TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Companies face several hurdles in creating text-, audio- and image-analyzing AI models for deployment across their apps and services. Cost is an outsize one — training a single model on commercial hardware can cost tens of thousands of dollars, if not more. ” Image Credits: Deci.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

“Together is spearheading AI’s ‘Linux moment’ by providing an open ecosystem across compute and best in class foundation models,” Lux Capital’s Brandon Reeves told TechCrunch via email. Current cloud offerings, with closed-source models and data, do not meet their requirements.”

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 19, 2023

Posted by Natalia Ponomareva and Alex Kurakin, Staff Software Engineers, Google Research Large machine learning (ML) models are ubiquitous in modern applications: from spam filters to recommender systems and virtual assistants. These models achieve remarkable performance partially due to the abundance of available training data.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Called Fixie , the firm, founded by former engineering heads at Apple and Google, aims to connect text-generating models similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT to an enterprise’s data, systems and workflows. With Fixie, companies can connect various apps and services together through pretrained or custom language models.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 22, 2025

Membership Models Are Under Strain The traditional membership model is facing scrutiny. Perceived value gap : Younger professionals often question the ROI of membership, believing they can access similar resources online for free. Pilot free membership with paid events models to attract new participants.

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Towards Data Science

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Demystifying Azure Storage Account Network Access Service endpoints and private endpoints hands-on: including Azure Backbone, storage account firewall, DNS, VNET and NSGs Connected Network — image by Nastya Dulhiier on Unsplash 1. This setup empowers consumers to perform data science tasks and build machine learning (ML) models.

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Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Posted by Shunyu Yao, Student Researcher, and Yuan Cao, Research Scientist, Google Research, Brain Team Recent advances have expanded the applicability of language models (LM) to downstream tasks. On the other hand, recent work uses pre-trained language models for planning and acting in various interactive environments (e.g.,

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Towards Data Science

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data Access API over Data Lake Tables Without the Complexity Build a robust GraphQL API service on top of your S3 data lake files with DuckDB and Go Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash 1. We want to create a service that will expose just 3 fields from this parquet table for fast API access: name , last_name , and age.

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The Verge

MAY 5, 2021

Cowboy, maker of some of our favorite pedal-assisted electric bikes, is back with two new models for 2021. We’ve stayed true to our initial vision of providing a better alternative to the car — in form and function — and with the Cowboy 4 it’s a shift we will accelerate and lead,” said Roose in a press statement. Image: Cowboy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2021

But alternatives to passwords are affordable, easy to implement, and safer, show industry insights gathered by Extra Crunch. Zero trust models require companies to never trust any attempt to access its network, and must verify every single time — even from logins from inside the network. First, a primer.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 22, 2023

A service called "Setapp" plans to offer iPhone, iPad, and macOS users an alternative to Apple's walled garden in 2024. The business model is geared more like Sony's PlayStation Plus or Xbox's Game Pass. Users pay a monthly fee for complete access to the company's 240+ curated apps. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The idea for Casava came while VisaCover provided an alternative in the auto insurance market by allowing drivers of Uber, which was one of its partners, to make weekly insurance payments instead of quarterly or yearly payments insurance partners before it operated. Bode Pedro is the founder and CEO of Casava.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A new startup wants to help online media outlets make money by making it easier for consumers to access paywalled content without being locked in to multiple subscriptions. But while paywalls promise clear and predictable income, it’s a difficult model to scale outside of the major outlets such as the New York Times.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. Access one set of data in the format you need as often as you need.

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OpenAI

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT , which is trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailed response. We gave the trainers access to model-written suggestions to help them compose their responses.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Amazon’s latest streaming stick is a solid alternative to both Roku and Chromecast devices. The 2021 model is faster than its predecessor, comes with improved Wi-Fi performance, and supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 Plus. Regardless of which model you choose, however, they all fall below the $50 mark at Amazon. Read our review.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

They highlighted several key points, such as the pros and cons of using a hub-and-spoke model, exploring alternatives like iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service), and emphasizing that the true core of any tech stack should be a deep understanding of your organization and its members. Watch the Webinar Now! Draw your systems map.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Financial services, especially those for people who don’t have access to traditional bank accounts or lines of credit, are proliferating in Southeast Asia. Jeff App wants to give consumers a “super app” where they can compare many financial products and apply for them using the startup’s proprietary data-scoring models.

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TechNode

MAY 16, 2024

TikTok owner ByteDance has surprised the artificial intelligence industry with the ultra-low cost of its Doubao model, which the company said is capable of processing 2 million Chinese characters, equivalent to 1.25 OpenAIs most advanced multimodal model, GPT-4o, also unveiled this week, comes in at $5 per million input tokens handled.

