🧬 Dash #Evonode are a new type of #Masternode introduced in mid-2023 for the purpose of running the Dash Platform, or Evolution or Evo for short. These Masternodes are backed with 4000 Dash and perform additional services in addition to the standard ones.
ℹ️ The two types have different compensations and at the link in first comment you can find a series of information and data about them 👇
We'll just have to see. I don't think we are going to see the same kind of fireworks in BTC that we normally do because Wall Street can control the price, whereas the last cycles were all retail driven. I think it will be a slower climb up, but I may be wrong. I am looking at April/May if we do moonshot like before. Kind of the old saying, "sell in May and go away" lol.
Yeah. I do think BTC is mostly done for the year. Sure it will rise probably, but no massive spikes.
I do think the altcoins have some explosive moves left in them though. I am focused on AI, RWA and infrastucture type stuff. Aside from $LEO of course. 😀
I am focused on PoW coins for the most part because I am building out my farm, and they also are not rug pulls like most of the vaporware out there. That being said, i am trying to find the best AI network that pays in crypto for GPU power. I would be happy to build infrastructure around that if I knew I could earn from it.
To each his/her own. I would rather have the machines to continue making more of the coin, not to mention that is how the chain is decentralized. That's the same kind of mindset about buying gold from a dealer vs being the man that goes out and digs it out of the ground and is the one selling it to the mints and dealers making the real money. Or saying it's better to buy eggs from a grocery store vs getting the hens to lay them for you.
First, I don't like buying crypto through centralized exchanges. That's how they can track you and your wallets through KYC.
Second, I earn mostly crypto. I don't earn dollars really, and what I do is in cash, so I would rather put my money into the miners and mine fresh coin.
You have to do what is best for you and your investments.
Yeah, I'm still under the opinion that we need to see BTC leg up once more (atleast 115K or more) before we see Alt season begin. Maybe I'm wrong, hoping I'm right. I would not be surprised if BTC makes people suffer a little first, but we shall see. This tight range is gonna bust one way or the other at some point.
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From my experience, even the BEST AI Coding Assistants are useless right now if you don't have programming knowledge to guide them. I mean, they eventually reach the answer, but you'll spend A LOT of money on Inference, it's much cheaper and less headache to just use a dedicated online service for whatever you want.
That could change in a few months or a year, but I doubt we'll see any good Coders that can run on a smartphone, and not require a lot of programming knowledge to guide them.
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I wonder if, based on the quantity of iterations of a specific assertion / theory (like the "Harris is the President" one), the coming AI models will recognize novel scientific approaches, that at the beginning are expressed through a tiny minority of statements on the web, or as apparent lunacies.
This is an interesting topic to discuss, yes learning what is happening in Lion's den will play a vital in the growth . Again talking about feeding digital ID, I know nothing about it.
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I would be pretty much worldwide. I am going to be using the same provider that Cake Wallet does. Not sure if it's the same providers as Bitrefill, because they have larger maximums, but with having to front money for it, I am glad there is a 100 limit, lol. I have to put up money first, then hope I sell them.
Best part of all, THEY ACCEPT CRYPTO PAYMENTS! So I don't have to go out into fiat like some of the others I have been looking at.
If you thread and blog and engage with people it's definitely worth it! I haven't counted but I'm sure I earn more than $10 from the Leo account every month. Maybe $20 or more. Not guaranteed but then there's the post boost and the longer threads. Also Your $10 goes to pumping Leo and Hive prices.
Cisco ran DeepSeek R1, an open-source AI model, through HarmBench, a brutal stress test with 50 harmful prompts. The result? It failed every single one. That’s like a security system unlocking the door every time someone knocks. This raises big concerns about how well open-source AI can handle safety risks. If even a big name like Cisco finds issues, what does that mean for the future of AI security?
Gemini's Deep Research: Your New AI Research Assistant
Gemini just dropped "Deep Research" on Android, its first agentic feature. This AI doesn’t just fetch links—it creates a step-by-step plan, searches the web, and summarizes key findings. Think of it as an AI research assistant that actually does the legwork for you. Perfect for deep dives without the rabbit hole.
Rethinking Intelligence: AI and the End of Old Boundaries
tobias rees says generative ai isn’t just a tool—it’s reshaping how we think about intelligence itself. for centuries, we’ve drawn a hard line between human thought and machines, but ai is blurring that boundary. it doesn’t just mimic us; it introduces new ways of knowing that challenge our old models of understanding. rees argues that we need philosophy to keep up, or we risk missing the real revolution.
openai and softbank are teaming up to automate office jobs, raising fears of mass layoffs. openai also dropped a new ai agent for research and the o3-mini reasoning model. meanwhile, the eu banned high-risk ai, bytedance’s yue model now creates music from text prompts, and anthropic launched constitutional classifiers to make ai safer. big moves across the board—ai is changing fast.
Google is teaming up with the Institute of Women's Cancers to supercharge AI-driven cancer research. Their focus? Finding better ways to detect and treat breast and gynecological cancers. With AI, doctors could catch signs earlier and fine-tune treatments, giving patients a real shot at better outcomes. This partnership isn’t just about data—it’s about saving lives.
Adobe's Firefly Video Model Is Here—And It's a Game Changer
Adobe just dropped the Firefly Video Model, bringing AI-powered video and audio tools that are safe for commercial use. Think AI-assisted editing, effects, and audio enhancements—all without the copyright headaches. It’s part of Adobe’s push to make generative AI more practical for creators. With Firefly, you can tweak videos like you edit photos, opening up new creative possibilities. Exciting times for filmmakers and content creators!
YouTube is stepping up its AI game by adding DeepMind's Veo 2 to Dream Screen. This means users can now create high-quality AI-generated video clips just by typing a prompt. Imagine describing a scene, and YouTube turns it into a full-blown video—no fancy editing skills needed. It's a big move that could shake up how creators make content.
The advancement in technology helps in a lot of ways but have we really look into its negative impact on the society.
How can its academic negative impact be reduced
The large-scale engagement of corporations in open source needs to be treated seriously because it has and will continue to have negative consequences even if every individual involved is participating in good faith.
People seem to be confused about what can be concluded about scaling large language models. At this point, it is not plausible to precisely predict how far we are from unlocking all of the remaining functions that large language models are capable of. We don't even know all of the component functions of human intelligence - every time we solve something previously out of reach, it turns out that human-level generality is even further out of reach. The invention of human-level artificial general intelligence will disrupt history, but that point is still pretty far off.
Arm has signed Meta as a customer and will start making chips this year. The first in-house Arm chip will be unveiled as early as this summer. The semiconductor company usually licenses its chip blueprints, so making its own chips is a notable change in strategy. This will turn some of Arm's existing customers into competitors.
One of the ultimate aims of protein design is to build entirely new enzymes from scratch. Scientists have traditionally discovered enzymes in nature and then adapted them through trial and error. New advances in AI may eventually lead to ways to create bespoke enzymes from the ground up, but doing so remains a formidable challenge. Many of the protein structural databases used to train models consist overwhelmingly of structures gleaned from 'frozen' images, preventing them from making accurate recreations of dynamic structures.
Uber is expanding its partnership with Avride to include autonomous deliveries in Jersey City. Customers in the city can now have their orders delivered by one of Avride's autonomous sidewalk delivery robots. Avride's first robotaxi deployment in the US will be in Dallas this year. The startup has also partnered with Grubhub to bring delivery bots to university campuses across the US.
The UK's Advanced Research and Intervention Agency (Aria) is funding a trial to test a brain-computer interface that directly alters brain activity using ultrasound to boost mood. The technology could revolutionize the treatment of conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD, and epilepsy by rebalancing disrupted patterns of brain activity. The device was developed by a US-based non-profit called Forest Neurotech. The trial will recruit patients who have had a part of their skull temporarily removed so that the device can be tested without having to perform surgery. It will run for three and a half years starting in March, and if successful, the device will move into full clinical trials.
