AI Revolutionizes Flood Forecasting with NVIDIA Modulus Collaboration
Tech February 16, 2025
Floods are a significant threat to 1.5 billion people globally, causing up to $25 billion in economic damage annually. In response to the pressing need for efficient flood forecasting, BRLi and the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (Toulouse INP) have developed an AI-based solution utilizing NVIDIA Modulus, according to... Read more
Puerto Rican Firm Intelligent Economics Boosts Business Growth with AI
Tech February 16, 2025
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s economic landscape faced significant challenges. However, Intelligent Economics, a local firm, is making strides by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to assist companies in navigating and thriving in this complex environment, according to a report from Microsoft News. Embracing Technology to Be... Read more
Audio Pitara, a podcast production company known for its diverse genres including history, horror, and romance, has launched a globally successful podcast titled ‘Dil se Dil tak.’ The podcast, which features romantic stories, is voiced using ElevenLabs’ advanced Hindi text-to-speech technology, according to ElevenLabs. Revolutionizing Audio Content Creation This... Read more
Animoca Brands Joins ZetaChain as Validator to Enhance Multi-Chain Interoperability
Tech August 27, 2024
ZetaChain, the pioneering universal blockchain, has announced that Animoca Brands, a leader in advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, has joined as a validator. This strategic partnership aims to bring the industry closer to achieving seamless multi-chain connectivity and widespread digital asset adoption, according to... Read more
The HKMA and Cyberport launch the GenA.I. Sandbox to foster responsible A.I. innovation in the financial sector. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (Cyberport), has officially launched the Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenA.I.) Sandbox. This initiative, announced at the FiNETech2... Read more
The future of streaming is ads
Tech June 6, 2023
Call it FAST, call it AVOD, call it whatever you want. Free ad-supported streaming is having a moment, and it’s only going to get bigger from here. Watching TV has always been mostly ad-supported. And easy to do. Free streaming is bringing that back.Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images The big-name... Read more
The best part of FAST TV is the choice it takes away
Tech June 6, 2023
Sometimes you don’t need to pick what you want to watch; sometimes you just want to zone out watching the boob tube. FAST TV makes it very easy to just zone out and not stress, like broadcast TV did once before. Photo by François LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images I’ve... Read more
The age of generative AI is upon us, and this week alone Google and Microsoft made major announcements around their respective products for the masses. While Google unveiled an “experimental conversational AI service” called Bard yesterday, Microsoft had a fuller slate of news to share at its event in... Read more
Facebook now has 2 billion users
Tech June 5, 2023
The social network is still growing even as Meta has made significant cuts. Almost 20 years in, Facebook is still growing. The social network now has 2 billion daily active users, Meta reported alongside its fourth-quarter earnings. The report marks the first time Facebook, which added 16 million users... Read more
But it can “mislabel both AI-generated and human-written text.” OpenAI has released a tool to help you determine whether text was more likely written by a human or AI. However, the ChatGPT maker warns that its equivalent of Blade Runner’s Voight-Kampff test can also get it wrong. The tool... Read more
