Australian fintech company Pinch Payments is posing a huge challenge to the local startup and developer community. It’s called Pinch Me! I want a 50K hackathon and the premise is incredibly simple. They want you to create something that makes payment easy. If your solution is the best, they will give you 50,000 Australian dollars
Demis Hassabis has issued a stern warning: a very powerful AI may be near and humanity needs to do more to prepare. In a short essay published on X and Substack on Tuesday, Google CEO DeepMind said there is a “precious window” to act before artificial general intelligence (AGI) arrives. AGI refers to AI that
Australians have an undeniable obsession with Pilates. You only need to look in any local coffee shop to see that sportswear is basically our unofficial national uniform. In fact, we are among the top five countries in the world in terms of interest in this popular fitness discipline. Millions of us hit mats and carts
It’s a good year to be Michael Dell. His net worth exceeds $80 billion. His company’s shares are up 240% as it rides a wave of AI-powered growth. And, most importantly, Dell, 61, has found favor with perhaps the most influential man in the world: President Donald Trump. Last week, Dell laptops received a resounding
Even the CEO behind a popular AI coding platform says Silicon Valley is overselling AI. In an episode of the “20VC” podcast released Monday, Avishai Abrahami, CEO of Wix, a web design company that acquired the Base44 vibe coding platform, addressed one of the industry’s biggest debates: AI’s ability to replace traditional software and human
A year ago, OpenAI seemed to have an untouchable lead in the AI race. It was by far the dominant AI platform for consumers. Competitors like Meta were struggling (and spending millions of dollars on new hires) to catch up. Sam Altman had enough money and influence to hire famed Apple designer Jony Ive to