Elon Musk's offer to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion has a clear deadline: May 10. There is a stipulation that the buyers are able to examine OpenAI's financial and business records and interview OpenAI staff before the all-cash transaction is finalized. The offer undermines Musk's legal claims that OpenAI's startup's assets can't be transferred away for private gain. Musk will drop the bid to acquire OpenAI if the board commits to keeping it as a nonprofit.
Both Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the US on Thursday. Other ByteDance apps were also restored. President Trump has said that he would like the US to own a 50% share in TikTok through a joint venture with other tech companies. Competing social networks have been trying to bank on TikTok's uncertain future by releasing rival features and apps.
Based on interviews with over a dozen current and former employees who asked not to be named in order to speak candidly on what they see happening inside the company, there's a profound sense of uncertainty as to how Meta's culture will change in the coming years of Trump's second presidency.
At headquarters in Silicon Valley, tensions are palpable as Meta goes through its latest round of job cuts. In January, the company announced plans to lay off its lowest performers, or 5% of its overall workforce, and began the cuts this week.
Meta has been trying to thwart pushback from employees by censoring criticism within its Workplace in-house social network, people familiar with the matter said. Employees who left comments that management viewed as negative on Workplace were told that their statements would be used in performance reviews, potentially affecting their employment, they said.
Sources also told CNBC that employees who might otherwise leave because of their disillusionment with policy changes are concerned about quitting now because of how they will be perceived by future employers given that Meta has said publicly that it's weeding out "low performers."
Meta, like many of its tech peers, began downsizing in 2022 and has continued to trim around the edges. The company cut 21,000 jobs, or nearly a quarter of its workforce, in 2022 and 2023. Among those who lost their jobs were members of the civic integrity group, which was known to be outspoken in its criticism of Zuckerberg's leadership.
Some big changes are now taking place that appear to directly follow the lead of Trump at the expense of company employees and users of the platforms, the people familiar with the matter said.
The gladius has an interesting history with a lot of holes in it. Polybius says the Romans stole the design from the Spaniards. We have evidence of its use circa 380 B.C. and we know it was replaced by 200 A.D, but in between those dates the it has to be considered the most important weapon of the Roman Army.
Our story begins with the kings of Rome, most notably Severus Tullius, the fifth of the six, who reigned from 579-535 B.C. Roman folklore says that Severus built the first Roman army. Livy, who spun folklore into history, says the first three classes of soldiers in the Severan army carried swords. The fact that the other classes did not implies that they were not standard equipment until later. What this early sword looked like was unknown, although we have many sword types depicted on Etruscan pottery, so we might assume it was derived from those.
Zuckerberg hopes that Meta's improved relationship with the White House could help put pressure on the iPhone maker, after a yearslong battle between the two tech heavyweights. Both companies were targets of antitrust suits from the U.S. government.
The Meta founder is still upset about Apple's 2021 iOS privacy update, which made it harder for Meta to track users across the internet and which put a $10 billion dent in the company's 2022 advertising revenue. Internally, this period has come to be known among some Meta employees as "the Tim Cook recession."
"They build stuff like Air Pods, which are cool, but they've just thoroughly hamstrung the ability for anyone else to build something that can connect to the iPhone in the same way," Zuckerberg said.
Meta's business has recovered from its downdraft that followed the iOS changes, due mostly to the company's investments in AI and the new capabilities they've provided to advertisers. In January, the company reported $160.6 billion in advertising revenue for 2024, up nearly 40% from 2021. The company's shares have been on a huge upswing since a brutal 2022, quadrupling over the past two years and closing at a record $728.56 on Thursday.
This post owes much to Professor Philip Sabin, author of the article The Face of Roman Battle, published in The Journal of Roman Studies, Volume 90(2000) pages 1-17. Dr. Sabin is Professor of Strategic Studies in the War Studies Department at Kings College, London.
My usual process of preparing articles is to research a topic and develop a consensus between the literature and my own opinions, but Dr. Sabin’s article is so interesting that I’m going to use it as source material for the whole post.
Sabin asserts that there are four areas of study that make up the mechanics of ancient battles: duration, casualties, mobility during the battle, and the role played by the supporting troops located behind the front lines.
Zuckerberg told Rogan that Meta's profit would double if Apple stopped applying "random rules" that tax his company.
Meta's actions against Apple aren't limited to the U.S. In one of the company's first steps this year to apply more policy pressure on Apple, Meta filed a complaint against the iPhone maker in late January with Brazil's competition regulator, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense.
In the complaint, Meta alleged that Apple's iOS update unfairly singles out third-party apps but not its own. Meta has been considering an antitrust complaint against Apple in Brazil since last year, a source familiar with the matter said.
We know that the duration of ancient battles runs from the short to the long depending on the circumstances. Occasionally the adversary runs away before the first blow is struck. Other battles have been known to last all day. So how long was the average battle? Livy cites battles lasting many hours; Caesar describes a battle of several cohorts lasting five hours. The data we can put our hands on suggests a couple of hours on average. Of course the interval is not just sword play but must include maneuvers during the battle, such as re-positioning cavalry.
Leading Meta's new policy charge is Joel Kaplan, a former White House deputy chief of staff under former President George W. Bush with longstanding ties to the Republican Party.
Kaplan took over Meta's top policy position from Nick Clegg, a former U.K. deputy prime minister, who said in January that he would step down after seven years at the company.
Other notable Republicans at Meta include Vice President of Global Public Policy Kevin Martin, a former Federal Communications Commission chairman under President George W. Bush, and Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Newstead, whom Trump previously appointed as a legal advisor at the State Department.
What may have been a problem for Kaplan at the time is now viewed as a strength. That's because the executive is seen as an ally to the Republicans in charge, the people said.
Clegg, by contrast, represented a more center-left position, they said. He was vocal in his support of banning Trump from Facebook's platform after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, while Kaplan was noticeably more reluctant about such a move, a person familiar with the matter said. Kaplan has also favored less strict content moderation policies, the person said.
Rene Haas, Arm's CEO, cited billions of dollars in planned data center spending from Google for $75 billion, Microsoft for $80 billion and Meta for $60 billion as an opportunity for Arm earlier this month.
"No one is pulling back," Hass said earlier this month on an earnings call.
Arm is also a technology partner of the Stargate initiative, which plans to spend as much as $500 billion building AI infrastructure for OpenAI.
Arm declined to comment, and Meta did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
Let us now discuss in more detail the close-in combat at the front line. What was happening at the point of attack? One calls to mind othismos, the term that refers to the pushing that occurred when two phalanxes encountered each other. There has been much debate about this; how much pushing took place and what it accomplished during battle. The Romans did not fight this way. Their shields were not designed to use as a battering ram and the notion of a unified force pushing on the line would contradict the Roman design for mobility and flexibility. Caesar once commanded his maniples to spread out and make fighting room – opposite of what he would say if a concentrated force was his aim.
The “Hollywood” view of Roman battles shows a charge into contact and then a series of one on one sword fights. This is as hard to imagine as the othismos. Soldiers engaged in one on one combat sacrifice protection from their comrades and leave themselves open to attacks from the rear, not to mention the whole notion of tight Roman discipline going out the window. If only the front lines fought, with those behind providing backup, how did the spacing work? Polybius asserted that each legionnaire had six feet laterally to work with, which allowed the men behind him to fill the gap when necessary.
Turo CEO Andre Haddad said in an emailed statement the board “decided now is not the right time for Turo to pursue a public offering.”
Haddad noted Turo’s strong performance with revenue growing $150 million in 2020 to $958 million in 2024 and hinted at the company’s investment plans for the future.
But we still have an unsatisfactory explanation because it does not take into account the fatigue factor. How could the front lines of two armies stand toe to toe and fight for hours?
