Darktrace agrees £4.3B sale to US investor in blow to UK stock market

Shareholders will have to approve the takeover before its rubber-stamped. The deal would end a turbulent spell on the Londons Stock Exchange (LSE) for Darktrace. Founded in 2013, the Cambridge-based company has pioneered the use of AI for threat detection and prevention. But the business has attracted severe criticism from investors. Darktraces market impact 40% off TNW Conference! Investment bank Peel Hunt also questioned the companys culture. Darktrace stock has also been affected by concerns about co-founder Mike Lynch....

April 26, 2024 · 2 min · 269 words · Sonya Ortiz

DeepL launches AI writing assistant for businesses trained on its own LLM

Dubbed DeepL Write Pro, the product acts as a creative assistant for use during the drafting process. Its use scope covers multiple types of business communication, ranging from internal messages to contracts. According to DeepL, the writing assistant can polish business texts regardless of the writers language proficiency. The tool also has several security features, including TLS encryption and text deletion. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Notably, Write Pro is the first product thats powered by DeepLs own large language models (LLMs)....

April 26, 2024 · 1 min · 152 words · Michele Edwards

NFL Draft Grades For All Teams After The 1st Round

What an incredible haul! These two should be a dynamic duo for years to come! Easy home run pick. He’s got ideal size and arm strength and has a winning pedigree. I expect him to start to turn the Patriots around. Maybe not this year, but once the team gets some talent. He is the guy. Alt and Rashawn Slater could be bookend tackles for Herbert’s entire career. Eagles: A...

April 26, 2024 · 3 min · 633 words · Anthony Velasquez

People Don't Talk Enough About How Horny Seinfeld Was

I was a big time Seinfeld fan growing up. At one point in my life I could catch two episodes a day on TBS. One before dinner at 5:30pm, and another before bed at 10pm (or somewhere around there). I believe I’ve seen every episode at least once. Despite being a show about nothing, it’s a show that applies to so many real-life situations. Wikipedia- Jerry has a detached approach towards relationships and breaks up with women for the most minor of reasons....

April 26, 2024 · 2 min · 376 words · Linda Nguyen

Study shows ‘benevolent sexism’ in startups widens the gender gap

Our understanding of the challenges women face in the startup ecosystem is limited. Past research has focused on overtnegative sexist attitudes that question womens competence and suitability for entrepreneurship. Unlike overtly hostile forms of discrimination, benevolent sexism manifests in seemingly harmless beliefs. The startup ecosystem is particularly fertile ground for this kind of sexism to manifest and worsen over time. This, in turn, gives room for more subtle forms of bias to emerge....

April 26, 2024 · 2 min · 299 words · Brandon Thomas

The Barstool Chicago Film Festival Red Carpet + Film Review

I’ve been waiting anxiously all day for this to premiere, and boy did it not disappoint. After all, we’re acting every day! Maybe not all of us, but we certainly dial it up for the cameras, blog and beyond. Having a script, purpose and the opportunity to win a competition? Okay, enough glazing. People will also get points for looking sharp, but I want PIZZAZ! Titus’s tux is crisp, well fitted, and sharp all around....

April 26, 2024 · 3 min · 547 words · Richard Castillo

The Colts Drafted a Player Who Was Once "Medically Retired", Told By 5 Doctors He Would Never Play Football Again

So I just got done doing the En Eff El draft show. From a remote location I decided to go with my signature ghostly serial killer look. Unfortunately, Dwight Freeney and Vibbs didn’t get the memo that we were doing a whiteout this year. But that’s ok. I won’t hold it against them. Going into the 15th pick, I was fully expecting a cornerback. In hindsight, I don’t know why that was....

April 26, 2024 · 3 min · 585 words · Angela Holden

To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have madespectacularly terrible guessesabout the direction of innovation. Shortly thereafter, the consensus switched to fears of an imminent nuclear holocaust. Similarly, todays experts warn that anartificial general intelligence (AGI) doomsdayis imminent. Others retort that large language models (LLMs) have already reachedthe peakof their powers. We ought to heed Collingridges warning that technology evolves in uncertain ways. However, there is one class of AI risk that is generally knowable in advance....

April 26, 2024 · 2 min · 401 words · Nicholas Cochran

Why Lithuania is a hidden gem of Europe’s startup ecosystem

In 2022, over20,000Lithuanians returned to their country of birth from abroad. Many of their minds reemerge in the countrys startup scene. A recent trip to Vilnius convinced me they were right. Housing nearly 900 startups, Vilnius alone accounted for91%of the total value. 40% off TNW Conference! Vilnius is also buildingEuropes largest tech campus, set to open later this year. But what lies behind the countrys exponential growth? I met with various ecosystem players to find out....

April 26, 2024 · 3 min · 483 words · Jason Barnes

10 Things That Are Significantly More Harmful to Society and Should Be Banned Before TikTok

TikTok will end up making a few slight changes, but in large everything will stay the same. Maybe I’m wrong there. I’m admittedly not fully tuned into this situation. I just don’t see a world where TikTok is truly taken away from us. This blog isn’t about that, though. There’s been so much talk around the potential harm TikTok could cause to America. Here are 10 off the top of my head....

April 25, 2024 · 5 min · 886 words · Nicole Guzman

AI unicorn Synthesia launches most ’emotionally expressive’ avatars on the market

A British startup today unveiled new AI humans that blur the line between the virtual and the real. Synthesia calls the digital beings Expressive Avatars. Theypromise the most realistic emotional expressions on the market. Users simply enter a text prompt and the synthetic humans read them out on a screen. The photorealistic renders are certainly impressive. But what makes them unique is their capacity to convey human feelings. Using a technique called automatic sentiment prediction, Synthesias AI models infer the emotions within text....

April 25, 2024 · 3 min · 539 words · Kerry Lewis

Big Cat, Rone & The Yak vs. Booze Ponies, Season 4

SPOILERS AHEAD - What a match! Possible future tournament matchup? SEASON 4 RESULTS:Match 01:Ziti def. Minihane, 13-11Match 02:Frank def. Ponies, 13-10Match 03:Yak def. Balls, 12-10Match 04:Experts def. Honkers, 16-9Match 05:Chicago def. Smockin, 15-13Match 06:Honkers def. Icedogs, 14-8Match 07:XYZ def. urMom, 19-7Match 08:Minihane def. Foreplay, 19-8Match 09:Balls def. FLUX, 15-8Match 10:Experts def. Gaz, 13-12Match 11:Frankettes def. Chicago, 14-13Match 12:Ziti def. Smockin, 15-14**Match 13:Experts def. XYZ, 15-12Match 14:Yak def. Icedogs, 15-6Match 15:FLUX def....

April 25, 2024 · 2 min · 312 words · Cristian Lee

Cyberattacks on Poland surged after election of pro-Ukraine government, NetScout says

Cyber attackers battered Poland after the countrys change of government late last year. DDoS attacks at the end of 2023 were nearly quadruple the countrys average, according to cybersecurity firmNetScoutsobservations. Itwas replaced by a coalition government, which reaffirmed support for Ukraines defence against Russias invasion. NetScout described these developments as a perfect storm for adversaries. 40% off TNW Conference! Tusk had repeatedly called for increased aid to Ukraine. The group hitvarious websites across both private and public sectors....

April 25, 2024 · 2 min · 258 words · Leah Stewart