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FreeWP is a fork of WordPress started by a former WordPress community member. The last decent fork attempt for WordPress was ClassicPress in 2018, which started over disagreements about Gutenberg being integrated into core. WordPress itself started as a fork of the b2/cafelog project. Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress, strongly encourages anyone who disagrees with the direction WordPress is headed in to join the FreeWP fork.
Research in AI is progressing from 'thinking fast' to 'thinking slow', unlocking a new cohort of agentic applications. The focus is now shifting to the development and scaling of the reasoning layer, which could endow AI systems with deliberate reasoning, problem-solving, and cognitive operations at inference time that go beyond rapid pattern matching. This essay explores how the consolidation of the foundational LLM layer has set the stage for the race to scale higher-order reasoning and agentic capabilities, and discusses a new generation of killer apps with novel cognitive architectures and user interfaces.
The FBI created an Ethereum-based token called NexFundAI as part of an investigation into price manipulation in crypto markets. The investigation resulted in the SEC charging three market makers and nine people for allegedly engaging in schemes to boost the prices of certain crypto assets and the DOJ charging 18 people and entities for widespread fraud and manipulation in crypto markets. The DOJ reportedly secured $25 million from fraudulent proceeds that will be returned to investors.
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Google's new Quick View feature shows full cooking recipes with ingredients, photos, and step-by-step instructions within Google Search results.
TypedDicts are primarily used for creating type annotations for dictionaries.
This post dives into the design and research that went into creating Papaya, a fast and feature-complete concurrent hash table for Rust.
Zorse is a new phrase guessing game where every puzzle is a mash-up of two phrases currently only available in Canada.
A look at the story of SB 1047 from the supporting side that examines why it was vetoed and plans for the next iterations of the bill.
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Algolia AI Search API leverages advanced machine learning and natural language processing capabilities to understand what users need — enhancing the search experience, improving customer journeys, and driving conversions.
Meta shares a use case of its Llama model for medical and therapeutic benefit.
Uber's new EV-only Uber Green service is expanding to 40 cities worldwide, encouraging more environmentally friendly rides. The company is introducing a GPT-4 powered chatbot to assist drivers with EV-related queries, launching in 2025. A mentorship program for EV drivers will also provide support and incentives for transitioning drivers.
Amazon has launched AI-powered "Shopping Guides" to streamline product searches by offering tailored recommendations. These guides are integrated into Amazon's mobile platforms across 100+ product types, enhancing user decision-making with targeted insights based on customer reviews and popularity. The AI feature organizes products visually, simplifying the filtering process for users.
The Mistral team has detailed the training and architecture information for their reasonably well performing vision language model.
MLE-bench is a benchmark designed to test AI agents' abilities in machine learning engineering. By curating 75 competitions from Kaggle, the benchmark assesses skills like training models and preparing datasets.
The Modality Integration Rate (MIR) is a novel metric that assesses the quality of multi-modal pre-training in Large Vision Language Models.
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Hear Bastian Körber, Principal Product Manager at Camunda, and featured guest speaker, Dr. Bernhard Schaffrik, Principal Analyst at Forrester, discuss how to deliver an automation fabric that's flexible, robust, and intelligent [12]. This strategic approach enables humans to shine, while taking full advantage of the latest
An extremely impressive new model with open weights, code, and research report for vision and language. It matches closed models for long video understanding, which has eluded open models like Pixtral and Molmo.
IterComp is a new framework designed to improve compositional text-to-image generation by combining the strengths of various advanced diffusion models like RPG, Stable Diffusion 3, and FLUX.
MatMamba is a new architecture for sequence processing that builds on Mamba2, introducing a Matryoshka-like structure in its design. By training a single model with different granularities, it allows for the extraction of many smaller, nested submodels.
TikTok's Smart+, an AI-powered ad-buying tool that automates and optimizes ad campaigns, allows marketers to selectively use its features for enhanced ad performance. The tool aims to close the gap with Meta's Advantage+ by offering streamlined ad management and improved ROI. Early results show promising improvements in ad spend efficiency and conversion rates, positioning TikTok as a competitive player in the digital advertising space.
Researchers from GAIR and NYU have been working to understand the key algorithmic innovations that led to OpenAI's o1 model developing such strong performance. In this report, they introduce the idea of “Journey Learning” data, which when given to a model improves math performance by 8% in absolute terms.
This article discusses using an automated pipeline for data cleaning, inspired by the Minipile method, which pruned datasets to achieve significant performance results with a fraction of the original data size. By employing techniques like few-shot prompting and clustering, the approach streamlines dataset refinement for AI training, breaking traditional scaling laws by focusing on data quality over quantity. The findings suggest that foundational datasets with more refined data can optimize AI model training, reducing resource consumption while enhancing performance.
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FLORA is a new AI creative software with all the best creative AI models on one infinite canvas.
