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India added over 4.7 million developers to platforms like GitHub last year, outpacing global peers. In 2024 alone, the country contributed 17% of all new Web3 developers worldwide. Indian Web3 founders raised $564 million in 2024—a 109% increase over the previous year.

The tokenized U.S. Treasury bond market has surged past $4 billion, attracting institutional capital with 4.2% APY returns. This shift could divert liquidity from crypto, threatening DeFi yields and stablecoin demand. However, RWA tokenization is inevitable, and crypto-native projects must adapt by integrating tokenized bonds or risk losing market share to traditional finance giants like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton. The coming months will determine...

Auto layout is the standard way to position and size UI elements in iOS apps. It’s flexible, powerful, and great for handling different screen sizes. But when your interface has dynamically adjusting elements (like labels resizing based on content) Auto layout can introduce noticeable performance issues. Instead of relying on Auto layout, you calculate and set frames explicitly.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique digital assets that represent ownership of a specific item, piece of content or collectible on the blockchain. Unlike cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, which are interchangeable, NFTs are unique. This means that no two N FTs are exactly the same, even if they are both part of the same collection. Each NFT has a distinct identity and metadata recorded on the....

TikTok has unveiled Lynx, an exciting new approach to cross-platform app development that's already powering major features.

Hugging Face is a company that provides tools and platforms for building machine learning applications. We’ll explore what Hugging Face offers, how to use its resources, and how it’s transforming the field of artificial intelligence.

ChatGPT 4.5 is a new version of the popular AI chat program. It has been touted as having a higher empathy quotient than previous versions. This article compares v4.5 to other versions of CharGPT and Cluade Sonnet 3.7 using a real EQ test, applied empathy tests, and some dialog assessments. ChatGPT v4.5 does not do well, particularly given its cost.

Yescoin has announced its anticipated public sale, hosted exclusively on the __Yescoin Foundation website(https://yescoin.foundation/) on March 11 at 17.00 UTC. With a public sale valuation set at 35 million FDV, Yescoin is set to redefine how blockchain technology delivers tangible value to everyday users.

The concept of sovereignty has traditionally been tied to land, borders, and governmental authority. Web3 fundamentally re-imagines this paradigm.

Twitter/X had a massive outage on Monday morning EST, with spikes surging. Elon Musk claimed this was due to a “massive cyberattack" against X. Media skepticism is rife, citing the lack of evidence and Elon's track record.

Price discovery is a dynamic, experimental process, and crypto markets—particularly through auctions—are a powerful mechanism for this discovery.

Our brain likes to work efficiently, to spend less effort on achieving maximum results. To prevent your brain from slacking off, to motivate it for work, you have to convince it that the goal is important. For example, you can set the timer for 27 minutes to let your brain gather info and start working.

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In the evaluation, we sought to investigate whether our technique is effective and efficient in finding bugs for XPath expression processors.

In this section, we outline how we generate XML documents (step 1), which we do not consider part of our core contribution.

Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS’s website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed.

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election marked a major turning point for the crypto industry. Trump promised to dismiss SEC Chair Gary Gensler once he took office. He also established a Working Group on Digital Asset Markets.

This article explores why existing storage solutions like Ethereum Swarm may be a better alternative for transaction data storage.

Aleph Cloud is a decentralized solution that’s changing how data and computing work in the blockchain ecosystem. Since 2020, Aleph.im has been powering DeFi and gaming dApps with secure, transparent infrastructure—thanks to innovations in Verifiable Random Functions (VRF) and Oracle solutions. Aleph Cloud proudly sponsors the ongoing #blockchain Writing Contest on HackerNoon.

The ongoing success of Coldware (COLD) and the practical nature of its platform offer an exciting alternative to the speculative nature of Pi Network. With Coldware, investors are looking at tangible solutions that will continue to evolve and grow, positioning it as a project to watch in 2025.

Virtual try-on technology is changing how consumers purchase clothing, cosmetics, and accessories. Virtual try-On technology is significantly improving conversion rates and reducing return rates. This article delves into how to build high-performance virtual try- on systems using WebGL.

42% of startups fail because they build something nobody wants. 80% of new products don't make it past the launch phase. Minimum Viable Product (MVP) approach isn't just a trendy buzzword, it's a survival strategy.