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Polymer, an Ethereum rollup, has launched the Polyverse Testnet to improve blockchain interoperability. The three-phase testnet aims to encourage developers to bring liquidity onto the testnet from other rollups and build decentralized apps for end users. Not merely a third-party bridge, Polymer will serve as an ‘interoperability hub’ between Cosmos and Ethereum ecosystems.
This whitepaper from the Scroll team discusses the development of a new parallel zero-knowledge Virtual Machine framework. Instead of constant-sized circuits, the design leverages dynamic and data-parallel circuits to improve efficiency. It groups identical operations, allowing proof generation to occur simultaneously, reducing overhead.
Part 2 of the ‘State of Wallets’ report goes over Account Abstraction (AA), which has the ability to greatly improve the UX for wallet users. One big improvement AA offers is gasless sponsored transactions, so users do not have to fund wallets with ETH to get started. Additionally, AA standardizes the ability to bundle transactions, making it easier to chain different functionalities together. AA also allows users to sign transactions with passkeys on Apple or Google devices.
This thread provides ten tips for people going through their first cycle: reduce leverage exposure, have more exposure to cryptocurrencies, understand the power of narratives, don't chase sudden surges, avoid memecoins, separate project quality from token value, prioritize survival, minimize overtrading, be cautious with yield farming, and take profits.
Involving individuals in "information games" could potentially result in data monetization through crypto. Advancements in blockchain technology allow trust to be decentralized, fostering crypto-powered information games that improve decision-making and efficiency. This experimental approach could revolutionize how we manage and commercially benefit from information.
This article offers an insider's perspective on market manipulation, specifically in the crypto markets and with a focus on the phenomenon of 'Whale Watching.' It explores the role of influential or wealthy market manipulators, known as 'whales,' who cause significant market movements. The article lays out the various stages of market manipulation, including building positions, suppressing prices, testing, and implementing pump-and-dump strategies.
The SEC and ShapeShift have settled charges for operating an unregistered exchange and listing cryptocurrencies the SEC deemed securities.
This post provides a good overview of what has been going on at ETH Denver over the past few days, focusing especially on some of the most talked about memecoins.
Do Kwon's extradition to the U.S. over Terra's collapse is uncertain after a Montenegro court ordered a retrial.
Osprey Funds is seeking to sell or merge its bitcoin trust to avoid liquidation as its shares are trading below bitcoin's value.
In 2026, the European New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) will require physical controls in cars for them to earn a five-star rating. The maximum safety rating will only be given to vehicles with physical buttons, dials, or stalks for hazard warning lights, indicators, windscreen wipers, SOS calls, and horns. Despite increasing complaints, manufacturers like Tesla and Volkswagen keep pushing touch-sensitive interfaces for basic vehicle controls, mainly because they're more cost-efficient.
Two DeepMind alumni, Yishu Miao and Ziyu Wang, have released a video-generation tool called Haiper. Apart from generating video from text prompts, Haiper lets users animate images and repaint videos. The tool will soon offer video extensions. Haiper has raised $13.8 million in a seed round led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from 5Y Capital.
Deutsche Telekom recently unveiled its Concept T project, which shows consumers what the future of communications may look like using advanced technology. Concept View lets users make video calls and interact with other digital activities using a holographic virtual assistant, Emma. With Concept Level, users can re-configure their routers using a variety of interchangeable modular elements designed in geometric shapes to look more like a sculpture than a router. Concept Buddy is an AI-based digital assistant companion that provides reminders, assists with calls, makes online purchases, and helps with other tasks.
Jakob Nielsen thinks that accessibility is too expensive and claims that the accessibility movement has been a miserable failure. His ideas are causing further harm: he’s telling companies they’re right not to invest in accessibility, failing to mention that a lack of training or understanding of digital accessibility contributes to perceived failure.
Inclusive design makes digital content accessible and usable by as many people as possible, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. Designers should keep layouts simple to help screen readers read in the correct order, use built-in heading styles and plain language, include captions for videos, provide descriptions for images, and support text resizing up to 200%.
Design systems are stable and sufficient core libraries of assets, docs, tools, and practices for designers and developers. A system and its adopters may live with it for years, so everyone must understand what it is, why it was made, and the scale of the effort and reward that went into each generation of the system.
Framer components inspired by Dieter Rams’ design principles.
AI-powered image, icon, and copy generator plugin for Figma.
This Tailwind CSS UI Kit simplifies the building of beautiful responsive web applications.
Dark mode has evolved into an essential aspect of web design. AI empowers designers to focus on more creative and strategic aspects of design. AR has the potential to increase user engagement and conversion rates dramatically. Minimalism and maximalism capture users’ attention in different ways, and both are here to stay.
Design Engineers are naturals at design infrastructure — the underlying tools and systems that scale design. We are navigating what seems to be a tech paradigm shift with LLMs, AI applications, and multi-device experiences. Design Engineers will be this decade’s Data Scientists.
In F.C. Variable, Rob en Robin combined illustration and variable fonts to allow users to tweak the shape and size of a goalpost via sliders. Using a program intended to create fonts, the pair designed illustrations instead, keeping the same amount of control variable fonts offer. You can see the result on the project's page and manipulate it live.
The reason sliders are bad UX isn't just that your finger covers up the values. Controlling them is hard - their values can't be clearly labeled, they're hard to squeeze on small screens, and they have an upper limit.
In his work, Ukrainian artist Denis Gonchar weaves a tapestry of visual storytelling inspired by his homeland's folklore, mythology, and history. A cultural ambassador for Ukraine, Gonchar represents creativity, innovation, and pride in culture.
