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Chaos Labs has unveiled the Edge Oracle Network, a risk-aware, decentralized oracle protocol that is the primary oracle for Solana's Jupiter Exchange. Edge integrates risk management, security, and real-time market context earlier in the data pipeline, allowing for precision during black swan events where traditional oracles often falter. Chaos Labs plans to fully decentralize the network in the coming weeks.
Token Terminal's new Discover Page simplifies data-driven crypto analysis, making it easier to identify profitable opportunities even in a down market. This thread highlights five key insights, including the growth of protocols like Base, Aave, Avalanche, and Celo, and offers guidance on how to leverage these metrics to inform investment strategies in DeFi blue chips such as Lido, Maker, and Uniswap.
Culture allows for the ideas and forms of expression to scale, reaching tens of thousands of people. Lore, branding, and imagination are used heavily in Web3 to bootstrap cultural relevance quickly. The best cultures are created organically and encourage criticism to sustain their long-term health.
Within the next two years, most crypto users will move away from browser extension wallets, adopting next-gen wallets powered by Passkeys, OAuth, and Account Abstraction.
This thread discusses the convergence of AI and crypto in terms of data centers, AI agents managing finances, and the importance of blockchain for authenticating items in a world of increasingly advanced counterfeits/deepfakes. It highlights that data centers for mining Bitcoin are among the largest globally, AI will soon facilitate personal financial transactions possibly using crypto, and blockchain's role in verifying authenticity amid rampant high-quality fakes.
This post and associated graph indicate a large increase in daily active Solana users holding zero $SOL, suggesting these are predominantly single-use wallets likely operated by bots for volume or wash trading, especially with the spike at the end of August.
Circle has announced it will be relocating its global headquarters from Boston to NYC, signaling a move to position itself at the core of Wall Street and the global economic landscape.
Pendle Finance's new Bitcoin pools are offering yields up to 45% for liquidity providers and fixed yields around 10% on Bitcoin-based tokens.
MicroStrategy continues its Bitcoin acquisition with an additional $1.11 billion purchase, bringing its total to 244,800 BTC ($14.14B).
BBC Studios has launched BBC Playback, a platform showcasing its iconic graphic design archive, including logos from shows like Tomorrow's World and the analogue test card. Officially launching on September 24, the platform celebrates BBC's design heritage and offers apparel, licensing opportunities, and creative content like articles and podcasts.
Adobe's shares dropped after it issued weaker-than-expected guidance due to rising competition and reduced demand for AI tools. While the company reported strong third-quarter earnings of $4.65 per share on $5.41 billion revenue, it struggles against economic pressures and new AI startups. Still, increased AI adoption and solid segment growth suggest future potential.
Offering real-time, GPU-powered volumetric VFX with up to 100x compression and twice the rendering speed of Unreal's SVT, Zibra AI's ZibraVDB plugin enhances visual effects for games and virtual production studios. The tool, compatible with Unreal Engine 5 and Houdini, enables film-quality effects, optimizing memory use and lowering costs.
Data-informed design blends intuition with data, helping designers evaluate decisions without relying solely on AI or metrics. It enhances UX by linking design to measurable outcomes, building business value, and persuading stakeholders. This approach ensures designers remain relevant amid uncertainties and shifts in the industry.
Apple's iPhone 16 series features a new side button called Camera Control for easy camera access and operation. The cameras have been upgraded for enhanced detail and customizability, with new styles controlled by the Camera Control.
Mockups have evolved significantly, with an expanding industry of bespoke producers offering diverse styles to showcase design work and signal insider knowledge. Particularly beneficial for early-career designers, mockups help present polished work, teach concepts like scale, and reflect the growing importance of virtual representations in the digital age.
This plugin for Figma generates unique, organic shapes with customizable points and SVG-based bézier curves, providing endless creative possibilities with a simple click.
Motiff's AI design system streamlines creation and maintenance and checks for consistency, enhancing efficiency by automating inventory, updates, and guideline adherence.
Use industry-leading UI libraries to build interactive, component-based web apps online and without coding.
Many startups fail not due to bad ideas but because of poor execution and lack of a clear product design vision. Common pitfalls include overreaching MVPs, ignoring user feedback, failing to understand market needs, and excluding experts from strategic decisions. Experienced designers help startups avoid these mistakes and guide them toward success.
Daylight Computer's DC-1 aims to revolutionize human computing by integrating technology with natural environments, promoting health and creativity. Founder Anjan Katta envisions devices that respect human physiology, prioritize wellness, and create a more humane computing experience. His plans include reimagining personal devices, enhancing real-world interactions, and fostering a balanced relationship with technology.
Visionary design involves creating innovative product solutions that address users' biggest challenges. It requires designers to embrace uncertainty, leverage user research, and apply systems thinking. Emotional intelligence, including self-awareness and empathy, is essential for fostering positive interactions and enhancing the ability to build visionary products.
The 2024 Paralympic Games showcased over 4,400 athletes, innovative adaptive designs, and inclusive fashion, elevating global visibility for disability sports through widespread broadcasts and creative design elements like unique blindfolds and medals.
This playful exploration imagines how iconic artists like Van Gogh, Picasso, and Dalí would tackle modern design challenges, blending their unique styles with contemporary branding, UX/UI, and social media campaigns.
Creative expression shouldn't be restricted to specific formats early in the design process - it is important to explore and play.
