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Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99 (The Verge)
PlayStation Portal: Hands On With Sony's New Remote Play Handheld (IGN)
IBM taps AI to translate COBOL code to Java (TechCrunch)
OpenAI brings fine-tuning to GPT-3.5 Turbo (TechCrunch)
Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now (Bloomberg)
Salesforce Leads Financing of AI Startup at More Than $4 Billion Valuation (The Information)
Tiger Global Nears Deal to Sell Slice of Cohere Stake at $3 Billion Valuation (The Information)
3D printers printing without consent is a cautionary tale on cloud reliance (ArsTechnica)

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Wed. 08/23 – The Playstation Portal