Over the last 6 years of building ODF we’ve helped over 1,000 companies get started and raise nearly $3B — many of them finding co-founders through the community While building ODF we noticed something important: solo founders are significantly underestimated in the startup ecosystem Despite solo-founded companies like Midjourney, Vercel and ODF startups like Loyal, … Read more
From the intricate circuits of dark matter detectors to the miniature sensors embedded in wearables, Anirban Chatterjee has charted an unexpected but deeply impactful course through hardware and biomedical engineering. His mission? To make health sensing as intuitive and accessible as checking the weather. “I remember watching my grandfather struggle with bronchitis and thinking — … Read more
The announcement of new tariffs by President Donald Trump on April 9, 2025, sent shockwaves across various financial markets, including cryptocurrencies. However, Coldware (COLD) has emerged as a fighter, defying market sentiment and continuing to rise despite the broader downturn in the market. Coldware (COLD): Defying the Odds Coldware (COLD) is rapidly gaining popularity due to … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
Picture this: It’s 7:30 AM on a chaotic Tuesday. While you’re scrambling to get the kids ready for school, your AI assistant quietly reorders your coffee supply, snags a discounted Air Fryer from a lightning deal, and books a table at that impossible to get into sushi spot for date night; all without you lifting … Read more
Blockchain introduces the promise of a decentralized video games landscape where players can earn rewards, own in-game assets and have a real say in the direction of their future development. It’s a compelling promise, and yet it’s one that many gamers strongly resist. Gamers have become some of the most vocal naysayers against crypto, labeling … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
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. ## TruBit and Clapper Bring US-LATAM Payment Solutions to Maximize Earnings for Content Creators By @clapper [ 4 Min read ] Clapper, … Read more
The direction of federal vapor product regulation in the United States hangs in the balance following leadership changes within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. While many vapers and industry advocates welcome the departure of certain vocal anti-vaping officials, a sense of uncertainty prevails. Meaningful policy reform is still needed to translate President … Read more
While generative AI and LLMs dominate today’s headlines, a quieter but equally profound transformation is unfolding at the network’s edge. Edge AI agents—autonomous systems operating directly on endpoint devices—are fundamentally reshaping how we deploy intelligence. The implications for developers and architects are immediate and far-reaching. What Are Edge AI Agents? Simply put, Edge AI agents … Read more
In an increasingly cashless world, QR code payments have emerged as one of the most versatile and accessible methods for both businesses and consumers. With 94% of UK residents aged 16+ now owning a smartphone, QR payments are fast becoming a mainstream way to pay — whether you’re at a pop-up market, settling a restaurant … Read more
SeaTunnel provides a method to run the Zeta engine in cluster mode, allowing Kubernetes to locally deploy the Zeta engine for more efficient application deployment and management. In this guide, we will explore more about running the Zeta engine in cluster mode with SeaTunnel on Kubernetes and understand how to leverage the advantages of the … Read more
With the continual evolution of big data technologies, the role of data synchronization tools in enterprises has become increasingly crucial. To meet the complex and varied business demands, finding an efficient and flexible data synchronization tool is paramount. In this article, we’ll share insights from Li Hongjun, the R&D manager at JoyaData Communications, on why … Read more
Today Google released its open source agent to agent protocol, imaginatively named A2A or Agent to Agent. Since we already see a lot of momentum behind Anthropic’s MCP (Model Context Protocol), Google claimed that A2A is complementary to MCP. They even used a heart emoji to drive home the point. I’m not so sure, so … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 MindEye2 and 2.1 Shared-Subject Functional Alignment 2.2 Backbone, Diffusion Prior, & Submodules 2.3 Image Captioning and 2.4 Fine-tuning Stable Diffusion XL for unCLIP 2.5 Model Inference 3 Results and 3.1 fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction 3.2 Image Captioning 3.3 Image/Brain Retrieval and 3.4 Brain Correlation 3.5 Ablations 4 Related Work … Read more
“Layer 2 was supposed to save Ethereum. Instead, it opened a backdoor for hackers.” Everyone’s chasing low gas fees. But in crypto, cheap comes with a cost. And Layer 2 is bleeding because of it. As Layer 2 networks like Arbitrum, Optimism, and Blast exploded in popularity for their low fees and lightning-fast transactions, they … Read more
History doesn’t reward hesitation, it rewards adaptation. By Ramu BYIRINGIRO In every era, there are those who choose to see and those who are made to see. At the turn of the millennium, the internet was dismissed as a speculative bubble. And it was. The media called it overhyped. Economists, scholars, and self-proclaimed intellectuals argued … Read more
The Product and Technology team at The Markup has been busy with what we’ve lovingly called “Blacklight Summer,” and we’ve made some major updates to Blacklight, our popular real-time website privacy inspector. As of August 18, Blacklight has three new features that allow you to: Scan sites from the EU: By default, Blacklight scans from … Read more
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, April 9th, 2025/CyberNewsWire/–Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, has launched Super Transit, a cutting-edge DDoS protection and acceleration feature, designed to safeguard enterprise infrastructure while delivering lightning-fast connectivity. This comes as organizations face a 56% year-on-year increase in high-volume, complex DDoS attacks that disrupt operations, increase latency, and … Read more
In the TED Talk below, Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Inventor of Behavioral Economics, explains how our happiness is determined and sometimes distorted by what he describes as our two selves. The Way a Story Ends We must be conscious of the way a story ends in our memories. A bad ending can make our Remembering Self permanently unhappy about an otherwise very … Read more
Productivity can easily be exploited at work. Managers may ask their team to stay late, work on weekends, and prioritize work over personal commitments and other priorities in life. They may tell their team that they need to work harder, that they aren’t doing enough. They may tell them that in order to be productive, … Read more
In this edition of Behind the Startup, Ishan Pandey sits down with Badi Sudhakaran, Chief Product Officer of VALR — one of Africa’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges. In a no-holds-barred conversation, Badi shares how a spark of ambition, the right team, and bold decisions helped build VALR into a global crypto force. From product innovation to … Read more
When my startup CEO friend Michelle (who wished to remain anonymous) launched her SaaS platform in 2023, she immediately sought venture capital. It seemed like the obvious path: raise funds, grow fast, raise more. Two years later, she’s building her second startup with a completely different approach: bootstrapping. “I’m not alone,” she tells me. “A … Read more
Remember when Bitcoin was just for nerds, anarchists, and very online libertarians? Fast-forward to 2025 — the United States is sitting on $17 billion worth of confiscated Bitcoin. Trump’s calling it “Digital Fort Knox.” And no, this isn’t a sci-fi novel. It’s happening. Right now. If you still think Bitcoin is a speculative gamble, you … Read more
You don’t need expensive SEO tools to find high-ranking keywords. Most paid tools? They give everyone the same data. If a keyword shows up as “low competition” in Ahrefs or SEMrush, guess what → You’re already late to the party. I’ve ranked dozens of affiliate site with nothing but free tools, intuition, and manual digging. … Read more