FDA bans use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods

Red Dye No. 3 is used in candy, desserts, frostings, and other treats. | Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images The US Food and Drug Administration is banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, drinks, and medication, the agency announced Wednesday. The dye, which the FDA says gives certain candies, cakes, … Read more

TikTok ban poised to be delayed as Trump explores ways to extend deadline

The U.S. ban on TikTok is poised to be delayed as the deadline falls on the MLK Day holiday weekend and President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration intends to find a way to extend the deadline, Bloomberg reports. Biden officials see the issue as one for Trump’s incoming administration, as the current administration doesn’t plan to intervene … Read more

The Switch 2’s bigger screen is just what I wanted

Image: The Verge, Nintendo Nintendo has finally revealed the Switch 2 — but it didn’t reveal everything. Even still, the new console looks pretty much like a bigger, more refined Switch. Sure, that’s the straightforward and expected move from Nintendo. But it’s also exactly what I’ve been waiting for. The first Switch was a revelation. … Read more

Solana, XRP Jump as Trump Reportedly Mulls ‘America-First’ Strategic Crypto Reserve, but Experts Suggest Otherwise

A strategic bitcoin reserve has been a large part of the crypto discussion ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, but does the incoming 47th president have other tokens on his mind? Solana’s SOL, Ripple’s XRP and Hedera’s HBAR are among the altcoins outperforming on Thursday, in part thanks to a NYPost report that Trump was “receptive” … Read more

On Studying the Deep Ocean Ecosystem

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Methodology 4 Studying Deep Ocean Ecosystem and 4.1 Deep Ocean Research Goals 4.2 Workflow and Data 4.3 Design Challenges and User Tasks 5 The DeepSea System 5.1 Map View 5.2 Core View 5.3 Interpolation View and 5.4 Implementation 6 Usage Scenarios and 6.1 Scenario: … Read more

How DeepSee Helps Us See Deeper into the Oceans than Ever Before

:::info Authors: (1) Adam Coscia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (acoscia6@gatech.edu); (2) Haley M. Sapers, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA (hsapers@caltech.edu); (3) Noah Deutsch, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (ndeutsch@mde.harvard.edu); (4) Malika Khurana, The New York Times Company, New York, New York, USA (malika.khurana@nytimes.com); (5) … Read more

NFT Networks Mirror Social Structures with Influencer Nodes, Community Hubs, & Zipfian Distributions

:::info Author: (1) Prakhyat Khati, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewa, Saskatoon, Canada (khati.prakhyat@usask.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Datasets and Experiment Setup 4 Methodology 4.1 NFTs Transaction Network 4.2 NFTs Bubble Prediction 5 Discussion and Conclusions, and References 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS In this work, we investigate the … Read more

NFT Transaction Networks Are Highly Decentralized and Influenced by Key Nodes

:::info Author: (1) Prakhyat Khati, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewa, Saskatoon, Canada (khati.prakhyat@usask.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Datasets and Experiment Setup 4 Methodology 4.1 NFTs Transaction Network 4.2 NFTs Bubble Prediction 5 Discussion and Conclusions, and References 4.1 NFTs Transaction Network We created the interaction network to … Read more

Dataset Exploration and Experimentation for NFT Transaction Analysis

:::info Author: (1) Prakhyat Khati, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewa, Saskatoon, Canada (khati.prakhyat@usask.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Datasets and Experiment Setup 4 Methodology 4.1 NFTs Transaction Network 4.2 NFTs Bubble Prediction 5 Discussion and Conclusions, and References 3. DATASETS AND EXPERIMENT SETUP Different blockchain supports NFT trading, … Read more

Understanding NFT Transaction Networks Through Analysis and Prediction

:::info Author: (1) Prakhyat Khati, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewa, Saskatoon, Canada (khati.prakhyat@usask.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Datasets and Experiment Setup 4 Methodology 4.1 NFTs Transaction Network 4.2 NFTs Bubble Prediction 5 Discussion and Conclusions, and References ABSTRACT Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique digital items with blockchain-managed … Read more

Graph Analysis and Bubble Prediction Are Key to Understanding NFT Networks

:::info Author: (1) Prakhyat Khati, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewa, Saskatoon, Canada (khati.prakhyat@usask.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Datasets and Experiment Setup 4 Methodology 4.1 NFTs Transaction Network 4.2 NFTs Bubble Prediction 5 Discussion and Conclusions, and References 2. RELATED WORKS Graph analysis of Blockchain networks. Several works … Read more

NFT Ownership Is Decentralized and Follows a Zipfian Distribution

:::info Author: (1) Prakhyat Khati, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewa, Saskatoon, Canada (khati.prakhyat@usask.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Datasets and Experiment Setup 4 Methodology 4.1 NFTs Transaction Network 4.2 NFTs Bubble Prediction 5 Discussion and Conclusions, and References 4. METHODOLOGY Our whole analysis is based on the NFTs … Read more