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Perplexity Scraps Ad Plans, Citing User Trust Concerns
Perplexity is dropping ads to focus on subscriptions and partnerships, shifting from mass appeal to targeting paying users and enterprises for sustainable growth.
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Perplexity is dropping ads to focus on subscriptions and partnerships, shifting from mass appeal to targeting paying users and enterprises for sustainable growth.
Code Metal, an AI code translation startup, raised $125M, hitting a $1.25B valuation. It focuses on modernizing legacy code for defense and tech clients, using AI to convert and verify code across languages while addressing quality concerns.
The Edifier M60 speakers, now $170, offer clear, vibrant sound for gaming and media. They're compact, have multiple connectivity options, but lack deep bass. A solid desktop audio upgrade.
After layoffs, Block employees report low morale, performance anxiety, and mandatory AI use. Management says cuts were performance-based, not just cost-saving.
TikTok has become an unexpected marketplace where Chinese factories openly sell military-grade anti-drone equipment, like jammers and sensors, using casual social media marketing. This hardware, vital to conflicts like the war in Ukraine, highlights how Chinese components continue to flow to global battlefields despite export restrictions.
February's streaming highlights include new sci-fi, fantasy, and romance series like Starfleet Academy, Wonder Man, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and Fallout's second season.
A private MAGA-aligned club in DC co-owned by Trump Jr. has a key unreported figure: Sean LoJacono, a former cop in a controversial stop-and-frisk case, listed as a beneficial owner in corporate filings.
Lin Rui-Siang, administrator of dark web drug market Incognito, sentenced to 30 years. Defense revealed an FBI informant helped run the site for years, at times allowing fentanyl sales. One victim was Reed Churchill. Judge acknowledged FBI role but upheld Lin's culpability.
Lindenmayer systems (L-systems) use simple rules to generate complex turtle graphics, creating intricate images like dragon curves and snowflakes.
Paper on using LLMs for theorem proving to verify the seL4 microkernel, aiming for industrial-scale real-world application.
The era of cheap, upgradable consumer hardware is ending. AI/data center demand is causing permanent shortages & price spikes, shifting industry focus away from consumers. Own and maintain your current gear, as future affordable replacements may vanish, pushing toward a subscription-based, "rented compute" future.
Netbase ports NetBSD utilities to other Unix-like OSes using compatibility libraries, minimizing source changes. It works on Linux (glibc/musl) and NetBSD, with experimental support for others. Build with ./build.sh.