Frère’s fashion brand is upgrading the ‘tech bro’ look
What do Tim Cook, Jay Z, and Fred Ehrsam (co-founder of Coinbase) all have in common?
That would be their interest in Frère, a bespoke ready-to-wear clothing brand that has attracted names all over the tech world. The brand, which only launched in March, is opening its first store in New Yo
AWS makes its SageMaker HyperPod AI platform more efficient for training LLMs
At last year’s AWS re:Invent conference, Amazon’s cloud computing unit launched SageMaker HyperPod, a platform for building foundation models. It’s no surprise, then, that at this year’s re:Invent, the company is announcing a number of updates to the platform, with a focus o
AWS brings third-party apps to its SageMaker AI platform
SageMaker has long been AWS’ fully managed platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning and generative AI models. Over time, however, an ecosystem of applications has sprung up around AI and ML models for performing tasks like managing experiments, evaluating model quality,
Meta jumps aboard the nuclear-powered data center bandwagon
Earlier this year, Meta tried to get its own nuclear powered data center the easy way, by building one next to an existing reactor. But after regulators threw cold water on the plan — the site was reportedly home to a rare bee species — the company is back with a new idea: find a developer who
Threads tests a way to hide your replies from your profile
Instagram Threads, Meta’s competitor to Elon Musk’s X, is testing a way to make your replies to others’ posts less visible on the platform.
The company is adding a new privacy feature that allows you to customize your profile to remove the tab that displays your replies. This le
Instagram now lets creators enable replies in Broadcast Channels
Meta is updating its Broadcast Channels feature on Instagram in an effort to make it easier for creators to collaborate with their followers, the company announced on Wednesday.
Up until now, viewers could not respond to a creator’s post in a Broadcast Channel, and were limited to emoji reac
CISA, FBI urge Americans to use encrypted messaging apps to combat Chinese telco hackers
U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America's largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light.
Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call wi
TikTok adds new ways for creators to raise money for charities
TikTok is rolling out new ways for creators to raise money for charities and causes they’re passionate about. The company is partnering with Goodstack, a fintech company that manages charitable donations, to enable creators to support organizations from its validated database of nonprofit par
DeepMind’s Genie 2 can generate interactive worlds that look like video games
DeepMind, Google’s AI research org, has unveiled a model that can generate an “endless” variety of playable 3D worlds.
Called Genie 2, the model — the successor to DeepMind’s Genie, which was released earlier this year — can generate an interactive, real-time scene from
Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks
Ransomware hackers have continued an assault on National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom by compromising multiple hospitals, exposing sensitive patient data, and disrupting emergency services.
Inc Ransom, a prolific Russia-linked ransomware group that claimed responsibility for an
Revel to install 24 EV fast chargers at JFK airport
Revel is adding to its electric vehicle charging empire in New York City. The startup said on Wednesday that it has broken ground on the installation of 24 EV fast chargers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The installation doubles the airport's existing EV charging capacity.
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Business leaders among Pegasus spyware victims, says security firm
Security firm iVerify said a leader of a big company was among several individuals whose iPhones were recently targeted with the Pegasus spyware.
While journalists, human rights defenders, lawmakers, and political officials are frequent targets of state surveillance, reports of spyware compr
LatAm startup Vambe sees ARR skyrocket after pivot to conversational AI
When Nicolás Camhi, Matías Pérez Pefaur, and Diego Chahuán (pictured above, left to right) launched Vambe last year, they were building a CRM for debt collection. But despite gaining traction, they soon realized that their customers were not as interested in their debt collection product as the
Axiado claims its chip can prevent cyberattacks
Cyberattacks are on the rise. In Q1 2024, organizations experienced an average of around 1,300 attacks per week. The cost of attacks is climbing, as well. Per Statista, cybercrime-related losses could surge to over $13 billion by 2028.
Software is one way to combat these attacks. Hardware is anoth