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Gurps Rai, CEO of droppGroup, is reshaping the global economy by deploying droppOne—an AI-native, tokenized infrastructure powering sovereign systems, smart cities, and AI agents. Operating behind the scenes, Rai is engineering the foundation of programmable economies at scale—faster, quieter, and more globally than anyone else.

Lumoz launches the MCP Server, making it easier for AI to interact with Web3 apps through natural language. MCP simplifies blockchain use, boosts AI integration, and paves the way for smarter, more accessible decentralized applications.

AI agents are the future of AI, evolving beyond simple task automation. To dominate the Web, they need real-time, high-quality data, industry-specific insights, web-scale datasets, and multimodal capabilities.

iOlyWorld is an evolving Web3 gaming platform combining AI, blockchain, and user-driven storytelling. With its dual-token system and create-to-earn model, the platform aims to empower gamers and creators. As it approaches the $IOLY Token Generation Event on May 14, 2025, iOlyWorld is gaining momentum across global Web3 communities.

Pillar Security, a Tel Aviv-based cyber startup, raised $9M in Seed funding to secure AI systems. Its platform maps AI assets and addresses unique vulnerabilities in agentic software. Backed by Shield Capital and others, Pillar aims to redefine cybersecurity for the Intelligence Age, warning that legacy tools can't keep up with AI's rapid evolution.

Dymension now enables universal rollup settlement for Ethereum, Solana, and any L1, offering 1-second blocks and faster scaling.

OpenWater is developing revolutionary open-source medical technology using light and ultrasound to scan and treat the human body. Backed by Vitalik Buterin with $50 million, their wearable devices could transform healthcare, enable brain-computer interfaces, and drastically lower medical costs.

This section details the test methodology for evaluating avatar representation and user perspectives in VR. The study includes stages like pre-test questionnaires, calibration, task execution, and post-test interviews. Participants perform a series of tasks, including obstacle navigation and reflex-based activities, with feedback collected to assess embodiment and user experience.

The study investigates VR navigation tasks using three avatar types (abstract, mesh, point cloud) and a wide-baseline Kinect sensor setup. The goal is to assess the impact of avatar realism and perspective (first vs third person) on user experience and spatial awareness.

This section reviews related work on VR avatars, exploring the role of realism and perspective (first-person vs third-person) in enhancing user embodiment and spatial awareness. It also covers point cloud visualization techniques, addressing challenges in rendering and real-time data processing.

This study compares first-person and third-person perspectives in VR, examining how avatar realism (from abstract to realistic) affects users' sense of embodiment, spatial awareness, and navigation tasks. The uncanny valley effect and guidelines for VR applications are also discussed.

EIP-4844 introduces "blobs" to Ethereum, reducing costs by temporarily storing rollup transaction data. This enhances scalability, making Ethereum more efficient while preserving security.

The removal of Cloudflare’s DDoS protection triggered a surge in global search interest and forum traffic for Kiwi Farms. Despite several disruptions, including DDoS and ISP blockages, the forum recovered multiple times, though it hasn't returned to pre-disruption levels of activity.

Cryptic code packed with symbols creates readability and maintenance issues. Use clear naming, simplify expressions, and refactor for human-friendly code.

A new conspiracy theory says the Internet will be dead in 2024. The theory is based on the idea that non-human systems like Artificial Intelligence (AI) models are taking over the Internet.

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We track the #DropKiwiFarms disruption campaign through Twitter data, analyzing tweets, reactions, and licensing. Ethical considerations were prioritized, ensuring privacy and minimizing harm to researchers and participants.

This study combines quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the disruption of the Kiwi Farms forum, using forum posts, Telegram chat data, web traffic analytics, and search trends to gauge community responses.

The bee colony teaches us that in times of crisis, clarity emerges. When a system faces extinction, that's precisely when the most important transformations occur.

Christopher Kelly, Co-Founder of droppGroup, is leading a quiet revolution in finance by building droppOne—a scalable, AI-integrated blockchain platform enabling sovereigns and enterprises to tokenize real-world assets, unlock dead capital, and create a new class of programmable, accountable financial instruments.

SaaS companies are moving away from hardcoded authorization, embracing tools like Oso to manage RBAC, ReBAC, ABAC, and secure LLM chatbots. As data access grows more complex, authorization-as-a-service offers scalable, fine-grained control to prevent leaks and streamline app development.

Faisal Al-Monai, founder of droppGroup, is revolutionizing Saudi Arabia’s digital landscape with AI-native, blockchain-based infrastructure. From tokenizing national systems to enabling sovereign digital IDs and real-world asset trading, his work powers smart cities and programmable economies—setting a global blueprint for Web3-era governance.

Instagram has rolled out its new *Blend* feature that sits right inside your DMs. It allows you and your friends to create a shared feed of Instagram Reels, curated based on content suggestions specific to each individual. Instagram has a long history of "borrowing" features from other platforms.