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MindEye2: Shared-Subject Models Enable fMRI-To-Image With 1 Hour of Data: Single-Subject Evaluations
In this section, we show more exhaustive evaluation metrics computed for every subject individually using 40 hours and 1 hour of fine-tuning data, respectively.
How AI Agents Could Have Supercharged Pfizerâs COVID-19 Vaccine Development
AI agents are systems that can reason, act, and learn over time. They arenât just passive tools. Theyâre active collaborators. We use them in software engineering to automate code reviews,...
Reconstruction Evaluations Across Varying Amounts of Training Data: Mindeye2
Here, we present a further analysis of how model performance scales with training data.
MindEye2 Dataset: fMRI Preprocessing and Normalization
Provides further details about the fMRI dataset used in MindEye2, including preprocessing and normalization procedures.
Behind the Scenes: The Making of MindEye2
Details the contributions of each author involved in the development and research of MindEye2.
Becoming a Writer in a Hyperconnected World
All platforms are now engaging, interactive. We can collaborate everywhere. To know the best platforms for evolving, we need to reflect on how we interact with these systems. Platforms, like...
If Getting Laid-off is Bad, Wait Till You See What AI Does to Corporates
AI advancements present a bigger threat to bureaucracy corporates than it does to highly-skilled professionals.
Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot & AI Tools by Aditya Mishra
As a runner-up in R Systems BlogBook, Aditya Mishra unpacks GitHub Copilotâs impact on coding workflowsâfrom AI-powered suggestions to code quality, testing, and learning.
đ ď¸ Fixing the Decline: 5 Proven Ways to Boost Credit Card Authorization Rates
Credit card authorization failures quietly destroy revenue across the internet. Most of them aren't due to fraud. And most can be prevented. Let's walk through five strategies modern merchants use...
Firebase Studio: Everything You Need to Know About
Firebase Studio is a free, browser-based tool from Google that allows you to build full-stack web apps with AI assistance. Itâs meant to help you go from idea to deployed...
Why Blockchain Systems Use Checkpoints for Recovery and Finality
This section discusses the use of checkpoints in blockchain systems, explaining their role in reducing entry costs, providing recovery mechanisms from catastrophic failures, and addressing long-range attacks. It contrasts checkpoint...
Making Sense of Blockchain Execution and Transaction Order
This section introduces core blockchain conceptsâappend-only logs, virtual machine state, and curried transaction functionsâto explain how smart contract systems model, track, and secure state changes. It highlights differences in finality...
How Blockchain Defines âTruthâ
This section explores how blockchain systems define and compute "ground truth"âthe current stateâusing transaction order finality. It contrasts how different systems (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum, rollups) handle state representation, emphasizing the...
What Happens After You Hit âSendâ on Blockchain
This paper breaks down how blockchain systems achieve different levels of finalityâfrom simple transaction logging to full irreversibilityâusing virtual machines, consensus rules, and governance mechanisms to handle security and failure...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: This Detective Game Helps Beginners Master SQL and Database Logic (4/14/2025)
How are you, hacker? đŞ Whatâs happening in tech today, April 14, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Human Genome Project...
Inside the System That Optimizes Cross-Border Digital Currency Trading
This section details a multi-layer blockchain system where a Layer-2 rollup manages CBDC integration and routing, while Layer-3s run competing AMMs. The architecture uses EVM, ensures compliance with KYC and...
This Study Breaks Down the True Costs of CBDC Exchange
This study shows that a multi-AMM setup on Layer-2 blockchains reduces total costs of CBDC swapsâfees and price impactâcompared to Project Marianaâs single-AMM model.
What Layer-2 Rollups Mean for CBDC Trading
This section explains how Layer-2 rollups reduce costs and improve scalability for blockchain networks, and examines Project Marianaâs L1 AMM model for CBDC exchange.
A New Architecture for Cross-Border CBDC Trading
This paper proposes a multi-layer blockchain system using Layer-2 and competing Layer-3 AMMs to enable cheaper, scalable cross-border CBDC trading, outperforming Project Mariana in simulations.
"The only real moat that exists is consumer mindshare," says Friend.com CEO Avi Schiffmann
Avi Schiffmann is the Founder/CEO of Friend.com, the new AI necklace companion. Previously Avi dropped out of Harvard and founded InternetActivism.org, where he notably built a COVID tracker that over...