Author: Vidya Saras

Welcome to the third installment of eth2 quick update. tldr; Harden fork choice defences in response to auditsIntroducing challenges.ethereum.orgHerumi grant for a super-fast BLS implementation Fork choice defenses This week, we hardened the defenses of the Phase 0 fork choice rule. Much of our time is spent analyzing eth2 to ensure that the system can remain stable even under adverse conditions (e.g. a large attacker, a major network outage or partition, etc). With any large engineering project, the aim is to find as many potential issues and harden against these scenarios prior to release. This is why we’ve engaged with…

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. A major breakthrough has just arrived for Bitcoin and the crypto industry from one of the most influential financial regulatory bodies in the United States. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees the country’s largest mortgage liquidity providers, has issued a directive that could change…

Otherside has announced the upcoming release of Bathroom Blitz, a fast-paced multiplayer shooter set inside the project’s original “BAYC bathroom”. The experience will go live in July and represents the platform’s first persistent, always-on virtual space.Built by Command Line using Yuga’s own Otherside Development Kit (ODK), Bathroom Blitz allows two teams of players to compete in a stylised environment designed with BAYC references. It also introduces the new Voyager XP system, which will track engagement across the platform, and will serve as a testbed for Otherside’s live service infrastructure.The announcement comes alongside several other feature rollouts, including upgraded social hubs,…

Late in 2024, a prophetic AI Agent on X named Truth Terminal dropped a full Fartcoin blueprint that included an Initial Fart Offering, and more. Late in 2024, a prophetic AI Agent on X named Truth Terminal dropped a full Fartcoin blueprint that included an Initial Fart Offering, tokenomics, a DeFi ecosystem, community-building strategy and an on-chain gas fee structure that literally toots with every transfer.  Within days, the degens made it real, minting Fartcoin on Solana, and crowning themselves the Stink Marines. A few weeks later Fartcoin’s cap rocketed past 1 billion dollars, almost catching the AI’s earlier Franken…

I found the human-AI couples by posting in relevant Reddit communities. My initial outreach hadn’t gone well. Some of the Redditors were convinced I was going to present them as weirdos. My intentions were almost the opposite. I grew interested in human-AI romantic relationships precisely because I believe they will soon be commonplace. Replika, one of the better-known apps Americans turn to for AI romance, says it has signed up more than 35 million users since its launch in 2017, and Replika is only one of dozens of options. A recent survey by researchers at Brigham Young University found that…

Brook RushtonFrom Superman to I Know What You Did Last Summer – these are the films to watch at the cinema and stream at home this month.A24EddingtonBest known as the horror auteur who chilled audiences with Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster moves on to state-of-the-nation satirical comedy with his latest film, Eddington. The title is the name of a small desert town in New Mexico where the sheriff, Joaquin Phoenix, is at loggerheads with the business-minded mayor, Pedro Pascal. Their feud has something to do with the sheriff’s wife, Emma Stone, but it spirals out of control in 2020 when…

The Supreme Court ruled from its emergency docket that the Trump administration could temporarily send immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection. Edit Ad Policy Migrants from Guatemala are deported to their country with a United States military plane at the Fort Bliss facility in El Paso, Texas on January 30, 2025.(Photo by Christian Torres / Anadolu via Getty Images) Earlier this week, the Supreme Court’s six conservative judges ruled that, while cases were proceeding in the lower courts, the Trump administration could temporarily resume its rapid deportation of immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection.…

The Rising Need for Scalable Reasoning Models in Machine Intelligence Advanced reasoning models are at the frontier of machine intelligence, especially in domains like math problem-solving and symbolic reasoning. These models are designed to perform multi-step calculations and logical deductions, often generating solutions that mirror human reasoning processes. Reinforcement learning techniques are used to improve accuracy after pretraining; however, scaling these methods while retaining efficiency remains a complex challenge. As demand increases for smaller, more resource-efficient models that still exhibit high reasoning capability, researchers are now turning to strategies that address data quality, exploration methods, and long-context generalization. Challenges in…

Two others, CVE-2024-51980 and CVE-2024-51981, enable server-side request forgery (SSRF), allowing printers to send crafted requests into internal networks they shouldn’t be talking to. In corporate environments, this could let attackers probe internal services, bypass access controls, or pivot deeper into the network. Finally, CVE-2024-51984 exposes plaintext credentials for services such as LDAP or FTP to authenticated users, offering a potential jump-off point for wider compromise. In addition to 689 models of Brother printers, scanners, and label makers, some of the vulnerabilities affect 46 Fujifilm models, 5 from Ricoh, 2 from Toshiba Tec, and 6 from Konica Minolta. Except for…

Ever wondered if you could turn back time? While we can’t literally stop the clock, there is a way that we can slow down aging. And the good news is that doing everyday, simple habits can make a big positive impact.  I keep track of my health through lab testing with Function Health. One test I recently took with them gave me a fascinating look into something called biological age. As it turns out, it’s very different from your actual age in years. My chronological age is 38, but my biological age came back as 21.7.  And of course, the…