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The reopening of China’s borders has brought a wave of US fund managers to Silicon Valley, turning coffee shops into multilingual business hubs. Mandarin accents and venture capital conversations are now on the menu, giving a unique twist to your morning latte. Who needs Macchiatos when you can sip on a “Chinese tea-latte” with extra capitalist sugar?
Fasten your seatbelts because Virgin Galactic is taking a machete to costs and staffing, all in the name of affordable space travel! CEO Michael Colglazier delivered a memo dripping with excitement (unlike our boring office memos) about the brand’s shifting stars. Turns out, even for a space-travel company, the space isn’t always sunny. So, if you’re dreaming of leaping gravity in a Virgin Galactic spaceplane, start saving because the tickets are likely to rocket faster than the flights themselves!
Meta, also known as the ‘Godmother of Social Media,’ is turning up the realness meter for advertisers. From 2024 onward, they want AI-crafted ads to come with a shiny label, separating them from hand-spun ones. So long to the days of funky AI creating Hollywood-style drama disguised as grassroots political campaigning. But, let’s not forget the irony of Meta’s call for truth in advertising. Will this be a genuine rabbit out of the hat or just another illusion for savvy advertisers? Stay tuned and ‘advert-honestly’!
Samsung’s AI model, called Gauss, is out to conquer the AI space race and leave OpenAI in the dust. With its Gauss Language, Gauss Code, and Gauss Image, Samsung aims to take over our language, code, and image processing tasks. Brace yourselves, because Samsung AI is about to infiltrate every aspect of our lives, from correcting our grammar to advising us on our diets. Hold on tight, it’s going to be a wild AI ride!
Join us as we unpack the monumental announcements from OpenAI and Microsoft’s Dev Day. From the unveiling of GPT-4 Turbo to the collaborative vision for AI’s future, discover how these innovations will empower our digital lives like never before.
Welcome aboard The Station, your one-stop shop for all things transportation! Whether you’re hitching a ride on a rocket or dreaming of teleportation, we’ve got you covered. Sign up for our free newsletter and join us on a whimsical journey through the world of transit. As we explore everything from steam locomotives to self-driving cars, we’ll also keep an eye on the future. And while we may not have flying cars just yet, at least our delivery drones don’t ask for tips!
Android’s Play Protect has upped its security game with real-time app code scanning. Harmful apps stand about as much chance of getting through as a snowball surviving a desert heatwave. Android is not messing around when it comes to protecting its users. Who needs harmful apps when you can shave your eyebrows off on a dare or use metal utensils in a microwave instead? Android’s new security feature is ready to take on anything!
Forget filters and selfies, Snapchat is now bringing us the stark reality of the Gaza crisis. From pubescent drama to frontline reportage, it seems our social media apps are getting a crash course in pivoting. So, what’s next? Instagram becoming the new Weather Channel? Stay tuned.
In a sneaky maneuver resembling a “timeline takeover,” Twitter users found their sidebar occupied by a pinned topic as relevant to them as a walrus at a ballroom dance. Conservative non-profit PragerU pulled off a clever advertising stunt by hijacking hashtags, leaving Twitterati both surprised and intrigued. With their new film teased through the cryptic hashtag #DETRANS, PragerU proved that even in the digital age, hashtags have become the unsuspecting heroes of cinema promotions. Who knows, soon we might even see hashtags rubbing shoulders with celebrities at the Oscars!
Crypto’s Bad Boy: Sam Bankman-Fried Guilty on All Charges – Breaking Piggy Banks and Hearts
Poor Sammy, Out in the Cold
And here we thought only government could mess with our money! But the crypto world has its anti-heroes too. Say hello to Sam Bankman-Fried, the former chief and founding father of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research. Charismatic Sammy’s charm seems to have been more of a con, as he now stands guilty on all seven counts related to the teeny-weeny crimes of fraud and money laundering.
A Scheme Wider than Texas
We all love a good treasure hunt, or a Casino heist movie, right? Well, here’s the real-life crypto edition, folks. Our main hero, or villain depending on how you look at it, is charged with designing an ambitious, sprawling plot. This involved “minor” activities like misappropriation of billions (yes, with a ‘B’) of customer funds deposited with FTX, tricking investors and lenders to FTX. Apparently, he decided trick or treat doesn’t just apply on Halloween.
Hot Take:
Oh, Sammy, Sammy! You were supposed to slay the Wall Street dragons, not join their money-guzzling ranks! It seems you misunderstood the ‘B’ in Bitcoin for ‘Bank robbery’. We’re not sure what’s larger here, the scale of your scam or the number of broken trust piggy banks. But let’s try to find humor amidst the chaos – if you ever wanted to outshine the traditional bankers, congratulations, you just might have done it!
