Drama at OpenWeb, as a new CEO is announced – and the founding CEO says he’s staying

OpenWeb, a New York startup whose tools help publishers engage users, has a unique problem. Its co-founding CEO reportedly won’t leave, even though it announced a new CEO. According to CTech, on Tuesday, OpenWeb’s chairman, Tim Harvey, sent an email to employees, saying he’s becoming CEO and thanking longtime CEO Nadav Shoval for his “incredible … Read more

Information Society: Idea – A, Realization – F, Total – D

There are terms and entities behind them that were once conceived as something exceptionally cool and helpful but ended up slipping into theory, bureaucracy, or oblivion. Of course, starting and winning in this lineup is “digital transformation”, which magically makes any report nauseating, any article boring, and any discussion bland. But today, I decided to … Read more

Humanize AI Text: Task Accomplished!

:::info Disclaimer: I believe the level of quality for AI-assisted writing depends fully on the skill level of its human supervisor. That’s why it’s essential to drive the process of writing and contribute actively. P.S. This article is written fully by hand. That’s what I do when I’m writing about something I’m genuinely interested in. … Read more

Daniel Jeffries Tried To Predict Bitcoin’s Future in 2017: How We Can Learn From It

A fiction author and a futurist, Daniel Jeffries is one of the most popular writers in HackerNoon’s history. At the time of publishing, his article “What Will Bitcoin Look Like in Twenty Years?” has accumulated over 170K reads and keeps going strong. However, trying his hand at prediction and divination could have been an admitted … Read more

DIA’s Lumina to Roll Out in Phases, Pioneering a Decentralized Approach to Data Management

The leading open oracle network, DIA, is taking a bold step forward in the decentralized data market with the launch of ‘Lumina.’ Lumina addresses the ongoing demand for fully decentralized, trustless data infrastructure in web3. This innovative design also enhances the utility of DIA’s native token, $DIA, by integrating it into a new system that … Read more

TEN’s Vision for a Seamless Web3 User Experience With Cais Manai

In this exclusive ‘Behind the Startup’ interview, Cais Manai, the visionary behind Obscuro Labs and TEN, takes us on a journey from his roots in investment banking to the cutting edge of Web3 innovation. Manai shares how TEN is revolutionizing the blockchain landscape by introducing crucial data access controls to the decentralized world, effectively bridging … Read more

Starting to Care About Security: The Path Ahead

In my last post, I discussed the issue of getting people to care about security, and how it’s largely due to a focus on security behaviors rather than security outcomes. In this post, I’m picking up where I left off, and will talk about… Forging a Path Forward Obviously, the point of sharing this post … Read more

What The Heck is Apache Polaris?

Introduction The Data space is almost as volatile as the AI space this year, with many players consolidating. In the summer of 2022, I wrote about The Data Table Format Wars, and the ecosystem has only gotten more interesting since then. I won’t get deep into the weeds on Data Lakes vs. Data Warehouse, etc., … Read more

Analysis of the Jante’s Law Process and Proof of Conjecture: Acknowledgements and References

:::info Authors: (1) Edward Crane, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK; (2) Stanislav Volkov, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Box 118 SE-22100, Lund, Sweden. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Preliminaries Reduction to the case of uniform geometry All original points are eventually removed, a. s. Proof of Theorem 1 … Read more

Adam Neumann’s crypto comeback company is reportedly refunding investors

In a development that will surprise few, former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann’s climate/crypto/carbon-credit startup Flowcarbon appears to be in the process of curling up to die, Forbes reported today. Buyers of its “Goddess Nature Token,” pitched as the first step in putting carbon credits on the blockchain, have reportedly been contacted about receiving refunds over … Read more

The 2024 Social Media Algorithm Update Explained

Think about it. Your interests change as you grow, but your social graph doesn’t automatically evolve. So if you’re still connected to old high school friends who post about things you don’t care about anymore, guess what? You still have to scroll past their content. It’s not your imagination. Something big has changed across all … Read more

Steam’s improved family sharing is out now for everyone

Image: The Verge Valve’s new Steam Families feature is now available for everyone following a beta launch earlier this year. With Steam Families, parents are able to share games with their families, manage parental controls for their kids, and approve requests from their kids to buy Steam games. The big improvement with Steam Families over … Read more

Amazon starts testing ads in its Rufus chatbot

Rufus, Amazon’s recently launched, shopping-focused chatbot, is getting ads soon. That’s according to a changelog published by Amazon this week (first spotted by AdWeek), which states that sponsored ads could soon start appearing in placements for Rufus users in the U.S. Ads will be shown based on Amazon search and conversational context, Amazon says, and … Read more