More developments planned in downtown St. Pete
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Shohei Ohtani reportedly buys $7.85 million Los Angeles mansion from Adam Carolla
Ohtani will live about 20 minutes from Dodger Stadium.
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Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses now let you share images directly to your Instagram Story
Meta is updating its Ray-Ban smart glasses with new hands-free functionality, the company announced on Wednesday. Most notably, users can now share an image from their smart glasses directly to their Instagram Story without needing to take out their phone. After you take a photo with the smart glasses, you can say, “Hey Meta, share my last photo to Instagram.”
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Orioles lose 3rd straight to Cardinals for 1st sweep in 107 series; John Means leaves with elbow discomfort
Means lasted just three innings and is undergoing testing for elbow soreness.
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Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can now upload photos directly to Instagram Stories
You can share photos to Instagram Stories directly from the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses without having to take out your phone.
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Google Pay will now display card perks, BNPL options and more
Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser. Starting Wednesday, people who check out with Google Pay will be able to see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card, use "buy now, pay later" through partners like Affirm and Zip and fill in their card details through biometrics or a PIN, instead of by entering their security code. The changes are designed to enhance the consumer experience of using Google Pay and make it a more competitive option against other payment methods, including the developer or retailer's built-in payment system, often powered by businesses like Stripe, as well as the payment services from other tech giants, like Apple, Amazon and PayPal, for instance.
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Junkyard Gem: 2003 Chevrolet Tracker
A 2003 Chevrolet Tracker, formerly known as the Geo Tracker and sibling to the Suzuki Vitara, found in a North Carolina self-service junkyard.
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Stock market today: Stocks close lower after Fed minutes, ahead of Nvidia earnings
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Unify helps developers find the best LLM for the job
When developers have a particular job that AI can solve, it’s not typically as simple as just pointing an LLM at the data. “The main objective with Unify is figuring out which models from which providers are best for your task using objective benchmarks and dashboards that let you compare them,” company founder and CEO Daniel Lenton told TechCrunch. Unsurprisingly, Unify uses AI to run the core router application.
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Bluesky finally has DMs, with encrypted messaging coming ‘down the line’
Bluesky has finally added direct messaging capabilities more than a year after it started onboarding new users.
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Volkswagen delays electric sedan launch in US, Canada citing 'market dynamics' as EV demand wanes
After a splashy New York City debut only one year ago, Volkswagen is reversing course and now says its ID.7 EV sedan isn’t coming to North America — at least for now.
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What a justice's upside-down flag means for the Supreme Court
The revelation that a symbol of the “Stop the Steal” movement flew outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home has reignited debates about his ability to rule impartially on Jan. 6-related cases.
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Nintendo snaps up a studio known for its Switch ports
Nintendo is buying Florida-based studio Shiver Entertainment, mostly known for its Switch ports, from the Embracer Group.
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Hyundai N74 hydrogen supercar is reportedly closer to reality
Yet another outlet is reporting that Hyundai plans to put its super-cool N74 concept into production. This time, we're told it will be hydrogen-powered.
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Bolster, creator of the CheckPhish phishing tracker, raises $14M led by Microsoft's M12
Now, an AI startup called Bolster that has built a novel approach to tackle that trick has raised $14 million in funding to expand its work, both across a popular free phish-checking portal it operates called (appropriately) CheckPhish, as well as with its primary paying customers: brands and other businesses. Microsoft’s venture fund M12 led the round as a new backer in the company, with participation also from Thomvest Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Liberty Global Ventures, Cheyenne Ventures, Cervin Ventures and Transform Capital. Bolster’s not disclosing its valuation but it has now raised around $40 million.
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AI language translation startup DeepL nabs $300M on a $2B valuation to focus on B2B growth
DeepL, which builds automated text translation and writing tools that compete against the likes of Google Translate and Grammarly, said on Wednesday that it has raised an additional $300 million. This round, led by Index Ventures, underscores the frenetic interest that investors have in AI startups at the moment and how companies are capitalizing on that opportunity while they can. DeepL, which is still not profitable, was valued at $1 billion in January 2023, when it raised just over $100 million.
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Rafael Devers hits home run in record 6th straight game to lift Red Sox past Rays
Rafael Devers is now just two home runs shy of matching MLB’s all-time record.
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GitHub Copilot gets extensions
Build is Microsoft's largest developer conference and of course, it's all about AI this year. As the name suggests, Copilot Extensions allow developers to extend Copilot with third-party skills. "Our goal: make GitHub Copilot the most integrated, powerful, intelligent AI platform there is — with unlimited possibilities to accelerate human progress," said GitHub's SVP of Product Mario Rodriguez.
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Oyo, once valued at $10 billion, shelves IPO plans for second time
Oyo, the once high-flying Indian budget hotel chain, has withdrawn its IPO application from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for the second time in a fresh blow to its already diminished ambitions. The Gurugram-headquartered startup, which at its peak commanded a valuation of $10 billion, pulled the plug on its IPO plans on May 17, according to a disclosure on the regulator's website. Oyo had initially filed paperwork with SEBI in 2021 for a public listing but withdrew it and refiled in 2023.
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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft wants to bring generative AI to the forefront of Windows — and the PCs running it. At a pair of keynotes during its annual Build developer conference this week, the company unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it's calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features like Recall, which helps users find apps, files and other content they've viewed in the past. Copilot, Microsoft's brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience.