Month: August 2025
Poshmark CEO and founder to step down
After nearly 15 years, Manish Chandra will transition to being a member of the board of directors. Namsun Kim, who has served as executive chairman since April, has been appointed as his successor.
Demystifying Amazon Bedrock Pricing for a Chatbot Assistant
“How much will it cost to run our chatbot on Amazon Bedrock?” This is one of the most frequent questions we hear from customers exploring AI solutions. And it’s no wonder — calculating costs for AI applications can feel like navigating a complex maze of tokens, embeddings, and various pricing models. Whether you’re a solution … Read more
Fine-tune OpenAI GPT-OSS models on Amazon SageMaker AI using Hugging Face libraries
Released on August 5, 2025, OpenAI’s GPT-OSS models, gpt-oss-20b and gpt-oss-120b, are now available on AWS through Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Bedrock. These pre-trained, text-only Transformer models are built on a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture that activates only a subset of parameters per token, delivering high reasoning performance while reducing compute costs. They specialize in … Read more
Report Reveals Tool Overload Driving Fatigue And Missed Threats In MSPs
London, United Kingdom, August 11th, 2025/CyberNewsWire/–New Heimdal study reveals how tool sprawl creates blind spots, with over half of providers experiencing daily or weekly burnout. Survey of 80 North American MSPs shows fragmented security stacks drive fatigue, missed threats, and business inefficiency. Security tools meant to protect managed service providers are instead overwhelming them. A … Read more
This see-thru Game Boy is a work of art — because she designed a transparent circuit board
Have you heard of Natalie the Nerd? She’s a pillar of the Nintendo Game Boy modding scene who taught herself to reverse engineer and design Game Boy circuit boards. Now, she’s put her skills to work in probably the most beautiful build I’ve ever seen: a working see-through Game Boy Color where even the circuit … Read more
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Sui Price Falls 4% as Heavy Selling Pressure and Long Liquidations Hit Market
Sui’s (SUI) price plunged 4% over the past 24 hours after experiencing substantial market volatility overnight, CoinDesk Analytics data shows. The token’s price fluctuated $0.28, or approximately 7%, between session highs of $3.98 and lows of $3.69. The digital asset initially demonstrated strength, advancing from $3.88 to $3.98 with institutional volume exceeding 18 million units, … Read more
Top US Democrat signals fight over crypto market structure
The US Senate is not scheduled to be in session until Sept. 2, but Senator Elizabeth Warren offered a preview for how she may address the CLARITY Act.
Aisles of the Future: How PCIC’s Category-Item Blend Transforms Online Grocery Shopping
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction Literature Review Model Experiments Deployment Journey Future Directions and References 5 DEPLOYMENT JOURNEY In this section, we discuss several user-facing questions we addressed as well as our experience in deploying PCIC. 5.1 Deployment and Online Experience While offline metrics are informative and help us build competent models, the … Read more
Revel shutters rideshare business, pivots to EV charging
A Revel charging station in Brooklyn in 2022. Revel is shutting down its ridehail business, citing heightened competition from rideshare leaders like Uber and Lyft. The company, which began as an electric moped business before shifting to rideshare, plans to pivot to electric vehicle charging. “At the end of the day, rideshare is a very … Read more
US government seized $1M from Russian ransomware gang
A global law enforcement coalition targeted the infrastructure of the group behind the Royal and BlackSuit ransomware strains, allegedly responsible for extorting victims out of $370 million since 2022.
