Author: Vidya Saras

The NFT landscape is awash with tales of incredible debuts and disastrous falls – but no collection has stooped so low, only to rise like a phoenix quite like this one.That NFT collection is Pudgy Penguins.From popular outrage and the ousting of the original founders, to a revival unlike any other we’ve seen to date, Pudgy Penguins now sits as one of the most coveted NFT collections in the world. What is Pudgy Penguins, how did they achieve their comeback, and what may await them in future?Here’s our complete 2024 guide to Pudgy PenguinsWhat is Pudgy Penguins?Pudgy Penguins is a…

Ad Policy Keynote speaker Jeet Heer questions the role of fact-checking in an increasingly distrusting society at the Reimagining Political Journalism conference at Carleton University on Nov. 15, 2024. (Natasha Baldin) For this week’s podcast, I’m posting a talk I gave at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, earlier this November on how the crisis of democracy is related to the crisis of journalism. In the talk, I argue that we are living in an age where the salient political divide is not so much left/right as system/anti-system. Liberals have tried to fight anti-system politicians like Donald Trump by doubling down…

It is fairly common in public discourse for someone to announce, “I brought data to this discussion,” thus casting their own conclusions as empirical and rational. It is less common to ask: Where did the data come from? How was it collected? Why is there data about some things but not others?MIT Associate Professor Catherine D’Ignazio SM ’14 does ask those kinds of questions. A scholar with a far-reaching portfolio of work, she has a strong interest in applying data to social issues — often to help the disempowered gain access to numbers, and to help provide a fuller picture…

Standardize tagging to unify reporting As mentioned, FinOps teams are often small; as such, improving how teams access data asynchronously and communicate with a common lexicon is vital. One area worth focusing on is your tagging taxonomy, Cloudbolt’s Campos says. To truly collaborate, security and FinOps teams must come into alignment on taxonomy standardization down to the cloud workload, he says. This standardization lets both teams view the same reports, alerts, and response patterns. In Campos’ experience, organization silos first manifest in data structures, then leak into behaviors and lack of communication, often resulting in work that overlaps without knowing…

There’s a growing trend of people and organizations rejecting the unsolicited imposition of AI in their lives. In December 2023, the The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In March 2024, three authors filed a class action in California against Nvidia for allegedly training its AI platform NeMo on their copyrighted work. Two months later, the A-list actress Scarlett Johansson sent a legal letter to OpenAI when she realized its new ChatGPT voice was “eerily similar” to hers.The technology isn’t the problem here. The power dynamic is. People understand that this technology is being built on…

Adele reportedly feels “homesick” and is said to be looking to return to the UK after being “disillusioned” with Hollywood.The singer, who recently confirmed her engagement to sports agent Rich Paul, is house-hunting for a “beautiful” home in the UK.After wowing fans during her Vegas residency, Adele has announced plans to take a break from music to relax and focus on herself.Article continues below advertisementAdele Reportedly Considers Moving Back To The UKMEGAAccording to the Daily Mail, Grammy Award-winning singer Adele is seemingly tired of Hollywood and wants to move back home.A source told the news outlet that she is already…

South Korea’s Democratic Party previously pushed back against another delay, saying it was a political trick by the ruling party.

Alavida Revive Eye Cream is now in the Philippines! At their recent product launch, life technology company Lifewave International, Inc. introduced the newest addition to their Alavida Regenarating System, formulated to give special care to the skin in the eye area. Infused with copper peptides and powerful natural ingredients, Alavida Revive Eye Cream helps brighten the complexion, even skin tone, and support firmer-looking skin. Users can look forward to long-lasting hydration and the reduced appearance of fine lines and wrinkles in the eye area. Combined with the other products in the Alavida Regenerating System, a youthful glow will soon be…

Bitcoin is closing out one of its most remarkable months in history, surging over $30,000 in November and marking a renewed bullish sentiment in the market. As we look ahead to December and beyond, investors are eager to understand whether Bitcoin’s momentum can sustain itself into 2025. With macroeconomic conditions, historical trends, and on-chain data aligning in Bitcoin’s favor, let’s analyze what’s happening and what it could mean for the future.November’s Record-Breaking PerformanceNovember 2024 wasn’t just any month for Bitcoin; it was historic. Bitcoin’s price rose from around $67,000 to nearly $100,000, an approximate 50% peak-to-trough increase, making it the…

The Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program is one of the earliest and longest running programs of its kind. It was launched in 2015 and targeted the Ethereum PoW mainnet and related software. In 2020, a second Bug Bounty Program for the new Proof-of-Stake Consensus Layer was launched, running alongside the original Bug Bounty Program. The split of these programs is historic due to the way the Proof-of-Stake Consensus Layer was architected separately and in parallel to the existing Execution Layer (inside the PoW chain). Since the launch of the Beacon Chain in December of 2020, the technical architecture between the…