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Supermodel Heidi Klum and Supersocial, a maker of Roblox games, announced the launch of Modelverse on the popular Roblox platform.
Modelverse is a fashion experience on Roblox that is opening the door for digital self-expression for its target audience of fashion fans. The game has an interesting genesis with the notion of body positivity.
Klum watched her daughter Lou spend time on Roblox, and she enjoyed seeing the daughter’s joy of creative self-expression. But Klum noticed some of the fashion games her daughter played lacked body positivity. In creating Modelverse, Klum wanted to allow people to bring any avatar into the game to ensure diversity is represented.
Heidi Klum wanted to make a fashion model game with body positivity.
Within the game, players receive exclusive invites to model at events inspired by the world’s most coveted gatherings, such as Heidi’s famous Halloween party, exclusive award shows, and high-fashion events. From there, users can style their avatar to compete for the best look on the virtual catwalk judged by Heidi and members of the Roblox community across the globe.
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“When building this world, I wanted to make sure that the players get the chance to be unconfined- they can play as their established Roblox avatar, or design a new avatar that looks like themselves… or step out of the box and walk the runway as a hot dog, a worm or something else they create,” said Klum, in a statement.
Data shows that 56% of Gen Z users on Roblox say creating a look for their avatar is more important for them than their physical style. Supersocial’s ability to track trends and bring them to life as engaging virtual world experiences is helping top brands across beauty, fashion, and beyond create spaces on Roblox that excite new and existing users alike.
A scene from Modelverse from Supersocial and Heidi Klum.
Modelverse caters to this combined mega audience of 79.5 million daily active users on Roblox, allowing them to utilize their inventory alongside the entire Marketplace catalog to generate unique looks. Roblox’s vision to introduce commerce to the platform in the future sets the groundwork for experiences like Modelverse to expand beyond virtual fashion and eventually bring virtual creations and wearables into the physical world.
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with powerhouse Heidi Klum to create a brand new kind of immersive experience in the metaverse where users can authentically express themselves,” said Yon Raz-Fridman, CEO of Supersocial, in a statement. “Bringing together the best parts of Roblox gameplay with Heidi’s fashion and beauty expertise allows us to tap into the growing trend of people looking for new ways to show their creativity in virtual worlds.”
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“As our global Roblox community continues to play a role in shaping today’s digital culture, style and fashion, we know it values opportunities and spaces for self-expression,” said Winnie Burke, head of fashion & retail partnerships at Roblox, in a statement. “We’re excited to see Heidi bring her vision to Roblox with her experience that further enables and celebrates creativity and expression on the platform.”
Supermodel, producer, and Emmy-winning television personality, Heidi Klum is one of the most iconic fashion personalities of the last 25 years.
Supersocial has 50 employees and it has raised $7.75 million to date. It is based on New Albany, Ohio.
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To some degree, every business that has a presence on the web is in the content business — whether that’s for informing customers, finding new clients, or for SEO. That means managing the production of those texts and images, updating them, and potentially optimizing them for a search engine to index and rank. Since large language models (LLMs) are quite good at generating text, it’s no surprise (and unwelcome news for freelance copywriters) that businesses now expect their content operations tools to also generate text and images for them.
AirOps, which is announcing a $15.5 million Series A funding round today, wants to be the all-in-one platform for doing all of that, with a focus of managing and generating content at scale.
In its early days, the company had a significantly broader remit. When we first wrote about AirOps after its $7 million seed round in 2023, the team was building an LLM-based tool that allowed any business to create AI-enabled applications.
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“It’s just been this process of figuring out where can the models deliver real value in the economy for real customers,” AirOps co-founder and CEO Alex Halliday told me. After launching the original product, the team talked to a lot of customers to get a better grip on the problems they were trying to solve with a platform like the early version of AirOps.
As many businesses have now realized, there are areas where you can’t yet rely on LLMs to perform to a consistent benchmark. But one area where they do well enough — for better or worse — is generating content.
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“It was a little bit ironic, because when we first started working with LLMs — think content and maybe less SEO — content seemed like a solved problem with all the first kind of generation of models,” AirOps co-founder Matt Hammel said. But it’s also far too easy to get these models to create bad content that doesn’t fit a company’s brand — and the real problems start once you have to manage and update this sudden plethora of text.
That’s where AirOps comes in. It allows businesses to use virtually any popular model (and bring their own API keys to them, if they want to) to generate text and images, and it allows companies to put what it calls guardrails around this, while also keeping humans in the loop. It also focuses on streamlining the overall workflow from content generation to optimization.
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It’s no secret that the internet is quickly filling up with drab LLM-generated slop that is often incorrect. The AirOps team is aware of this and throughout the conversation, the team stressed that its focus is on quality.
“The core thing we tell customers again and again is that when working with LLMs, the quality of the content in equals the quality of the content out,” Halliday said. “We help the customers find these little nuggets or little gold mines internally that they can transform into content.”
Halliday, who previously ran product at Masterclass, also stressed that he believes educating customers is key.
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To build out the product and kickstart its go-to-market operations, AirOps has now raised its Series A. The round was led by Unusual Ventures, with participation from Wing VC, Founder Collective, Xfund, and Alt Capital.
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Anker has released its new Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro wireless earbuds that include improved noise canceling and faster charging than their predecessors. The most obvious change, though, is the upgraded case with a screen to show battery life or adjust ANC settings without grabbing your phone.
