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The Download: AI doppelgängers in the workplace, and using lidar to measure climate disasters
—James O’Donnell Digital clones—AI models that replicate a specific person—package together a few technologies that have been around for a while now: hyperrealistic video models to match your appearance, lifelike voices based on just a couple of minutes of speech recordings, and conversational chatbots increasingly capable of holding our attention. But they’re also offering something […]
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Android Droppers Now Deliver SMS Stealers and Spyware, Not Just Banking Trojans
Sep 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malvertising Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new shift in the Android malware landscape where dropper apps, which are typically used to deliver banking trojans, to also distribute simpler malware such as SMS stealers and basic spyware. These campaigns are propagated via dropper apps masquerading as government or […]
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Binance establishes new payment entity Medá in Mexico
Key Takeaways Binance launched Medá, an IFPE entity in Mexico, backed by over $53 million to expand financial technology services. Medá aims to enhance financial inclusion and provide affordable transaction solutions for Mexican pesos within the Binance ecosystem. Share this article Binance has established a new entity in Mexico, Medá, which will operate independently as […]
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US leads $2.48 billion crypto inflow as Ethereum outshines Bitcoin in August
Global crypto investment products swung back into positive territory last week, recording $2.48 billion in net inflows after a period of withdrawals, according to CoinShares‘ weekly report. The renewed momentum lifted August’s total net inflows to $4.37 billion, pushing year-to-date commitments to $35.5 billion. James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, noted that inflows remained strong […]
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#20: “The Big ETF Shops Shut Down The Most Funds” – Meb Faber Research
We often get questions from individual investors worried about my firm closing our ETFs. To which I respond “well we’ve only closed one ETF ever (with the unfortunate ticker FAIL, why didn’t any of you warn me on that one). The firms that close the most funds are actually the big shops!” This usually surprises […]
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Gen Z and сrypto: a daily ritual
a recent Medium piece, Paying Cash in 2025? Gen Z Laughs at You, caught my attention. more than half of Gen Z already use crypto, not as a novelty, not for spectacle, but as part of their daily routines. wallets like MetaMask or Trust Wallet serve as extensions of identity. cards like WhiteBIT Nova turn […]
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Is this 1996 or 1999?
Alan Greenspan’s infamous irrational exuberance speech is a classic example of how crazy markets can always get crazier. This was the actual text from his speech at a policy dinner in December of 1996: Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other […]
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Under the hood: Exploring the AI models powering GitHub Copilot
Since its initial launch in 2021, GitHub Copilot has evolved a lot — and so have the AI models that power it. When we first announced GitHub Copilot as a technical preview, OpenAI hadn’t yet launched ChatGPT. Today, AI dominates headlines and workflows alike. Amid this rapid change, our focus has remained the same: help […]
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Open-source is for the people, by the people
August 29, 2025 Travis Oliphant, creator of NumPy and SciPy, joins Ryan to explore the development of Python as a data science tool, the evolution of these foundational libraries, and the importance of community and collaboration in open-source projects, including Travis’ current work to support sustainable open-source through the OpenTeams Incubator. Source link
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