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Financial institutions use something called a limit order book to maintain all of the transaction information for trades on their platforms. This is useful, but it usually runs on the CPU, which makes running RL on them hard. This paper talks through creating an order book that runs on the GPU written in JAX.
This study delves into the complexities of 3D face animation driven by speech, highlighting two important aspects: global factors that change how the face moves over time (composite nature) and how different parts of the face move independently based on local muscles (regional nature).
Using a pre-trained text-to-image model to edit videos produces dream-like and strange results. TokenFlow is much smoother and maintains many semantic and structural features of the original video. It almost seems to outperform Runway Gen-2.
A library for use with PyTorch that makes it easier to inspect the internals of your neural networks.
ReliTalk is a cool tech breakthrough that lets us make video avatars look natural even when you change the lighting or background. It uses a single video and the sound of your voice to create a 3D face model.
It appears that AI models were able to rapidly memorize examples from the dataset after seeing them just once. This astonishing feat contradicts most prior wisdom about neural network sample efficiency.
Doppelgangers is a new tech tool that helps figure out if two pictures that look almost the same are actually showing the same 3D object or not. It's smart enough to avoid mistakes that even people might make.
An argument that the impending technological wave, largely driven by AI, will herald a historic redistribution of power.
Kaedim, a 3D generation startup, often used human artists to make models, at one point using workers to produce the 3D design wholecloth themselves.
OpenAI will host a developer conference, OpenAI DevDay, on November 6, the company announced today.
Ark Invest and 21shares have submitted an application to the SEC for the authorization of a spot ether ETF called the ARK 21Shares Ethereum ETF. If approved, the fund would give investors direct exposure to ether on the Cboe. The SEC, which is yet to approve a spot crypto fund, recently postponed decisions on the spot Bitcoin ETF applications that were filed by several funds earlier in the summer.
The U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board has ruled that companies holding cryptocurrencies will need to start marking their crypto assets to market in 2025. This approach provides a more accurate reflection of the current values of their holdings compared to the existing method of recording historical purchase prices. These standards will not apply to NFTs, stablecoins, or wrapped tokens. Despite potential increased earnings volatility, the decision was hailed as a step forward in mainstream crypto adoption.
Story Protocol is creating an Internet-native IP infrastructure to address the antiquated IP models that have been in use for decades. Its open IP repository will enable creative Intellectual Property, like prose, images, and audio, to record their evolution, from inception, to remixes, and reuse, offering provenance and authenticity. The novel licensing module allows creators to set transparent conditions for others to use their work.
Blockchains by their very nature are not great for privacy as they provide a public ledger of all transactions. Protocols like Tornado Cash that allow people to ‘hide’ their transactions were invented to address this. Until now, these protocols have been scrutinized for enabling criminal activity like money laundering. This paper, put together by an all-star cast including Vitalik Buterin, proposes a solution to this problem. The paper’s solution would allow people to create private transactions that are provably disassociated from criminal activity.
This post provides a good overview of the history of WebAssembly. WebAssembly (Wasm), a portable binary format and compilation target for high-level programming languages, is increasingly being used in both web2 and web3 applications. It's been adopted as the execution environment for top blockchain projects and has been utilized by various sectors including e-commerce, entertainment, and software development.
This thread goes over the psychology of trading in cryptocurrency and how it is influenced by understanding individual and collective human behavior, personal bias, and maintaining a vigilant mindset. The thread warns against cognitive biases that can negatively impact decision-making. It also suggests that maintaining healthy paranoia about potential risks, both technical and human, can help traders safeguard investments.
Synthetix has launched Synthetix v3, which aims to unify its protocol across multiple chains and question past assumptions about its SNX token and its role in the ecosystem. This blog discussed the challenges of ensuring smooth and efficient cross-chain communication, which is increased particularly as the number of supported networks expands. It proposes potential solutions to these challenges, including the option of leveraging Ethereum as collateral and the creation of a separate AppChain via the Optimism superchain.
Google will update its policy to allow advertising of blockchain-based NFT games starting on September 15 as long as they don’t promote gambling. NFT casino games and related gambling activities using real-world prizes will continue to be banned. This is another step forward. Google banned all cryptocurrency-related ads in 2018, later relaxing the rule in 2021 for certain US-targeted cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets.
Unibot has partnered with OKX to give users optimal routing for swaps and deeper liquidity to help users get the best prices.
This blog explores the idea of intents in Ethereum using a mathematical framework, merging algebraic topology and mechanics, focused on defining and solving intents with models.
