OCC Green-Lights Crypto Activities for Banks

In recent months, the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has signaled a more permissible regulatory stance towards national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks) engaging in crypto-asset activities. “I will continue to work diligently to ensure regulations are effective and not excessive, while maintaining a strong federal banking system,” said … Read more

Crypto Exchange WhiteBIT’s Token Jumps 30% Over Juventus Partnership

The price of cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT’s token, WhiteBIT Coin WBT, climbed more than 30% in the last 24 hours after the exchange announced a high-profile partnership with Italian football club Juventus. Under a new three-year deal, WhiteBIT became the “official cryptocurrency exchange” and “official sleeve partner” of Juventus, according to a press release. Starting with … Read more

WhatsApp is officially getting ads

Meta is also adding sponsored channels and subscriptions. WhatsApp is rolling out ads. In an update on Monday, Meta announced that it will now show ads from businesses through its Stories-like status feature. The status feature lives within WhatsApp’s “Updates” tab and allows users to share disappearing text, photo, voice notes, or video messages. But … Read more

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Solana (SOL) Jumps 7.3% as All Assets Trade Higher

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3122.1, up 3.6% (+109.09) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SOL (+7.3%) and XRP (+6.1%). Laggards: POL (+0.8%) and AAVE (+1.2%). The … Read more

How We Solved Scaling Challenges With Cell-Based Architecture

I shared the benefits of cell-based architecture in my previous article. In this one, I’ll walk through a real-world scenario involving scaling challenges in our service caused by dependent service quota limitations, and how we overcame them using a cell-based approach. By adopting this architecture, we launched multiple cells to address the quota constraints and … Read more

Kroger (Allegedly) Shared Sensitive Health Data With Meta – Now They’re Being Sued

Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., is being sued in federal court for the unauthorized sharing of personally identifiable information and health data with Meta. Two different proposed class-action lawsuits were filed on Nov. 10 and Nov. 13 in the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division. The plaintiffs, both from Ohio, are anonymous. … Read more

Analyzing LogoMotion Errors in Position, Scale, and Animation Logic

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 2.1 Program Synthesis 2.2 Creativity Support Tools for Animation 2.3 Generative Tools for Design 3 Formative Steps 4 Logomotion System and 4.1 Input 4.2 Preprocess Visual Information 4.3 Visually-Grounded Code Synthesis 5 Evaluations 5.1 Evaluation: Program Repair 5.2 Methodology 5.3 Findings 6 Evaluation with Novices … Read more

Tron Looks to go Public in the U.S., Form Strategy Like TRX Holding Firm: FT

Tron, the blockchain founded by billionaire Justin Sun, is looking to go public in the U.S., the Financial Times reported on Monday. Tron will go public via a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed SRM Entertainment, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal is being managed by Dominari Securities, an investment firm with … Read more