Author: Vidya Saras

Jerome Powell and So-Called 'Fed Independence'

fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(14, 10)) colors_a = [“gray”, “#1f77b4”, “#ff7f0e”, “#2ca02c”, “#d62728″][: len(asmd_means)] axes[0, 0].bar(list(asmd_means.keys()), list(asmd_means.values()), color=colors_a) axes[0, 0].axhline(0.1, ls=”–“, color=”red”, label=”0.10 imbalance threshold”) axes[0, 0].set_title(“Mean ASMD across covariates”) axes[0, 0].set_ylabel(“Mean ASMD”); axes[0, 0].legend() axes[0, 0].tick_params(axis=”x”, rotation=20) truth = target_df[“happiness”].mean() colors_b = [“#888”] + [“#1f77b4”, “#ff7f0e”, “#2ca02c”, “#d62728”][: len(methods)] + [“black”] axes[0, 1].bar(list(outcome_means.keys()), list(outcome_means.values()), color=colors_b[: len(outcome_means)]) axes[0, 1].axhline(truth, ls=”–“, color=”black”, label=f”truth = {truth:.2f}”) axes[0, 1].set_title(“Estimated mean happiness vs ground truth”) axes[0, 1].set_ylabel(“Mean happiness”); axes[0, 1].legend() axes[0, 1].tick_params(axis=”x”, rotation=20) w_ipw = adjusted_ipw.to_df()[“weight”].values axes[1, 0].hist(w_ipw, bins=40, color=”steelblue”, edgecolor=”white”) axes[1, 0].set_title( f”IPW weight distributionn” f”min={w_ipw.min():.2f} median={np.median(w_ipw):.2f} max={w_ipw.max():.2f}” ) axes[1, 0].set_xlabel(“weight”); axes[1,…

2. Von einer Krise zur nächsten CSOs mit schlechtem Sicherheits-Management fehlt nicht nur das vorausschauende, strategische und methodische Vorgehen. Sie tun sich außerdem schwer, potenzielle Probleme zu erkennen oder Krisen vorherzusehen. Daher verbringen schlechte Security-Manager die meiste Zeit damit, von einer Krise zur nächsten zu hecheln – und hindern somit ihr Team daran, gezielt Fortschritte zu erreichen. 3. Nur Worte statt Taten Es ist leicht, über Probleme zu reden. Viel schwieriger ist es, sie zu verstehen, die Ursachen zu analysieren, einen Plan zu ihrer Lösung zu entwickeln und diesen Plan erfolgreich umzusetzen. Schlechte Security-Manager reden nur über Probleme, aber suchen…

By Jason Miller Editor-in-Chief of Nerdspin. A lifelong fan of Marvel, Star Wars, and WWE. Also an active member of Las Vegas Film Critic Society, the Hollywood Creative Alliance, and the African-American Film… Editor-in-Chief of Nerdspin. A lifelong fan of Marvel, Star Wars, and WWE. Also an active member of Las… When it comes to memorable characters in the Star Wars universe, the villains stand out just as much as the heroes. From Sith Lords to bounty hunters, the Star Wars franchise has introduced some of the most iconic villains in film history. In this article, we’ll take a look…

There is a particular kind of dinner I have, every couple of months, in a particular kind of place, a Soho members’ club that lets you bring more than three people without an interrogation, in this case, with a particular kind of British technology founder. He is, by his late thirties, on his third successful company. He has, between them, raised something north of £180 million in venture capital. He has, currently, about 220 employees in London, with another fifty due to be hired in the coming twelve months. He has, last week, sold a further $40 million tranche of…

World Liberty Financial filed a defamation lawsuit against Tron founder Justin Sun in Florida, escalating a legal fight between the Trump family-linked crypto platform and one of its largest investors.The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, accused Sun of making false public statements about World Liberty and violating WLFI token-sale terms through alleged prohibited transfers, short-selling and straw purchases.The lawsuit also accused Sun of spreading defamatory statements surrounding the crypto platform, demanding a court-ordered retraction and compensation from the founder. Sun denied the allegations in a Monday post on X, calling the lawsuit a…

Shares of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) surged roughly 9% on Friday as Bitcoin clawed back to the $78,000 level. This movement comes just days after Executive Chairman Michael Saylor delivered a headline-grabbing keynote at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas. MSTR climbed above $180 per share during Friday’s session, building on a prior close near $165. The move tracked Bitcoin’s intraday advance, which pushed BTC to $78,961 as of Friday afternoon, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. The rally is building up a welcome reprieve for MSTR investors who have endured a brutal stretch — the stock remains down more…

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche Ethereum as a project is more than just a technology, even if technology is at its core. In the rush of creating, co-creating and debugging everything you sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture. You need stop for a second, take a step back and observe in order to fully appreciate what’s going on. The project started as an idea in Vitalik’s mind. Ethereum, has now expanded into thousands and thousands of other minds around the world, thanks to…

Apple CEO Tim Cook said on the company’s earnings call on Thursday that it could take “several months” to meet skyrocketing demand for the Mac Mini, the company’s compact but mighty, screen-free desktop computer. Cook’s remarks come after coders determined in recent months that the Mac Mini was the perfect machine for agentic AI tasks.“On the Mac Mini and Mac Studio, both of these are amazing platforms for AI and agentic tools,” Cook said on the earnings call, in response to analyst questions. “And customer adoption of that is happening faster than we expected.”The news comes amid another record-setting quarter…

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the GOP’s glee over the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights decision. Plus: Elie’s take on Musk v. Altman. Ad Policy U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.(Mark Wilson / Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday.  I’ve spent most of the last 48 hours doomscrolling through people’s reactions to the destruction of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. The people I follow most regularly have split into predictable camps. There are…