Relying solely on generative AI for accessible front-end design is impractical and undesirable due to AI's lack of human nuance, potential for incorrect or inaccessible code, false authority, and hindrance to innovation in accessible design.
Deel, a $12 billion HR startup, has acquired PaySpace, a payroll and HR company based in Africa, to strengthen its global payroll capabilities and expand its presence in Africa. The acquisition, which is one of Deel's largest to date, comes shortly after Deel purchased Zavvy, a Munich-based AI "people development" startup. Alongside this acquisition, Deel announced it had reached $500 million in ARR, up from $290 million at the end of the previous year.
So far, the larger the AI model, the better its performance. However, we are now observing a trend where all models, regardless of size, are gradually converging towards the same performance level. This could potentially lead to the commoditization of the infrastructure layer. The question then arises: how can model providers continue to differentiate themselves?
Hardened by their experiences navigating 2022 and 2023, a16z contends that this is the year for growth-stage companies to excel. They have assessed 77 US-based companies founded after 2000, each with a market cap exceeding $5 billion. By looking at the data, they've highlighted the factors that contribute to greatness and why we might see a shift back towards rapid growth over efficiency.
Creating an outstanding first-time user experience is vital for product adoption and user retention. This guide presents 10 key strategies for successful user onboarding. It highlights the significance of comprehending users' needs, quickly directing users to the core value, and tailoring the journey to help users achieve their 'Aha' moment.
Jeanette Mellinger, BetterUp's Head of User Experience Research (UXR), presents her straightforward three-step playbook for early-stage customer discovery so founders can build something users want. Her recommendations include creating a structured research plan before initiating customer interviews, enhancing questioning skills, and ensuring accurate data analysis.
Embrace the trend of “forever lean startups” - these businesses strive for growth and efficiency by utilizing AI tools and global talent, automating and outsourcing wherever possible. They maintain minimal fixed costs and no more than 10 employees, staying agile. Could this be the new era of start-ups?
$100K, 6-week fellowship program with the backing of the Soma Capital ecosystem.
Collect outstanding invoices with AI.
Easy travel and expense policy template for start-ups.
Here's a growth strategy to learn from: Monday.com's rapid growth in the competitive enterprise software market, driven by an exceptional product, a land-and-expand strategy, and continuous innovation. How can you apply these strategies to create your own $150B niche?
In a world where SaaS products are increasingly alike, cultivating a robust user community and personal "presence" is an effective way to differentiate. Companies such as Figma and Notion, which prioritized building engaged communities early on, have reaped significant benefits including easier onboarding, valuable product feedback, and loyal customers. The most successful software companies in the future will be those that place community at the core of their operations.
Claire Hughes Johnson, who currently serves as a corporate officer and advisor for Stripe, shares a straightforward tactic for handling requests. Regardless of whether it's a simple task or a request to speak on a panel, her method helps prevent you from impulsively saying “yes” and robbing yourself of your time.
Most new AI products must adapt to work with existing systems. Those who excel in this area may secure a competitive edge.
Founders should take note: even Google, the search giant, recognizes the need for authentic, human-generated content in a world saturated with AI. Its $60 million deal with Reddit leverages user signals such as upvotes to bring forward trustworthy information that people desire.
Avoid undervaluing your product and consider redefining its category and context to justify price increases as it improves and becomes more valuable over time.
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Cloud attacks are fast, and operating in the cloud securely requires a new mindset. Sysdig has introduced the 5/5/5 Benchmark for Cloud Detection and Response [6] as a new standard for incident response: 5 seconds to detect, 5 minutes triage, and 5 minutes to respond. To meet this benchmark, security teams need to focus on what’s happening right now — deployed applications — not only pre-delivery scanning. Runtime Insights [5] are key to identifying in-use [5] packages, configs, permissions, and network connections that pose an active risk.
New research shows that over 225,000 logs containing compromised OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were sold on underground markets between January and October 2023. The data came from devices infected with information stealer malware like LummaC2 and RedLine. Over 130,000 unique hosts with ChatGPT access were infiltrated during June-October alone, a 36% rise from earlier 2023.
Some of American Express' customers' credit card data was exposed after a merchant processor was hacked. American Express itself was not breached. The breach at the third-party service provider led to unauthorized access to customers' account numbers, names, and card expiration dates. It is unclear how many customers were impacted.
JetBrains has advised users to urgently patch two vulnerabilities in TeamCity servers. The less severe vulnerability allows unauthenticated users to obtain a limited amount of information disclosure and modification while the more severe vulnerability allows for a total server compromise. Cloud instances have been patched and show no evidence of exploitation.
Researchers created a computer worm called Morris II that targets AI-powered applications by using adversarial self-replicating prompts. They demonstrated it against AI email assistants for spamming and data exfiltration across different models and input types. The worm replicates itself through prompts that make AI models engage in malicious activities and propagation.
An in-depth guide on different types of Prompt Injection attacks. The guide also includes real-world examples of some attacks, best practices for preventing prompt injection, and tools that can aid in defending against prompt injection.
A guided tutorial on adding a new service detection to nmap. It walks through the process of cloning nmap, understanding the OPC UA specification, writing a script to capture the relevant probe, and adding the probe to nmap. It also includes details for testing and contributing the change to the official nmap project.
Cloudflare is launching Firewall for AI, a protection layer to identify abuses against large language models before they reach the models. It will include features like rate limiting, sensitive data detection, and prompt validation to detect exploits and data extraction attempts, leveraging Cloudflare's network to protect users and LLMs.
Logging Made Easy (LME) is a no-cost and open logging and protective monitoring solution.
A free service that allows users to subscribe to TlS certificate expiry notifications via RSS. No sign-up is required and notifications are generated at 30 days, 7 days, and 1 day until expiration.