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Microsoft has launched its smallest AI model yet, Phi-3 Mini, the first of a trio of lightweight models. With more and more AI models coming onto the market, Microsoft is journeying into models that are trained on smaller-than-usual datasets. The Verge reports Phi-3 Mini measures 3.8 billion parameters (how many complex instructions a model can understand) and is now available on Azure, Hugging...
BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, has achieved an impressive milestone by registering net inflows for 70 consecutive days. This achievement places the fund among the top 10 exchange-traded funds with the longest daily inflow streaks in history, tying with the JETS ETF, which focuses on the airline industry. On Monday, IBIT saw a net inflow of approximately $20 million, as...
Warhammer 40k Darktide is a much-underappreciated game by everybody apart from those who have played it. It was a bit light on quality content when it first arrived on the scene but credit to the devs they have continued to overhaul it and take a highly promising game and start to shape it into something that could well start to rival their other big Warhammer game, Vermintide. As ever our main...
Tinder has announced a new safety feature called “Share My Date” which allows for one-click sharing of date plans with friends and family. The new feature, which will be rolling out across the UK and other countries in the coming months, streamlines a process that Tinder data has found that 51% of its users do manually – sharing screenshots of dating profiles and date information. Tinder’s chief...
ASUS and Lenovo are two of the first third-party mixed reality developers to adopt Meta’ Quest OS for their own hardware. Meta announced “a new era for mixed reality” when it opened Quest OS up to third-party developers in a move that rebrands the software to Meta Horizon OS. This comes after Meta’s Quest 3 headset delivered a massive quarterly revenue at the end of 2023. The first two companies...
As the United States reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela, the country’s state-run oil company PDVSA is planning to increase its reliance on digital currencies for crude and fuel exports, according to a recent Reuters report. The U.S. Treasury Department recently declined to renew a general license, giving PDVSA’s customers and providers until May 31 to wind down transactions. This move is...
Whether you’re a book or movie lover, Dune is one of those franchises that is engrossing no matter which medium you consume it in. Despite its popularity though, there haven’t been too many video games that have explored the world of Arrakis but that all changes with Dune: Awakening. If you want to learn more about this exciting and ambitious experience, we’ll reveal all we know about the Dune:...
After launching TikTok Lite in France and Spain without the proper risk assessments in place, the European Union has opened a probe under the Digital Services Act (DSA). TikTok Lite is a version of the video-sharing platform with daily tasks that users can undertake to earn points, which can then be converted into currency. It has been available in Asia for several years but has just been...
In the wake of two tragic stabbing incidents in Australia this month, a row has erupted between X owner Elon Musk and the Australian government over orders to remove graphic videos of the attacks from social media. The dispute is the latest clash between the 52-year-old billionaire’s company and a national government over content moderation on digital platforms. X is already challenging Brazil in...
Cryptocurrency poker website ‘CoinPoker’ hosted high stakes action this weekend, with celebrity player Tony G and a whale in the thick of the heads up action. Tracked on the 2+2 poker forum, the hand began at a 1000/2000 PLO table with Tony G sitting on 547k stack, and nvoskob1986 sitting with 152k – who opened with a preflop raise to 6k. Tony G threebet to 18k, which nvoskob1986 called, and...