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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Joins San Francisco's Transition Government
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined a growing list of former tech leaders taking roles in San Francisco's government following this month's election.
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Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs, Aims to Speed Up On-Chain Payments
Coinbase has acquired Utopia Labs for an undisclosed sum to enhance its on-chain payment systems and services. In the coming months, Coinbase aims to deliver low-cost, rapid, and global payment solutions to its worldwide user base.
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Bob Lee's Accused Killer Says Tech Executive "Went Crazy On Me"
Technology executive Bob Lee's accused killer told a jury he acted in self-defense after Lee tried to attack him with a knife on a San Francisco street a year and a half ago, saying "he went crazy on me" after losing his temper.
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Insight: Trump's 2024 Red Wave Explained In Graphs, And Where Harris Fell Short
From New York to the Rio Grande Valley, across big cities like Miami and San Francisco, in college towns and subdivision-dotted exurbs, the US electorate this year shifted unmistakably rightward.
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Researchers Create Innovative 3D Maps to Understand Octopus Arm Systems
Researchers at San Francisco State University have developed advanced three-dimensional maps of octopus arms, revealing their complex nervous systems. Led by Robyn Crook, the team used innovative imaging techniques to understand how octopus arms can function almost independently from the brain. These discoveries highlight the unique neuronal organi...
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Sam Altman Rebrands Controversial Worldcoin Project as World, Announces Major Updates
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the visionary behind the project, announced on October 17 that Worldcoin has been rebranded as ‘World.’ The rebranding comes alongside the launch of several new initiatives, revealed by the tech mogul this week at a Worldcoin event held in San Francisco, US.
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AMD Sees Next AI Chip in Mass Production Later This Year
At an event in San Francisco, AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company plans to release its next-generation MI350 series chips in the second half of 2025. These chips include an increased amount of memory and will boast a new underlying architecture that AMD said will improve performance significantly over the prior MI300X and MI250X chips.
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US Judge Orders Google to Open Up Play Store to Competition
The injunction by US District Judge James Donato in San Francisco outlined the changes Google must undertake to open up its lucrative app store, Play, to greater competition, including making Android apps available from rival sources.
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Tech Executive Calls Upgrade To iPhone 16 Pro "Waste Of Time", Internet Agrees
Aditya Agarwal, a prominent Indian-born tech executive based in San Francisco, recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the newly released Apple iPhone 16 Pro.
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ChatGPT Gets a New ‘Canvas’ Interface For Writing and Coding, Offers Inline Edit Tools
ChatGPT is getting a new capability that will make it easier for humans and artificial intelligence (AI) to collaborate together on a project. Just days after hosting its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco, OpenAI announced the new Canvas interface for the chatbot. The feature opens a separate window within the platform and allows users to e...
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OpenAI Announces Realtime API, Prompt Coaching and Vision Fine-Tuning on GPT-4o for Developers
OpenAI hosted its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco on Tuesday and announced several new upgrades to the application programming interface (API) version of ChatGPT, which can be remodelled and fine-tuned to power other applications and software. Among them, the major introductions are the realtime API, prompt coaching, and vision fine-tunin...
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Lawyer Quits Job To Sell Mac And Cheese. She Is Now A Millionaire
A highly-paid lawyer in San Francisco decided to quit her job and ended up running a restaurant business that turned her into a millionaire.
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US To Convene Global AI Safety Summit In November
The San Francisco meeting will include technical experts from each member's AI safety institute, or equivalent government-backed scientific office, to discuss priority work areas, and advance global collaboration and knowledge sharing on AI safety.
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Kamala Harris' '2011 Hit-And-Run' Is Fake News Spread By Russia: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
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US Man's Shooting Spree Leaves 80 Animals Dead In California, Arrested
A California man hasbeen arrestedafter his nighttime shooting spree left over 80 animals dead, sparking panic among residents. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Prunedale, a rural community roughly 100 miles south of San Francisco.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Joins San Francisco's Transition Government
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined a growing list of former tech leaders taking roles in San Francisco's government following this month's election.