Adrian Goldsworthy, author of the book The Complete Roman Army has some interesting ideas about this. He first argues that three quarters of the front line was fighting defensively to stay alive as opposed to attacking. This notion has been verified by examples from World War II where the majority of troops in a firefight did not fire their weapons. This is human nature. Secondly, Goldsworthy postulates that there were lulls in the fighting where the opponents drew back and rested. Makes sense to me. Drawing back also created an opportunity to launch pila at the enemy. We have evidence of front line soldiers killed by thrown missiles after the opponents made contact.
“We plan to take advantage of our company’s plans to remain private in order to make important investments in the business that will build long term value for all stakeholders,” he said. “Our relentless focus on creating an amazing experience for our hosts and guests has enabled us to outperform all competitors in this space and we have become the leader in all the markets we operate in (US, Canada, France, Australia, and the UK).”
While the company’s revenue has steadily climbed, its growth rate has slowed.
The date of the transition to the cohort formation is disputed. Conventional wisdom says to credit Marius for the innovation because he built Rome’s first professional army. But Marius never claimed he developed the cohort and we know enough details of his life to have that information. In addition, there are historical documents describing the use of cohorts long before Marius. There are seventeen references to cohorts by Livy writing about the period 210-195 B.C. So the debate is out there without a resolution. Let’s leave this issue and move on to discuss the cohort formation itself.
To be honest, we don’t know much about it and what we do know is controversial.
We know that a cohort contained six centuries of 80 men or 480 men. Ten cohorts made up the infantry portion of the imperial legion. It seems the cohorts contained Hastati, Principes, and Triarii (also called Pili) within them so that the unit had a mixture of experienced and inexperienced troops. Some drawings depict the positions of the Pili and Hastati reversed compared to Republican times (Pili in the lead), but this is disputed. It seems unlikely to me that the Romans would reverse their attack philosophy after perfecting it over seven centuries. Why put the most experienced troops out front and leave raw recruits as reserves?
In other words, business cratered in 2023, then recovered in 2024, but not quite to the levels needed for that IPO dream.
Kirsten Korosec is a reporter and editor who has covered the future of transportation from EVs and autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility and in-car tech for more than a decade. She is currently the transportation editor at TechCrunch and co-host of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. She is also co-founder and co-host of the podcast, “The Autonocast.” She previously wrote for Fortune, The Verge, Bloomberg, MIT Technology Review and CBS Interactive.
My opinion is supported by what one historian calls the “fossilization” of Roman design, meaning that the Romans changed the purpose or behavior of a structure but always stuck to its traditional design. Examples: the Hastati were probably named for the “hasta” thrusting spear but in the imperial period they carried a pilum and gladius. The principes where probably the “prime” force originally but in historical times they are in the second position.
The drawing above lists the names of the six centurions assigned to the cohort. The “prior” centurion is on the right and the “posterior” on the left facing the enemy – each leading his century. I have not shown the first cohort which had a unique structure of five double centuries for a total of 800 men. The senior centurion, in command of the first cohort, was called the Primus Pilus.
Thursday's order was an expansion of previous directions from OPM, which told agencies earlier this week that probationary employees should be fired if they weren’t meeting high standards. It’s not clear how many workers are currently in a probationary period.
The firing of probationary employees began earlier this week and has included the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education workers.
At least 39 were fired from the Education Department on Wednesday, according to a union that represents agency workers, including civil rights workers, special education specialists and student aid officials.
The layoffs also hit Department of Veterans Affairs researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday.
Murray said in a statement that she heard from VA researchers in her state who were told to stop their research immediately, “not because their work isn’t desperately needed, but because Trump and Elon have decided to fire these researchers on a whim.”
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that defends government workers, said the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service would be hit especially hard by laying off probationary employees because it has trouble recruiting inspectors required to be present at all times at most slaughterhouses.
The civilian federal workforce , not including military personnel and postal workers, is made up of about 2.4 million people. While about 20% of the workers are in Washington D.C., and the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia, more than 80% live outside the Capitol region.
However, the number of workers who took the offer was less than the administration’s target, and Trump has made it clear he would take further steps.
Employees at the National Science Foundation and Housing and Urban Development Department were told this week that large reductions, in some cases a halving of the workforce, would be coming, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it.
Industry insiders say the space council could be essential in clarifying U.S. space policy and in maintaining space dominance.
“We strongly believe that interagency collaboration and high-level strategic guidance are essential for advancing U.S. interests in space. The National Space Council’s structure or function should preserve its ability to address the rapidly evolving challenges and opportunities in the space domain,” the Space Force Association said. “If continued, it will be critical for the National Space Council to establish clear definitions of responsibilities with left and right boundaries to capture interests from the commercial and civil sectors and the United States Space Force.”
A joint statement from the American Educational Research Association and the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics put the number of canceled IES contracts closer to 170 and said they included “those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics.”
“It seems that many halted contracts were designed to evaluate outcomes of government programs, which would seem to be the very information that should help guide decisions about where to cut government waste,” said Heather Peske, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality.
The park service’s main page for the monument used to read “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGBTQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement..”
The new language reads: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights and provided momentum for a movement.”
State Street Digital, originally led by the current head of DTCC’s digital asset division, Nadine Chakar, was formed to expand its crypto activities in 2021. One of the first changes was upgrading GlobalLink — used to manage trading operations — to support crypto assets.
The firm is also the fund administrator and transfer agent for several crypto exchange-traded funds, including the VanEck Bitcoin Trust, as well as the issuing and paying agent and administration agent for two new European ETCs.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's actions to curry favor with the president have rattled employees, but people familiar with his efforts say there's a clear strategy.
Mark Zuckerberg kicked off 2025 with an Instagram video that outlined his vision for what he called restoring "free expression" to Meta's platforms and for working with President Donald Trump to push back on governments Zuckerberg said have gone after American companies and stifled innovation.
What Zuckerberg didn't say in his five-minute monologue was that Meta would use its own internal moderators to censor employee criticism of his plan. He also didn't say that by cozying up to the new president, his company might be able to shift Trump's ire in the direction of Meta's loathed rival Apple.
For Meta's staff of almost 75,000 people, the singular power of its 40-year-old founder and CEO is more evident than ever in the company's rightward shift since Trump's election victory in November and inauguration in January.
On Feb. 6, Zuckerberg visited the White House in order "to discuss how Meta can help the administration defend and advance American tech leadership abroad," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on X.
The Chinese-owned social media app had been removed from the the two stores on Jan. 18, moments after TikTok's leadership temporarily halted service in the U.S. in response to a national security law that went into effect the next day.
Nearly a month later, TikTok is once again available for download in the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Internet service providers like Apple, Google and Oracle could have incurred harsh penalties for violating the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. That law, which former President Joe Biden signed in April required China-based ByteDance to divest its TikTok U.S. operations by Jan. 19 or face an effective ban of the app in the country.
TikTok has argued that the law violates the First Amendment rights of its over 170 million U.S. users, while the U.S. government made the case that ByteDance's ownership and its alleged ties to the People's Republic of China make the app a national security risk. The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration in January, and, in an opinion, said, "Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok's data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary."
TikTok pushed back on the Supreme Court's decision, and followed through with its threat to shut down its U.S. operations unless the Biden administration intervened.
Arm shares rose 5% after a Thursday report that it was developing its own chip and that it had secured Meta as one of its first customers
Arm shares rose 6% after a Thursday report that it was developing its own chip and that it had secured Meta as one of its first customers.
The Financial Times report indicates that Arm is developing a new product that will compete with many of its customers. The semiconductor company currently licenses its technology, called an instruction set, as well as more complicated core designs, to its customers so they can build their own chips.
Arm has historically been known as the "Switzerland" of chip technology firms, a reputation it received by dealing neutrally with competing chipmakers. It counts Apple, Google, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Intel as customers.
Meta is spending as much as $65 billion this year on capital expenditures for artificial intelligence development. While much of its spending is on Nvidia-based systems, Meta has also purchased other chips, including AMD's competitor, and said it is developing its own chip internally.