The Liberty 4 Pro is available now for $129.99, which is $20 cheaper than the $149.99 Soundcore Liberty 4 that debuted in 2022 and $70 cheaper than the previous version, the $169.99 Liberty 3 Pro from 2021.
The Liberty 4 Pro are available in three color options: glossy black, white, and glossy light blue.Image: Anker
The screen added to the Liberty 4 Pro’s charging case could be a welcome addition for those with battery anxiety, but it’s not a new feature for wireless earbuds. JBL added a 1.45-inch touchscreen to the charging case of its Tour Pro 2 in 2023, which offered a lot of functionality, including playback controls, volume adjustments, EQ settings, and even notifications from a connected smartphone. The screen on the Liberty 4 Pro is more limited, with a small touch bar below it that can be swiped to adjust the ANC or turn on transparency mode.
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Anker says that on a full charge, the buds alone will run for 10 hours with ANC off or 7.5 hours with it on. That’s boosted to 40 hours when paired with the charging case or 30 hours when you factor in ANC. When they’re completely dead, a quick five-minute charge will revive the earbuds with four hours of playtime, while the case charges over USB-C or with a wireless charging pad.
The Liberty 4 Pro earbuds pair a 10.5-millimeter bass driver with a smaller 4.6-millimeter titanium-coated tweeter for improved overall sound reproduction, while ANC is powered by six microphones (three on each bud) plus a barometric sensor that takes into account changing air pressure for improved performance on flights. The earbuds support Bluetooth 5.3, multipoint connections, and the SBC, AAC, and LDAC codecs, although the latter can only be used when paired with an Android device.
Spatial audio is supported, with the ability to track the movements of your head, while an IPX5 rating means you can wear the Liberty 4 Pro in the rain or during an especially sweaty workout without issue. They’re now available through Anker’s online store and Amazon in three color options: glossy black, white, and glossy light blue.
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: U.S. stocks were lower Thursday as Wall Street extends Tuesday’s sharp selloff, which was triggered by concern over Iran’s missile attacks on Israel. All three stock benchmarks closed only slightly higher Wednesday. U.S. oil prices have been soaring — up another 4%-plus to more than $73 per barrel — as the world awaits a response from Israel, which has vowed to retaliate. There are fears that Israel could target Iran’s oil infrastructure and cause major supply disruptions. The Mideast uncertainty was putting a lid on the Dow , the S & P 500 , and the Nasdaq ahead of Friday’s pivotal jobs reports. Club movers : Constellation Brands was our worst-performing stock Thursday, losing more than 4% after the Modelo and Corona brewer’s earnings contained no real surprises . After Constellation made big changes to its guidance a month ago, the stock had been outperforming the market. Nvidia was our best-performer on the session, gaining more than 3% on positive comments from CEO Jensen Huang to CNBC late Wednesday about “insane” demand for the company’s upcoming artificial intelligence Blackwell chip platform. Huang also said Blackwell was in “full production,” reassuring investors following some recent snags. Multiyear high : Dow and Club stock Home Depot reached its highest level since late 2021 before reversing slightly lower with the rest of the market Thursday. The home-improvement retailer got a positive mention Wednesday from research firm Gordon Haskett, which upgraded the stock to a buy and raised its price target to $450 per share. On Thursday, Home Depot’s retail advertising unit, Orange Apron Media, announced a new self-service platform, allowing onsite and offsite campaigns. Retailers, including fellow Club name Amazon , are increasingly getting into the lucrative digital ad business. Power possibilities : Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is looking at possibly using nuclear energy to power its data centers. In a Nikkei interview , Pichai said that such considerations are part of the company’s net-zero 2030 emissions goal. The CEO’s comments came shortly after Microsoft agreed to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy , which plans to restart Three Mile Island as part of the deal. Pichai also mentioned solar. On Thursday, Alphabet announced a 12-year agreement to buy renewable energy from a solar project under development. The rise of generative AI computing has forced tech companies to think critically about the power that will supply their growing data center footprint. In general, AI computing is more energy intensive than traditional workloads of the past. Up next : There are no major earnings Thursday evening or Friday. As mentioned, the big market event of the week is Friday’s employment report. It follows Wednesday’s better-than-expected ADP data on U.S. companies’ hiring and Thursday’s worse-than-expected weekly jobless claims. Wall Street will be parsing the government’s jobs numbers for their implications on future Fed interest rate cuts. (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.
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The number of phishing emails that masquerade as notifications from Microsoft services is skyrocketing, a new report from Check Point has warned.
In the report, the researchers said that just in September, its service caught more than 5,000 such emails – and to make matters worse, the attackers have gotten extremely good at creating a legitimate-looking email.
The usual suspects – spelling and grammar, color scheme, the email’s outline – all of these things have been brought to perfection: “The language is perfect. The style is familiar. The graphics look impeccable,” the researchers said. “So, what should organizations do?” Furthermore, these emails now come with copy-pasted Microsoft privacy policy statements, or links to Microsoft and Bing, all of which makes spotting the ruse with the naked eye almost impossible.
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Ultimately, even the ‘sender’ field in the email looks believable now. Instead of the usual private, or unknown domains, these emails appear to be coming from organizational domains impersonating legitimate administrators.
All of this means there is a higher chance of organizations losing sensitive information, or becoming infected with malware and even ransomware.
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In response, organizations need to invest heavily into user awareness training, since employees will no longer be able to hunt for spelling and grammar mistakes in phishing emails, Check Point argues.
Also, they should deploy AI-powered email security, essentially fighting AI with AI, and finally, always keep their software and hardware updated.
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