Author: Vidya Saras

UK inflation jumped to 3% in January, up from 2.5% in December, driven by rising food costs, higher air fares and an increase in private school fees. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), this is the fastest pace of price growth in 10 months. Grocery staples such as meat, eggs, cereals and butter have become noticeably more expensive, with items like olive oil and lamb soaring by 17% and 16% respectively over the past year. Meanwhile, many households are bracing for further increases, as energy, water and council tax bills are all set to rise in April. Higher…

Follow Frank on X. The news of USDT (Tether) coming to Bitcoin and Lightning via Taproot Assets has been met with various reactions.Some believe it’s good for Bitcoin (most, actually, based on a small survey I conducted on X; yes, I know the sample size isn’t large enough for the results to be significant. I’M SHARING IT ANYWAY), while others aren’t so enthused about it.Tether (USDT) on Bitcoin and Lightning is:(Please share why in the comments and please RT after you vote.)— Frank Corva (@frankcorva) February 13, 2025 “Others” includes me — I’m not so enthused about it.That said, I’ve tried…

A recent technical analysis of Dogecoin’s price chart on the weekly candlestick timeframe has revealed a compelling outlook for the meme coin’s long-term trajectory. According to the analyst, Dogecoin is currently the only meme coin capable of delivering a 5-10x return. The prediction is rooted in the analysis of Dogecoin price action using the Elliott Wave theory, with a detailed count of impulse waves indicating that the meme coin is currently in a significant macro uptrend phase. Dogecoin’s Fifth Impulse Wave And Its Sub-Wave Structure This Elliott Waves technical analysis, which was noted on social media platform X by crypto…

Ryuta Aoki Ryuta is an artist, artistic director, conceptual designer, system architect, software engineer, entrepreneur, and social sculptor based in Tokyo. Ryuta describes his Learning Artifact, SOTOROJI, as part of a series of spatial devices that lead from the ordinary to the extraordinary, utilizing the modern social affordance of “seeing a QR code and scanning it with a camera,” just as soto-roji (the outer garden) in the Japanese tea ceremony serves as a space leading to a world of profound subtlety. SOTOROJI was featured as an art piece at the Devcon venue, viewed by thousands of attendees.

OpenSea has announced a suspension of XP rewards for bidding and listing NFTs, following criticism that the system was being exploited for high-frequency trading.The XP system, introduced as part of the OS2 update, was designed to incentivise marketplace activity ahead of the upcoming $SEA token airdrop. However, traders quickly found ways to accumulate XP through rapid, low-cost transactions.The pause comes after community members argued that OpenSea’s approach encouraged speculation over long-term participation. In response, OpenSea has announced a pause on XP rewards for bidding and listing whilst it reassesses its approach. Source: Devin Finzer (X)What has been OpenSea’s response?In a…

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Last September, Mira Murati unexpectedly left her job as chief technology officer of OpenAI, saying, “I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration.” The rumor in Silicon Valley was that she was stepping down to start her own company. Today she announced that indeed she is the CEO of a new public benefit corporation called Thinking Machines Lab. Its mission is to develop top-notch AI with an eye toward making it useful and accessible.Murati believes there’s a serious gap between rapidly advancing AI and the public’s understanding of the technology. Even sophisticated scientists don’t have…

Activism / February 18, 2025 Faced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack. Ad Policy Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer looks on during a news conference at the Capitol on February 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / AP Photo) A relative of mine—an older gent with a penchant for salty language—yelled over the phone at me in frustration, “Where are the damn cojones in the Democratic Party?” His use of language aside, this argument—that the Democrats are not raising…

In the realm of artificial intelligence, enabling Large Language Models (LLMs) to navigate and interact with graphical user interfaces (GUIs) has been a notable challenge. While LLMs are adept at processing textual data, they often encounter difficulties when interpreting visual elements like icons, buttons, and menus. This limitation restricts their effectiveness in tasks that require seamless interaction with software interfaces, which are predominantly visual. To address this issue, Microsoft has introduced OmniParser V2, a tool designed to enhance the GUI comprehension capabilities of LLMs. OmniParser V2 converts UI screenshots into structured, machine-readable data, enabling LLMs to understand and interact with…

Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores. An image from one Chinese phishing group’s Telegram channel shows various toll road phish kits available. If you own a mobile phone,…