AI Won’t Save Your Team—unless You Embrace Incremental Change

The pace of technology adoption and innovation continues to reshape industries, workflows, and expectations. From advancements in DevOps and artificial intelligence (AI) to increasing security concerns, organizations are under pressure to adapt to and take advantage of these technology opportunities to be successful in this dynamic environment.     Incremental Gains and the Role of AI … Read more

These Voice-first AI Projects Make You Productive Without Typing (And They’re Open Source)

It’s 2025, and voice is no longer just a feature. It’s fast becoming the interface. From whispering into your phone to barking commands at your desktop, we’re watching the return of the command line, only now it speaks and listens. This post is a curated guide to building voice-first AI projects, whether you’re just tinkering … Read more

Hackathons Are Broken. Here’s How We Fix Them.

Hackathons have shaped some of the biggest names in tech. Uniswap, Polygon, Instadapp, and even parts of Polkadot all started in hackathons. But these are outliers. The brutal truth? Most hackathon projects never make it past the weekend. And that’s not because developers aren’t brilliant or ideas aren’t solid. It’s because the hackathon system is … Read more

I Don’t Understand the Hate AI Gets In Recruiting

AI-powered tech is to recruitment what banking apps are to customers. Customers either transact on their apps or walk to the bank counter. Even my mee-maw wouldn’t choose the latter, except for complaints. AI has similarly helped recruiters eliminate many redundancies and improved the efficacy of talent acquisition processes. Recruiters now use AI to screen … Read more

What if $12 Trillion in Global Corruption Could Be Stopped by DOGE, Blockchain, and AI?

n I’m Louis Fabbi, hailing from Calgary, Alberta, and poured my best efforts into this complete thought piece on blockchain, and how it’s the antidote to government corruption. I think after many years of this developing technology it’s time to pick some horses in this race, and get aggressively creative, e.g. fixes like my coining … Read more

The Majority of Writers and Editors Today are Clueless When it Comes to Generative AI

The new winners aren’t just good writers; they’re skilled writers who are great at prompting AI Key Takeaways: The majority of writers and editors today believe they have the worst AI-proof jobs out there, and they’re clueless when it comes to applying generative AI to their stories. Freelancers have always been underpaid, and AI is … Read more

Too Much Focus on Optimization And You Just Might Give Up on 10x Returns

A few things in this world excite me as much as product, innovation, distribution, and business models. When building a company, founders, software engineers, product managers, and startup marketers often get caught in these problems when looking for growth To optimize an existing product to unlock more growth. To build a new product to unlock … Read more

Learning PenTesting Has Never Been Easier—Check Out These Free Resources for 2025

Begin Your Ethical Hacking Journey Without Shedding a Single Rupee! Well, you’re interested in PenTesting — that’s Penetration Testing — and you don’t know where to begin. Perhaps you’re a student, a computer enthusiast, or just a career changear. The best news is that in 2025, there’s never been more free information available to get … Read more

AI Can Give Voice to Sign Language, Empowering the Deaf

Introduction Communication between deaf individuals who rely on sign language and those who do not understand sign language remains a significant challenge. Globally, an estimated 466 million people have disabling hearing loss and rely on visual languages like American Sign Language (ASL) as their primary means of communication. Without an interpreter, deaf persons often face … Read more

The C Programming Myth Rabbit Hole Explained

The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had. — Eric Schmidt All too often someone, somewhere, on some forum … will lament the lack of encapsulation and isolation in the C programming language. This happens with such regularity that … Read more

Most Outages Don’t Start in Your Database — They Start in Your Cache

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things – Phil Karlton Caching is an important technique in system design and offers several benefits. With caching, you can improve the performance and availability of your system while simultaneously reducing the cost of operating your service. Caching is the Swiss army … Read more

This Might Be the Most Misunderstood Role in Web3

Hi, dear web3 enthusiasts! My name is Daria, I’m a host of the Decentralized Voices podcast, an active member of the Ethereum community and know a lot about the product, marketing, and human sides of web3. Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more posts about “lack of marketing talent” in crypto. Interesting timing: this narrative seems … Read more

Escape the Cloud: How a Decentralized Web Is Rising from the Pacific

1. Introduction Cloud computing has disrupted how we store, process, and access data by providing on-demand availability of computer system resources without direct active management by users. Traditional cloud services operate on a centralized model where data centers owned by large corporations (like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud) host and manage computing … Read more

A Pragmatic Look at 2025 Technology Trends: What You Need to Know

Every year, C-suite executives need to wade through endless forecasts to find technology that actually moves the needle. ELEKS’s tech experts have dissected predictions from Gartner, IDC, Deloitte, and KPMG to separate signal from noise. But we didn’t just compile a list—we applied our 30+ years of engineering expertise to evaluate each trend’s real deployment … Read more

Pyramid Schemes, MLM Schemes, and the Tech That Runs Both

Multi-level marketing companies sometimes face allegations of operating as pyramid schemes, in part because of how they’re structured. In both illegal pyramid schemes and legal multi-level marketing companies, sales representatives sell products or services while recruiting people to join them. These businesses have captured the zeitgeist in recent years, thanks to docuseries (LuLaRich) and podcasts … Read more

The Minimalist’s Guide to Speech-to-Text: Big Wins with Little Data

:::info Authors: (1) Frank Palma Gomez, from Boston University and the work done by him and Ramon during their internship in Google Research and Google DeepMind respectively; (2) Ramon Sanabria, The University of Edinburgh and the work done by him and Frank during their internship in Google Research and Google DeepMind respectively; (3) Yun-hsuan Sung, … Read more

Leading Smart Account Protocol ‘SAFE’ And Its Community Invited To Binance’s’ Vote To List’ Program

Safe & its global community has been invited by Binance to participate in its second ‘Vote to List’ campaign, empowering Binance users & supporters of Safe to influence token listings on the platform’s spot market.  If you have a Binance account and wish to cast your vote – Vote Safe onto Binance This opportunity highlights … Read more

Why Our Tiny Training Set Beat Giants in Cross-Lingual Speech Retrieval

:::info Authors: (1) Frank Palma Gomez, from Boston University and the work done by him and Ramon during their internship in Google Research and Google DeepMind respectively; (2) Ramon Sanabria, The University of Edinburgh and the work done by him and Frank during their internship in Google Research and Google DeepMind respectively; (3) Yun-hsuan Sung, … Read more

Extsy Officially Launches Today: A New Era Of Seamless Crypto Trading With Industry-Leading Features

London, United Kingdom, April 4th, 2025/Chainwire/–Extsy the cutting-edge cryptocurrency exchange platform, is set to transform the crypto trading experience with its official launch today. With an innovative approach to simplifying crypto trading, instant asset swaps, low fees, and user-focused features, Extsy is set to disrupt the market and aims to become a ‘top 10’ global … Read more