Month: March 2025
Crypto market’s biggest risks in 2025: US recession, circular crypto economy
While most analysts expect the crypto bull cycle to continue until the end of 2025, concerns over an economic recession in the United States, along with crypto’s “circular” economy, may still threaten crypto valuations. Despite the recent market correction, most crypto analysts expect the bull cycle to peak after the third quarter of 2025, with … Read more
Microsoft accidentally wipes out Copilot in latest Windows 11 update
Microsoft’s Copilot app for Windows is being “unintentionally uninstalled” on some Windows 11 devices thanks to the latest monthly Windows update. The Patch Tuesday updates that started rolling out on March 11th have led to Copilot being unpinned from the taskbar and uninstalled. “We’re aware of an issue with the Microsoft Copilot app affecting some … Read more
After Four Straight Monday Declines, What’s on the Cards for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin (BTC) investors are looking to move past four consecutive Monday losses. Over the past few weekends, the largest cryptocurrency has experienced significant price volatility, driven by macroeconomic uncertainty including geopolitical tensions, tariffs and rising global bond yields. The weekend nervousness appears to have carried over into Mondays. Data from Velo shows the over the … Read more
Pavel Durov in Dubai: Telegram ‘exceeded’ its legal obligations
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the company had always met and “exceeded” its legal obligations in moderation, cooperation and fighting crime. On March 17, the Telegram founder posted an update on the messaging application, saying he was already back in Dubai after spending months in France. Durov said the process is still ongoing but added … Read more
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The 5 Essential Skills Every Leader Should Have (And How to Build Them)
A leader’s job is tough. From defining the direction in which the company should be headed, making tough decisions, dealing with uncertainty to focusing on hiring the right talent, creating a culture of trust and respect, and building a highly performant team, they are expected to excel in everything. They are constantly challenged to guide, … Read more
Crypto Daybook Americas: Recession Concerns Stifle BTC Recovery Prospects, Memecoins Buzz
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin (BTC) has found some stability around its 200-day average at about $84,000 after dipping below $77,000 early last week. The broader market recovery was led by memecoins, layer-2 tokens and gaming tokens. However, maintaining a sustained uptick could still be a challenge, especially since President … Read more
Want to Be More Productive? Pretend You Die Every Night
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iK22gpUdXQVdALIUJEnTd?embedable=true Die Every Night I’ve been “dying” every night. Not physically, obviously. I’m sitting here typing this letter on a bright Thursday morning. But mentally, I’ve been killing my old self every evening to create space for a new version of me to emerge each morning. This isn’t some weird spiritual practice or manifestation technique. … Read more
Crypto ETPs see $1.7B in outflows, longest streak since 2015
Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued seeing massive selling last week, recording the fifth week of outflows in a row, with $1.7 billion leaving the market. After seeing slightly softened outflows of $876 million in the previous week, crypto ETP liquidations accelerated during the past trading week, bringing the total five-week outflows to $6.4 billion, CoinShares … Read more
Monographs and Their Role in Universal Graph Representation
:::info Author: (1) Thierry Boy de la Tour, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LIG 38000 Grenoble, France. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Basic Definitions and Notations 2.1 Sets 2.2 Sequences 2.3 Signatures and Algebras and 2.4 Categories 3 Monographs and their Morphisms 4 Limits and Colimits 5 Drawing Monographs 6 … Read more
Will Musk Colonize Mars In His Lifetime? The Answer Won’t Surprise You
As part of the Spacecoin Writing Contest, the fine folks at Spacecoin and HackerNoon have asked: Will Elon Musk colonize Mars in his lifetime? It depends, I suppose, on what you mean by colonize. If you mean creating a vibrant, large-scale settlement in the grandiose Kim Stanley Robinson sense of the word, the answer, unsurprisingly, … Read more
DeFi Yields Are a Lie—Here’s What You’re Really Earning
Disclaimer :::warning WARNING! This article and the entire course are not financial or any other type of advice. They are provided solely for educational and research purposes. ::: From the Author For over 7 years, I have not only been using DeFi tools but also studying them from a netstalker’s perspective. Now, it’s time to … Read more
Bitcoin Faces Massive ‘Supply Gap’ Between $70K and $80K
Bitcoin’s (BTC) ongoing price pullback could accelerate below $80K, as on-chain analysis by Glassnode indicates that the $10K price range beneath this level was marked by weak economic activity late last year. BTC prices quickly rose from $70K to above $80K in early November after pro crypto Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidential election. As … Read more
Got Data in MongoDB? Here’s the Easiest Way to Move It to Doris
If you need to use Apache SeaTunnel to synchronize data from MongoDB to Doris, you can follow these steps, which are based on the official documentation of Apache SeaTunnel and best practices provided by the community: I. Environment Preparation Download and Install SeaTunnel: Visit the official GitHub page of SeaTunnel and download the latest stable … Read more
AI’s Data Bottleneck Is Getting Worse—Here’s a New Way to Fix It
VTS (Vector Transport Service) is an open-source tool developed by Zilliz. It is focused on the migration of vectors and unstructured data. VTS’s core feature is its development based on Apache SeaTunnel, which gives it a significant advantage in data processing and migration. As a distributed data integration platform, Apache SeaTunnel is known for its … Read more
Creating a City Promo Video with Claude + Runway
One evening after work, I was walking to the bus stop as usual. The days were getting longer, and at 6 PM, the city was still bathed in daylight. As I passed through Central Park, the vibrant signs of spring caught my attention. I stopped to take a picture, appreciating the scene. Then, as I … Read more
I Created an AI Chat Bot to Automate Appointment Booking
Have you ever come across any of those boring WhatsApp chat bots? It might have happened to you when you were trying to book an appointment at a doctor, fitness center or a dentist and you have those first predefined options where you respond, and that lead to other predefined options and THEN in the … Read more
Brazilian lawmaker introduces bill to regulate Bitcoin salaries
Brazilian lawmakers are considering new legislation that would officially authorize employers to pay salaries to employees using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Federal deputy Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança has introduced a bill proposing regulation of crypto payments for wages, remunerations and labor benefits. Filed on March 12, the bill PL 957/2025 legalizes voluntary and partial salary … Read more
APIs Are Secretly Wrecking Your Website, and You Don’t Even Know It
Greetings to all who value quality! 🕵️♂️✨ Modern web applications are complex multifunctional platforms where the back-end and front-end interact with each other via API. It is very important that these two components work in harmony. But what happens if the API passes unexpected data to the front-end or returns an error in the response? … Read more
UK’s internet watchdog puts storage and file-sharing services on watch over CSAM
As duties under the U.K.’s Online Safety Act (OSA) related to tackling illegal content came into force Monday, the internet watchdog, Ofcom, said it has launched a new enforcement program focused on online storage and file-sharing services. The regulator said its evidence shows that file-sharing and file-storage services are “particularly susceptible” to being used for … Read more
I Built an Open-Source ETL to Prepare Data for RAG
I’ve built an open source ETL framework (CocoIndex) to prepare data for RAG with my friend. CocoIndex is an ETL framework to preapare data for AI applications such as semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). It offers a data-driven programming model that simplifies the creation and maintenance of data indexing pipelines, ensuring data freshness and consistency. … Read more
Salesforce Developer Creates LLM Assistant That Runs Locally On Your Machine
I’ve been experimenting with the local LLMs inside Salesforce and would like to tell you about the component I developed as a result. It has the already familiar chat interface which uses Salesforce records for context. It works locally on your computer, so processed data is not being sent to any third-party service. The introduction … Read more