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:::info Authors: (1) Anthi Papadopoulou, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo, Gaustadalleen 23B, 0373 Oslo, Norway and Corresponding author (anthip@ifi.uio.no); (2) Pierre Lison, Norwegian Computing Center, Gaustadalleen 23A, 0373 Oslo, Norway; (3) Mark Anderson, Norwegian Computing Center, Gaustadalleen 23A, 0373 Oslo, Norway; (4) Lilja Øvrelid, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo, Gaustadalleen 23B, 0373 Oslo, … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Anthi Papadopoulou, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo, Gaustadalleen 23B, 0373 Oslo, Norway and Corresponding author (anthip@ifi.uio.no); (2) Pierre Lison, Norwegian Computing Center, Gaustadalleen 23A, 0373 Oslo, Norway; (3) Mark Anderson, Norwegian Computing Center, Gaustadalleen 23A, 0373 Oslo, Norway; (4) Lilja Øvrelid, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo, Gaustadalleen 23B, 0373 Oslo, … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Anthi Papadopoulou, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo, Gaustadalleen 23B, 0373 Oslo, Norway and Corresponding author (anthip@ifi.uio.no); (2) Pierre Lison, Norwegian Computing Center, Gaustadalleen 23A, 0373 Oslo, Norway; (3) Mark Anderson, Norwegian Computing Center, Gaustadalleen 23A, 0373 Oslo, Norway; (4) Lilja Øvrelid, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo, Gaustadalleen 23B, 0373 Oslo, … Read more

The WEEKNUM Function in Excel will return the week number for a given input date. WEEKNUM Function: A Brief The WEEKNUM function in Excel is used to return the week number from a given input date. If the input is not a valid Excel date, the function will return a #VALUE! error. It will also … Read more

The Excel NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function is used to return the number of work days between the starting dates and the ending dates, with the inclusion or exclusion of the holidays. NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function: A Brief Intro The Excel NETWORKDAYS.INTL function is used to calculate the number of working days between the starting dates and the ending dates … Read more

Picture a blockchain like your very own Pokédex: It needs entries/transactions to be verified and recorded reliably. Enter blockchain nodes—the Pokémon trainers of blockchain. Just like how Ash needs Pikachu to battle, blockchain networks need nodes to keep things running smoothly. Nodes are crucial because they verify transactions, maintain the ledger, and also secure the … Read more

DUBAI, UAE — April 28, 2025 — Trust Wallet, the world’s leading self-custody Web3 wallet trusted by over 200 million users, has launched Stablecoin Earn, a new feature that lets users deposit stablecoins and earn seamlessly with full flexibility. By integrating secure and automated onchain strategies, Trust Wallet makes earning passive rewards seamless, flexible, and … Read more

GeeFi, an innovative web3 ecosystem, is further solidifying its position as a leader in digital asset management by adding Ethereum and ERC-20 token support to the GeeFi Wallet. The company is also preparing to launch its native GeeFi (GEE) token, allowing users to earn through staking with up to 50% annual percentage returns (APRs) for … Read more

“The exhausted, depressive achievement-subject grinds itself down, so to speak. It is tired, exhausted by itself, and at war with itself.” — Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society You’re lying in bed at 1:43 a.m., your brain doing that thing where it turns into an unskippable playlist of everything you’ve ever regretted. You thought about texting … Read more

**Dubai, UAE, April 28th, 2025/Chainwire/–**Backed by Deus X Capital, Solstice will debut USX this summer alongside a native yield protocol launching with over $100M in committed TVL, bringing permissionless delta-neutral returns to Solana from day one. Solstice Labs, an onchain asset manager backed by $1 billion digital asset investment firm Deus X Capital, today announced … Read more

Dear R Systems Community, We’re excited to announce that Round 2 of the R Systems Blogbook—Chapter 1 is officially open for submissions! 🎉 This writing contest, sponsored by R Systems, offers R Systems employees a unique opportunity to share their expertise, real-world experiences, technical projects, and case studies with HackerNoon’s global community. So, if you’re … Read more

Toronto, Canada, April 28th, 2025/CyberNewsWire/–Windscribe, a globally used privacy-first VPN service, announced today that its founder, Yegor Sak, has been fully acquitted by a court in Athens, Greece, following a two-year legal battle in which Sak was personally charged in connection with an alleged internet offence by an unknown user of the service. The case … Read more

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Related Work and 2.1 Technology Convergence Approaches 2.2 Technology Convergence Measurements 2.3 Technology Convergence Models 3 Data 4 Method and 4.1 Proximity Indices 4.2 Interpolation and Fitting Data 4.3 Clustering 4.4 Forecasting 5 Results and Discussion and 5.1 Overall Results 5.2 Case Study 5.3 Limitations and Future … Read more

Zug, Switzerland, April 28th, 2025/Chainwire/–Ika, the world’s fastest parallel MPC network, set to launch on the Sui blockchain, reveals a strategic investment from Sui Foundation after recently concluding a record-setting 1.4M SUI NFT art campaign on Sui. Ika is the first sub-second MPC network, enabling zero trust interoperability between blockchains at unprecedented scale, across hundreds … Read more

