2025-03-27
While You're Churning Out Studio Ghibli Selfies With OpenAI, Remember That Hayao Miyazaki Called AI Art "Disgusting" and an "Insult to Life Itself"
The internet has been flooded with pictures that were turned into AI-generated creations inspired by animation and filmmaking legend Hayao Miyazaki's work at Studio Ghibli, with the help of OpenAI's...
Can Early-Stage Tokens Survive the Liquidity Crunch? WOO X Dives Into the Challenge
WOO X tackles liquidity squeeze for early-stage tokens with Swap Spotlight, offering traders access to curated assets amid rising market volatility.
Youāll Never Guess Which Recent DF Article Was āFlaggedā at Hacker News
āFlaggingā isnāt what I was writing about yesterday, with regard to Daring Fireballās unexplained ghosting at Hacker News in recent years. If you look at the list of recent DF...
Cryptocurrency Economics: Token Distribution, Ownership, and Market Decentralization
Tokenomics plays a crucial role in blockchain decentralization. Initial distribution models, token ownership concentration, and secondary markets influence system security, stability, and accessibility.
Can Blockchain Stay Fair for the Long Haul?
Blockchain consensus mechanisms face centralization risks from mining pools, validators, and MEV attacks. Proposer-builder separation aims to reduce manipulation, but challenges remain in both PoW and PoS models, particularly in...
Eclipse Attacks, Network Clusters & DNS Seeding
Blockchain networks rely on P2P structures for decentralization, but centralization risks in network topology and node bootstrapping introduce safety, liveness, and privacy vulnerabilities. Solutions like diverse peer discovery and Byzantine...
Blockchainās Single Point of Failure? The Software Running It
Blockchain software decentralization impacts security and stability. Overreliance on a few full node implementations risks systemic failures, while wallet vulnerabilities can lead to asset loss or theft. Diverse implementations and...
SoK: A Stratified Approach to Blockchain Decentralization
This paper introduces a structured methodology to measure blockchain decentralization across multiple layers, assessing risks to security, governance, and stability. It defines the Minimum Decentralization Test (MDT) to determine whether...
Blockchainās Hardware Problem
Blockchain hardware decentralization is influenced by the shift from generic to specialized machines (ASICs in PoW) and the growing reliance on cloud providers in PoS. While specialization boosts efficiency, it...
Why the Blockchain Might Not Be As Decentralized as You Think
This paper introduces a methodology for assessing blockchain decentralization across 8 layers, highlighting risks tied to centralization and applying a Minimum Decentralization Test (MDT) to Bitcoin. It explores decentralization's impact...
Ihor Melnytskyi Said No to Appleāand Built His Own Empire
From coding at age 10 to founding Yoka-Soft and FOOJ Innovation Corp., Ihor Melnytskyi built a global tech brand through grit, creativity, and vision. After being invited to join Apple...
A Submarine Full of Tourists Is Missing
Yet another submarine has gone missing ā and this time, it's not headed to visit the wreck of the Titanic in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. A vessel with...
Ultimate Guide to AI Prototyping Tools (Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0)
Here's what you need to know to use these tools in a forward-thinking product development process
Ahead of the Curve: How Ashok Gudibandla Changed Cloud Workflow Automation
Ashok Gudibandla built Automate.io into a powerful cloud workflow automation tool with 200 integrations and 4,000+ clients, before selling it to Notion in 2021. Learning from past failures, he used...
Top Best 7 Tested Strategies for Micro and Nano Influencers to Grow Their Instagram Following
Discover 7 tested strategies for micro and nano influencers to grow Instagram followings by up to 300%. From using Reels and analytics to community building and smart collaborations, each tactic...
Sam Altman Whines That When You Become a Billionaire, "Everyone Hates You For Everything"
Sam Altman ā the Stanford University dropout turned VC-backed tech billionaire ā just can't catch a break. Though the 39 year old startup tycoon has multi-million dollaar mansions in Hawaii,...
G2 Names INE 2025 Cybersecurity Training Leader
INE is the recipient of twelve badges in G2ās Spring 2025 Report. The badges highlight INE's superior performance relative to competitors. āINE solves the problem of accessible, hands-on security training...
Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is āInsult to Life Itself,ā Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI
The internet is flooded with AI-generated images in the style of Studio Ghibli, whose founder said āI would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.ā
Usha Vance Posted a Video and People Spotted Something Absolutely Wild on a Shelf in the Background
In an Instagram video discussing an upcoming trip to Greenland, second lady Usha Vance was spotted sitting in front of a shelf that featured a decidedly non-conservative book about climate...
BYDFiās 5th Anniversary Launches MoonX at Paris Blockchain Week 2025, Sparking the Web3 Era
BYDFi is an official sponsor of Paris Blockchain Week (PBW) 2025. The premier European Web3 event will take place from April 8 to 10, 2025, at the Carrousel du Louvre...
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