Cam now comes in a pan and tilt version and three new colors. | Image: Ring

Amazon-owned Ring has announced a new version of its wired indoor security camera. The $79.99 Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam adds a motorized pan-tilt base to the Ring Indoor Cam (2nd Gen), which otherwise retains the same features as before: 1080p HD video, two-way talk, motion alerts, a built-in siren, and a manual privacy cover that blocks all audio and video. It’s just now you can point the...

The Verge

Emilia David

Google urges US to update immigration rules to attract more AI talent

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The US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized, Google says in a letter sent to the Department of Labor.

Google says policies like Schedule A, a list of occupations the government “pre-certified” as not having enough American workers, have to be more flexible and move faster to meet demand in technologies like AI and cybersecurity. The company says the government must update Schedule A to include AI and...

The Verge

Tom Warren

Nvidia’s AI chatbot now supports Google’s Gemma model, voice queries, and more

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Nvidia is updating its experimental ChatRTX chatbot with more AI models for RTX GPU owners. The chatbot, which runs locally on a Windows PC, can already use Mistral or Llama 2 to query personal documents that you feed into it, but now the list of supported AI models is growing to include Google’s Gemma, ChatGLM3, and even OpenAI’s CLIP model to make it easier to search your photos.

Nvidia first introduced ChatRTX as “Chat with RTX” in February as a demo app, and...

Mashable

FKA twigs creates deepfake of herself, calls for AI regulation

FKA twigs delivered a powerful testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Tuesday, discussing the threat of artificial intelligence when it comes to the livelihoods of artists like herself.

Alongside Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl, twigs – whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett – testified about better regulating AI and deepfakes, but also revealed that she's developing her own deepfake and can see the benefits in leveraging the technology.

"My...

Mashable

How to watch Rublev vs. Alcaraz in the 2024 Madrid Open online for free

TL;DR: Stream Andrey Rublev vs. Carlos Alcaraz in the 2024 Madrid Open for free on RTVE. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The story of the Madrid Open was the emotional farewell of Rafael Nadal, but with his exit at the round of 16, the attention has turned to the remaining players in the quarter finals. There are plenty of interesting matchups, but the battle between Andrey Rublev and Carlos Alcaraz might be the best. Alcaraz is seen by many as...

Mashable

How to watch Fritz vs. Cerundolo in the 2024 Madrid Open online for free

TL;DR: Stream Taylor Fritz vs. Francisco Cerundolo in the 2024 Madrid Open for free on RTVE. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Madrid Open is not a Grand Slam, but it's probably the next best thing. The clay tournament regularly attracts the best players in the world as everyone looks to prepare for the French Open, so a win means something. And at the quarter-final stage, every remaining player will believe that they can win the whole...

Fast Company

Chase for Business

A proud Texas mama, veteran, and business owner shares her kernels of wisdom

The story of how one mom turned her side hustle into her main hustle

Debra Moore’s venture into the business of gourmet popcorn started with a mission every parent can relate to: paying for college tuition.

Fast Company

Michael Grothaus

Organic walnuts E. Coli alert: 7 hospitalized by recalled bulk nuts that may have been sold in over 300 stores

The CDC is advising consumers not to eat bulk nuts produced by Gibson Farms after 12 people became ill and two developed serious kidney conditions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued warnings about organic bulk walnuts that may be contaminated with E. Coli. The walnuts were distributed to stores in at least 19 states and have so far hospitalized seven people, two of whom have developed serious kidney conditions....

Fast Company

Associated Press

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban is now in effect, here’s how it will impact women’s health care

As restrictions take hold in other states, doctors are fleeing, and the fear is that the same will happen in Florida.

Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care.

Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist with Boca Fertility in Boca Raton, said the anti-abortion...

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Christopher Null

Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) Review: Great Power for Under $1,000

This sub-$1,000 laptop dishes out great power with Intel’s Core Ultra 7 chip at the expense of build quality and decent speakers.

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Tim Barber

TAG Heuer Kith Formula 1 Watch 2024: Prices, Specs, Availability

Move over MoonSwatch—in a collaboration with Kith, TAG is reissuing 10 pimped versions of its classic plastic sports watch. And, yes, they will be available online (if you're fast enough).

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Mark Schofield

Adrian Newey leaving Red Bull F1

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The greatest engineer in F1 history is departing Red Bull

Adrian Newey has made it official.

He is leaving Red Bull.

Arguably the greatest engineer in Formula 1 history, Newey officially informed Red Bull that he would be leaving the team following the 2025. The move was rumored to be coming, with reports surfacing last week that Newey had grown frustrated with the power struggle taking shape at the F1 team.

The team shared the news on social media...

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Ricky O'Donnell

John Calipari lands biggest transfer portal star yet at Arkansas for huge NIL payment

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Arkansas may have outbid the NBA’s interest in Johnell Davis with a big NIL deal for the transfer portal’s No. 1 ranked guard

Johnell Davis has been one of the best guards in men’s college basketball the last two years. In 2023, Davis was the leading scorer on a dominant Florida Atlantic team that made an inspiring run to the Final Four as a No. 9 seed. Davis followed it up with an even better individual season this past year, improving as an...

The Verge

Justine Calma

Silicon Valley is enamored with a company that pumps poop underground

Wastewater pipes at a reclamation plant in California on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. | Getty Images

aBig brands are paying startup Vaulted Deep $58.3 million to shoot poop and other organic waste products into underground wells as a way to fight climate change.

The deal was brokered by a group called Frontier Climate, which Stripe, Alphabet, Meta, Shopify, and McKinsey Sustainability launched in 2022 to support emerging climate tech. Specifically, Frontier is interested in trying to...

The Verge

Elizabeth Lopatto

I have some questions about what Changpeng Zhao gave to the feds

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images

There are a lot of differences between Changpeng Zhao and Sam Bankman-Fried, and now we can add one more to the list: the amount of time they’ll serve for their crimes. Bankman-Fried got 25 years; Zhao got four months.

There’s more. Zhao appeared in court in a tailored navy suit with a light blue tie when he spoke in his own defense. Bankman-Fried was shackled and in prison garb.

Bankman-Fried defrauded people,...

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