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Proving a proof-of-work solve happened, at a specific time, without trusting the server's logs

The problem: a solve is a fact that only lives in one server's memory If you gate a route with proof-of-work, every accepted solve is a real event.

• PowForge's solve-witness mechanism proves PoW solve at specific time
• Uses Merkle-fold to compress accepted solves into single witness hash
• Anchors batch to Bitcoin OpenTimestamps calendar with single timestamp

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How in 20 seconds, HPE takes you from siloed data to one connected platform with video storytelling | Explained by Advids

AI promises massive business benefits, but most data centers and IT teams simply aren't structurally ready for the revolution.

• HPE's Juniper AI solution converts siloed data into a unified platform within 20 seconds.
• Video showcases Marvis, an autonomous virtual network assistant that identifies and resolves issues.
• Transformation results in 104% faster operations and 319% return on investment.

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Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns (Max Tani/Semafor)

Spotify is terrifying much of the podcast industry with a tiny little widget. — Last week, the audio streaming giant tweaked …

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Can you steal a robot's next move by watching its clock? Journal of our experiments on timing side channels in multi agent RL

I have been keenly interested in the intersection of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) and hardware security. When you deploy a trained RL policy onto a microcontroller, the model runs…

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I turned a drawer of old Android phones into screen-off security cameras

Old Android phones pile up in a drawer. Each one still has a usable camera, Wi-Fi, and a battery — everything a basic security camera needs.

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Grep Without Word Boundaries: 70 Tokens Across 7.68M Words, and os Is Real 0.1% of the Time

Sources · OpenAI, "GPT-4 Technical Report," arXiv:2303.08774, Appendix C ("Contamination on professional and academic exams") — contamination methodology and its stated limitations, quoted verbatim…

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