Crypto exchange Bybit says it was hacked and lost around $1.4B
Crypto exchange Bitby disclosed a breach that that amounts to a loss of $1.4 billion, the largest crypto theft of all time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Crypto exchange Bitby disclosed a breach that that amounts to a loss of $1.4 billion, the largest crypto theft of all time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
:::info Authors: (1) Andrew Draganov, Aarhus University and All authors contributed equally to this research; (2) David Saulpic, Université Paris Cité & CNRS; (3) Chris Schwiegelshohn, Aarhus University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries and Related Work 2.1 On Sampling Strategies 2.2 Other Coreset Strategies 2.3 Coresets for Database Applications 2.4 … Read more
In a livestream, Bybit’s CEO stated that 70% of transactions have successfully gone through, though some users may experience delays due to network congestion.
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Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou said Friday that the platform is struggling to keep up with withdrawal requests after a $1.4 billion hack.
Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub compared using CO2 in enhanced oil recovery to fracking, the technology that sent U.S. oil and gas production skyrocketing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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:::info Authors: (1) Andrew Draganov, Aarhus University and All authors contributed equally to this research; (2) David Saulpic, Université Paris Cité & CNRS; (3) Chris Schwiegelshohn, Aarhus University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries and Related Work 2.1 On Sampling Strategies 2.2 Other Coreset Strategies 2.3 Coresets for Database Applications 2.4 … Read more
Stablecoins have ballooned into a $230-billion industry, which is equivalent to more than 1% of the US money supply.
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Providing effective multilingual customer support in global businesses presents significant operational challenges. Through collaboration between AWS and DXC Technology, we’ve developed a scalable voice-to-voice (V2V) translation prototype that transforms how contact centers handle multi-lingual customer interactions. In this post, we discuss how AWS and DXC used Amazon Connect and other AWS AI services to deliver … Read more
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He warned that not pursuing such a policy be risky, claiming that “there’s only room for one nation-state to buy up 20% of the network.”
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Fine-tuning a pre-trained large language model (LLM) allows users to customize the model to perform better on domain-specific tasks or align more closely with human preferences. It is a continuous process to keep the fine-tuned model accurate and effective in changing environments, to adapt to the data distribution shift (concept drift) and prevent performance degradation … Read more
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As they gain in popularity, AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot may appear to be boosting productivity. But in reality, they could be causing overall code quality to decline. That’s the top-line finding from a new report released by software engineering platform GitClear, which analyzed 211 million code lines from 2020 to 2024. According … Read more