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Functional Isolation Forest (FIF) uses random splits in functional Hilbert space and projections onto a dictionary to isolate anomalies. Its performance heavily relies on dictionary selection, influencing its scoring and adaptability.

A partnership between technology provider Velar and investment platform DCA HQ introduces automated Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) capabilities for Bitcoin and related assets. DCA, a method long used in traditional financial markets, has gained traction in the cryptocurrency space. The integration enables automated recurring purchases of Bitcoin, Stacks, and BRC20 tokens through non-custodial infrastructure.

Fhenix has released Nitrogen, an upgraded testnet for its Layer 2 network that incorporates Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) The release marks a significant development in blockchain privacy technology, introducing new decryption capabilities. The Nitrogen testnet implements the Threshold Network as its core decryption mechanism, aimed at increasing network decentralization.

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This article highlights the key challenges Ruroc faced and the solutions they implemented. It serves as a guide for developers to build scalable e-commerce infrastructure on Magento while avoiding similar pitfalls.

Welcome to the crypto bull market of 2024–2025! Success hinges on understanding trading vs. investing. Traders focus on short-term price moves, aiming to profit from momentum, with little concern for holding crypto. Investors seek long-term growth, buying and holding assets for passive income, rewards, and compounding gains. Both strategies require commitment and differ fundamentally, so pick one and stick to it. For insights, subscribe...

A **RunLoop** helps asynchronous tasks run at the right time without blocking or interfering with the main thread. It functions as a cycle of event handling, used to schedule tasks and coordinate incoming events. The most commonly used architecture in iOS application development is the **asynchronous multi-threaded model**.

This article highlights the critical role of change management in digital transformation through Kotter’s 8-Step Model. By addressing workflow dependencies, simulating real-life processes in early hands-on testing, and implementing iterative rollouts across departments, product lines, and geographies, organizations can tackle resistance, enhance adoption, and align systems with strategic operational goals.

The concept of the "Gnosis conditional token framework" implements a codebase for tokenizing potential outcomes in prediction markets. Such markets are often referred to as information markets, idea futures, decision markets, or virtual stock markets. Essentially, they all mean the same thing. What unites them is that users bet or vote on the outcomes of various events. The main value of prediction markets is...

Predicted Outputs significantly reduce latency for model responses, especially when much of the output is known ahead of time. This feature is particularly beneficial for applications that involve regenerating text documents or code files with minor modifications. The feature appears to be a unique offering that addresses the specific need for latency reduction when regenerating content.

Word on the street is that OpenAI's working with Broadcom to develop custom chips. Written into this rumor is a message that the days of universally accessible AI may be numbered—here's why designer hardware is inevitable, how tech could use chips to chain us, and what to expect from 2025.

DeGate is thrilled to announce a major update in our product roadmap: the upcoming launch of Cross-Chain Intent Trading, a secure and seamless way to trade tokens across blockchains, including all your favourite meme coins. This feature, using proprietary technology developed by DeGate DAO, will enable traders to use their Ethereum-based USDC to trade all tokens on other chains — starting with Solana —...

In this post I demonstrate how you can implement a cache-friendly Blocked Floyd-Warshall algorithm in C# to solve all-pairs shortest path problem. Besides the implementation this post includes various algorithm optimisations (vectorisation and parallelism) and basic theory behind cache and application profiling.

A Deep Dive into Mean, Median, and Mode. We’ll discuss their strengths and weaknesses, along with practical examples using SQL and Python.

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Alelo, led by Lewis Johnson, pioneers conversational AI for education and training, focusing on healthcare with Virtual Patient Navigators and simulated learning tools. With a history of innovation, they’ve reached 500,000 learners, with exponential growth expected. Despite competition from major AI developers, Alelo's trustworthy, impactful solutions set it apart.

Meliorar was born out of a desire to help startups harness the true power of design. We use a combination of research-backed design methodology and user psychology to create intuitive digital experiences. If you believe in the power of user-centered design and want to support a passionate team of growth hackers, cast your vote for Meliorar.

AWS Athena is a serverless query service that lets you analyze large datasets directly in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. It’s cost-effective, easy to use, and scales automatically, making it ideal for data analysis without the need for infrastructure management. This guide covers its features, use cases, and optimization tips.

Atome Bakery, an online artisan bakery delivering pre-proofed sourdough bread and pastries, is nominated for HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year in Vancouver. With sustainable practices and a mission to make artisan-quality baked goods accessible, they’ve shipped nearly 10,000 boxes in under a year. Vote now to support their journey!

Checkmarx researchers uncovered a suspicious PyPI package targeting macOS users. While the package presented itself as a crypto token hunter bot, a deeper look revealed it harbored a sophisticated data-stealing payload. To gain a clearer understanding of how Meme-Token-Hunter-Bot executes its attack, we sketched out a flowchart showing each step of the malware’s process.

AnyModal is an open-source framework designed to make training multimodal LLMs easier by reducing boilerplate and simplifying the integration of diverse data types like text, images, and audio. It provides modular components for tokenization, feature encoding, and projection, allowing developers to focus on building applications without dealing with the complexities of multimodal integration. Demos include training VLMs for image captioning, LaTeX OCR, and radiology...

ERC-20’s flaws have cost users $115M due to poor error handling. Dexaran reveals the risks, challenges auditors and Ethereum to act, and advocates for ERC-223 as a secure solution.