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Zoë Schiffer: Emil Michael, you should turn off your views on LinkedIn because people can see when they look at your phone.Brian Barrett: Yeah, that’s a tip for Emil Michael if you’re listening. And then, if you listen to Uncanny Valley, which you should.Leah Feiger: And this is really the Trump official that’s kind of leading the war against Anthropic here. He has these deep ties to the tech world and he’s the Pentagon’s public enemy number one of anyone who’s trying to cross the Pentagon. So the fact that, one, he has not maybe the best op sec in…
Finally, someone in the administration is paying for their cruelty and incompetence. Ad Policy Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is sworn in as she testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security on March 3, 2026.(Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images) Finally, justice for little Cricket. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who boasted in her 2024 book that she shot her 14-month-old puppy for misbehaving, became the first Trump cabinet secretary fired in his second administration. She was quickly replaced by almost-certain-to-be-just-as-bad Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, but we can afford to…
In this tutorial, we explore how we use Daft as a high-performance, Python-native data engine to build an end-to-end analytical pipeline. We start by loading a real-world MNIST dataset, then progressively transform it using UDFs, feature engineering, aggregations, joins, and lazy execution. Also, we demonstrate how to seamlessly combine structured data processing, numerical computation, and machine learning. By the end, we are not just manipulating data, we are building a complete model-ready pipeline powered by Daft’s scalable execution engine. !pip -q install daft pyarrow pandas numpy scikit-learn import os os.environ[“DO_NOT_TRACK”] = “true” import numpy as np import pandas as pd…
The LeakBase cyberforum, considered one of the world’s largest online marketplaces for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools, has been seized by the US, and arrests have also been made in other countries. The US Department of Justice said Thursday that earlier this week, law enforcement agencies in 14 countries took synchronized action against the site and its 142,000 users, capturing its data and two of the domains used by the forum. Law enforcement also executed search warrants, made arrests, and conducted interviews in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the United…
Warner Bros. Pictures This article contains some spoilers for “The Bride!” The art of stunt casting, in which a very well-known public figure is given a small but significant role to play in a movie, is a delicate one due to its inherent potential. If their casting is less about their appearance and more about what their well-known visage brings to a role, then the conversation becomes about how their real-life persona blends with and contributes to the part. A great recent example is the casting of the dearly departed…
By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter PHILIPPINE INFLATION accelerated to a 13-month high in February as rising costs for rice, fuel, electricity and other utilities added pressure on household budgets, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Thursday. The consumer price index (CPI) picked up to 2.4% from 2% in January and 2.1% in February 2025. It was the fastest since January 2025, when inflation hit 2.9%. February inflation fell within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) 2.3%-3.1% forecast and matched the 2.4% median estimate in a BusinessWorld poll of 17 analysts. February also marked the second straight month that inflation stayed…
John Daghita, an alleged U.S. government contractor accused of stealing more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), was arrested last night on the island of Saint Martin in a coordinated operation between the FBI and French authorities. The arrest, confirmed via tweet by FBI Director Kash Patel, involved the French Gendarmerie’s elite tactical unit and the International Cooperation Team Serious Crime Unit. “Thanks to the International Cooperation Team Serious Crime Unit of the French Gendarmerie National in Saint Martin, and the Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale of Guadeloupe for the outstanding coordination,” Patel wrote.…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP has remained under sustained pressure as it struggles to reclaim the $1.50 level, reflecting a broader slowdown in market participation across several major altcoins. In recent weeks, price action has lacked momentum, with rebounds proving short-lived as liquidity conditions remain fragile and investor activity continues to decline. While macro uncertainty and shifting capital flows have weighed on the wider crypto market, on-chain metrics suggest that XRP is also facing a structural contraction in trading activity. A recent CryptoQuant report highlights this trend through the XRP Binance…
Kyrgyzstan’s untapped hydroelectric capacity could make it a future mining powerhouse, but its progress has been slow. The government of Kyrgyzstan collected 78.6 million soms (almost $883,000) in taxes from cryptocurrency miners in the first 11 months of 2023, according to local press reports citing the Finance Ministry. That was a dramatic rise over last year’s revenue. Tax revenue from crypto mining was volatile in Kyrgyzstan in 2023, ranging from 738,000 soms ($8,284) in February to 11.6 million soms ($130,212) in August. In November, the last month reported, receipts were flat at 7.6 million soms ($85,767) after falling from the…
Opinion (OPN) is a decentralized prediction market that allows users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events using blockchain technology. Unlike traditional prediction methods that rely on centralized oversight, Opinion provides a transparent, automated system in which market prices reflect collective probability.In this article, we will explain what Opinion (OPN) is, its stack architecture, how prediction markets work, and how to use Opinion. Additionally, we will outline the differences between Opinion and other prediction platforms, as well as the challenges and risks for traders and investors.What Is Opinion (OPN)? Opinion Crypto Project OverviewOpinion (OPN) is a blockchain-based prediction market…