Huddle01 CEO explains why communications tech must be decentralized

The means by which humans communicate and coordinate are ever-evolving. People went from sending smoke signals and messengers on horseback to sending letters and telegrams, and since the dawn of the digital era, the pace of innovation has exploded.Today, hundreds or even thousands of peopl ...

What crypto traders can learn from Charlie Munger — even if he hated BTC

Legendary investor and billionaire Charlie Munger, known as the right-hand man of Warren Buffet who helped build investment powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway, has passed away at 99 years of age.Munger’s family informed Berkshire “that he peacefully died this morning at a California hospital,” ...

Amazon launches ‘Q’ — a ChatGPT competitor purpose-built for business

Amazon has launched its own artificial intelligence-powered assistant built for business, “Amazon Q.” The AI chatbot can be used to have conversations, solve problems, generate content, gain insights and connect with a company’s information repositories, code, data and en ...

Wallet of Satoshi vanishes from Apple and Google’s US app stores

Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning payments app Wallet of Satoshi (WoS) has disappeared from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store in the United States as it closes in on over 1 million transactions for November.On Nov. 24, several users and crypto community participants shared on X ( ...

Google sues scammers over creation of fake Bard AI chatbot

Google has filed a lawsuit against three scammers for creating fake advertisements for updates to Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Bard, among other things, which, when downloaded, installs malware.The lawsuit was filed on Nov. 13 and names the defendants as “DOES 1-3,” as the ...

YouTube is testing experimental AI that chats with you about what you’re watching

Google’s testing a pair of experimental artificial intelligence (AI) systems for creators and viewers on its YouTube video sharing platform. The first experiment, according to a post on YouTube Help, involves an “AI that organizes large comment sections of long-form videos into easily ...

AI chatbots are illegally ripping off copyrighted news, says media group

Artificial intelligence developers heavily rely on illegally scraping copyrighted material from news publications and journalists to train their models, a news industry group has claimed.On Oct. 30, the News Media Alliance (NMA) published a 77-page white paper and accompanying submission t ...

Will weakness in Magnificent 7 stocks spread to Bitcoin price?

The mega-cap tech stocks, which saw a robust start in 2023, are now grappling with massive trillion-dollar losses, leaving their shareholders concerned. Wall Street's unease over surging bond yields and higher interest rates has cast a shadow on these companies. Traders are now pondering the pote ...

Google to invest another $2B into AI firm Anthropic: Report

Google has doubled down on its artificial intelligence bets by investing another $2 billion into AI startup Anthropic, according to a new report.Google invested $500 million upfront into Anthropic, a rival to ChatGPT creators OpenAI, and will pay off the remaining $1.5 billion over time, a ...

How Google’s AI legal protections can change art and copyright protections

Google has been facing a wave of litigation recently as the implications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on copyright and privacy rights become clearer.Amid the ever-intensifying debate, Google has not only defended its AI training practices but also pledged to shield users of i ...

‘Magnificent seven’ tech stocks tumble a whopping $280B as crypto surges

More than $280 billion has been wiped from the “magnificent seven” tech stocks following the release of several earnings reports on Oct. 25, triggering fears of a looming tech recession.The so-called “magnificent seven” refers to the top seven blue-chip tech firms i ...

Google Cloud teams up with MultiversX amid blockchain firm’s focus on metaverse

Google Cloud has teamed up with blockchain infrastructure firm MultiversX (formerly Elrond) to boost its Web 3 presence. Google Cloud has integrated MultiversX into the platform which will in turn help Web3 projects and users derive valuable insights from powerful data analytics and artificial in ...

Google requests dismissal of AI data scraping class-action suit

Big Tech player Google is seeking to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit that claims it’s violating the privacy and property rights of millions of internet users by scraping data to train its artificial intelligence models. Google filed the motion on Oct. 17 in a California Distri ...

Restaurant Implements $50 Cleaning Fee for Overindulgent Brunch Guests

Google has announced its commitment to protect users of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems within its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms in cases where they face allegations of intellectual property infringement. This move aligns Google with other companies like Microsoft, Adobe, and ...

How AI and Blockchain Are Revolutionizing the Gaming Experience

The world has enthusiastically embraced artificial intelligence (AI), recognizing its potential to revolutionize various aspects of life. AI has been tested across different industries, challenging the status quo and revitalizing ecosystems that have faced trials and errors over the years. In thi ...

Crypto Biz: Coinbase’s lending bet, a new ads policy at Google and Marathon’s mining performance

Crypto giant Coinbase seems to be strategically steering its ship amid constant crypto industry turbulence in 2023. The company recently unveiled its lending platform for institutional investors, aiming to fill the void left behind by major players during 2022’s crypto winter, when firms su ...

CFPB examines Big Tech’s role in mobile payment systems ahead of rulemaking

Big businesses are able to act as “mini-governments” and impose their own rules on payment infrastructure, Rohit Chopra, chair of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), said at a fintech conference hosted by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank on Sept. 7. As ...

AI-generated Drake song up for Grammy nomination

A viral track from the anonymous producer “Ghostwriter” using an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated vocal track of the rapper Drake has been submitted for consideration for a Grammy award, according to a Sept. 5 New York Times report.The track “Heart on My Sleeve&rdqu ...

Google makes AI disclosure mandatory in political campaign ads

Google is making updates to its political content policy to include a new mandate that all verified election advertisers must disclose uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in campaign content. On Sept. 6 the tech giant said the disclosures are required where there is “synthetic conten ...

Google will allow ads for NFT games starting September 15

Google has updated its cryptocurrency advertising policy to allow for blockchain-based NFT gaming advertisements as long as they don’t promote gambling or gambling services. According to a blog post from Google, the new changes will go into effect starting Sep. 15 and will be restrict ...

