Month: April 2024
India’s ICICI Bank exposed thousands of credit cards to ‘wrong’ users
ICICI Bank, one of India’s top private banks, exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not their intended recipients. The Mumbai-based bank confirmed to TechCrunch Thursday that its digital channels “erroneously mapped” about 17,000 credit cards issued in the past few days to “wrong” users. The issue came … Read more
Watch it and weep (or smile): Synthesia’s AI video avatars now feature emotions
Generative AI has captured the public imagination with a leap into creating elaborate, plausibly real text and imagery out of verbal prompts. But the catch — and there is often a catch — is that the results are often far from perfect when you look a little closer. People point out strange fingers, floor tiles … Read more
We were wrong, we need a database
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Meta could face further squeeze on surveillance ads model in EU
Meta’s tracking ads business could be facing further legal blows in the European Union: An influential advisor to the bloc’s top court affirmed Thursday that the region’s privacy laws limits on how long people’s data can be used for targeted advertising. In the non-legally binding opinion, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos said use of personal data … Read more
Ask HN: Any fun ways to learn Emacs?
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The Try Block in Rust: Streamlining Error Management Beyond the ‘?’ Operator
I wrote previously about libs for error management in Rust. This week, I want to write about the try block, an experimental feature. The limit of the ? operator Please check the above article for a complete refresher on error management in general and the ? operator in particular. In short, ? allows it to … Read more
More on x86 – The Chip Letter
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From Pre-Seed to Series A: Navigating the Key Stages of Product Development
Getting a software startup off the ground might seem like an easy task, especially compared to businesses that require physical machinery. But besides getting a few engineers, a project manager to steer the processes, and a robust infrastructure, there are a few more things that will play a key role in your startup’s success. Whether … Read more
Leaving Substack
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Bitcoin Price Slips Below $64,000 as $209 Million in Crypto Longs Liquidated
The market slump saw over $209 million in crypto long positions liquidated, with over $52 million in Bitcoin longs liquidated.
US SEC expected to deny spot Ether ETFs next month
Other evidence suggests that the SEC will likely delay the approval of spot Ether ETFs, while Hong Kong will start trading such products next week.
The next big game from Clash of Clans developer Supercell launches in May
Image: Supercell Supercell doesn’t release a lot of games, but the studio’s mobile releases tend to be big hits. Think Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, and Clash Royale. Now, the developer is gearing up for its next major release: Squad Busters, which will be out globally on both Android and iOS on May 29th. It’s … Read more
Jebara Igbara, AKA ‘Jay Mazini,’ Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Crypto-Related Fraud
Igbara perpetrated multiple fraud schemes and scammed investors of at least $8 million.
EigenLayer-Powered Aligned Layer Raises $20M to Make ZK Proofs Faster, Cheaper on Ethereum
The fundraise was led by Hack VC and included contributions from DAO5, L2Iterative, NomadCapital_io, FinalityCap, Symbolic VC and Theta Capital.
Meet inDrive: The HackerNoon Company of the Week
Welcome to our brand new series – The HackerNoon Company of the Week, where we feature the top tech brands from our tech company database, making their evergreen mark on the internet. This unique HackerNoon database ranks S&P 500 companies and top startups of the year alike. n n This week, we present our business blogging … Read more
Bitcoin ETFs See $120 Million Outflows, BlackRock’s IBIT Ends 71-Day Inflow Streak
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust saw zero inflows yesterday, after scraping into the top 10 ETFs with the longest daily inflow streaks.
JavaScript Naked Day
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Leveraging LLMs for Generation of Unusual Text Inputs in Mobile App Tests: Abstract and Introduction
:::info This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. Authors: (1) Zhe Liu, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Game, Beijing, China Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; (2) Chunyang Chen, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; (3) Junjie Wang, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent … Read more
BNB Chain will enable native liquid staking on BSC
The BNB Chain core development team said the move aims to streamline the network and improve efficiency.
Sentience: Action Potentials—Neurotransmitters and the Theory of Consciousness
n n Sentience recently made news with The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, where consciousness was described as subjective experience. The declaration used observations of similarities of several organisms with human consciousness to make the case. n n However, the question remains, where is consciousness generated, the brain or the mind? n n The mind … Read more
40 Years of Sopwith
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