Author: Vidya Saras

New mobile apps from the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek have remained among the top three “free” downloads for Apple and Google devices since their debut on Jan. 25, 2025. But experts caution that many of DeepSeek’s design choices — such as using hard-coded encryption keys, and sending unencrypted user and device data to Chinese companies — introduce a number of glaring security and privacy risks. Public interest in the DeepSeek AI chat apps swelled following widespread media reports that the upstart Chinese AI firm had managed to match the abilities of cutting-edge chatbots while using a fraction of…

Some actors have long, varied careers, while others become synonymous with a single, iconic role that defines their legacy. These sitcom stars delivered unforgettable performances that impacted pop culture, yet their careers remained closely tied to that one standout character. Whether it’s a beloved goofball, a snarky genius, or the heart of an ensemble cast, these actors gave it their all in roles that fans will never forget. Here are 15 sitcom stars who are mainly remembered for one defining role—ranked. 15. Nikki Cox – Tiffany Malloy (Unhappily Ever After) Touchstone Television Nikki Cox gained recognition as Tiffany Malloy, the…

Growth Watch is one of Abbott’s ongoing initiatives that help identify and combat childhood malnutrition in the Philippines. Interview by Patricia Mirasol Video editing by Jayson Mariñas

Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked on a journey that would lead him to become one…

According to data from Four.Meme, the TST test token, which has become a memecoin, has a trading volume of over $43 million.

Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images(Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)As the Oscars approach, Kate Young – the stylist who dresses Scarlett Johansson, Dakota Johnson, Margot Robbie and others – talks risk taking, intimacy, and why method dressing drives her “nuts”.On any given Oscar Sunday, Kate Young is sipping black coffee while perched in a movie star’s bedroom. “If the ceremony starts at 8pm, we’re there in the morning,” says the celebrity stylist, who has dressed Scarlett Johansson, Dakota Johnson, Margot Robbie and Selena Gomez for some of their most iconic red-carpet arrivals. “We try on the dress one last time…

Are vegetable and seed oils “toxic”?! From TikTok to bestseller lists, vegetable oils—a.k.a. “seed oils”—are a big topic right now. To be fair, folks have debated the merits of vegetable oils dating back to when they first entered the marketplace. More recently, however, with the advent of the carnivore diet, vegetable oil hate has roared back into the socials. Maybe you’ve come across posts that refer to these cooking oils as “toxic sludge,” “motor oil,” “the hateful eight,” and “the biggest cause of chronic disease that nobody knows about.” The anti-vegetable oil logic goes something like this… Animal fats have…

Community & educationAleph de VeranoCrecimiento2-week event in Buenos Aires, Argentina featuring a ZK and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) bootcamp, hackathon, demo day, and talks on DeFi, infrastructure, governance, and regulation.Community & educationAleph ZK Week3-day conference hosted during the Aleph pop-up city in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that provided a deep dive into programmable cryptography, multi-party computation (MPC), FHE, and decentralized identity systems.Community & educationAlgebraic Aspects in the Design and Cryptanalysis of Modern Symmetric Cryptography (ALPSY) 2025Research workshop that unites experts in arithmetic oriented symmetric-key primitives and their cryptanalysis to foster collaborations on significant research problems, including special sessions on Poseidon.Community &…

Hey, it’s me again—Jorge Toloza! I’m the Co-Founder and Creative Director at DDS Studio. Today, I’ve got a fun idea to share that came to me while I was messing around with p5 Brush and sketching in my notebook. We’re going to create a cool stop-motion crayon cursor effect using p5.brush.js—a neat collection of functions for p5.js that lets you draw on a canvas—plus a little bit of math magic. Let’s get started! The HTML Markup Pretty simple, right? We only need a container for the p5 canvas. CSS Styles #canvas-container { width: 100%; height: 100%; } The same goes…

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Friday, Feb. 7 will appear unusual. As it crosses the meridian shortly after 8 p.m. local standard time, it will climb so very high in the sky that from central Florida and southern Texas it will be seen overhead. For watchers in Miami or Brownsville, the moon will even pass north of the point directly overhead (the zenith).To understand why this will happen, first consider that spring will officially arrive on March 20 at 5:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, when the sun will shine directly down on the equator. Our…