The European Union has denied that recent moves to row back on some planned tech regulation — principally by ditching the AI Liability Directive, a 2022 draft law which had been aimed at making it easier for consumers to sue over harms caused by AI-enabled products and services — were made in response to pressure from the Trump administration to deregulate around AI.
In an interview with the Financial Times on Friday, Henna Virkkunen, the EU’s digital chief, claimed the AI liability proposal was being scrapped because the bloc wanted to focus on boosting competitiveness by cutting bureaucracy and red tape.
An upcoming code of practice on AI — attached to the EU’s AI Act — would also limit reporting requirements to what’s included in existing AI rules, she said.
On Tuesday, U.S. vice president JD Vance warned European legislators to think again when it comes to technology rule-making — urging the bloc to join it in leaning into the “AI opportunity,” via a speech at the Paris AI Action Summit.
The Commission published its 2025 work program the day after Vance’s speech — touting a “bolder, simpler, faster” Union. The document confirmed the demise of the AI liability proposal, while simultaneously setting out plans aimed at stoking regional AI development and adoption.
Turo on Thursday withdrew its plans for an IPO, ending a three-year wait to bring the online car-sharing network to the public marketplace, according to a regulatory filing.
Turo, which was founded in 2010, allows private car owners to rent out their vehicles through the startup’s website or app. The company — sometimes described as the Airbnb for cars — publicly filed in January 2022 for an initial public offering, but IPO conditions changed soon afterward. Its growth decelerated, too.
Turo’s decision to end its IPO plans comes just one day after peer-to-peer car-sharing company Getaround shut down its U.S. operations. Like Turo, Getaround began life as a venture-backed company. Unlike Turo, Getaround made the leap back onto the public market in 2022 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
Turo is still operating in the United States — and elsewhere. As of September 2024, the company reported it had 150,000 active hosts globally, with 350,000 active vehicle listings and 3.5 million active guests. The company also operates in Canada, Australia, and France.
I say a crypto tax free country is any country that i refuse to pay taxes on my crypto earnings, because it's not under their control and they can F 🖕 right the F 🖕 off, lol. That's because I actually use it as a currency, peer to peer, as it should be, not cashing out into their dirty fiat.
in Austria there is 27,5% tax onnprofits but I can also write off losses. As long as I trade crypto for another crypto there are no taxes involved. So I can move into stables without having to pay tax.
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🧬 Dash #Evonode are a new type of #Masternode introduced in mid-2023 for the purpose of running the Dash Platform, or Evolution or Evo for short. These Masternodes are backed with 4000 Dash and perform additional services in addition to the standard ones.
ℹ️ The two types have different compensations and at the link in first comment you can find a series of information and data about them 👇
@dashpay $DASH #dash #crypto #earning
https://mnowatch.org/evonodes/
A long time ago, I had a desire to launch my node... It is much more difficult to do this now.
Well, $BTC is pretty stagnant, but looks like the rest of the #crypto #market is moving pretty well today!
I give it one or two more fakeouts before the bull really kicks in.
We'll just have to see. I don't think we are going to see the same kind of fireworks in BTC that we normally do because Wall Street can control the price, whereas the last cycles were all retail driven. I think it will be a slower climb up, but I may be wrong. I am looking at April/May if we do moonshot like before. Kind of the old saying, "sell in May and go away" lol.
That being said, I am still DCA'ing into miners, lol.
If you turn off those lights on the new $DOGE miner, you might squeeze out a little more efficiency! 🤣 🤣 🤣
Oh for sure. I was just running them for shits, giggles, and pictures, lol, they are off now.
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Yeah. I do think BTC is mostly done for the year. Sure it will rise probably, but no massive spikes.
I do think the altcoins have some explosive moves left in them though. I am focused on AI, RWA and infrastucture type stuff. Aside from $LEO of course. 😀
I am focused on PoW coins for the most part because I am building out my farm, and they also are not rug pulls like most of the vaporware out there. That being said, i am trying to find the best AI network that pays in crypto for GPU power. I would be happy to build infrastructure around that if I knew I could earn from it.
I keep looking at mining, but every time I do I come to the conclusion I would be better of just DCA'ing into whatever I was thinking about mining. 🙃
To each his/her own. I would rather have the machines to continue making more of the coin, not to mention that is how the chain is decentralized. That's the same kind of mindset about buying gold from a dealer vs being the man that goes out and digs it out of the ground and is the one selling it to the mints and dealers making the real money. Or saying it's better to buy eggs from a grocery store vs getting the hens to lay them for you.
First, I don't like buying crypto through centralized exchanges. That's how they can track you and your wallets through KYC.
Second, I earn mostly crypto. I don't earn dollars really, and what I do is in cash, so I would rather put my money into the miners and mine fresh coin.
You have to do what is best for you and your investments.
Yeah, I'm still under the opinion that we need to see BTC leg up once more (atleast 115K or more) before we see Alt season begin. Maybe I'm wrong, hoping I'm right. I would not be surprised if BTC makes people suffer a little first, but we shall see. This tight range is gonna bust one way or the other at some point.
Smart money is building market structure here. Retail only care about the day to day movements. We have to remember, they are in control now.
Let me bookmark this comment as reminder to look up to.
Are we still expecting a bull run?
In alt's yes. IMHO at least. I could be wrong.. Not financial advice. Etc.
I thought the bull was over for this year
I'm dealing with a spider-cat ! 😅
I do agree more than 100% on this.
Well fair enough
Me trying to look like I am a serious person and that I give a crap about my work, for the work "Cam On meeting"
we are going to report this officially. Hahaha, have a nice day friend.
#gmfrens #freecompliments
Please do it! LOL
Ha ! I can for real relate to this. Especially on zoom meetings I have this serious look that makes my supervisor think I love the company so much
Why so serious man? lol Yeah, mi froggie, no camera, you kan't see, problem solved, but understood. !BBH !DIY !PIZZA
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@pepetoken just sent you a DIY token as a little appreciation for your comment dear @sergiomendes! Feel free to multiply it by sending someone else !DIY in a comment :) You can do that x times a day depending on your balance so:!DIYSTATSEvery day I see a new business or service for spending crypto crop up:
-Bill pay
-Gift cards
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-Spending-focused wallets
And on and on.
Someone is anticipating a lot of demand for people to spend crypto as cash, and throwing a lot of money and development behind it.
This is one of those "iT cAmE oUt Of NoWhErE" things where lots of people wont' see it coming, because they weren't paying attention.
#crypto
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Follow the smart money
Or at least just follow the money.
Money has a statistical probability of being smart, otherwise it gets lost.
looking forward to this new economy and payment possibilities away from state influence
I love to read or listen to crypto discussion, so let's continue
Here is the #threadcast for today's episode of The Lion's Den. It will start at 1 pm eastern time.
We are going to be discussing a few different topics including feeding your digital ID.
The link for the space is below. It will also be streamed on TikTok by @calebmarvel01.
Drop all your questions and comments down below.
Kim Kar-DASH-ian could at least earn some $DASH through INLEO 😜
Haha, I saw what you did there.
A reminder, for the ones of us who use "Hugging Face" - there are now sometimes Trojans in it.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/ijatz/re-leothreads-pt8azkjz?referral=ijatz
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Morons are gonna moron
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Digital identity on #hive is unmatched
We have some view on TikTok right away!!
The Blog will be out soon
I noticed some interesting stuff while testing AI models with some tricky historic questions. Some answers are painfully wrong.
I won't trust these numbers...
https://inleo.io/threads/view/ijatz/re-taskmaster4450-2i4u8fbxf?referral=ijatz
Lets bring this threadcast to the top..
@winanda, I hope you are ready for today's Lion Den..
Yeah, I'm ready for the Lion's Den. Thanks for the mention.
Sounds dystopian...
I've seen a video where a company specializing in measuring the "AGI capacities" mentioned that 03 is at 83% fulfillment of AGI level.
Hey, are we still talking about Open Thinker? ...If it gave all of that info, it's doing great!!