Avalanche And Helika Launch New Gaming Accelerator – Applications Now Open
**Toronto, Canada, August 11th, 2025/Chainwire/–**The Avalanche Foundation and Helika, a leading provider of technical and creative solutions for the video games industry, have officially launched their joint video game accelerator program and opened applications for the first cohort. The newly announced strategic partnership is designed to engage both Web3-native studios and traditional game developers exploring … Read more
Trust Engines: How Creditcoin Makes Invisible Credit Histories Verifiable
The afternoon heat was suffocating in Lagos when I first met Adunni, a textile trader whose reputation preceded her through three generations of shopkeepers on Broad Street. Every morning, vendors would arrive at her stall knowing she’d extend credit for fabric purchases—sometimes for weeks, sometimes months. Her ledger, a weathered notebook with water stains and … Read more
MultiBank Group Delivers Record H1 Results With $209M Revenue And MBG Token Driving 7X Returns Since
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 11th, 2025/Chainwire/–MultiBank Group, the world’s largest financial derivatives institution, has kicked off 2025 with $209 million in H1 revenue, up 20% compared to the previous year, and $170 million in profits. In April, the Group set a single-day trading record of $56 billion, with high client activity sustained across its … Read more
From One Banana to Billions: Testing PCIC’s Predictive Powers
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction Literature Review Model Experiments Deployment Journey Future Directions and References 4 EXPERIMENTS In this section, we conduct experiments to answer the following questions: Q1: What is the effectiveness of the proposed method? Does it outperform state-of-the-art NBR/ BIA methods? Q2: How well does this method scale up to … Read more
You can save $30 on the OnePlus Watch 3, a great Galaxy Watch 8 alternative
The OnePlus Watch 3 starts at $269.99 ($30 off) for the new 43mm model. | Image: The Verge / OnePlus OnePlus has kicked off its back-to-school sale, and the deals are pretty solid. There are discounts on the company’s impressive tablets, but the highlights are the new low prices on its smartwatches. Right now, you … Read more
PCIC Model Design: Category-Level Repurchase Prediction and Frequency‑Recency Item Ranking
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction Literature Review Model Experiments Deployment Journey Future Directions and References 3 MODEL 3.1 Category level repurchase modeling We use category level features to predict the customers’ likelihood to repurchase items. Each customer has their own features crafted by their purchase history, and the last m days of customer … Read more
ETH Transaction Volume Climbs on Price Rally, Cheaper DeFi Costs
Ethereum’s transaction volume has been overall on an upward trajectory, closing in its all time high of 1.9 million transactions in a single day in January 2024. The latest surge is drawing attention from both retail traders and institutional observers, as it reflects a confluence of technical improvements, favorable market sentiment, and a renewed appetite … Read more
How founders are ditching VC norms and finding capital on their own terms at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Founders today have more capital paths than ever. But how do you navigate them — and know which one actually supports your growth?
How Graphs Boost LLM Precision and Explainability in Cybersecurity
Graphs have long underpinned cybersecurity; their importance has only grown with cloud-scale complexity. I previously explored how defenders can protect their CI/CD environments using graphs, mapping repos, build jobs, secrets, runners, and cloud credentials into connected views that mirror how attackers think. This article revisits that idea in the era of large language models and … Read more
Old Stats, New Tricks: How PCIC Builds on Decades of Recommendation Research
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction Literature Review Model Experiments Deployment Journey Future Directions and References 2 LITERATURE REVIEW One of the early reported work for Buy It Again recommendations came from Bhagat et al. [2] for Amazon shoppers’ data back in 2018. In this work, the authors model the repeat consumption pattern of … Read more
These are my favorite Switch 2 accessories
The Switch 2 can be enjoyed right out of the box, but it’s even better with the right accessories. Some of these add-ons are more crucial than others, especially if you’re deciding what to buy early on. For example, a case and a screen protector can keep your console safe from scuffs, scratches, and drops, … Read more
Automating Web3 Life: WORLD3 Unveils Expert Agent Demo And Launches Pre-TGE Campaign
WORLD3, the Web3-native AI agent platform, today released an in-depth, 4-minute demo film showcasing the future of its “Expert Agent” ecosystem, featuring both currently available agents and a preview of powerful upcoming capabilities. This film serves as a direct invitation for users to join the live Pre-TGE Agent Activation Campaign, where they can experience several … Read more
Space tourism meets crypto as Blue Origin accepts Bitcoin, Ether, USDt
Blue Origin’s new crypto payment option joins a wave of blockchain ventures in aerospace, from NFTs minted in orbit to satellites running decentralized networks.
Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Follows Circle and Ripple in Applying for US Banking License
Paxos has joined the list of firms seeking a national trust charter, with the stablecoin issuer following Circle and Ripple on that front.
New BONK Treasury Targets Up to $115 Million in Solana Meme Coin by Year-end
A drinks company is now adopting BONK as a treasury asset, and plans to acquire up to $115 million of the Solana meme coin by year-end.
A Two-Tier Approach to Buy It Again Recommendations Using Category and Item Models
:::info Authors: (1) Amit Pande, Data Sciences, Target Corporation, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA (amit.pande@target.com); (2) Kunal Ghosh, Data Sciences, Target Corporation, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA (kunal.ghosh@target.com); (3) Rankyung Park, Data Sciences, Target Corporation, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA (rankyung.park@target.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction Literature Review Model Experiments Deployment Journey Future Directions and … Read more