The Rabbit r1 was the must-have gadget of early 2024, but the blush fell off it pretty quick when the company’s expansive promises failed to materialize. CEO Jesse Lyu admits that “on day one, we set our expectations too high” — but that an update coming to its devices this month will finally set their […]
Snap’s extremely large Spectacles bring impressive AR to developers at $99 a month
Snap’s new Spectacles are the next big thing — in the most literal way possible. The augmented reality glasses are extremely physically large. The social media firm sees the footprint as a kind of middle ground between a full extended reality headset and far more portable smart glasses. It warrants mentioning right out of the […]
Mistral’s Large 2 is its answer to Meta and OpenAI’s latest models
For frontier AI models, when it rains, it pours. Mistral released a fresh new flagship model on Wednesday, Large 2, which it claims to be on par with the latest cutting edge models from OpenAI and Meta in terms of code generation, mathematics, and reasoning. The release of Mistral Large 2 falls just one day […]
2024 Summer Olympics odds: USA large betting favorite to win most gold medals in Paris
With the Opening Ceremony set for Friday, July 26, let’s take a look at 2024 Summer Olympics odds, with an eye on countries to win the most medals, most gold medals, and the OVER/UNDER on USA’s total gold medal count in Paris. The USA is the heavy favorite to win the most gold medals and […]
Kleiner Perkins announces $2 billion in fresh capital, showing that established firms can still raise large sums
Many VC firms are struggling to attract new capital from their own backers amid a tepid IPO environment. But established, brand-name firms are still able to raise large funds. On Friday, Kleiner Perkins announced that it closed on more than $ 2 billion in fresh capital across two funds, a slight increase from the 52-year-old […]