Working on my most recent article, not much, but will be here when it's finished!
Hello one and all
5 minutes to Go on X
Question.
How will INLEO handle the evolution of digital identity?
https://inleo.io/threads/view/mightpossibly/re-rwzlhxyyuh?referral=mightpossibly
Most people are stupid!
The space will go live in a few minutes to allow it time to be set up on TikTok.
Here is the space:
Oh my goodness!!
This look is not cool for you, Your Highness
Hahhahahhaha
Oh your Royal Highness.
Lol, this made me laugh. How is your day going over there?
kinda weird. Two random shorts electric cuts o.o
Its gonna be great today!!
Let's get down on it!!
"Feeding Your Digital Identity" (FYDI), will be an interesting topic to be discussed.
Question.
Are there any forms of risks to how much we feed our digital identity?
Good afternoon friends, greetings to all present.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMknYKN2X/
The link to the stream on TikTok
Hmmm... I heard a mention of Open Thinker, but I never gave it much thought, so it's nice to hear about it here.
It's already happening, but the quality on smartphones won't be good anythime soon unless some Revolutionary Idea happened!
Hmmmm....
Task, have you watched the Theory of Stupidity?
From my experience, even the BEST AI Coding Assistants are useless right now if you don't have programming knowledge to guide them. I mean, they eventually reach the answer, but you'll spend A LOT of money on Inference, it's much cheaper and less headache to just use a dedicated online service for whatever you want.
That could change in a few months or a year, but I doubt we'll see any good Coders that can run on a smartphone, and not require a lot of programming knowledge to guide them.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/ahmadmanga/re-taskmaster4450-28i9znxxk?referral=ahmadmanga
Every single video that tells you "This AI coder will replace developers" is a Clickbait... We're getting there, but VERY slowly.
In the AI world, very slowly are 3 years 😉
Sounds about right... Still slow, compared to 2-weeks wait time between new best AI Models.
So, if I said @ahmadmangazap is not me, I might be able to confuse the AI into seperating my profile(s) !LOLZ
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Yea a lot of idiots and psychopaths out there smhlol
I wonder if, based on the quantity of iterations of a specific assertion / theory (like the "Harris is the President" one), the coming AI models will recognize novel scientific approaches, that at the beginning are expressed through a tiny minority of statements on the web, or as apparent lunacies.
It's gonna be great 😃😃😃.
Good Night everyone
This is an interesting topic to discuss, yes learning what is happening in Lion's den will play a vital in the growth . Again talking about feeding digital ID, I know nothing about it.
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Daily #summarystats – February 13, 2025
Historical Data
Oh, yes! We are more alive than all the living. There is only growth and further development ahead!
Breaking news: Starting Monday, China will implement tariffs ranging from 10% to 15% on energy and vehicles imported from the U.S. 🇨🇳🇺🇸
🔥 JUST IN : Bloomberg Analyst Said — It seems that the “Hashdex Crypto Index” ETP will begin trading on NASDAQ tomorrow.
#crypto #cryptonews
🤣🤣🤣The crypto market should have respected today and give us a Val gift, but no, it chose to do otherwise.
OH SNAP! Just found out that Walmart now offers same day delivery all the way out to my farm!
I don't think I have any reasons to leave anymore, lol, except to fly bandos, lol.
But the best part about that, is now I have another service that delivers to my house that I can buy gift cards with crypto and spend!
Which these kind of gift cards may or may not be coming to the Hivelist Store soon...
please don’t forget about europe😇 we have hift cards here too
I would be pretty much worldwide. I am going to be using the same provider that Cake Wallet does. Not sure if it's the same providers as Bitrefill, because they have larger maximums, but with having to front money for it, I am glad there is a 100 limit, lol. I have to put up money first, then hope I sell them.
Best part of all, THEY ACCEPT CRYPTO PAYMENTS! So I don't have to go out into fiat like some of the others I have been looking at.
omw to the hospital. happy valentines day.
Whats wrong?
shit, I hope its nothing too serious bro
Hope everything is OK!
Happy valentines day to you too , and hope all is well
i wish you a better health , happy valentines day to you
Enjoy your day pls
Lion's Den in 2 hours, see you there
https://inleo.io/threads/view/taskmaster4450/re-leothreads-a9bh5aic
by @mightpossiblyRunning the brand new open source model OpenThinker 32b *with web search enabled. #technology #ai #opensourceThis is amazing.
pretty cool!
I forgot to mention in the description: In this demo I'm running the model locally, i.e. on my own consumer-grade hardware (an NVIDIA RTX-4090).
It will be on a smartphone by this time next year.
I also think so
Interesting stuff. People need to look at that and realize how they are training AI systems and their digital identity.
I would have to agree with that
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Happy Valentine´s day for all of you!
#love, #bbh. #valentinesday
Happy valentine to you too , you look amazing
What is going on with all these Super Bowl commercials? They're really lacking in creativity. It's disappointing!
The Seal one was fun!!!
Day early for the #lpud, I don't really know what LPUD is but I will power up now!
i always do it a day early or a day late cause i forget its a different time zone
Is INLEO Premium worth it?
If you thread and blog and engage with people it's definitely worth it! I haven't counted but I'm sure I earn more than $10 from the Leo account every month. Maybe $20 or more. Not guaranteed but then there's the post boost and the longer threads. Also Your $10 goes to pumping Leo and Hive prices.
I changed my @leo.voter payout to staked $LEO! I am now earning 16% and it feels like every day is #lpud!
A good apy
16% APY?
How can I get it?
I'd have to buy some Leo tokens
what is @leo.voter about ?
Only two days late: Here is a #summary of the Dash + INLEO space last Wedensday. Link below ⏬
Much love for your job.
So I was contemplating if I should load up on some more $LEO then my daughter says “hey daddy look at this cat I drew”.
The universe speaks.
Mind you, she’s only 7 and knows nothing about daddy’s degen crypto activities 😂
She did a great job. And you, go get that Leo before it's too late.
Gratitude 🙏
Yup…some signs u can’t ignore
The key to accumulating wealth lies not in pursuing the latest trending stocks.
It involves steadily investing in reliable companies and allowing compound interest to work its magic.
Sadly, many investors seek immediate wealth.
#newsoninleo #liotes
read on, link in comment ⬇️
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Mastery ⚖️
#currently
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 2/14/25. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Cisco Just Put This AI to the Test—and It Flopped
Cisco ran DeepSeek R1, an open-source AI model, through HarmBench, a brutal stress test with 50 harmful prompts. The result? It failed every single one. That’s like a security system unlocking the door every time someone knocks. This raises big concerns about how well open-source AI can handle safety risks. If even a big name like Cisco finds issues, what does that mean for the future of AI security?
#ai #opensource #security #machinelearning #technology
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Gemini's Deep Research: Your New AI Research Assistant
Gemini just dropped "Deep Research" on Android, its first agentic feature. This AI doesn’t just fetch links—it creates a step-by-step plan, searches the web, and summarizes key findings. Think of it as an AI research assistant that actually does the legwork for you. Perfect for deep dives without the rabbit hole.
#ai #android #deeplearning #automation #technology
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Rethinking Intelligence: AI and the End of Old Boundaries
tobias rees says generative ai isn’t just a tool—it’s reshaping how we think about intelligence itself. for centuries, we’ve drawn a hard line between human thought and machines, but ai is blurring that boundary. it doesn’t just mimic us; it introduces new ways of knowing that challenge our old models of understanding. rees argues that we need philosophy to keep up, or we risk missing the real revolution.
#ai #artificialintelligence #futureoftech #philosophy #technology
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AI Is Reshaping Work—Here’s What’s New
openai and softbank are teaming up to automate office jobs, raising fears of mass layoffs. openai also dropped a new ai agent for research and the o3-mini reasoning model. meanwhile, the eu banned high-risk ai, bytedance’s yue model now creates music from text prompts, and anthropic launched constitutional classifiers to make ai safer. big moves across the board—ai is changing fast.
