June 21, 2025

Cartoonist Paul Pope is more worried about killer robots than AI plagiarism

Paul Pope has written and drawn some of the most gorgeous comics of the twenty-first century — from “Batman: Year 100,” in which Batman challenges a dystopian surveillance state, to “Battling Boy,” with its adolescent god proving his mettle by fighting giant monsters. But it’s been more than a decade since Pope’s last major comics […]

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10 Big Ways to Shine for National Small Business Week (and 5 Things to Avoid)

April 23, 2024
Every year, the U.S. Small Business Administration takes time to honor America’s top small businesses. As one of the country’s 33 million small businesses, you are the engine of the nation’s economy. Share your story and grow new business by leveraging your connection with your community.

With Easel, ex-Snap researchers are building the next-generation Bitmoji thanks to AI

April 23, 2024

Easel is a new startup that sits at the intersection of the generative AI and social trends, founded by two former employees at Snap. The company has been working on an app that lets you create images of yourself and your friends doing cool things directly from your favorite iMessage conversations. There’s a reason why […]

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Two widow founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma

April 23, 2024

After losing their husbands in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune D’Agostino discovered there were no suitable places where people could go to face all the challenges that surface during the grieving process, including daunting tasks such as organizing a funeral ceremony and donating belongings, as well as scouring the internet for […]

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Amazon wants to host companies’ custom generative AI models

April 23, 2024

AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing business, wants to be the go-to place companies host and fine-tune their custom generative AI models. Today, AWS announced the launch of Custom Model Import (in preview), a new feature in Bedrock, AWS’ enterprise-focused suite of generative AI services, that allows organizations to import and access their in-house generative AI models […]

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Amazon launches a new grocery delivery subscription in the U.S

April 23, 2024

Amazon said today that it has launched a new grocery delivery subscription for Prime Members and customers with an EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) in the U.S. across 3,500 cities and towns. The company started testing grocery delivery in three locations last year, including Denver, Colorado; Sacramento, California; and Columbus, Ohio The subscription costs $9.99 per […]

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