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Niantic 8th Wall introduces web AR features to track hands, fingers and wrists
Augmented reality developer Niantic Inc.’s platform for web-based AR development, 8th Wall, today introduced hand tracking with all-new features that will allow developers to create apps that can add virtual objects to human hands, fingers and wrists. Using the new Hand Tracking, developers will be able to go beyond simply permitting users to interact with AR ...
New AMD ‘Zenbleed’ exploit can steal passwords and encryption keys from CPUs
A new security vulnerability has been discovered affecting Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Zen 2 processors that can be exploited to steal passwords and other sensitive data such as encryption keys. Google security researcher Travis Ormandy revealed the bug on his blog Monday, naming it “Zenbleed,” which has been filed as CVE-2023-20593. It was first reported ...
Everlaw integrates generative AI features to help legal teams to build their cases
Cloud-native legal investigation and litigation platform Everlaw Inc. today announced that it has added new generative artificial intelligence features to its portfolio of tools in a beta program to assist legal teams when writing and reviewing cases. Litigation is a competitive and complex task for legal teams and can involve reams of documents and data, ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin crypto project officially launches and expands globally
Worldcoin, an identity-proving cryptocurrency project co-founded by OpenAI LP chief executive Sam Altman, launched its protocol and application today with plans to expand globally. The company behind Worldcoin, Tools for Humanity, uses iris-scanning technology to determine that people signing up for accounts are actual human beings and not bots in order to provide them a ...
Web3 infrastructure firm Cheqd launches portable reputation solution Creds
Cheqd, a privacy-preserving Web3 payments and trust infrastructure layer provider, today announced the launch of its new solution for portable, decentralized identity and reputation that can be used across different communities known as Creds. The company uses blockchain technology to allow users to control their own identity using something called self-sovereign identity, where individual users ...
Blockchain infrastructure startup Cosmic Wire raises $30M led by Solana and Polygon
Miami-based Cosmic Wire, a startup that offers a wide range of blockchain-based infrastructure products, today announced that it has raised $30 million in seed funding led by Polygon and the Solana Foundation, the nonprofit foundation that leads the development of the Solana protocol. Cosmic Wire produces a variety of infrastructure products for Web3 technology, otherwise ...
Google is working on AI tools to help journalists write news stories
Google LLC is reportedly testing an artificial intelligence tool designed to write news stories, headlines and assist journalists in their day-to-day work. The service, dubbed Genesis, purportedly uses generative AI technology to gather news – such as details about current events – and then generate news content, according to a report from the New York ...
Google Cloud announces general availability of Application Integration service
Google LLC is making developers’ and business users’ work easier today with the general availability of Application Integration, a standalone integration service that allows developers to connect application logic chains together and automate processes visually, without complex code. Application Integration acts as a cloud-native product that automates business processes by connecting any application, either within ...
RISC Zero raises $40M to simplify zk-proof cryptography for blockchain developers
The Seattle-based startup RISC Zero, the developer of a type of technology that allows blockchain developers to provide enhanced security for network transactions using zero-knowledge proofs, today announced that it raised $40 million in an early-stage round. The new Series A funding was led by Blockchain Capital, a well-known venture capital firm in the blockchain ...
Meta partners with Microsoft to distribute next-gen LLaMA 2 AI model for commercial use
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced that it has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to distribute its latest artificial intelligence models for commercial use that will allow businesses to build their own AI-enabled apps and tools. The new family of large language models, called LLaMA 2, is the next generation of Meta’s AI research into generative AI. ...