Enlarge / The Shutterstock logo over an image generated by DALL-E. (credit: Shutterstock / OpenAI) Today, Shutterstock announced that it has partnered with OpenAI to provide AI image synthesis services using the DALL-E API. Once the service is available, the firm says it will allow customers to generate images based on text prompts. Responding to…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Enlarge / The Audi S1 Hoonitron is inspired by the company’s 1987 rally car. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) The last time I wrote about one of rally driver Ken Block’s jaw-dropping Gymkhana videos, it was about his trip to the summit of Pike’s Peak in a 1,400-hp methanol-fueled 1965 Ford Mustang. Spectacular as it was, I…
A boat navigates low water in McKellar Lake, a backwater of the Mississippi River on October 19, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images After severe drought brought low water levels in Europe’s rivers this summer, revealing archeological finds and eerie hunger stones, the Mississippi River is facing similar conditions—and divulging similar historical oddities. In Chester, Illinois, the…
First, WhatsApp went down this morning. Now, Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime appeared to experience an outage in the U.S. this afternoon. Several Twitter users noted they were having trouble sending messages and connecting on the services and Apple’s System Status dashboard marked iMessage and FaceTime as having issues. “Some users are affected,” the status said….
Jeremy Abelson Contributor Share on Twitter Jeremy Abelson is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Irving Investors. Combining his experience as an operator and institutional investor, Abelson runs Irving as a multistrategy platform making long-term durable investments in both the public and private markets. More posts by this contributor What am I worth now?…
Today after the bell, Alphabet and Microsoft will report their calendar third-quarter financial results. Given the breadth of industries that each of these companies touch, their performance will provide us with rich data concerning different areas of the technology landscape. The fun will continue tomorrow when Meta reports its own results. And later this week,…
In films, screenwriters always include a moment known as the Promise of the Premise. It’s the part of the story where the audience settles in to the new world they’ve entered. One of my favorite examples is in the first Harry Potter movie, when Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, the magical shopping district that…
Global logistics and shipping powerhouse DHL is the most represented brand in phishing attacks, with most criminals using its name and logo as they try to steal people’s login data, payment information, and even money, experts have warned. A new report from Check Point examining the threat landscape between July and September 2022 found almost…
Research conducted by MAXHUB found that out of 2,000 British workers, most (59%) take up to 10 minutes to set up video conferencing calls. Although this may not sound like much, the company says it equates to 200 minutes a month – or 40 hours a year – based on the five meetings a week…
Signal and WhatsApp offer similar security features and some disparate protections. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images WhatsApp and Signal both feature end-to-end encryption for their voice, video, and text conversations. While Signal hides the metadata of its encrypted messages, WhatsApp does not. Signal is also arguably safer because the app is owned by a nonprofit;…