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Catherine has been spotted for the first time since December, months after her January hospitalization, which spawned rampant conspiracy theories, and viral suppositions about her alleged “disappearance.”The Princess of Wales, formerly Kate Middleton, was photographed Monday by Backgrid, a photo-hosting agency, near Windsor Castle in the U.K. sitting in the passenger seat of an Audi driven by her mother, Carole Middleton, according to TMZ. The Daily Mail reported that Monday’s princess sighting came via paparazzi…

Fidelity Investments has led a handful of firms that have filed a fresh set of applications for a spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded fund to add new details after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated that the initial filings were insufficient.The companies — which also include Invesco, VanEck, 21Shares and WisdomTree — are among eight that are seeking to launch what would be an initial crop of US spot Bitcoin ETFs. BlackRock Inc. set off the wave with its surprise filing for such a fund in mid-June. All of…

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s our job to stay on top…

The problem of giving all the necessary information to the model to answer questions is now offloaded from the model architecture to a database, containing document chunks.The documents of relevance can then be found by computing similarities between the question and the document chunks. This is done typically by converting the chunks and question into word embedding vectors, and computing cosine similarities between chunks and question, and finally choosing only those chunks above a certain cosine similarity as relevant…

Cryptocurrency executives hoped that 2023 would herald a new beginning after a year of disastrous setbacks. Instead, the industry has found itself on the receiving end of an aggressive government crackdown.Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission levied fines and other penalties against crypto lending firms, while federal banking officials issued policy statements that appeared calculated to make it harder for crypto companies to participate in the mainstream finance system.In the past few days, the pace has…

Pinterest Inc. is laying off about 150 employees, the latest technology company to cut costs in a turbulent time for an industry that expanded rapidly over the past few years. The digital-search company that lets users create online pinboards informed impacted employees Wednesday. The move affected less than 5% of Pinterest's total workers, according to a person familiar with the company, who asked not to be identified because the details haven't been announced. Pinterest had about 4,000 employees as of the end of…

The new Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to shine a bright light on science—and scientists. This week, it created two investigative panels that will scrutinize the country’s relationship with China and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both committees are expected to grill many prominent scientists and federal research officials on their actions over the past several years. In approach and style, however, they are likely…

The Edge itself is the technically just the tablet portion, while the surrounding controller section is the Razer Kishi V2 Pro. RazerRazer's already-revealed Edge handheld was once again the star of the show, with the company providing a few more details on the Wi-Fi only and 5G-equipped versions. We now know the full spec sheet includes a 6.8" AMOLED display with a resolution of 2400x1080 and a 144Hz refresh rate for quicker responsiveness. It also revealed that the unit will be powered by the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe trailer for Cocaine Bear has been released – and there’s a good chance it’ll be 2024’s wildest movie.Announced in April, Cocaine Bear has prompted raised eyebrows due to its incredible premise that is, in fact, inspired by real-life events.In September 1985, a 175lb black bear in north Georgia ingested a duffel bag of cocaine that convicted drug smuggler Andrew Thornton had…

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, Oct. 1.Here’s a look at the top stories of the last week 13 new reproductive health laws for California. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen bills Tuesday codifying key parts of California’s campaign to counter the overturn of Roe vs. Wade. The newly signed laws come as a November vote to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution is approaching.Newsom also signs California farmworkers bill. He had previously said he might…