This article gives a summary of the comprehensive Crypto Wealth Report that was just released. It breaks down how many individuals in each wealth bracket own crypto and how many people overall do.
Former Celsius chief Alex Mashinsky's assets have been frozen amid criminal charges including securities fraud.
Google’s Lookout app is designed to help blind and low-vision users understand their surroundings. People can now also ask follow-up questions for more information about an image.
Miro has adopted a less playful typeface but is still quite friendly. Its illustrations are now less abstract and more dimensional. Miro’s signature yellow has also been tweaked.
New findings from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project revealed that major car brands fail to meet essential privacy and security standards. The latest models from BMW, Ford, Toyota, Tesla, and Subaru collect data about drivers, including race, facial expressions, weight, health information, and where they drive.
Digital products took to the extreme the need for constant improvement. A particular orchestration is needed between design, engineering, and strategy to continuously evolve a product in the right direction.
People who find ways to combine their knowledge and experience with AI-enabled tools will always have work waiting for them. Traditional design skills like attention to detail and expertise with layout and composition will always be valuable, but technical training won’t be a barrier to entry.
Tyrus started a survey with 250 illustrators worldwide to understand their pain points, which range from dealing with tricky feedback to managing client expectations. Most of the findings were related to client relationships and the collaborative process. The Airbnb Design team aimed precisely at that, providing guides, templates, and tools for mundane work so illustrators can focus on their craft.
Sometimes, design can be a matter of good vs. evil. Learn about the deceptive tactics used in websites and apps that make users do things they didn't mean.
This collection features subtle and delightful interactions from top products. Each example has a thoughtful explanation of the technique for rebuilding it and its code.
The Psychology of Design is an ever-evolving guide to crucial principles of human behavior related to user experience. A cheat sheet is also provided, covering critical aspects of the most relevant biases and heuristics involved in product usage.
Banking apps have a notoriously bad reputation when it comes to UX design. This article showcases 10 examples of banking apps before and after a redesign. Each example has a link to a detailed case study.
Typeform 2 was announced more than a year ago. The team behind the product to create beautiful and easy-to-use forms is finally ready to release the new version. It will replace Typeform 1, which is based on UX designs that are five years old.
Asimov, Jobs, Seinfeld, Oprah, Buffett, Newton, and many other greats have a common trait. Infinite devotion is about finding your passion and devoting yourself to it beyond mere discipline.
A mind-blowing guide that covers even the physiology of the eye. Explore and learn about the theory, science, and perception of color and contrast.
A tool that randomly picks accessible color combinations on every page load. Randoma11y picks two contrasting colors and shows a preview of basic UI and text, each as background and foreground.
A library of free vector and 3D illustrations that can be searched, browsed by styles, or explored by categories.
Creative work doesn't translate itself into products. You need builders excited to work with you and share the goal of providing a fantastic user experience. The key to that might be to start thinking about the developer experience.
Influencer marketing spending will rise roughly 3.5 times faster in 2023 than social ad spending will. Many influencers also now drive far more interest from younger generations than traditional entertainment stars.
YouTube will test grouping ads together on its streaming platform to provide fewer but longer ad breaks to its users. The platform will also test showing a countdown of the ad time remaining, rather than the number of ads remaining. These changes follow the addition of new CTV ad formats, such as shoppable ads.
Digital PR refers to the process of boosting brand awareness and SEO by pitching journalists and earning media coverage. The key steps include identifying campaign goals, coming up with a topic that the press would actually care about, and building and pitching the campaign.
How consumers perceive a brand is directly impacted by the appearance of your landing page. 73% of customers say they are willing to pay more for products and services that offer transparency. This guide contains 16 ways to improve transparency on pricing pages to drive conversions.
Infographics are designed to provide audiences with information in seconds. This guide covers 10 different types of infographics, which ones are best suited to what data, and 3 beginner tools to get started.
The advantages of segmentation include personalization and marketing spend optimization. Once you identify your highest-value customer segments, you can focus on retaining them and finding more like them. This guide outlines segmentation vs. buyer personas, methods for segmentation, and ways to use these insights.
The 'federated universe' is a decentralized social media network that allows users to interact with each other across different platforms, empowering creators with cross-platform followers and content.
This article highlights 7 key ingredients that make email subject lines compelling via examples from Spotify, Sephora, GameStop, and more.
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Code coverage is a metric that measures the percentage of source code your tests execute. It helps you identify areas that may lack proper testing. This article is a deep dive into the importance of code coverage in tests and four common ways to measure it: function coverage, line coverage, branch coverage, and statement coverage.