#ai #automation #innovation #future #technology
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Google’s AI Joins the Fight Against Cancer
Google is teaming up with the Institute of Women's Cancers to supercharge AI-driven cancer research. Their focus? Finding better ways to detect and treat breast and gynecological cancers. With AI, doctors could catch signs earlier and fine-tune treatments, giving patients a real shot at better outcomes. This partnership isn’t just about data—it’s about saving lives.
#healthcare #ai #medicalresearch #cancer #technology
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Adobe's Firefly Video Model Is Here—And It's a Game Changer
Adobe just dropped the Firefly Video Model, bringing AI-powered video and audio tools that are safe for commercial use. Think AI-assisted editing, effects, and audio enhancements—all without the copyright headaches. It’s part of Adobe’s push to make generative AI more practical for creators. With Firefly, you can tweak videos like you edit photos, opening up new creative possibilities. Exciting times for filmmakers and content creators!
#ai #videoediting #creativity #adobe #technology
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YouTube Just Got a Crazy AI Upgrade
YouTube is stepping up its AI game by adding DeepMind's Veo 2 to Dream Screen. This means users can now create high-quality AI-generated video clips just by typing a prompt. Imagine describing a scene, and YouTube turns it into a full-blown video—no fancy editing skills needed. It's a big move that could shake up how creators make content.
#ai #deeplearning #videocreation #youtube #technology
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Positively, we can improve technology by giving it back to the society in the most respectable
Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said employees were free to quit if they think that it's okay to leak to the media because of policy disagreements.
#technology #meta #andrewbosworth
AI or Die
It may be possible to have 'a country of geniuses' within a data center by as early as 2026 - companies will need to be prepared for this future.
#technology #ai
The advancement in technology helps in a lot of ways but have we really look into its negative impact on the society.
How can its academic negative impact be reduced
Open Source Software and Corporate Influence
The large-scale engagement of corporations in open source needs to be treated seriously because it has and will continue to have negative consequences even if every individual involved is participating in good faith.
#technology #opensource
AI is Stifling Tech Adoption
The integration of AI has stifled the adoption of new and potentially superior technologies due to training data cutoffs and system prompt influence.
#technology #ai #adoption
My model of what is going on with LLMs
People seem to be confused about what can be concluded about scaling large language models. At this point, it is not plausible to precisely predict how far we are from unlocking all of the remaining functions that large language models are capable of. We don't even know all of the component functions of human intelligence - every time we solve something previously out of reach, it turns out that human-level generality is even further out of reach. The invention of human-level artificial general intelligence will disrupt history, but that point is still pretty far off.
#technology #ai #llm
Arm is launching its own chip this year with Meta as a customer
Arm has signed Meta as a customer and will start making chips this year. The first in-house Arm chip will be unveiled as early as this summer. The semiconductor company usually licenses its chip blueprints, so making its own chips is a notable change in strategy. This will turn some of Arm's existing customers into competitors.
#technology #arm #chip
AI-Designed Enzymes
One of the ultimate aims of protein design is to build entirely new enzymes from scratch. Scientists have traditionally discovered enzymes in nature and then adapted them through trial and error. New advances in AI may eventually lead to ways to create bespoke enzymes from the ground up, but doing so remains a formidable challenge. Many of the protein structural databases used to train models consist overwhelmingly of structures gleaned from 'frozen' images, preventing them from making accurate recreations of dynamic structures.
#technology #ai #enzymes
Avride launches sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats in Jersey City
Uber is expanding its partnership with Avride to include autonomous deliveries in Jersey City. Customers in the city can now have their orders delivered by one of Avride's autonomous sidewalk delivery robots. Avride's first robotaxi deployment in the US will be in Dallas this year. The startup has also partnered with Grubhub to bring delivery bots to university campuses across the US.
#technology #avride #robotics
Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial
The UK's Advanced Research and Intervention Agency (Aria) is funding a trial to test a brain-computer interface that directly alters brain activity using ultrasound to boost mood. The technology could revolutionize the treatment of conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD, and epilepsy by rebalancing disrupted patterns of brain activity. The device was developed by a US-based non-profit called Forest Neurotech. The trial will recruit patients who have had a part of their skull temporarily removed so that the device can be tested without having to perform surgery. It will run for three and a half years starting in March, and if successful, the device will move into full clinical trials.
#technology #brain #implant #nhs #uk #aria
Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details
Elon Musk's offer to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion has a clear deadline: May 10. There is a stipulation that the buyers are able to examine OpenAI's financial and business records and interview OpenAI staff before the all-cash transaction is finalized. The offer undermines Musk's legal claims that OpenAI's startup's assets can't be transferred away for private gain. Musk will drop the bid to acquire OpenAI if the board commits to keeping it as a nonprofit.
#technology #openai #elonmusk
TikTok is back on US app stores
Both Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the US on Thursday. Other ByteDance apps were also restored. President Trump has said that he would like the US to own a 50% share in TikTok through a joint venture with other tech companies. Competing social networks have been trying to bank on TikTok's uncertain future by releasing rival features and apps.
#technology #bytedance #tiktok
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Based on interviews with over a dozen current and former employees who asked not to be named in order to speak candidly on what they see happening inside the company, there's a profound sense of uncertainty as to how Meta's culture will change in the coming years of Trump's second presidency.
At headquarters in Silicon Valley, tensions are palpable as Meta goes through its latest round of job cuts. In January, the company announced plans to lay off its lowest performers, or 5% of its overall workforce, and began the cuts this week.
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Meta has been trying to thwart pushback from employees by censoring criticism within its Workplace in-house social network, people familiar with the matter said. Employees who left comments that management viewed as negative on Workplace were told that their statements would be used in performance reviews, potentially affecting their employment, they said.
Sources also told CNBC that employees who might otherwise leave because of their disillusionment with policy changes are concerned about quitting now because of how they will be perceived by future employers given that Meta has said publicly that it's weeding out "low performers."
Meta, like many of its tech peers, began downsizing in 2022 and has continued to trim around the edges. The company cut 21,000 jobs, or nearly a quarter of its workforce, in 2022 and 2023. Among those who lost their jobs were members of the civic integrity group, which was known to be outspoken in its criticism of Zuckerberg's leadership.
Some big changes are now taking place that appear to directly follow the lead of Trump at the expense of company employees and users of the platforms, the people familiar with the matter said.
The gladius has an interesting history with a lot of holes in it. Polybius says the Romans stole the design from the Spaniards. We have evidence of its use circa 380 B.C. and we know it was replaced by 200 A.D, but in between those dates the it has to be considered the most important weapon of the Roman Army.
Our story begins with the kings of Rome, most notably Severus Tullius, the fifth of the six, who reigned from 579-535 B.C. Roman folklore says that Severus built the first Roman army. Livy, who spun folklore into history, says the first three classes of soldiers in the Severan army carried swords. The fact that the other classes did not implies that they were not standard equipment until later. What this early sword looked like was unknown, although we have many sword types depicted on Etruscan pottery, so we might assume it was derived from those.
Zuckerberg hopes that Meta's improved relationship with the White House could help put pressure on the iPhone maker, after a yearslong battle between the two tech heavyweights. Both companies were targets of antitrust suits from the U.S. government.
The Meta founder is still upset about Apple's 2021 iOS privacy update, which made it harder for Meta to track users across the internet and which put a $10 billion dent in the company's 2022 advertising revenue. Internally, this period has come to be known among some Meta employees as "the Tim Cook recession."
"They build stuff like Air Pods, which are cool, but they've just thoroughly hamstrung the ability for anyone else to build something that can connect to the iPhone in the same way," Zuckerberg said.
Meta's business has recovered from its downdraft that followed the iOS changes, due mostly to the company's investments in AI and the new capabilities they've provided to advertisers. In January, the company reported $160.6 billion in advertising revenue for 2024, up nearly 40% from 2021. The company's shares have been on a huge upswing since a brutal 2022, quadrupling over the past two years and closing at a record $728.56 on Thursday.