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Google Research AI blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

While conventional neural networks have a fixed function and computation capacity, i.e., they spend the same number of FLOPs for processing different inputs, a model with adaptive and dynamic computation modulates the computational budget it dedicates to processing each input, depending on the complexity of the input.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A rise in this type of membership or subscription model has primed supporters to make monthly commitments. Within Giveffect, the nonprofit has access to a pledges tab to see the status of paid and outstanding pledges and can easily send reminder links. A monthly giving program is recurring with no end date. What are Donation Pledges?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The fintech, which claims to be the region’s largest SME digital financing platform, uses alternative forms of credit-scoring and has disbursed more than $2 billion in financing to MSMEs since it launched in 2015. It also accumulates data faster to train its data-scoring models, which draw from traditional and alternative sources of data.

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The Verge

MAY 6, 2021

Apple trial as a potential alternative for getting Fortnite on the iPhone: web apps. There are a variety of reasons for that — ranging from genuine concern about giving web pages too much access to device hardware to the simple fact that even Apple can’t do everything. Is it that you didn’t want to use a subscription model?”

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The Verge

MARCH 10, 2021

It’s not clear to us that current digital library lending models fairly balance the interests of authors and library patrons,” Mikyla Bruder, the global marketing chief at Amazon Publishing, told The Washington Post ’s Geoffrey Fowler in an emailed statement.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Allowing third parties access to the data held at banks will allow the true financial position of SMEs to be assessed, many for the first time. Open-banking models raise a number of challenges. Allowing third parties access to the data held at banks will allow the true financial position of SMEs to be assessed, many for the first time.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

PS Plus subscribers gain access to online multiplayer, monthly freebies, and more. If you’re looking for a new pair of headphones, the Sony WH-XB900N offer many of the same features as newer, more expensive models like the WH-1000XM4 — including USB-C charging, touch-based controls, and 30 hours of battery life — at a fraction of the cost.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Right now, there are three Kindle models you can choose from, each with pros and cons. Whether you’re looking for a new model or to grab a bundle that includes a few extras, these are the best Kindle deals right now. If you prefer not having ads display on your Kindle lock screen, Amazon has discounted that model to just $80.

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Google Research AI blog

APRIL 26, 2023

Posted by Shekoofeh Azizi, Senior Research Scientist, and Laura Culp, Senior Research Engineer, Google Research Despite recent progress in the field of medical artificial intelligence (AI), most existing models are narrow , single-task systems that require large quantities of labeled data to train.

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M+R

JUNE 18, 2024

allowing companies like Google to access sensitive information, often without users’ consent). Google has removed 1% of cookies to test their cookie alternative, and are planning to fully remove support for them in Q1 2025. Remember earlier, when we said Google and its peers want to replace cookies with alternative identifiers?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Apple has announced a new version of its HomePod smart speaker, the $99 HomePod mini — a smaller version of the speaker that shrinks down the original model into a more compact size. And while Apple would eventually go on to cut the price of the original HomePod (it now routinely costs $199 on sale), it’s still pricey.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

“There are so many people that are house rich and cash poor — and might have a capital need such as renovating a house or paying for college where, historically their only alternative is to further borrow on, or sell their house.”. Hometap claims that its model differs from others that charge people a share of appreciation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

The trio came up with a unique “co-warehousing” model that provides space for small businesses and e-commerce merchants to operate as well as store and ship goods, all under one roof. The company offers all-inclusive pricing models that include access to loading docks and a photography studio, for example, in addition to utilities and Wi-Fi.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But what Massive is building could take a somewhat known idea and bring it into the modern world as an alternative to charging users or pounding them with advertisements to generate revenue. The model is interesting, and Massive’s funding round is an indication that it has found some market traction. He has a point.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

The alternative payment platform says it brokers a “value exchange” between brands and consumers, converting attention and engagement into a currency, which can be redeemed for bill payment. Our distribution model is B2B2C, with Tier-1 service providers worldwide directly integrating our bill payment capability.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Car company Lynk & Co has finally revealed the details of its hybrid ownership model, which lets people subscribe to its Lynk & Co 01 compact SUV for €500 per month, with the option of renting the vehicle to other Lynk & Co members to begin earning that fee back. Image: Lynk & Co. Image: Lynk & Co. Image: Lynk & Co.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Both Citrix and Microsoft will maintain their long-standing policies of supporting choice for those customers who request alternatives to meet their business requirements,” says a Microsoft spokesperson. While Microsoft and Citrix are working more closely together, it’s not an exclusive deal.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

TomoCredit is a credit card that operates with a debit card model that is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, a member of the FDIC. We are living in 2021 and open banking is popular, so it’s easier to get access to open banking data. Tomo is not the only fintech with an alternative credit model.

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