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Reflecting on life in decades rather than years can provide a more meaningful perspective on personal growth and long-term goals. By planning for the future in 10-year increments, individuals can focus on what truly matters and make intentional decisions that will have lasting impacts. This mindset encourages people to think beyond short-term achievements and instead strive for lasting legacies that will shape their lives and the world around them.
Becoming the CEO and owner of The Humphrey Group marked the beginning of a challenging yet rewarding journey for Bart Egnal, who transitioned from working within the company to leading it. Over the years, Egnal learned valuable lessons about entrepreneurship, including the importance of full commitment, focusing on profitability and cash flow, embracing self-determination, creating a positive work culture, and celebrating milestones. Despite the ongoing challenges and the absence of a finish line, Egnal finds fulfillment in building a resilient business with the support of a strong network of advisors, fellow entrepreneurs, and a dedicated team.
AI is moving into the "Agent Era," where programs will execute complex chains of actions on users' behalf. Unlike the early days when founders did things that didn't scale, AI agents will now allow companies to instantly operationalize techniques that work, providing scalable empathy and personalization. The release of OpenAI's o1 model marks the beginning of this shift, but the real excitement lies in the potential for agents who can understand context and perform tasks autonomously.
To motivate sales development representatives (SDRs) and align their incentives with business outcomes, companies can create a "pipeline club" system that rewards SDRs for generating a certain amount of open pipeline. This system can include various perks and benefits, such as priority event attendance, extra PTO, and personalized gifts, that increase as SDRs reach higher pipeline thresholds. By focusing on pipeline generation rather than just setting meetings, SDRs can be incentivized to find larger opportunities and drive business growth.
In the early stages of a startup, it's common for the first version of a product to not work as intended. Instead of getting discouraged, entrepreneurs should focus on gathering feedback from customers and using it to improve the product. By doing so, they can identify and address key issues, such as a missing feature, that can make all the difference in achieving product/market fit and driving growth.
Nick Franklin founded ChartMogul, a subscription analytics company, after identifying a gap in tools designed for subscription businesses. Despite raising $3.7 million early on, he stopped seeking additional funding after finding product-market fit, focusing instead on building a strong team and leveraging content marketing, partnerships, and sales expertise to grow the company to around $10 million in annual recurring revenue. His approach emphasizes taking risks, hiring talented individuals, and aiming to build a large, impactful business.
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Founders often underestimate the importance of expanding their product offerings, which can lead to stalled growth as market penetration increases. To avoid this, companies should prioritize developing a second major product that can double their market or more, ideally earlier than planned. This can be challenging, but failing to do so can result in slowed growth and a lengthy recovery period, even for successful companies.
Deepfake technology poses a significant threat to enterprises, particularly in the financial and media sectors, as it can be used to commit fraud, impersonate executives, and damage brand reputation. To mitigate this risk, companies are exploring various solutions, including detection tools, provenance and watermarking, and education and hygiene practices. Startups building solutions in this space must navigate challenges such as staying ahead of rapidly improving AI technology, determining the right product features and integrations, and timing their market entry strategically.
The current surge in investment for generative AI infrastructure is raising questions about potential returns and whether a bubble is forming. Industry leaders like Larry Ellison and Michael Dell emphasize the importance of AI's future applications, suggesting that while immediate enterprise deployment is limited, the technology's potential to augment human skills is vast. Despite skepticism and the current "Trough of Disillusionment" phase, significant enterprise budget shifts and technological advancements are expected to drive substantial long-term value in the AI sector.
In the VC industry, it is generally expected that a significant portion of startup investments will not yield a return, with some estimates suggesting that up to one-third of investments result in complete losses.
U.S. startups have experienced a significant slowdown in headcount growth since 2023, with new hires and departures nearly balancing each other.
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, has launched a new AI company called Safe Superintelligence (SSI), raising $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation without a product or clear plan.
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Last week, a threat actor posted credentials to an S3 bucket containing 440GB of files allegedly stolen from a Microsoft Sharepoint server belonging to Fortinet. Fortinet has confirmed that it experienced a breach due to an exposed third-party cloud-based file drive. It has stated that the breach only affects 0.3% of customers.
The North Korean Lazarus hacking group launched a campaign where it approached Python developers with a coding interview challenge. The candidates were tasked with finding and fixing bugs in a password manager application that pulled in two malicious PyPi packages that executed an obfuscated C2 payload in their __init__.py. Candidates were rushed to complete the assignment due to tight deadlines listed in the README file that may have led to them skipping some security checks.
Researchers have developed a new exploit, dubbed GAZEploit, that uses a neural network to detect Vision Pro users' passwords based on the eye movements reflected in their avatars' faces when the on-screen keyboard is pulled up. The researchers managed to achieve an 85.9% precision rate and 96.8% recall rate in their test of 30 users. Apple has fixed this vulnerability by disabling avatars while the virtual keyboard is pulled up.
This post provides a primer on finding vulnerabilities in MSI files. It begins with an overview of the MSI file format and details the tables that may be relevant. It then covers ways to enumerate MSI files and common attack vectors such as abandoned credentials, custom actions, and GUI escapes. The post also provides examples of utilizing tools to automate the procedure as well as a tool that they wrote.
Jeff Sims, a frontier AI/ML cyber researcher, shares a timeline of his research on offensive AI agents, including BlackMamba, EyeSpy, and Red Reaper. These AI systems demonstrate the potential for adversarial use of AI technology and the need for awareness in the field. Sims' research focuses on developing advanced offensive AI agents capable of self-training and targeting other AI systems.