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Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. debuted a new and powerful AI model that Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called “state of the art” and said will rival similar offerings from competitors like OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The new model released Tuesday, called Llama 3.1, took several months to train and hundreds of millions of dollars of computing power. The company said it represents a major update from Llama 3, which came out in April.

MrBeast has announced the casting for the second season of Beast Games. In the application you need to tell us in detail about yourself and your plans for winning. You need to be able to legally stay in the United States, not work in government agencies, and free up six weeks to participate in the games. The winner will receive $5 million. Filming of the show is scheduled to begin in May.

The blanks of all iPhone 17 models were shown in the photo Each layout shows the exact size of the future smartphone. The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be the thinnest, at 5.6 mm. For comparison, the thickness of the base iPhone 17 should be 7.9 mm, while the "proshek" should be 8.7 mm.

Pavel Durov left France and went to Dubai with permission from the court, AFP reported. The founder of the Telegram messenger was detained at a Paris airport on August 24. The entrepreneur's detention caused a wave of criticism in many countries. Durov faced up to 10 years in prison on charges of various crimes

Gemini crypto exchange has set a new Guinness World Record by using 1,000 drones to create a glowing bitcoin logo. The show was organized in honor of the launch of the strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies in the United States. The exchange published a photo of the Guinness certificate, which states that the record was set for "the largest image of the currency symbol in the sky, formed from drones." The event took place on March 13 in Austin, Texas. Gemini is an American crypto exchange founded in 2014 by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Until recently, the US SEC was investigating the platform, but after the change of administration in the White House, the regulator closed a number of cases, including the Gemini case. In the summer of 2024, the Winklevosses announced that they had donated $2 million in bitcoins to Donald Trump's election campaign. According to the brothers, by voting for Trump, they intended to "end the war on cryptocurrency" by the Joe Biden administration.

The head of Tether said that the company "went through hell" Paolo Ardoino, head of the Tether stablecoin company, spoke at the Cantor Fitzgerald Global Technology conference in New York, where he spoke about the company's interaction with the US authorities and its role in the global financial market. "We've been through hell. I was told that if I came to the United States, I would be arrested immediately. But we are still here," Ardoino said, commenting on the pressure from regulators. He stressed that this is his first trip to the United States. Tether remains one of the largest holders of U.S. government debt, holding almost $100 billion in treasury bonds. According to Ardoino, if the company were a government, it would be among the top 20 largest holders of U.S. government debt. "Tether is the last stronghold for the US dollar. We will help the United States to prevent a new antagonistic push from the other side," he said. Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant said at a summit at the White House that stablecoins play a key role in maintaining dominance.

Alexey Beshchekov, the administrator of the Garantex crypto exchange, was detained in India. He is currently in Delhi, where he is awaiting extradition to the United States. Beshchekov is accused of money laundering and violating sanctions against Russia. Earlier, the FBI and European security forces arrested the domain of the crypto exchange, and the site itself stopped working.