Marah Eakin / Wired:
A look at the “world’s first beauty pageant for AI creators”, launched in April 2024 by creator platform Fanvue, after 10 semifinalists were announced on June 3 — The idea of an AI beauty pageant might seem laughable or grotesque, depending on who you ask.
How new forms of neurotechnology, which uses computerized implants to interact with the brain and nervous system, are helping disabled people walk and more (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
How new forms of neurotechnology, which uses computerized implants to interact with the brain and nervous system, are helping disabled people walk and more — Radical advances in neurotechnology are helping disabled people walk and could provide the link between human and artificial intelligence
After nine months with Starlink, the Marubo, an Indigenous Amazon tribe, faces challenges like addiction and concerns about potential loss of cultural identity (Jack Nicas/New York Times)
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
After nine months with Starlink, the Marubo, an Indigenous Amazon tribe, faces challenges like addiction and concerns about potential loss of cultural identity — Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.
Intel says a standard AI kit featuring its Gaudi 2 chips, introduced in 2022, will cost $65K while a Gaudi 3 kit, unveiled in April 2024, will cost $125K (Reuters)
Reuters:
Intel says a standard AI kit featuring its Gaudi 2 chips, introduced in 2022, will cost $65K while a Gaudi 3 kit, unveiled in April 2024, will cost $125K — Intel launched its next generation Xeon server processors on Tuesday as it looks to claw back data center market share and revealed …
MSI announces Claw 8 AI+, its next-gen handheld, powered by Intel’s Lunar Lake and comes with an 8″ screen, Thunderbolt 4 port, and a larger 80 Wh battery (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
MSI announces Claw 8 AI+, its next-gen handheld, powered by Intel’s Lunar Lake and comes with an 8″ screen, Thunderbolt 4 port, and a larger 80 Wh battery — Just three months after releasing its first gaming handheld PC to damning reviews — here’s mine — MSI is already announcing a likely replacement.
Intel announces Xeon 6 data center chips for AI: series 6700 with 144 efficient and 86 performance cores, and 6900 with 288 efficient and 128 performance cores (Ken Yeung/VentureBeat)
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Intel announces Xeon 6 data center chips for AI: series 6700 with 144 efficient and 86 performance cores, and 6900 with 288 efficient and 128 performance cores — Intel has announced its Xeon 6 chip to ensure that data centers can handle the workloads needed as more companies start to deploy AI apps and models.
Intel unveils Lunar Lake, with a new SoC design, up to 14% faster CPU and 50% more graphics performance than Meteor Lake, and 40+ TOPS of AI performance (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Intel unveils Lunar Lake, with a new SoC design, up to 14% faster CPU and 50% more graphics performance than Meteor Lake, and 40+ TOPS of AI performance — Last year, Intel boasted that its Meteor Lake processors, dubbed Core Ultra, represented the company’s biggest architectural shift in 40 years.
Filing: Dapper Labs, maker of NBA Top Shot Moments NFTs, settles a class action lawsuit for $4M that alleged it violated laws by selling unregistered securities (RT Watson/The Block)
RT Watson / The Block:
Filing: Dapper Labs, maker of NBA Top Shot Moments NFTs, settles a class action lawsuit for $4M that alleged it violated laws by selling unregistered securities — – Dapper Labs, the creator of the NBA Top Shot Moments NFT collection, said it had settled a class-action lawsuit which alleged the company had violated securities laws.
In a joint statement, Snowflake, CrowdStrike, and Mandiant say they have not found evidence suggesting Snowflake’s platform was breached to hack Ticketmaster (Richard Lawler/The Verge)
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
In a joint statement, Snowflake, CrowdStrike, and Mandiant say they have not found evidence suggesting Snowflake’s platform was breached to hack Ticketmaster — CrowdStrike and Mandiant joined in a statement saying data breaches for Ticketmaster and Santander appear to be ‘targeted attacks.’
Samsung sues Oura, seeking a declaratory judgment that the Galaxy Ring, expected to launch in the US “in or around August”, doesn’t infringe on Oura’s patents (Victoria Song/The Verge)
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Samsung sues Oura, seeking a declaratory judgment that the Galaxy Ring, expected to launch in the US “in or around August”, doesn’t infringe on Oura’s patents — Samsung isn’t waiting around for Oura to file any patent claims over its forthcoming smart ring.
