INTRODUCING DGEN1: THE ETHOS PHONE
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EthOS' first phone model, the dGEN1, is now available for preorder with a release in Spring 2025. The phone is about half the size of a typical iPhone. It has a second touchscreen for notifications and transaction metadata, a 3x3 LED grid for notifications and flair, and a laser. EthOS provides a li
WORLDCOIN REBRANDS AS ‘WORLD,' UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION ORB
5 days ago
Identity project Worldcoin has rebranded to ‘World' and introduced a new set of features. The company announced a more powerful Orb to verify user identities and an alternate verification form using government-issued passports. It claims that World ID Deep Face has solved deepfakes and can be used o
INTRODUCING SUPERLANE: SUPERCHAIN INTEROPERABILITY TODAY
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Superlane, a collaboration between the Velodrome DEX and Hyperlane interoperability protocol, brings interchain apps, shared liquidity, and interchain governance to OP Stack L2s. It introduces features proposed in Optimism's recent Superchain Interoperability initiative several months before its rel
POSSIBLE FUTURES FOR THE ETHEREUM PROTOCOL, PART 2: THE SURGE
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In his second post outlining Ethereum's roadmap, Vitalik Buterin focuses on how Ethereum will scale to 100,000 TPS following a rollup-centric approach. The project's primary goals are to maintain the L1's decentralization and robustness, have some L2s fully inherit Ethereum's properties, and provide
ANALYZING THE TOP CRYPTO VENTURE CAPITAL WALLETS
5 days ago
An analysis of top VC crypto wallets revealed common long-term holdings in DeFi tokens, ETH, and stablecoins. While VC investments have dropped since 2021-2022, Q2 2024 saw a 28% QoQ increase to $3.19 billion, with investors focusing on AI, infrastructure, and memecoins. VCs employ diverse strategie
ANDRE CRONJE CRITIQUES APPCHAINS
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DeFi Pioneer and Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) founder Andre Cronje believes that independent appchains suffer from high infrastructure costs, fragmented liquidity, and a lack of developer support. Opponents of this view say rollup-as-a-service providers make support easier and solutions like AggLaye
THE SECOND $100B AI COMPANY (6 MINUTE READ)
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The AI revolution is expected to propel new companies to achieve market caps of over $100 billion, with consumer AI companies likely to be among the biggest winners. The application layer of AI, where new value is being created, is still in its early stages. The next few years are expected to be key
HOW AI WEDGES WILL HELP STARTUPS OUTMANEUVER INCUMBENTS (6 MINUTE READ)
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New AI-powered products are transforming traditional industries by capturing data at the point of creation, bypassing traditional systems of record and enabling startups to grow rapidly. These 'wedge' products, often powered by LLMs, are disrupting established players in industries such as sales, in
PERMIRA COMPLETES SQUARESPACE ACQUISITION FOR $7.2B (2 MINUTE READ)
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Squarespace transitioned from a publicly traded company to private ownership after Permira, a private equity firm, acquired all remaining shares. Initially offering $44 per share, Permira increased its bid to $46.50 per share, valuing the company at approximately $7.2 billion, following recommendati
Google is restructuring its Knowledge & Information team to optimize for the Gemini era
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Google is restructuring its Knowledge & Information team to optimize for the Gemini era, moving the Gemini app team to Google DeepMind and the Assistant teams to the Platforms & Devices org.
Apple Passwords' generated strong password format
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Apple Passwords' generated strong password format uses gibberish two-syllable "words" by design to make them easier to remember and type on various keyboards while maintaining strong entropy.
OpenVMM is a modular, cross-platform, general-purpose Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) written in Rust by Microsoft.
Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI concepts we've seen
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Adobe's new AI-powered "Project Turntable" allows users to rotate 2D vector images in 3D while maintaining their original 2D appearance and shape.
1 BUG, $50K IN BOUNTIES, A ZENDESK BACKDOOR
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A 15-year-old programmer identified a critical bug in Zendesk affecting numerous Fortune 500 companies that allowed email spoofing to access sensitive company data.
TERRAFORM STACKS, HCP WAYPOINT PROMPT MIGRATION QUESTIONS
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HashiCorp's new Terraform Stacks, now in public beta, allows IT teams to manage larger, more complex infrastructure environments by grouping configurations and decoupling components like Kubernetes clusters and applications. While existing customers welcome these innovations, migrating from Terrafor
CNCF ANNOUNCES KUBEEDGE GRADUATION
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KubeEdge, an open-source edge computing project built on Kubernetes, has officially graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. It extends Kubernetes' capabilities to edge environments and has been widely adopted across industries such as transportation, energy, and smart devices, showcasi
NEW DOCKER TERRAFORM PROVIDER: AUTOMATE, SECURE, AND SCALE WITH EASE
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The Docker Terraform Provider is a new tool that automates and securely manages Docker resources using Terraform's infrastructure-as-code approach. It offers unified management, version control, and scalable solutions for teams and organizations.
FINDING VULNERABILITY VARIANTS AT SCALE
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A file format vulnerability was discovered during a security audit that affected several widely-used projects, including Chromium and Electron. This required a team to develop methods to identify similar vulnerabilities at scale across various software.
This post provides some sensible default settings for SQLite. SQLite has gained popularity recently with frameworks like Laravel defaulting to it.
AUTOMATED, STANDARDIZED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS - IN THE CLOUD OR ON YOUR LAPTOP
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No more 'works on my machine' issues or dev environment headaches with Gitpod Flex. Describe your dev-environment-as-code and streamline development workflows with Automations. Try Gitpod for free today: self-host in your cloud in under 3 minutes, or run locally with Gitpod Desktop.
Evidently is an open-source Python library for ML and LLM evaluation and observability. It helps evaluate, test, and monitor AI-powered systems and data pipelines from experimentation to production.
Defguard offers a robust and enterprise-ready VPN solution built on the fast and secure WireGuard® protocol. It features integrated multi-factor authentication, OpenID Connect SSO support, and seamless deployment via Docker or Kubernetes. Defguard was developed with Rust for enhanced performance and
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR DEVOPS AUTOMATION
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DevOps automation, particularly through Docker, improves efficiency, collaboration, and security in software development by streamlining repetitive tasks and enhancing the CI/CD pipeline. Docker's automation tools, such as Docker Image Access Management and Docker Build Cloud, help developers create
KUBERNETES ADVANCES CLOUD NATIVE DATA PROTECTION: SHARE FEEDBACK
5 days ago
The development of a Changed Block Tracking (CBT) feature in Kubernetes aims to enhance cloud-native data protection by enabling incremental backups that only transmit changed data. This new capability is entering its alpha phase. The Kubernetes community is encouraged to provide feedback to improve
META'S OPEN AI HARDWARE VISION
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Meta showcased its latest innovations in open AI hardware designs at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2024, including a new AI platform, cutting-edge rack designs, and advanced network components, to inspire collaboration and drive the future of AI infrastructure development.