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Here’s How to Escape the Hectic Assembly Line

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Growth Mindset in Engineering Career — Work Reactively or Proactively Suffering from Being Reactive For a long time, I found myself buried by endless daily work, such as fixing bugs, completing sprint tickets, and doing whatever my managers asked of me. I was obedient to my JIRA tickets as if I were working on an … Read more

Red-Hot DeFi Platform Usual Faces Backlash as Protocol Update Triggers Sell-Off

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Usual Protocol, an up-and-coming decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that has seen a remarkable rise over the past months, faced community backlash on Friday after a tweak in the protocol’s yield-generating token triggered a sell-off on secondary markets. Amid the turmoil, the protocol’s USD0++ token, which represents a locked-up – or staked – version of its … Read more

Bench customers are now being forced to hand over their data or risk losing it, they say

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After accounting startup Bench abruptly shut down on December 27 and was bought in a fire-sale by Employer.com, Bench customers are now learning they can’t easily just take their financial data and leave.  And some are very unhappy about it, three customers told TechCrunch. To recap: When Bench, a startup based in Canada that raised … Read more

Amazon curbs some DEI programs

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Amazon is now the latest company to curb some of its DEI programs, Bloomberg reports, after Meta announced that it, too, is ending its diversity efforts earlier on Friday.  An internal memo that was sent to staffers said that the company was looking to wind down outdated programs and materials as part of a review … Read more

U.S. Enforcement Chief Behind CFTC Crypto Cases Exits Before Trump Arrives

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Enforcement Director Ian McGinley is leaving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a week, ending a relatively short tenure that saw some high-profile crypto cases. He arrived at the agency in February 2023, a month before the CFTC sued Binance and then-CEO Changpeng Zhao for violating U.S. commodities laws. During his tenure, he also oversaw … Read more

New OpenAI job listings reveal its robotics plans

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OpenAI disbanded its robotics department. Then, it brought it back. Now, through a social media post from its hardware director and newly published job descriptions, OpenAI is revealing more about its plans for the revived team. In a post on X on Friday, Caitlin Kalinowski, who joined OpenAI to lead hardware last November from Meta’s … Read more

Biden’s Consumer Watchdog Pushes for Last-Minute Stablecoin Rule

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As crypto fan Donald Trump prepares to take the reins of the government, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has pitched new regulations that would have a significant impact on stablecoin issuers and wallet providers, though the proposal’s future remains in question. The CFPB took the first procedural step to open a proposal to public … Read more

Lumoz Unveils TEE+ZK Multi-Proof for On-chain AI Agent

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Background With the development of Web3, decentralized AI Agents have emerged as a key application. These agents operate autonomously without relying on centralized servers, handling user data and interacting with blockchain smart contracts. However, the openness and trustless nature of Web3 pose significant security challenges. AI Agents demonstrate potential in Web3 applications, such as managing … Read more