-
Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs, Aims to Speed Up On-Chain Payments
Coinbase has acquired Utopia Labs for an undisclosed sum to enhance its on-chain payment systems and services. In the coming months, Coinbase aims to deliver low-cost, rapid, and global payment solutions to its worldwide user base.
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Bob Lee's Accused Killer Says Tech Executive "Went Crazy On Me"
Technology executive Bob Lee's accused killer told a jury he acted in self-defense after Lee tried to attack him with a knife on a San Francisco street a year and a half ago, saying "he went crazy on me" after losing his temper.
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Insight: Trump's 2024 Red Wave Explained In Graphs, And Where Harris Fell Short
From New York to the Rio Grande Valley, across big cities like Miami and San Francisco, in college towns and subdivision-dotted exurbs, the US electorate this year shifted unmistakably rightward.
-
Researchers Create Innovative 3D Maps to Understand Octopus Arm Systems
Researchers at San Francisco State University have developed advanced three-dimensional maps of octopus arms, revealing their complex nervous systems. Led by Robyn Crook, the team used innovative imaging techniques to understand how octopus arms can function almost independently from the brain. These discoveries highlight the unique neuronal organi...
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Sam Altman Rebrands Controversial Worldcoin Project as World, Announces Major Updates
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the visionary behind the project, announced on October 17 that Worldcoin has been rebranded as ‘World.’ The rebranding comes alongside the launch of several new initiatives, revealed by the tech mogul this week at a Worldcoin event held in San Francisco, US.
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AMD Sees Next AI Chip in Mass Production Later This Year
At an event in San Francisco, AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company plans to release its next-generation MI350 series chips in the second half of 2025. These chips include an increased amount of memory and will boast a new underlying architecture that AMD said will improve performance significantly over the prior MI300X and MI250X chips.
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US Judge Orders Google to Open Up Play Store to Competition
The injunction by US District Judge James Donato in San Francisco outlined the changes Google must undertake to open up its lucrative app store, Play, to greater competition, including making Android apps available from rival sources.
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Tech Executive Calls Upgrade To iPhone 16 Pro "Waste Of Time", Internet Agrees
Aditya Agarwal, a prominent Indian-born tech executive based in San Francisco, recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the newly released Apple iPhone 16 Pro.
-
ChatGPT Gets a New ‘Canvas’ Interface For Writing and Coding, Offers Inline Edit Tools
ChatGPT is getting a new capability that will make it easier for humans and artificial intelligence (AI) to collaborate together on a project. Just days after hosting its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco, OpenAI announced the new Canvas interface for the chatbot. The feature opens a separate window within the platform and allows users to e...
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OpenAI Announces Realtime API, Prompt Coaching and Vision Fine-Tuning on GPT-4o for Developers
OpenAI hosted its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco on Tuesday and announced several new upgrades to the application programming interface (API) version of ChatGPT, which can be remodelled and fine-tuned to power other applications and software. Among them, the major introductions are the realtime API, prompt coaching, and vision fine-tunin...
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Lawyer Quits Job To Sell Mac And Cheese. She Is Now A Millionaire
A highly-paid lawyer in San Francisco decided to quit her job and ended up running a restaurant business that turned her into a millionaire.
-
US To Convene Global AI Safety Summit In November
The San Francisco meeting will include technical experts from each member's AI safety institute, or equivalent government-backed scientific office, to discuss priority work areas, and advance global collaboration and knowledge sharing on AI safety.
-
Kamala Harris' '2011 Hit-And-Run' Is Fake News Spread By Russia: Microsoft
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
-
US Man's Shooting Spree Leaves 80 Animals Dead In California, Arrested
A California man hasbeen arrestedafter his nighttime shooting spree left over 80 animals dead, sparking panic among residents. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Prunedale, a rural community roughly 100 miles south of San Francisco.