Revolutionizing social networks with Web3: Phaver and Cyberconnect AMA

CEO & co-founder of Phaver Joonatan Lintala and head of marketing at Cyberconnect Abhi Raheja discussed the innovations of their projects and aspects of SocialFi during the recent Cointelegraph live AMA show. Here are the highlights from the interview: ...

Google Cloud to digitize El Salvador’s governance, healthcare and education

Google Cloud announced a new partnership with the government of El Salvador on Aug. 29 to establish an office and provide Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) services in the country. The partnership aims to digitize the country, update government services and improve the healthcare and edu ...

India House passes bill to ease Big Tech data compliance

The lower house of India’s parliament voted in approval of a bill that would ease data compliance regulations for Big Tech companies on Aug. 7, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 would ease storage, processing and transfer standards fo ...

FBI warns of phishing scams and social media account hijackers

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned of criminal actors that are hijacking social media accounts and posing as legitimate people in the nonfungible token and crypto space. It also raised concerns over spoof websites that dupe victims into thinking they are using legitimate platfo ...

Google accused of illegally terminating contract staffers who worked on AI: Report

Google and Accenture, which have a joint business venture, are being accused by the Alphabet Workers Union of being in violation of federal labor laws in the United States, according to a Bloomberg report. The union claims that Alphabet acted against a law that prohibits retaliat ...

Web3 has permanently changed how marketing works

My journey into Web3 marketing officially began when I joined ConsenSys as chief marketing officer in 2016, where I built the first Web3 marketing team and helped bring Ethereum as well as the ConsenSys brand and many early Ethereum-based tools and applications to market. During my time at ...

AI companies commit to safe and transparent AI — White House

On July 21, The White House announced that prominent artificial intelligence (AI) companies, such as OpenAI, Google and Microsoft, have committed to developing AI technology that is safe, secure and transparent. The White House also acknowledged other companies like Amazon, Anthropic, Meta and In ...

Crypto Twitter will see less exposure on Google due to rate limit slash

Twitter’s new rate limits are severely affecting the indexing and display of tweets on Google’s search engine, limiting the reach of the information shared on the microblogging site.According to web search industry outlet SearchEngineLand, Google Search has dropped over half of ...

Google updates its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI training

Google has made updates to its privacy policy that now allow it to take any publicly available data and use it for artificial intelligence (AI) training purposes. The update to the company’s privacy policy came on July 1 and can be compared to previous versions of the policy via a link pub ...

‘Keep Australia safe’: Dystopian draft bill against ‘misinformation’ unveiled

A draft bill from the Australian government is warning tech and social media giants to remove misinformation from their platforms or be prepared to pay up big fines.The new draft bill would see the country's media regulator — the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) & ...

Google launches ‘Anti Money Laundering AI’ after successful HSBC trial

Google Cloud recently announced the launch of its “Anti Money Laundering AI” (AMLAI) service after a successful trial with London-based financial services group HSBC.AMLAI uses machine learning to create risk profiles, monitor transactions and analyze data. Per a blog post from Google Clou ...

How to land your ideal IT job with Google search operators

In today’s competitive job market, finding the right IT job can be challenging. However, using the power of Google search operators can substantially increase one’s job search and help land the perfect opportunity.By employing Google search operators correctly, one can limit a ...

Google searches for ‘crypto’ fall to 2020 levels as BTC sentiment neutral

A two-month-long lull in cryptocurrency optimism has seen online search interest for “crypto” and other common cryptocurrency terms stumble down to late 2020 levels.According to data from Google Trends, the term “crypto” currently has a score of 17, which is well of ...

Bitcoin did it better: AI search interest on Google reaches fever pitch

Global search interest for the term “AI” has reached a new all-time high on Google, though it’s yet to hold a candle to peak Bitcoin (BTC) mania in 2017, data has revealed.Artificial intelligence has dominated headlines over the past few months, with some suggesting that it’s the latest “t ...

Controversial Message by Former CEO Raises Concerns about Customer Data Privacy

Eric Larchevec gave out a scandalous message It turns out that providers can turn over customer data by court order Ledger has drawn a lot of criticism the other day over its new Ledger Recovery service.. Instead of alleviating the situation, former CEO Eric Larc ...

Balaji Srinivasan Warns of Impending Cyberwar Initiated by the U.S. Government

Balaji Srinivasan believes it will happen very soon And it will be initiated by the U.S. government Former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan warned crypto users of threats from tech giants Google and Apple. According to him, U.S. authorities can force these companie ...

Entrepreneur Warns of Potential Government Seizure of Crypto Assets Amidst Financial Crisis

American entrepreneur and former top manager of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase suggested that government agencies may try to take over cryptoinvestors' assets as the crisis unfolds. Balaji Srinivasan shared on Twitter his fear that as the global financial crisis deepens ...

US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with leaders of AI development companies

It was attended by representatives from Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic The parties discussed "responsible innovation" and additional security measures It's interesting that Mark Zuckerberg was not invited to the meeting Yesterday, May 4, US V ...

Learn About AI and Its Capabilities with a Free Course by Google and Ukrainian Government

This course is for those who are exploring the technology and its applications The course starts on May 16 and runs until June 8 The first session focuses on how AI can be used in specific areas While on May 3, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transforma ...

Meta* joins the race to create a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot

Meta* has recently announced its plan to develop a new chatbot based on artificial intelligence (AI), joining the growing list of technology companies that are inspired by the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The CEO of Meta*, Mark Zuckerberg, shared the news on Facebook* that the company wou ...