Battle of the Algorithms: Why SGRLD Beats the Competition in GP Inference

:::info Authors: (1) Mohamed A. Abba, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (2) Brian J. Reich, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (3) Reetam Majumder, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, North Carolina State University; (4) Brandon Feng, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 … Read more

What Kind of Tech Does ‘Cop Con’ Have? Cigarrete Carton Trackers, Peacekeeper Batons, and More

Last month, thousands of police descended on San Diego for the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. As police leadership from around the world gathered to network and share insights about their work over a long weekend, nearly 700 companies and organizations set up shop in the city convention center’s cavernous … Read more

How To Delete the Mental Code That Keeps You Average

You’ve Been Trained — Not Taught Picture this: You’re in a classroom. The bell rings. You stand. March. Sit. Recite. Obey. It doesn’t matter if the building says “University” — it’s still a glorified obedience camp. Because what you thought was education was actually domestication. They didn’t teach you how to think — they trained … Read more

Global Refining Gridlocks Are the New Deterrent to War

I’m coining a term: Mutually Assured Refining Capacity (MARC)™. Unlike Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), which relies on nuclear deterrence, MARC™ binds nations through their dependence on scarce oil refineries. We can call it a working thesis, idea, or idea under development – the guard rails of energy flows, a primary way I evaluate geopolitics and … Read more

Rust 1.84.1: The Fixes That It Includes

The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.84.1. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, getting Rust 1.84.1 is as easy as: rustup update stable If you don’t have it already, you … Read more

Privacy Tech Gets an Upgrade: DPV Makes ISO-27560 Ready for Real-World Use

:::info Authors: (1) Harshvardhan J. Pandit, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, and Cybersecurity and Data Protection Group, National Standards Institute, Ireland (me@harshp.com) (2) Jan Lindquist, Privacy and Security Group, Institute for Standards, Sweden (jan@linaltec.com); (3) Georg P. Krog, Signatu AS, Oslo, Norway (georg@signatu.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Overview … Read more

Into the Dark Forest: Engineering Working DeFi Arbitrage

1. Introduction — Into the Dark Forest Late one night, Dan Robinson, a researcher at the investment firm Paradigm, saw a distress call in the Uniswap Discord channel. Someone had accidentally sent tokens worth about $12,000 not to another user, but to the Uniswap contract itself, where they seemed irretrievably lost. Robinson, however, saw a glimmer of hope. … Read more

Building Toffee: How I’m Tackling the Messy Truth About Debt, One Line of Code at a Time

In the middle of a late-night coding session, somewhere between refactoring state logic and wondering if I had over-engineered my onboarding flow again, I asked myself: Why hasn’t anyone made it easier to actually get out of debt, like, really out of it? Not just track balances. Not just make budgets. But actually guide people … Read more

The Great Privacy Comparison: ISO Standards Take on Europe’s GDPR Requirements

:::info Authors: (1) Harshvardhan J. Pandit, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, and Cybersecurity and Data Protection Group, National Standards Institute, Ireland (me@harshp.com) (2) Jan Lindquist, Privacy and Security Group, Institute for Standards, Sweden (jan@linaltec.com); (3) Georg P. Krog, Signatu AS, Oslo, Norway (georg@signatu.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Overview … Read more

New ISO Standard Revolutionizes How Organizations Track Digital Consent

:::info Authors: (1) Harshvardhan J. Pandit, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, and Cybersecurity and Data Protection Group, National Standards Institute, Ireland (me@harshp.com) (2) Jan Lindquist, Privacy and Security Group, Institute for Standards, Sweden (jan@linaltec.com); (3) Georg P. Krog, Signatu AS, Oslo, Norway (georg@signatu.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Overview … Read more

Analysis of ISO/IEC TS 27560:2023 for GDPR Compliance Using Data Privacy Vocabulary

:::info Authors: (1) Harshvardhan J. Pandit, ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, and Cybersecurity and Data Protection Group, National Standards Institute, Ireland (me@harshp.com) (2) Jan Lindquist, Privacy and Security Group, Institute for Standards, Sweden (jan@linaltec.com); (3) Georg P. Krog, Signatu AS, Oslo, Norway (georg@signatu.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Overview … Read more

New Algorithm Makes Complex Spatial Models Lightning Fast with Vecchia Magic

:::info Authors: (1) Mohamed A. Abba, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (2) Brian J. Reich, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (3) Reetam Majumder, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, North Carolina State University; (4) Brandon Feng, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 … Read more

Breaking the iid Barrier: How Stochastic Gradients Are Going Spatial

:::info Authors: (1) Mohamed A. Abba, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (2) Brian J. Reich, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (3) Reetam Majumder, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, North Carolina State University; (4) Brandon Feng, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 … Read more

How Spatial Scientists Are Solving the Gaussian Process Scaling Challenge

:::info Authors: (1) Mohamed A. Abba, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (2) Brian J. Reich, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (3) Reetam Majumder, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, North Carolina State University; (4) Brandon Feng, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 … Read more

Stochastic Gradient MCMC for Large-Scale Gaussian Process Spatial Modeling

:::info Authors: (1) Mohamed A. Abba, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (2) Brian J. Reich, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University; (3) Reetam Majumder, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, North Carolina State University; (4) Brandon Feng, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 … Read more

The TechBeat: How Generative AI Is Reshaping PR Strategy, Brand Visibility, and Media Influence in 2025 (5/31/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Finding THE Product Market Fit: Don’t Just Talk to Your Users By @hacker9075105 [ 5 Min read ] Most early-stage product … Read more

Fine-tuned GPT-3.5 Performance: Praise Component Identification Results

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Background 2.1 Effective Tutoring Practice 2.2 Feedback for Tutor Training 2.3 Sequence Labeling for Feedback Generation 2.4 Large Language Models in Education 3. Method 3.1 Dataset and 3.2 Sequence Labeling 3.3 GPT Facilitated Sequence Labeling 3.4 Metrics 4. Results 4.1 Results on RQ1 4.2 Results on RQ2 … Read more

Correlation of M-IoU with Human Judgments for Outcome-Based Praise

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Background 2.1 Effective Tutoring Practice 2.2 Feedback for Tutor Training 2.3 Sequence Labeling for Feedback Generation 2.4 Large Language Models in Education 3. Method 3.1 Dataset and 3.2 Sequence Labeling 3.3 GPT Facilitated Sequence Labeling 3.4 Metrics 4. Results 4.1 Results on RQ1 4.2 Results on RQ2 … Read more

Cited Works: AI in Education, Natural Language Processing, and Tutoring Research

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Background 2.1 Effective Tutoring Practice 2.2 Feedback for Tutor Training 2.3 Sequence Labeling for Feedback Generation 2.4 Large Language Models in Education 3. Method 3.1 Dataset and 3.2 Sequence Labeling 3.3 GPT Facilitated Sequence Labeling 3.4 Metrics 4. Results 4.1 Results on RQ1 4.2 Results on RQ2 … Read more

Zircuit Enables Non-Custodial Wallet Top-Ups For Crypto.com Visa Cards

George Town, Grand Cayman, May 30th, 2025/Chainwire/–Zircuit, the chain where innovation meets security, announced the launch of non-custodial wallet top-ups for Crypto.com Visa Cards. This new integration enables users to seamlessly fund their cards via Zircuit. Now live in the Crypto.com App, this feature allows users to connect a non-custodial wallet to their Crypto Wallet … Read more