Xapo Bank sees Bitcoin trading surge as wealthy investors bought the dip

Gibraltar-based Xapo Bank, a private bank and Bitcoin custodian, reported a surge in Bitcoin trading volumes in the first quarter as its high-net-worth members scooped up Bitcoin amid market turbulence.  Xapo Bank said that Q1 trading volume grew 14.2% compared to the Q4 2024, as the Bitcoin (BTC) price drop helped drive trading volume growth … Read more

MindEye2 (Not Pretrained) vs. MindEye1

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

MindEye2: Shared-Subject Models Enable fMRI-To-Image With 1 Hour of Data: Single-Subject Evaluations

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand

“Your honor, the FTC calls Mark Zuckerberg.”  Flanked by two bodyguards, Meta’s CEO solemnly strode into a Washington, DC courtroom. Despite his last-ditch efforts to avoid a trial, he was there, jaw clenched, to defend his company from being broken up by the US government. Shortly after he was sworn in, the Federal Trade Commission’s … Read more

How AI Agents Could Have Supercharged Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Reimagining Drug Discovery With Autonomous Intelligence In early 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech delivered what many thought was impossible: a viable COVID-19 vaccine developed and distributed in record time. It was a monumental achievement in modern medicine. But as someone working closely with AI agents in complex, high-stakes systems, I often wonder if that process could’ve … Read more

Reconstruction Evaluations Across Varying Amounts of Training Data: Mindeye2

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

Decentralized exchange KiloEx says $7.5M exploit has been contained

Decentralized exchange KiloEX has confirmed it has suspended usage of its platform and is tracing stolen funds after suffering a $7.5 million exploit.  The exploit has been contained, with use of the platform suspended and an investigation underway, the KiloEX team said in an April 14 statement to X. “The team has immediately suspended platform … Read more

MindEye2 Dataset: fMRI Preprocessing and Normalization

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

Behind the Scenes: The Making of MindEye2

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more

Tether partners with OCEAN mining pool to decentralize Bitcoin block-building

Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced it intends to deploy its existing and future Bitcoin hashrate to OCEAN’s Bitcoin mining pool in an effort to strengthen the network’s decentralization. “Deploying hashrate to OCEAN aligns with both our mining investments and our broader mission to fortify Bitcoin against centralizing forces,” Tether’s CEO Paolo Ardoino said in an … Read more

Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot & AI Tools by Aditya Mishra

GitHub Copilot, utilizing OpenAI’s Codex, is an AI-powered tool seamlessly integrated into your code editor. It goes beyond traditional autocomplete by offering real-time suggestions for code, functions, snippets, and even entire blocks based on your inputs. Trained on millions of open-source repositories, Copilot acts as a smart, context-aware assistant that accelerates coding, minimizes bugs, and … Read more

🛠️ Fixing the Decline: 5 Proven Ways to Boost Credit Card Authorization Rates

Credit card declines are no longer just an annoyance – they’re a multi-billion dollar growth leak. If you read my last post, you already know the story: Credit card authorization failures quietly destroy revenue across the internet. Most of them aren’t due to fraud. And most can be prevented. This post isn’t about the problem … Read more

Firebase Studio: Everything You Need to Know About

I recently tried using Firebase Studio, which has been an interesting experience I want to share with you. It’s a free, browser-based tool from Google that allows you to build full-stack web apps with AI assistance. Want to know more? Then, read this article until the end. What Is Firebase Studio? Firebase Studio was officially … Read more