Unusual dark hedgehog from eastern China is new to science
The new-to-science hedgehog species has darker brown fur and spines, as well as slightly larger ears, than the European hedgehog ZooKeys Scientists have identified a new species of hedgehog: a dark brown creature that dwells in the forests of eastern China. In 2018, Kai He at Guangzhou University, China, and his colleagues stumbled across some mysterious-looking…
Demystifying AI and seeing past the hype
In a presentation at AI & Big Data Expo Global, Adam Craven, Director at Y-Align, shed light on the practical applications of AI and the pitfalls often overlooked in the hype surrounding it. Craven — with an extensive background in engineering and leadership roles at McKinsey & Company, HSBC, Nokia, among others — shared his…
Robinhood (HOOD) Broadens Crypto Service to Europe, Notes Region’s Digital Asset Regulation
“The EU has developed one of the world’s most comprehensive policies for crypto asset regulation, which is why we chose the region to anchor Robinhood Crypto’s international expansion plans,” Robinhood Crypto’s general manager Johann Kerbrat said in the blog post. Source link
WhatsApp is rolling out self-destructing voice messages
WhatsApp has officially announced that you’ll soon be able to set voice messages to disappear after their recipient hears them. The “View Once” feature has been available for photos and videos since 2021, but it’s now expanding to cover audio messages. While it’s a little confusing that WhatsApp is using the “View Once” branding for…
Uganda is planning a massive clean energy expansion – paid for by oil
Uganda announced a plan at COP28 to use oil revenues to fund a rapid expansion of clean energy across the east African country Source link
AI’s impact on decision-making in marketing
In a presentation at AI & Big Data Expo Global, Jason Smith, Chief Digital Officer of Publicis Groupe, shared insights into the role of AI in reshaping decision-making processes within the realm of advertising and marketing. The focal point of Smith’s presentation was a strategic experiment conducted by his team to explore the potential of…
Galaxy-Backed Gyroscope’s Decentralized Stablecoin GYD Goes Live on Ethereum (ETH) Mainnet
Backing assets are stablecoins deployed in certain strategies such as yield-generating sDAI and USDC in Flux, and also support automated market-making (AMM) strategies like LUSD and crvUSD. As the stablecoin scales, the reserve has been designed to a large variety of strategies and assets, the Gyroscope team explained. Source link
The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill
At CES in 2021, 5G was just about everywhere you looked. It was the future of mobile communications that would propel autonomous vehicles, remote surgery, and AR into reality. The low latency! The capacity! It’ll change everything, we were told. Verizon and AT&T wrote massive checks for new spectrum licenses, and T-Mobile swallowed another network…
The ten best sci-fi films about AI according to an expert: Wall-E, Her, The Imitation Game
“Poses big questions about what it means to be human” … WALL-E Alamy Stock Photo Hollywood has a lot to answer for in shaping and often misinforming public discourse around artificial intelligence. In my work as an ethics fellow at The Alan Turing Institute – the UK’s national institute for data science and AI –…
Absci and AstraZeneca forge AI partnership to discover cancer treatments
Absci, a frontrunner in generative AI antibody discovery, has partnered with biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to leverage AI in the quest for a novel cancer treatment. This collaboration will capitalise on Absci’s Integrated Drug Creation platform—seamlessly integrating with AstraZeneca’s expertise in oncology, aiming to expedite the discovery of a potentially game-changing cancer therapy. Under the agreement,…