Month: February 2025

Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good

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Researchers from TikTok owner ByteDance have demoed a new AI system, OmniHuman-1, that can generate perhaps the most realistic deepfake videos to date. Deepfaking AI is a commodity. There’s no shortage of apps that can insert someone into a photo, or make a person appear to say something they didn’t actually say. But most deepfakes … Read more

This 4K projector’s periscope arm lets you install it almost anywhere

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Fujifilm’s new ZUH6000 projector features a rotating articulated lens providing more flexibility on where you can install it. | Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced a new ultra-short throw projector with its lens attached to an articulated arm that can pivot and rotate. Unlike most UST projectors that require moving the entire unit to reposition where … Read more

Damon Burton Reverse Engineers Top Ranking SEO Copywriting Strategies on Google

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As the president of popular search engine optimization firm SEO National and an international speaker on the topic of SEO, Damon Burton gets asked this question a lot: “How do I write content that will rank high on Google?” There are all kinds of search engine optimization tools, copywriting software, and digital checkers to help … Read more

Ether Worth Nearly $1B Left Exchanges Monday as Trade War Fears Sent Prices Crashing

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Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, crashed hard Monday as prospects of a U.S.-led trade war weighed on risk assets. Data shows investors likely bought the dip, snapping up coins at lower prices. According to analytics firm IntoTheBlock, ether worth almost $1 billion left centralized exchanges Monday, the highest single-day net outflow since January … Read more

LogicStar is building AI agents for app maintenance

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Swiss startup LogicStar is bent on joining the AI agent game. The summer 2024-founded startup has bagged $3 million in pre-seed funding to bring tools to the developer market that can do autonomous maintenance of software applications, rather than the more typical AI agent use-case of code co-development. LogicStar CEO and co-founder Boris Paskalev (pictured … Read more

Infinity Nikki taught me a painful lesson

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I’ve been having a great time with Infinity Nikki. I do my dailies, grind for materials, and desperately search for an outfit that works with the single ugliest piece of clothing in the game: a red vest. But as I’ve progressed, the game has given me — a gacha newbie — an unfortunate crash-course education … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Great Ethereum Traffic Jam of 2023: Blame It on Inscriptions (2/4/2025)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 4, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From How to Build a Tiny Language Model (TLM) in Ruby: A Step-by-Step Guide to The AI Writing Contest by … Read more

The AI Writing Contest by Bright Data & HackerNoon: Results Announcement 🎉

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Howdy Hackers, The wait is over—we’re thrilled to announce the finalists and winners of the AI Writing Contest, presented by Bright Data and HackerNoon. This contest, which kicked off on September 2, 2024, put the spotlight on a key player in the world of Artificial Intelligence—data. Writers explored how AI training data is collected, how … Read more

Olas Secures $13.8M to Build the App Store for AI Agents

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Olas has secured $13.8 million in funding to launch Pearl, the world’s first decentralized AI agent marketplace. The investment round has attracted an impressive roster of strategic partners, including Tioga Capital, Sigil Fund, Zee Prime Capital, and Spaceship DAO. Notable angel investors, including ML Tech co-founder Leonid Mindyuk, have also joined the round, signaling strong … Read more

Accidental wildfire alerts prompt probe from Congress

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House of Representative members from California want to know what led to accidental evacuation alerts that fomented confusion during devastating Los Angeles fires in January. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires broke out in early January, killing at least 29 people and destroying more than 16,000 structures. In the midst of the chaos, some 10 million … Read more

Making Technology Work for Everyone: Igor Kuzevanov about Innovations in Blockchain

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a new way of using technology to manage money without needing banks. According to Market.us, the global DeFi market is projected to grow significantly, reaching a market value of approximately $616.1 billion by 2033. As promising as the future looks, DeFi has some big problems. It is often too hard for … Read more

How EVM Chains Became the New Playground for Meme Coins

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 1.1 Research Questions and Contributions Related Work Background Inscriptions and ordinals 4.1 Operation Types 4.2 Comparison with NFTs and ERC-20s Data Collection Empirical Analysis and 6.1 Overall Transactions 6.2 Inscriptions Characterization 6.3 Inscription Trading 6.4 Impact on Gas Fees Discussion Conclusion and References 2 Related Work In this … Read more

Data, Dollars, and Degens: Inside the Inscription Frenzy of 2023

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 1.1 Research Questions and Contributions Related Work Background Inscriptions and ordinals 4.1 Operation Types 4.2 Comparison with NFTs and ERC-20s Data Collection Empirical Analysis and 6.1 Overall Transactions 6.2 Inscriptions Characterization 6.3 Inscription Trading 6.4 Impact on Gas Fees Discussion Conclusion and References 1.1 Research Questions and Contributions … Read more

The Great Ethereum Traffic Jam of 2023: Blame It on Inscriptions

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:::info Authors: (1) Johnnatan Messias, Matter Labs; (2) Krzysztof Gogol, Matter Labs, University of Zurich; (3) Maria Inês, Silva Matter Labs; (4) Benjamin Livshits, Matter Labs, Imperial College London. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 1.1 Research Questions and Contributions Related Work Background Inscriptions and ordinals 4.1 Operation Types 4.2 Comparison with NFTs … Read more