These roaches will hopefully not inherit the Earth. Bug Out Worried about cyber-bugs taking over the planet? An inventor behind the headline-grabbing cyborg cockroaches unveiled earlier this month say the enhanced insects are there to do good. In a new interview with Reuters, Kenjiro Fukuda of the Riken research institute’s Thin-Film Device Laboratory explained the use… Continue reading Inventor of Cyborg Cockroach Says It Will Only Be Used for Good
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Instagram Working on AI to Block Unsolicited D**k Pics
In a statement given to The Verge, Meta Platforms confirmed that it’s working on optional user controls which will help filter out unsolicited images and messages. There are many types of those, of course, but one of the most pervasive are almost certainly sent by a deranged subset of men who just can’t seem to stop… Continue reading Instagram Working on AI to Block Unsolicited D**k Pics
A Wheel Made of ‘Odd Matter’ Spontaneously Rolls Uphill
In a physics lab in Amsterdam, there’s a wheel that can spontaneously roll uphill by wiggling. This “odd wheel” looks simple: just six small motors linked together by plastic arms and rubber bands to form a ring about 6 inches in diameter. When the motors are powered on, it starts writhing, executing complicated squashing and… Continue reading A Wheel Made of ‘Odd Matter’ Spontaneously Rolls Uphill
‘Oxenfree II: Lost Signals’ is delayed until 2023
Night School Studio has delayed the release of Oxenfree II: Lost Signals. The sequel to 2016’s Oxenfree won’t arrive until next year, the developer announced on Saturday. “To make Oxenfree II truly special and add more localizations, we’re moving our release window to 2023,” the studio posted on Twitter. News of the delay came shortly after… Continue reading ‘Oxenfree II: Lost Signals’ is delayed until 2023
Apple Pay Later may not arrive until next year due to ‘technical and engineering’ setbacks
Apple Pay Later may not arrive until next spring, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. As you may recall, Apple announced the buy now, pay later feature at WWDC 2022 and said, at the time, that it would arrive alongside iOS 16. Well, the latest version of the company’s mobile operating is here and Apple Pay… Continue reading Apple Pay Later may not arrive until next year due to ‘technical and engineering’ setbacks
Hitting the Books: How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud
Yes, robots are coming to take our jobs. That’s a good thing, we should be happy they are because those jobs they’re taking kinda suck. Do you really want to go back to the days of manually monitoring, flagging and investigating the world’s daily bank transfers in search of financial fraud and money laundering schemes?… Continue reading Hitting the Books: How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud
Baring PE Asia weighs $7-8b merger of two portfolio companiesBPEA has notified Tricor and Vistra’s creditors about the merger plan.
Hong Kong’s Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) is exploring a merger of two Hong Kong-based business services firms it owns, Tricor and Vistra, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. BPEA – which Sweden-based private equity fund EQT agreed to buy earlier this year in a deal worth 6.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion) – is working on a… Continue reading Baring PE Asia weighs $7-8b merger of two portfolio companiesBPEA has notified Tricor and Vistra’s creditors about the merger plan.
PE major TPG shutters SPAC after failing to find deal
A blank-check company backed by private equity firm TPG Inc said on Friday it plans to wind down its operations and return money to investors after failing to find a suitable target to merge with during market volatility. TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp said it would begin returning money to investors after reaching the two-year deadline for finding… Continue reading PE major TPG shutters SPAC after failing to find deal
Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager’s CFO to exit months after appointment
Voyager Digital Ltd Chief Financial Officer Ashwin Prithipaul is preparing to step down from his role within months of his appointment at the crypto lender that filed for bankruptcy in July. The company said on Friday the finance head would resign after a “transition period” to pursue other opportunities, and that Chief Executive Officer Stephen Ehrlich… Continue reading Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager’s CFO to exit months after appointment
iPhone 14 Pro packs a lot more innovation for the same price as last year
Pros Dynamic Island is fresh and more practical than the notch New 48-megapixel camera is a Pro-level upgrade A16 Bionic chip continues to impress iPhone price remains unfazed by inflation Cons Forcing eSIM adoption is an anti-consumer move Subpar battery life on the smaller Pro Always-on display can be bright and distracting 3X optical zoom… Continue reading iPhone 14 Pro packs a lot more innovation for the same price as last year