This post owes much to Professor Philip Sabin, author of the article The Face of Roman Battle, published in The Journal of Roman Studies, Volume 90(2000) pages 1-17. Dr. Sabin is Professor of Strategic Studies in the War Studies Department at Kings College, London.
My usual process of preparing articles is to research a topic and develop a consensus between the literature and my own opinions, but Dr. Sabin’s article is so interesting that I’m going to use it as source material for the whole post.
Sabin asserts that there are four areas of study that make up the mechanics of ancient battles: duration, casualties, mobility during the battle, and the role played by the supporting troops located behind the front lines.
Zuckerberg told Rogan that Meta's profit would double if Apple stopped applying "random rules" that tax his company.
Meta's actions against Apple aren't limited to the U.S. In one of the company's first steps this year to apply more policy pressure on Apple, Meta filed a complaint against the iPhone maker in late January with Brazil's competition regulator, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense.
In the complaint, Meta alleged that Apple's iOS update unfairly singles out third-party apps but not its own. Meta has been considering an antitrust complaint against Apple in Brazil since last year, a source familiar with the matter said.
We know that the duration of ancient battles runs from the short to the long depending on the circumstances. Occasionally the adversary runs away before the first blow is struck. Other battles have been known to last all day. So how long was the average battle? Livy cites battles lasting many hours; Caesar describes a battle of several cohorts lasting five hours. The data we can put our hands on suggests a couple of hours on average. Of course the interval is not just sword play but must include maneuvers during the battle, such as re-positioning cavalry.
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Leading Meta's new policy charge is Joel Kaplan, a former White House deputy chief of staff under former President George W. Bush with longstanding ties to the Republican Party.
Kaplan took over Meta's top policy position from Nick Clegg, a former U.K. deputy prime minister, who said in January that he would step down after seven years at the company.
Other notable Republicans at Meta include Vice President of Global Public Policy Kevin Martin, a former Federal Communications Commission chairman under President George W. Bush, and Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Newstead, whom Trump previously appointed as a legal advisor at the State Department.
What may have been a problem for Kaplan at the time is now viewed as a strength. That's because the executive is seen as an ally to the Republicans in charge, the people said.
Clegg, by contrast, represented a more center-left position, they said. He was vocal in his support of banning Trump from Facebook's platform after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, while Kaplan was noticeably more reluctant about such a move, a person familiar with the matter said. Kaplan has also favored less strict content moderation policies, the person said.
Rene Haas, Arm's CEO, cited billions of dollars in planned data center spending from Google for $75 billion, Microsoft for $80 billion and Meta for $60 billion as an opportunity for Arm earlier this month.
"No one is pulling back," Hass said earlier this month on an earnings call.
Arm is also a technology partner of the Stargate initiative, which plans to spend as much as $500 billion building AI infrastructure for OpenAI.
Arm declined to comment, and Meta did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
Let us now discuss in more detail the close-in combat at the front line. What was happening at the point of attack? One calls to mind othismos, the term that refers to the pushing that occurred when two phalanxes encountered each other. There has been much debate about this; how much pushing took place and what it accomplished during battle. The Romans did not fight this way. Their shields were not designed to use as a battering ram and the notion of a unified force pushing on the line would contradict the Roman design for mobility and flexibility. Caesar once commanded his maniples to spread out and make fighting room – opposite of what he would say if a concentrated force was his aim.
The “Hollywood” view of Roman battles shows a charge into contact and then a series of one on one sword fights. This is as hard to imagine as the othismos. Soldiers engaged in one on one combat sacrifice protection from their comrades and leave themselves open to attacks from the rear, not to mention the whole notion of tight Roman discipline going out the window. If only the front lines fought, with those behind providing backup, how did the spacing work? Polybius asserted that each legionnaire had six feet laterally to work with, which allowed the men behind him to fill the gap when necessary.
Turo CEO Andre Haddad said in an emailed statement the board “decided now is not the right time for Turo to pursue a public offering.”
Haddad noted Turo’s strong performance with revenue growing $150 million in 2020 to $958 million in 2024 and hinted at the company’s investment plans for the future.
But we still have an unsatisfactory explanation because it does not take into account the fatigue factor. How could the front lines of two armies stand toe to toe and fight for hours?
Adrian Goldsworthy, author of the book The Complete Roman Army has some interesting ideas about this. He first argues that three quarters of the front line was fighting defensively to stay alive as opposed to attacking. This notion has been verified by examples from World War II where the majority of troops in a firefight did not fire their weapons. This is human nature. Secondly, Goldsworthy postulates that there were lulls in the fighting where the opponents drew back and rested. Makes sense to me. Drawing back also created an opportunity to launch pila at the enemy. We have evidence of front line soldiers killed by thrown missiles after the opponents made contact.
“We plan to take advantage of our company’s plans to remain private in order to make important investments in the business that will build long term value for all stakeholders,” he said. “Our relentless focus on creating an amazing experience for our hosts and guests has enabled us to outperform all competitors in this space and we have become the leader in all the markets we operate in (US, Canada, France, Australia, and the UK).”
While the company’s revenue has steadily climbed, its growth rate has slowed.
The date of the transition to the cohort formation is disputed. Conventional wisdom says to credit Marius for the innovation because he built Rome’s first professional army. But Marius never claimed he developed the cohort and we know enough details of his life to have that information. In addition, there are historical documents describing the use of cohorts long before Marius. There are seventeen references to cohorts by Livy writing about the period 210-195 B.C. So the debate is out there without a resolution. Let’s leave this issue and move on to discuss the cohort formation itself.
To be honest, we don’t know much about it and what we do know is controversial.
We know that a cohort contained six centuries of 80 men or 480 men. Ten cohorts made up the infantry portion of the imperial legion. It seems the cohorts contained Hastati, Principes, and Triarii (also called Pili) within them so that the unit had a mixture of experienced and inexperienced troops. Some drawings depict the positions of the Pili and Hastati reversed compared to Republican times (Pili in the lead), but this is disputed. It seems unlikely to me that the Romans would reverse their attack philosophy after perfecting it over seven centuries. Why put the most experienced troops out front and leave raw recruits as reserves?
In other words, business cratered in 2023, then recovered in 2024, but not quite to the levels needed for that IPO dream.
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My opinion is supported by what one historian calls the “fossilization” of Roman design, meaning that the Romans changed the purpose or behavior of a structure but always stuck to its traditional design. Examples: the Hastati were probably named for the “hasta” thrusting spear but in the imperial period they carried a pilum and gladius. The principes where probably the “prime” force originally but in historical times they are in the second position.
The drawing above lists the names of the six centurions assigned to the cohort. The “prior” centurion is on the right and the “posterior” on the left facing the enemy – each leading his century. I have not shown the first cohort which had a unique structure of five double centuries for a total of 800 men. The senior centurion, in command of the first cohort, was called the Primus Pilus.
Thursday's order was an expansion of previous directions from OPM, which told agencies earlier this week that probationary employees should be fired if they weren’t meeting high standards. It’s not clear how many workers are currently in a probationary period.
The firing of probationary employees began earlier this week and has included the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education workers.
At least 39 were fired from the Education Department on Wednesday, according to a union that represents agency workers, including civil rights workers, special education specialists and student aid officials.
The layoffs also hit Department of Veterans Affairs researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday.
Murray said in a statement that she heard from VA researchers in her state who were told to stop their research immediately, “not because their work isn’t desperately needed, but because Trump and Elon have decided to fire these researchers on a whim.”
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that defends government workers, said the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service would be hit especially hard by laying off probationary employees because it has trouble recruiting inspectors required to be present at all times at most slaughterhouses.
The civilian federal workforce , not including military personnel and postal workers, is made up of about 2.4 million people. While about 20% of the workers are in Washington D.C., and the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia, more than 80% live outside the Capitol region.
