Sunday, November 7, 2021

Eternals Box Office Starts With $162 Million Opening Weekend

Eternals box office collection is $161.7 million (about Rs. 1,199 crores) in opening weekend. Eternals India box office is $1.7 million (about Rs. 12.84 crores) as of Saturday. Eternals delivers... https://ift.tt/3ERismk

Dr. Kamal Ranadive's Cancer Research Lauded With Google Doodle on Her Birthday

Dr. Kamal Ranadive is known for her contributions to the field of biology and her cancer research. Artist Ibrahim Rayintakath has created a Google Doodle on her 104th birthday. The biologist is... https://ift.tt/30cM7HM

Twitter users say 'yes' to Musk's proposal to sell 10% of his Tesla stock

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk should sell about 10% of his Tesla stock, according to 57.9% of people who voted on his Twitter poll asking users of the social media network whether he should offload the stake. https://ift.tt/3ob16tZ

Crypto rally lifts ether to new record, bitcoin to near 3-week high

Bitcoin rose to a two-and-a-half-week peak and ether climbed to a fresh record as cryptocurrencies ride higher on a wave of momentum, flows, favourable news and inflation fears. https://ift.tt/3C0VmYM

Australia's CBA partners with Silicon Valley artificial intelligence firm H2O.ai

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Taiwan's TSMC says it has responded to US chip data request

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US-based Meta Company to sue FB for infringing upon its name (Ld)

In an interesting turn of events, a Chicago-based tech firm called Meta Company is going to court against Facebook, alleging that the social network stole its name and "livelihood" after it rebranded its name to Meta. https://ift.tt/3bWlDwp

All You Need to Know About Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5's release date is November 9. The latest title in the arcade-sim racing franchise is set in Mexico and can be played on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. The game can be obtained... https://ift.tt/3CXd54i

Amazon-Future Retail deal may have a new 'problem', here's why

In escalation of the Future group-Amazon feud, Future Retail Ltd's independent directors have urged the Competition Commission to revoke the approval given two years ago for Amazon's deal with Future Coupons, alleging that the e-commerce major had made false statements for getting the regulatory nod. https://ift.tt/3kfSfGb

6 'popular apps' on iPhones that are missing from 'top charts' on Android phones

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What I Love, Hate, and Fear About NFTs

As an author and content creator, I love NFTs. When you buy a book, the only thing you can do is read it. With an NFT, the author can give you the right to translate it into another language and make... https://ift.tt/3o6R90x

Netflix faces more active libel suits than any major news outlet, partly due to its nonfiction fare, often unsuccessfully arguing that it is just a distributor (Eriq Gardner/The Hollywood Reporter)

Eriq Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix faces more active libel suits than any major news outlet, partly due to its nonfiction fare, often unsuccessfully arguing that it is just a distributor  —  The mega-streamer is facing more defamation complaints than any major news outlet, stemming from projects like 'Making a Murderer …



The FBI and DHS say a drone dangling copper wires tried to disrupt a PA power substation in July 2020, the first drone attack targeting US energy infrastructure (Brian Barrett/Wired)

Brian Barrett / Wired:
The FBI and DHS say a drone dangling copper wires tried to disrupt a PA power substation in July 2020, the first drone attack targeting US energy infrastructure  —  An attack attempt in 2020 proves the UAS threat is real—and not enough is being done to stop it.



Interview with Biz Stone about Future Positive, an investment firm he founded in 2019 with Fred Blackford to focus on investments that can be held for decades (Dave Lee/Financial Times)

Dave Lee / Financial Times:
Interview with Biz Stone about Future Positive, an investment firm he founded in 2019 with Fred Blackford to focus on investments that can be held for decades  —  The social media pioneer's firm is chasing investments that have no expiry date  —  The man who helped create Twitter …



H2O.ai, which provides an open source machine learning platform to build smart applications, raises a $100M Series E at a $1.6B pre-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
H2O.ai, which provides an open source machine learning platform to build smart applications, raises a $100M Series E at a $1.6B pre-money valuation  —  H2O.ai — a startup that has developed an open-source framework as well as proprietary apps that make it easier for any kind of enterprise …



Anthropic updates Claude to add custom writing styles tailored to users, aiming to personalize its replies, following similar ChatGPT and Gemini features (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : Anthropic updates Claude to add custom writing styles tailored to users, aiming to personalize its replies,...