Pintarnya, an Indonesian employment platform that goes beyond job matching by offering financial services along with full-time and side-gig opportunities, said it has raised a $16.7 million Series A round. The funding was led by Square Peg with participation from existing investors Vertex Venture Southeast Asia & India and East Ventures. Ghirish Pokardas, Nelly Nurmalasari, and Henry Hendrawan founded Pintarnya...
In a new blog post, OpenAI warns against “unauthorized opportunities to gain exposure to OpenAI through a variety of means,” including special purpose vehicles, known as SPVs. “We urge you to be careful if you are contacted by a firm that purports to have access to OpenAI, including through the sale of an SPV interest with exposure to OpenAI equity,”...
Meta is partnering with Midjourney to license the startup’s AI image and video generation technology, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced Friday in a post on Threads. Wang says Meta’s research teams will collaborate with Midjourney to bring its technology into future AI models and products. “To ensure Meta is able to deliver the best possible products for people...
In 2024, the global average annual temperature exceeded 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. Greenhouse-gas emissions are rising, and the window to reach net zero by 2050 is closing fast.Artificial intelligence (AI) systems can play a crucial part by improving energy and resource-use efficiency, accelerating innovation and expanding people’s capacity to act. But without swift, deliberate effort, this...
Serena Williams, one of the most successful athletes of all time, has spoken out about using weight loss drugs - she says, to lift the "stigma" around using such medication.Will her outspoken comments instil a new sense of confidence in those using the drugs? And could her honesty quieten the critics?The 43-year-old tennis star, who broke records and won 23...
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The energy of fall sports is electrifying, but with the thrill of competition comes the responsibility of prioritizing athlete safety. Concussions, a common yet complex injury in youth sports, demand attention and understanding from players, parents and coaches alike. “A concussion happens when a bump or a blow to the head, or even a whiplash...
Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have proposed a new explanation for some of the universe's most puzzling early galaxies, nicknamed "little red dots." In the study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Authors Fabio Pacucci and Abraham (Avi) Loeb suggest that these galaxies are the result of very slowly spinning dark matter halos, an extremely...
Omega fatty acids could protect against Alzheimer's disease in women, new research has found. Analysis of lipids - fat molecules that perform many essential functions in the body - in the blood found there was a noticeable loss of unsaturated fats, such as those that contain omega fatty acids, in the blood of women with Alzheimer's disease compared to healthy...
Aug 19, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Walker Buehler (0) pitches against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images The Boston Red Sox are moving one of their key free agent signings, former All-Star right-hander Walker Buehler, from the rotation to the bullpen. MassLive had reported that the...
Posted by Caren Chang - Developer Relations Engineer, Joanna (Qiong) Huang - Software Engineer, and Chengji Yan - Software Engineer The latest version of Gemini Nano, our most powerful multi-modal on-device model, just launched on the Pixel 10 device series and is now accessible through the ML Kit GenAI APIs. Integrate capabilities such as summarization, proofreading, rewriting, and image description...