However, the number of workers who took the offer was less than the administration’s target, and Trump has made it clear he would take further steps.
Employees at the National Science Foundation and Housing and Urban Development Department were told this week that large reductions, in some cases a halving of the workforce, would be coming, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it.
Industry insiders say the space council could be essential in clarifying U.S. space policy and in maintaining space dominance.
“We strongly believe that interagency collaboration and high-level strategic guidance are essential for advancing U.S. interests in space. The National Space Council’s structure or function should preserve its ability to address the rapidly evolving challenges and opportunities in the space domain,” the Space Force Association said. “If continued, it will be critical for the National Space Council to establish clear definitions of responsibilities with left and right boundaries to capture interests from the commercial and civil sectors and the United States Space Force.”
A joint statement from the American Educational Research Association and the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics put the number of canceled IES contracts closer to 170 and said they included “those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics.”
“It seems that many halted contracts were designed to evaluate outcomes of government programs, which would seem to be the very information that should help guide decisions about where to cut government waste,” said Heather Peske, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality.
The park service’s main page for the monument used to read “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGBTQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement..”
The new language reads: “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights and provided momentum for a movement.”
State Street Digital, originally led by the current head of DTCC’s digital asset division, Nadine Chakar, was formed to expand its crypto activities in 2021. One of the first changes was upgrading GlobalLink — used to manage trading operations — to support crypto assets.
The firm is also the fund administrator and transfer agent for several crypto exchange-traded funds, including the VanEck Bitcoin Trust, as well as the issuing and paying agent and administration agent for two new European ETCs.
Zuckerberg's rightward policy shift puts Meta staffers on edge, targets Apple
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's actions to curry favor with the president have rattled employees, but people familiar with his efforts say there's a clear strategy.
Mark Zuckerberg kicked off 2025 with an Instagram video that outlined his vision for what he called restoring "free expression" to Meta's platforms and for working with President Donald Trump to push back on governments Zuckerberg said have gone after American companies and stifled innovation.
What Zuckerberg didn't say in his five-minute monologue was that Meta would use its own internal moderators to censor employee criticism of his plan. He also didn't say that by cozying up to the new president, his company might be able to shift Trump's ire in the direction of Meta's loathed rival Apple.
#meta #Trump #zuckerberg #policy
For Meta's staff of almost 75,000 people, the singular power of its 40-year-old founder and CEO is more evident than ever in the company's rightward shift since Trump's election victory in November and inauguration in January.
On Feb. 6, Zuckerberg visited the White House in order "to discuss how Meta can help the administration defend and advance American tech leadership abroad," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on X.
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TikTok returns to Apple, Google app stores
The Chinese-owned social media app had been removed from the the two stores on Jan. 18, moments after TikTok's leadership temporarily halted service in the U.S. in response to a national security law that went into effect the next day.
Nearly a month later, TikTok is once again available for download in the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Internet service providers like Apple, Google and Oracle could have incurred harsh penalties for violating the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. That law, which former President Joe Biden signed in April required China-based ByteDance to divest its TikTok U.S. operations by Jan. 19 or face an effective ban of the app in the country.
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TikTok has argued that the law violates the First Amendment rights of its over 170 million U.S. users, while the U.S. government made the case that ByteDance's ownership and its alleged ties to the People's Republic of China make the app a national security risk. The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration in January, and, in an opinion, said, "Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok's data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary."
TikTok pushed back on the Supreme Court's decision, and followed through with its threat to shut down its U.S. operations unless the Biden administration intervened.
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Arm shares rise on report that Meta will buy its first chip
Arm shares rose 5% after a Thursday report that it was developing its own chip and that it had secured Meta as one of its first customers
Arm shares rose 6% after a Thursday report that it was developing its own chip and that it had secured Meta as one of its first customers.
The Financial Times report indicates that Arm is developing a new product that will compete with many of its customers. The semiconductor company currently licenses its technology, called an instruction set, as well as more complicated core designs, to its customers so they can build their own chips.
#arm #meta #chip #stock #semiconductors #gpu
Arm has historically been known as the "Switzerland" of chip technology firms, a reputation it received by dealing neutrally with competing chipmakers. It counts Apple, Google, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Intel as customers.
Meta is spending as much as $65 billion this year on capital expenditures for artificial intelligence development. While much of its spending is on Nvidia-based systems, Meta has also purchased other chips, including AMD's competitor, and said it is developing its own chip internally.
Europe denies dropping AI liability rules under pressure from Trump
The European Union has denied that recent moves to row back on some planned tech regulation — principally by ditching the AI Liability Directive, a 2022 draft law which had been aimed at making it easier for consumers to sue over harms caused by AI-enabled products and services — were made in response to pressure from the Trump administration to deregulate around AI.
In an interview with the Financial Times on Friday, Henna Virkkunen, the EU’s digital chief, claimed the AI liability proposal was being scrapped because the bloc wanted to focus on boosting competitiveness by cutting bureaucracy and red tape.
#europe #ai #liability #trump #regulation
An upcoming code of practice on AI — attached to the EU’s AI Act — would also limit reporting requirements to what’s included in existing AI rules, she said.
On Tuesday, U.S. vice president JD Vance warned European legislators to think again when it comes to technology rule-making — urging the bloc to join it in leaning into the “AI opportunity,” via a speech at the Paris AI Action Summit.
The Commission published its 2025 work program the day after Vance’s speech — touting a “bolder, simpler, faster” Union. The document confirmed the demise of the AI liability proposal, while simultaneously setting out plans aimed at stoking regional AI development and adoption.
Turo scraps plans for an IPO
Turo on Thursday withdrew its plans for an IPO, ending a three-year wait to bring the online car-sharing network to the public marketplace, according to a regulatory filing.
Turo, which was founded in 2010, allows private car owners to rent out their vehicles through the startup’s website or app. The company — sometimes described as the Airbnb for cars — publicly filed in January 2022 for an initial public offering, but IPO conditions changed soon afterward. Its growth decelerated, too.
#turo #ipo #carsharing #finance
Turo’s decision to end its IPO plans comes just one day after peer-to-peer car-sharing company Getaround shut down its U.S. operations. Like Turo, Getaround began life as a venture-backed company. Unlike Turo, Getaround made the leap back onto the public market in 2022 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
Turo is still operating in the United States — and elsewhere. As of September 2024, the company reported it had 150,000 active hosts globally, with 350,000 active vehicle listings and 3.5 million active guests. The company also operates in Canada, Australia, and France.
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I say a crypto tax free country is any country that i refuse to pay taxes on my crypto earnings, because it's not under their control and they can F 🖕 right the F 🖕 off, lol. That's because I actually use it as a currency, peer to peer, as it should be, not cashing out into their dirty fiat.
in Austria there is 27,5% tax onnprofits but I can also write off losses. As long as I trade crypto for another crypto there are no taxes involved. So I can move into stables without having to pay tax.
Nice! My alt has manage to reach champ 3 in modern ranked. First time since Untamed moved to wild.
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Congratulations!
!BBH
Thanks!
Big Success! Love breaking new ground. It always feels great!
Yeah... It was way difficult to achieved champ 1 with the +-20 rating compared to elo rating which makes reaching champ 1 more satisfying.
While money might not resolve every issue, it definitely addresses numerous challenges.
That's an encouraging beginning.
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With the rapid developments in the Ethereum space, it can be challenging to stay informed. Here are the key highlights.
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by @solymiOpened a nice Gladiuspack in #splinterlandsNice Pull! Still waiting for EOS to use my glint on chest to get more merits before I open Gladius packs.
Thanks, I think i waited 1 year since the last GF legendary. Good luck with your packs!
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Today an Ex-Near Protocol manager accidentally livestreams nudes during a public call, Near Protocol responds, and $NEAR token jumps 6%.
Ha! Does anyone on the Inleo team have any hot nudes of their significant other they could "accidentally" post during the AMA?
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