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Wand.app raises $4.2M to scale its AI-powered creative tool for artists

August 23, 2023
Wand.app, an AI-powered creative tool that gives artists the ability to manually customize and visualize their ideas, has raised $4.2 million in seed funding led by O’Shaughnessy Ventures. Unlike AI-powered creative tools that provide limited control over the content they generate, which can be alienating to artists who have specific visions for what they want […]

India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes successful landing on the moon

August 23, 2023
Chandrayaan-3, the latest iteration of India’s ambitious mission to the moon, has successfully landed on the lunar surface — making history after its predecessor failed in 2019. The landing, which took place at the targeted time of 5:34am PT (6:04pm IST) on Wednesday over a month after the spacecraft’s launch, has made India the fourth […]

FBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks

August 23, 2023
The U.S. government said it believes North Korean hackers are preparing to cash out millions of dollars stolen during a spate of high-profile crypto hacks. On Tuesday, the FBI warned cryptocurrency companies about recent blockchain activity connected to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by malicious actors affiliated with the North […]

Big Profits from Low Priced Stocks

August 23, 2023
How low will stocks go? That is the question on everyone’s mind as the recent highs for the S&P 500 (SPY) seem like a distant memory as stocks have been…

QIA invests $1 billion in Ambani’s Reliance Retail at $100 billion valuation

August 23, 2023
QIA, Qatar’s sovereign fund, will invest $1 billion in Reliance Retail for a 1% stake in India’s largest retail chain, the two firms said Wednesday. The investment values Reliance Retail, part of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, at $100 billion. Reliance Retail — which operates 18.500 stores and digital commerce platforms, selling everything from electronics to […]

A cell that does it all

August 23, 2023
From “The Troubled Hunt for the Ultimate Cell” (1998), by Antonio Regalado: “If awards were given for the most intriguing, controversial, underfunded and hush-hush of scientific pursuits, the search for the human embryonic stem (ES) cell would likely sweep the categories. It’s a hunt for the tabula rasa of human cells—a cell that has the…