Month: September 2024
Blockchain music startup Tune.fm raises $50M from Global Emerging Markets
The fresh capital brings Tune.fm’s total funding to $80 million. The funds will be used to reward artists and users within the platform.
US House Republicans probe SEC’s Gensler on political hiring claims
Three GOP lawmakers asked SEC Chair Gary Gensler to turn over information on his agency’s hiring process, claiming they had found evidence of a political ideology-driven hire.
CryptoPunks NFT Worth $1.5 Million Just Sold for $23,000—Here’s How
“Heist” or just a brilliant play? CryptoPunk #2386 sold for a fraction of its market value thanks to a smart contract and an unexpected move.
CFTC partners up to warn on crypto pig butchering scams
Multiple US federal agencies have come together to distribute an infographic on crypto pig butchering to help Americans recognize and avoid the scam.
Information Society: Idea – A, Realization – F, Total – D
There are terms and entities behind them that were once conceived as something exceptionally cool and helpful but ended up slipping into theory, bureaucracy, or oblivion. Of course, starting and winning in this lineup is “digital transformation”, which magically makes any report nauseating, any article boring, and any discussion bland. But today, I decided to … Read more
Humanize AI Text: Task Accomplished!
:::info Disclaimer: I believe the level of quality for AI-assisted writing depends fully on the skill level of its human supervisor. That’s why it’s essential to drive the process of writing and contribute actively. P.S. This article is written fully by hand. That’s what I do when I’m writing about something I’m genuinely interested in. … Read more
Daniel Jeffries Tried To Predict Bitcoin’s Future in 2017: How We Can Learn From It
A fiction author and a futurist, Daniel Jeffries is one of the most popular writers in HackerNoon’s history. At the time of publishing, his article “What Will Bitcoin Look Like in Twenty Years?” has accumulated over 170K reads and keeps going strong. However, trying his hand at prediction and divination could have been an admitted … Read more
Introducing Amazon EKS support in Amazon SageMaker HyperPod
We are thrilled to introduce Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) support in Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, a purpose-built infrastructure engineered with resilience at its core. This capability allows for the seamless addition of SageMaker HyperPod managed compute to EKS clusters, using automated node and job resiliency features for foundation model (FM) development. FMs are typically … Read more
DIA’s Lumina to Roll Out in Phases, Pioneering a Decentralized Approach to Data Management
The leading open oracle network, DIA, is taking a bold step forward in the decentralized data market with the launch of ‘Lumina.’ Lumina addresses the ongoing demand for fully decentralized, trustless data infrastructure in web3. This innovative design also enhances the utility of DIA’s native token, $DIA, by integrating it into a new system that … Read more
TEN’s Vision for a Seamless Web3 User Experience With Cais Manai
In this exclusive ‘Behind the Startup’ interview, Cais Manai, the visionary behind Obscuro Labs and TEN, takes us on a journey from his roots in investment banking to the cutting edge of Web3 innovation. Manai shares how TEN is revolutionizing the blockchain landscape by introducing crucial data access controls to the decentralized world, effectively bridging … Read more
Starting to Care About Security: The Path Ahead
In my last post, I discussed the issue of getting people to care about security, and how it’s largely due to a focus on security behaviors rather than security outcomes. In this post, I’m picking up where I left off, and will talk about… Forging a Path Forward Obviously, the point of sharing this post … Read more
What The Heck is Apache Polaris?
Introduction The Data space is almost as volatile as the AI space this year, with many players consolidating. In the summer of 2022, I wrote about The Data Table Format Wars, and the ecosystem has only gotten more interesting since then. I won’t get deep into the weeds on Data Lakes vs. Data Warehouse, etc., … Read more
Analysis of the Jante’s Law Process and Proof of Conjecture: Acknowledgements and References
:::info Authors: (1) Edward Crane, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK; (2) Stanislav Volkov, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Box 118 SE-22100, Lund, Sweden. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Preliminaries Reduction to the case of uniform geometry All original points are eventually removed, a. s. Proof of Theorem 1 … Read more
Adam Neumann’s crypto comeback company is reportedly refunding investors
In a development that will surprise few, former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann’s climate/crypto/carbon-credit startup Flowcarbon appears to be in the process of curling up to die, Forbes reported today. Buyers of its “Goddess Nature Token,” pitched as the first step in putting carbon credits on the blockchain, have reportedly been contacted about receiving refunds over … Read more
Choke Point 2.0 is hurting Kamala Harris' 'crypto reset'
Kamala Harris has given cryptocurrency fans little to be hopeful about — despite some of the milquetoast rhetoric from her supporters.
Is Nvidia Still the Stock in Q3 That the Generative AI Boom Has Led Us to Believe?
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has shown breathtaking growth over the past 18 months, but with the stock becoming increasingly volatile in the third quarter, is it still the star of the ongoing generative AI boom? Q3 2024 has seen Nvidia ebb and flow on Wall Street, recording declines and rallies that have frequently exceeded 20% in a … Read more
3 reasons why Ethereum price has lagged behind Bitcoin in 2024
Ethereum fell to a 40-month low in its ETH/BTC pair, and data suggests the downside is set to continue.