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Proposing A Novel Framework Called LieBN: A Conclusion

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3. Revisiting Normalization 3.1 Revisiting Euclidean Normalization 3.2 Revisiting Existing RBN 4 Riemannian Normalization on Lie Groups 5 LieBN on the Lie Groups of SPD Manifolds and 5.1 Deformed Lie Groups of SPD Manifolds 5.2 LieBN on SPD Manifolds 6 Experiments 6.1 Experimental Results 7 Conclusions, … Read more

A Lie Group Approach to Riemannian Batch Normalization: Experimental Results

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3. Revisiting Normalization 3.1 Revisiting Euclidean Normalization 3.2 Revisiting Existing RBN 4 Riemannian Normalization on Lie Groups 5 LieBN on the Lie Groups of SPD Manifolds and 5.1 Deformed Lie Groups of SPD Manifolds 5.2 LieBN on SPD Manifolds 6 Experiments 6.1 Experimental Results 7 Conclusions, … Read more

Code Smell 292 – Missing Return

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When your code loses its way TL;DR: Missing return statements cause unexpected behavior. Problems 😔 Silent failures Unreliable results Hard debugging Inconsistent and misleading behavior Broken logic Solutions 😃 Always return values Use clear flow Validate conditions Test all return paths Use early returns Remove IFs Refactorings ⚙️ https://hackernoon.com/refactoring-014-how-to-remove-if?embedable=true Context 💬 When you forget to … Read more

iPhone 16E review: Eh, it’s alright

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The cheapest iPhone still feels about $100 too expensive. The iPhone 16E is everything I love and hate about iOS. FaceTime at your fingertips. A reliable camera. Simplicity. Familiarity. They’re the pillars of the iPhone experience, and Apple’s newest phone has ‘em. My husband picked up the 16E, concerned that he would have to “learn … Read more

Stablecoins Take Center Stage at Senate’s First Digital Assets Subcommittee Hearing

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Stablecoins and the role of Congress in addressing future digital assets legislation took center stage during one of the Senate Banking Committee’s first hearings to focus on what a regulatory framework for crypto may look like. The Wednesday hearing, framed as the jumping-off point for further Congressional action on digital asset regulations, was the first … Read more

Europe’s Relay pulls in $35M Series A after applying Asia’s model to delivery

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Being somewhat later than Europe in adopting the idea of parcel delivery, much of Asia built its delivery infrastructure around e-commerce, effectively “Uberizing” how deliveries worked down to the last mile. Think DoorDash but for parcels, not food. This is what the founders of Europe’s Relay realized and decided to bring to the region — … Read more

Lonestar and Phison’s data center infrastructure is headed to the moon

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Data storage and resilience company Lonestar and semiconductor and storage company Phison launched a data center infrastructure on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday that’s headed to the moon. The companies are sending Phison’s Pascari storage — solid state drives (SSDs) built for data centers —packed with Lonestar’s clients’ data on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket … Read more

Commercetools, a pioneer in ‘headless commerce’, lays off dozens of staff

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Commercetools — a “headless commerce” platform that provides APIs to companies building online storefronts — saw a major boost in its business just a few years ago, raising money at whopping $1.9 billion valuation as the world went shopping online in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and businesses rushed to improve their e-commerce operations. … Read more

Meta’s oversight board is reviewing the company’s new hate speech policies

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Meta’s Oversight Board, the company’s independent group created to help with sensitive policy decisions, is preparing to weigh in on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent changes to how Facebook, Instagram, and Threads handle hate speech, Engadget reported. Zuckerberg announced an overhaul of its content moderation policies in January, shortly before the inauguration of U.S. President Donald … Read more

Bybit and Safe Custody Are at Odds on Who’s to Blame for $1.5B Hack

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has published a forensic review on last week’s $1.5 billion hack, revealing that its systems had not been infiltrated and that the issue seemed to have stemmed from compromised Safe wallet infrastructure. Bybit concluded from the review that “the credentials of a Safe developer were compromised,” which allowed the Lazarus hacking group … Read more

With Alexa+, Amazon makes an intriguing play in the consumer agent space

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Amazon shared an impressive vision of an “agentic” future on Wednesday — one in which the company’s improved Alexa, Alexa+, handles countless mundane tasks, from booking restaurants to finding appliance repairmen. If Amazon can deliver, it could be the first out to the gate with a comprehensive, consumer-focused agent tool. The company hopes to marry … Read more

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Pectra Goes Live on Testnet

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Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Ben Schiller, managing editor at CoinDesk. In this issue: Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade Goes Live Avalanche Visa card launched Ethereum Foundation executive director leaving Hackers using GitHub to steal bitcoin Network News PECTRA GOES LIVE ON TESTNET: Ethereum’s Pectra … Read more

Trump signs executive order to expand DOGE’s spending review powers

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In a newly issued executive order (EO), the Trump Administration has instructed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Elon Musk-advised initiative to reduce federal spending, to create a “centralized technological system” in every agency to record contract and grant awards. As part of the ramp-up of these systems, agency employees who approved individual contract … Read more