Hearst has partnered with OpenAI to license content from over 60 publications, including Esquire and Elle, for use in ChatGPT and other OpenAI products with citations and links.
Meta is introducing a Video Expansion tool to create more immersive video ads and an Image Animation feature to animate static images for Instagram Reels.
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SEC Chair Gary Gensler expressed skepticism about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin ever becoming widely used as currencies, instead viewing them as more of a store of value. He defended the SEC's aggressive enforcement actions against crypto companies, emphasizing the need for strong enforcement due to the prevalence of fraud in the crypto space, adding that existing regulations, like the Howey Test, are sufficient for overseeing the industry.
In an FBI-led investigation, three companies and fifteen individuals have been charged with fraud and market manipulation after agreeing to promote an FBI-created crypto security. The individuals and companies agreed to inflate token trading volume before selling tokens, a classic “pump and dump” scheme.
Delta introduces a “network of networks” architecture that separates execution and settlement. It uses zk-settlement and a leaderless consensus protocol to balance sovereignty and interoperability. It has a shared global state and native interoperability between “domains,” allowing for appchains and rollups to have lower barriers to entry and communication.
Uniswap Labs has introduced Unichain, an L2 blockchain optimized for DeFi on Ethereum, aimed at improving transaction speed, reducing costs, and simplifying cross-chain swaps. The platform includes innovations like near-instant transaction times, decentralized block verification, and seamless multi-chain liquidity management.
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eRPC is a proxy built for dApps and DeFi protocols [10] handling >10k/rps RPC calls to reduce costs by +60% [11] using features like caching, multiplexing, hedging, advanced failover policies and detailed monitoring — across any EVM chain.
Chain abstraction is a solution to onchain liquidity and experience fragmentation that simplifies crosschain user experiences. The CAKE Framework outlines a structured approach using Permission, Solver, and Settlement layers, with projects that implement abstraction at application, account, and blockchain levels. Despite challenges around security, standardization, and decentralization, chain abstraction promises to enhance interoperability and usability in these increasingly fragmented ecosystems.
Finality in blockchains refers to the point when a transaction becomes permanently and irreversibly part of the ledger, much like how wet concrete eventually hardens into a solid state. This article uses this analogy to explain how different blockchain systems, like Ethereum and Bitcoin, achieve finality — Ethereum through validator consensus over epochs and Bitcoin through the longest chain rule in Proof of Work, though Bitcoin never truly reaches a final, irreversible state.
World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project tied to Donald Trump and his sons, is set to raise $300 million by selling 20% of its governance token supply at a $1.5 billion valuation. The token, initially non-transferable for 12 months, will allow holders to vote on platform development, with the project's roadmap including DeFi lending, KYC integration, and fractionalizing real-world assets for digital finance.
The effectiveness of Fed rate cuts and China's stimulus in influencing the crypto market has been overstated, with the impact of global liquidity on crypto prices being less direct than for stocks. Despite some market participants expecting these factors to strongly boost crypto prices, the actual market dynamics, including capital flows between crypto and traditional Chinese stocks, suggest a more nuanced influence with ongoing corrections possible due to high leverage.
Stripe has reintroduced crypto transactions, enabling U.S. businesses to accept stablecoin payments from over 150 countries.
Google search now supports searching for .eth addresses and returns the account's associated balance.
Antonia Juliano has returned as dYdX's CEO after stepping away for six months.
Ubisoft is launching "Champions Tactics," its first web3 video game leveraging blockchain-based assets, on PC on October 23.
Headspace has introduced Ebb, a generative AI-powered chatbot designed to provide personalized support for mental health issues using motivational interviewing techniques. The chatbot has two main functions: encouraging users to reflect on events and offering app content or prompting gratitude reflections. Ebb cannot give direct mental health advice but will provide crisis hotline information if a user seems at immediate risk. Headspace is considering expanding Ebb's memory and integrating it more deeply with its professional care services to improve user experience.
YouTube is testing a revamped video player UI for its Android app that includes several relocated buttons and displays more video information. The update moves elements like the video title and channel details to new positions, adds gesture capabilities for playlist navigation, and includes a second playlist and video chapter buttons. Many Android users are dissatisfied with these changes and expressed dissatisfaction in online forums. While the interface seems more suited to larger screens, user reception has been mixed.
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is an essential event for app developers and designers. It offers insights into the company's latest software and hardware innovations and design philosophy. Traditionally exclusive to Apple's Developer website and app, WWDC sessions are now accessible on YouTube, providing global access for designers beyond the Apple ecosystem. This new repository is a significant resource for expanding UI/UX design knowledge and skills.
iOS 18.1 introduces three major AI-powered upgrades to the Photos app: Clean Up for removing unwanted objects, improved natural language search, and custom Memory movie creation. These features enhance photo editing, search accuracy, and personalized video generation, making the app more intuitive and powerful for users.