Saturday, October 19, 2024

Six months after bitcoin halving, some miners are keeping the Bitcoin they produce while an increasing number of companies are spending more on AI data centers (David Pan/Bloomberg)

David Pan / Bloomberg:
Six months after bitcoin halving, some miners are keeping the Bitcoin they produce while an increasing number of companies are spending more on AI data centers  —  - Shares of firms keeping tokens they mint are lagging Bitcoin  — Best performers are spending on developing AI data centers



How Waymo is converting locals and attracting tourists in San Francisco to pull ahead in the robotaxi race, with ~300 vehicles in the city and global ambitions (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
How Waymo is converting locals and attracting tourists in San Francisco to pull ahead in the robotaxi race, with ~300 vehicles in the city and global ambitions  —  Just last year, residents wanted to get rid of robotaxis.  Now locals and tourists can't get enough.



Q&A with Cloudflare CEO on how internet traffic surge during the pandemic helped it build an AI-ready "connectivity cloud", balkanization of the internet, more (Om Malik/Crazy Stupid Tech)

Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech:
Q&A with Cloudflare CEO on how internet traffic surge during the pandemic helped it build an AI-ready “connectivity cloud”, balkanization of the internet, more  —  I first met Matthew Prince in 2010, the day he l aunched Cloudflare at TechCrunch Disrupt.



Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short (Marah Eakin/Wired)

Marah Eakin / Wired:
Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short  —  Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions.  Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools …



Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...