In certain rooms – rooms where rulers of countries plan the future, billionaires decide what comes next, and culture quietly shifts, Gurps Rai is already there. He’s not loud. He doesn’t need to be. Rai isn’t part of the Web3 conversation – he’s beyond it. Armed with his signature black hat and black t-shirt, he’s … Read more

MCP (Meta Context Protocol), as an emerging interaction protocol, aims to achieve seamless connectivity between AI and applications, providing AI Agents with standardized interfaces to call external functions and data. In this field, Lumoz, as a significant driver and leader of Web3 infrastructure innovation, has taken the lead in shaping the MCP ecosystem. Currently, Lumoz … Read more

“AI agent” isn’t just a buzzword. It’s the future of AI. To truly live up to those expectations, these solutions must do more than just automate tasks (when you’re lucky). They need to evolve and tackle tasks like only humans can—but without the errors and way faster. ⚡️ Given that we spend most of our … Read more

Originally an NFT-focused project, iOlyWorld has since evolved into a broader Web3 gaming platform that combines blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and interactive storytelling. The next major milestone for iOlyWorld is its $IOLY Token Generation Event (TGE), scheduled for May 14, 2025. Formed by a group of passionate professionals from gaming, crypto, business, and entertainment, … Read more

The Tel Aviv-based company’s round was backed by a former executive at Microsoft, with its chief executive saying a “new class of protection designed explicitly for AI-related security risks” is needed in the intelligence age. Pillar’s technology helps enterprises build and run secure AI software, while resolving risks left by traditional DevSecOps (development, security, and … Read more

Can a Single Settlement Layer Power Rollups Across Ethereum, Solana, and Any L1? The blockchain ecosystem has long grappled with fragmentation, each layer-1 chain building its own scaling solutions, often with incompatible technologies. But what if rollups could settle on any base chain without modifying it? Dymension, a modular blockchain project, is positioning itself as … Read more

I first came across OpenWater’s technology around 2018, through a TED talk by the company’s founder, Mary Lou Jepsen. At the time, I was deeply interested in how a direct connection could be established between the human brain and computers. When it comes to brain-computer interfaces, most people probably think first of Elon Musk’s Neuralink. … Read more

By most estimates, around 65% of startups that could’ve been great end up crashing because the founders fall out. Which leads us to a logical conclusion: picking “whoever says yes” as your co-founder ain’t really a winning strategy. At least statistically. An obvious alternative is to build solo. Which can be either brilliant or disastrous … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Rafael Kuffner dos Anjos; (2) Joao Madeiras Pereira. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work and 2.1 Virtual avatars 2.2 Point cloud visualization 3 Test Design and 3.1 Setup 3.2 User Representations 3.3 Methodology 3.4 Virtual Environment and 3.5 Tasks Description 3.6 Questionnaires and 3.7 Participants 4 Results … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Rafael Kuffner dos Anjos; (2) Joao Madeiras Pereira. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work and 2.1 Virtual avatars 2.2 Point cloud visualization 3 Test Design and 3.1 Setup 3.2 User Representations 3.3 Methodology 3.4 Virtual Environment and 3.5 Tasks Description 3.6 Questionnaires and 3.7 Participants 4 Results … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Rafael Kuffner dos Anjos; (2) Joao Madeiras Pereira. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work and 2.1 Virtual avatars 2.2 Point cloud visualization 3 Test Design and 3.1 Setup 3.2 User Representations 3.3 Methodology 3.4 Virtual Environment and 3.5 Tasks Description 3.6 Questionnaires and 3.7 Participants 4 Results … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Rafael Kuffner dos Anjos; (2) Joao Madeiras Pereira. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work and 2.1 Virtual avatars 2.2 Point cloud visualization 3 Test Design and 3.1 Setup 3.2 User Representations 3.3 Methodology 3.4 Virtual Environment and 3.5 Tasks Description 3.6 Questionnaires and 3.7 Participants 4 Results … Read more

Before EIP-4844, rollups had to store their data inside Ethereum blocks using calldata, which was expensive because the data stayed on-chain permanently. This method results in high costs for storing rollup transaction data, limiting the scalability of Ethereum and rollups alike. EIP-4844 introduced blobs — a new, cheaper, and temporary way to store rollup data. … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Anh V. Vu, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Cybercrime Centre (anh.vu@cl.cam.ac.uk); (2) Alice Hutchings, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Cybercrime Centre (alice.hutchings@cl.cam.ac.uk); (3) Ross Anderson, University of Cambridge, and University of Edinburgh (ross.anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Deplatforming and the Impacts 2.1. Related Work 2.2. The Kiwi Farms Disruption … Read more

Your code shouldn’t look like alien hieroglyphics. Too many cryptic symbols make your code hard to understand and maintain. Problems with Cryptic Code Readability Cognitive overload Maintenance nightmares Debugging challenges Learning curve Unwrapped lines Hidden defects Anonymous Functions Abuse Solutions Avoid language clever hacks Prefer meaningful variable names Extract complex expressions Use language features wisely … Read more

“Dead Internet” may imply some type of massive shutdown, but that’s not exactly the theory—it’s a bit more eerie. At this point, you can likely differentiate between a bot response and a real response on social media. This will be increasingly more difficult in time, but we’ll get there. There are also some open dirty … Read more