Weaponized Trading Bots Drain $1M From Crypto Users via AI-Generated YouTube Scam

Over $1 million has been siphoned from unsuspecting crypto users through malicious smart contracts posing as MEV trading bots, according to a new report by SentinelLABS. The campaign leveraged AI-generated YouTube videos, aged accounts, and obfuscated Solidity code to bypass basic user scrutiny and gain access to crypto wallets. Scammers appeared to be using AI-generated … Read more

A Product Manager’s take on AI-driven Risk Management

As a product manager, I’ve seen major shifts driven by generative AI in the risk management space. It’s a shift that is transforming everything from financial services to e-commerce and autonomous vehicles. I believe a siloed, reactive approach with a compliance-first mentality to risk management doesn’t cut it anymore. There have been multiple failures that … Read more

Autonomy: Embrace It, Don’t Fear It

Where We Are Classic production and business processes are usually planned, implemented, and evaluated in that order. If something goes wrong, and it usually does, one must return to the drawing board. Even if everything proceeds according to plan, there are always limitations in terms of resources. But what are these natural constraints? You will … Read more

Tracking Data Lineage at Scale: How This Offline Platform Handles Petabytes Daily

This article introduces an offline data governance platform built on DolphinScheduler, addressing issues like task dependency black holes and scalability bottlenecks. By implementing YAML-based dynamic compilation and automatic lineage capture, the platform enables efficient task dependency management and data tracking. It leverages the Neo4j graph database for lineage storage, supporting second-level impact analysis and root … Read more

5 APIs to Strengthen Your Video Editing SaaS

Smart API integrations can expand your feature set dramatically, without hiring or adding technical debt. Here are 5 of them. The feature race in SaaS is real. Product managers and CTOs in fast-scaling video and audio platforms know the challenge: users expect pro-level tools like voice cloning, noise removal, subtitles and smart cuts, but the … Read more

These Phrases Are Killing Your Credibility

We have the habit of throwing around words recklessly often using phrases that make us sound less confident, unsure and weak. The words we choose to communicate impacts how others perceive us—do they find us manipulative or genuine, rude or kind, aggressive or assertive and credible or untrustworthy? How you come across to others makes … Read more

Lessons from Building Cisco’s Big Data Platform with Apache DolphinScheduler and AWS

Introduction I’m a software development engineer at Cisco. Our team has been using Apache DolphinScheduler to build our own big data scheduling platform for nearly three years. Starting from version 2.0.3, we’ve grown alongside the community; what I’m sharing today is based on secondary development on version 3.1.1, adding features not included in the community … Read more

How I Created a Voice AI Tutor with GPT-4 to Accelerate My Learning

A few months ago, I noticed something frustrating. I’d spend hours trying to learn new concepts — watching videos, reading articles, or chatting with ChatGPT. But it still felt slow. Clunky. Passive. Typing questions felt like homework. Scrolling for the “right” explanation was exhausting. So I asked myself: What if learning felt more like a … Read more

TypeDance Outperforms DALL·E 3 and ControlNet in Logo Design Usability Study

Table of Links Introduction Related Work 2.1 Semantic Typographic Logo Design 2.2 Generative Model for Computational Design 2.3 Graphic Design Authoring Tool Formative Study 3.1 General Workflow and Challenges 3.2 Concerns in Generative Model Involvement 3.3 Design Space of Semantic Typography Work Design Consideration Typedance and 5.1 Ideation 5.2 Selection 5.3 Generation 5.4 Evaluation 5.5 … Read more

Prioritize Vulnerabilities Using Budibase — No Costly Tools Needed

Vulnerability prioritization is a crucial phase where the relative risks and remediation order of vulnerabilities are evaluated, ranked from highest to lowest priority. In my previous article, I discussed how to manage security vulnerabilities using Budibase. In this article, I’ll guide you through my custom approach to assessing remediation priority and demonstrate how I integrated … Read more

What to Expect When Bitcoin Mining Stops

One day, Bitcoin mining will stop. Then what? That’s a question I hear often, especially from people just getting into crypto. They wonder what will happen to miners, the network, and Bitcoin itself once all 21 million coins are mined. Let’s break it down simply. Why Bitcoin Can’t Be Mined Forever Bitcoin has a fixed … Read more

One Go Codebase, Five Platforms: My Cross-Platform Build Journey

All images in this article are AI-generated by the author with NightCafe Studio. Introduction Go, often referred to as Golang, has earned its distinguished reputation through a combination of elegant simplicity, raw performance, and powerful concurrency models. A truly transformative, yet often understated, feature of Go is its innate and robust support for multiplatform programming. … Read more

Web3 Influencers Are a Mess—Here’s How I’m Taking Back Control

If you’ve ever tried to find the “right” Web3 KOL, you probably know the pain: what looks like a glittering world of influencers, alpha drops, hype, and trend-setters quickly reveals itself as a swamp loaded with fake numbers, sketchy identities, and next-level rug-pull artistry. I dove into the deep end of searching for Web3 KOLs—thinking … Read more

Crypto’s Moving Fast. Beluga’s Already There

Since its launch last October, Beluga has become one of the leading platforms for educating users on the best projects in crypto. Beluga’s investors include many of the top crypto and FinTech VCs as well as key execs from Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, Blockchain, MoonPay, etc. Essentially, Beluga is trying to become “The NerdWallet for Crypto”, … Read more

With South Korea’s CBDC Plans Dead, KakaoBank Joins Stablecoin Gold Rush

KakaoBank is preparing to enter South Korea’s fast-growing stablecoin sector, according to local reports. In its first-half earnings call on Tuesday, KakaoBank CFO Kwon Tae-hoon said the firm is “actively considering” roles in both stablecoin issuance and custody, with participation aligned to the country’s shifting digital asset policies. “We plan to engage actively in line … Read more