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The Metaverse is Here to Stay

The metaverse is no longer an unfamiliar term. The technology behind it is evolving each day and promises to engulf our lives in the years to come. We take a look at its history, evolution, applications and risks, as well as the top 12 metaverse platforms today.

"Non-free programs are a threat to everyone's freedom"

Richard Matthew Stallman (aka RMS) can be best described as a genius or a maverick. He graduated from Harvard in physics while working at the Artificial Intelligence Lab in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1984, he started developing the GNU operating system; then in 1985 he founded the Free Software Foundation and invented the concept of copyleft—a legal mechanism to protect the modification and redistribution rights of free software. How have things progressed? How happy is he with the current state of affairs? Given the increased awareness and use of free software, we had (wrongly) assumed that he would be happy with the progress. He not only reiterated the weakness in defence of freedom but also outlined the threat humanity faces when “progress” (in the purely practical sense) is promoted at the neglect of freedom. Let’s see what he has to say.

Make Your Business Global with Stablecoins and Lazerpay

This article explains the basics of Stablecoin cryptocurrency and how it can be integrated into your business model to make it global.

How Blockchains can Transform Enterprises

Blockchains have been around for some time now, but have not been used to their full potential yet. Let's take a look at the different types of blockchains, how they help enterprises, and their benefits and drawbacks.

How a Blockchain Differs from a Database

Blockchain is a relatively new technology and essentially means a ‘chain of blocks’. This article outlines the basic differences between a blockchain and a database.

Make Your Business Global with Stablecoins and Lazerpay

This article explains the basics of Stablecoin cryptocurrency and how it can be integrated into your business model to make it global.

How Blockchains can Transform Enterprises

Blockchains have been around for some time now, but have not been used to their full potential yet. Let’s take a look at the different types of blockchains, how they help enterprises, and their benefits and drawbacks.

Microservices Patterns

Breaking a complex monolith system into a set of collaborating microservices pays rich dividends in terms of auto-scaling, time-to-market and adopting modern technologies, etc, to name a few. So far, we have seen how a monolith like UMS (user management system) can be decomposed and deployed in a polyglot environment. In this twelfth and last part of the series, we take a look at the patterns that are central to the success of microservices architecture. We conclude with the final design of the UMS.

Microservices Patterns

Breaking a complex monolith system into a set of collaborating microservices pays rich dividends in terms of auto-scaling, time-to-market and adopting modern technologies, etc, to name a few. So far, we have seen how a monolith like UMS (user management system) can be decomposed and deployed in a polyglot environment. In this twelfth and last part of the series, we take a look at the patterns that are central to the success of microservices architecture. We conclude with the final design of the UMS.

A Guide to a Career in Embedded Systems

Embedded systems serve as a bridge between traditional hardware and software. With artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing, and other advancements, embedded systems are experiencing meteoric growth in many vast and interdisciplinary subfields. So, the term embedded systems means different thing to different people in the industry. This article will help gain some important perspectives about this field and understand the nitty-gritty involved.

How we can Innovate Better

Real innovation is becoming scarce day by day. It is being replaced by fund-raising celebrations. There is no dearth of problems or issues to be tackled; instead, most startups spend a large portion of funds on rebranding, marketing, and serving unsustainable claims.

CRM Tools: Make the Right Choice

This list of best open source CRM tools with diverse USPs is designed to help you choose the most suitable one for your business.

15 Things to Remember While Selecting an IoT Platform

How does one compare the IoT platforms available in the market and select the right one? Let us take a look at some of the platforms available in the market and their features, and see the selection guide presented in this article.

“QNU Labs and India will be the go-to place for quantum cybersecurity”

We live in a digital world that’s heavily dependent on the internet, and yet, many of our cybersecurity methods are pretty juvenile. QNu Labs, pronounced as Q-New, is India’s only quantum-tech cybersecurity company, and it is trying to lead the quantum mission for India. Sunil Gupta, co-founder & CEO of QNu Labs, explains the need to reimagine cybersecurity in an interaction with EFY

SkyWater receives US$ 15 million from the DOD

As part of the previously announced US$ 27 million commitment, SkyWater Technology has announced that it has received US$ 15 million from the US Department of Defense (DOD) to support open source design for its 90nm process offering.

IBM Research launches DS4SD, an open source toolbox for scientific research

In an effort to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, IBM Research has for the first time made a portion of the IBM Deep Search experience available through an open source framework.

Cirq is now the common language for Google engineers to create quantum programs

After more than four years of development, the Google open source quantum programming framework Cirq has gained stability and established itself as the common language used by Google engineers to create quantum programs on Google’s own quantum processors.

Foundry gives a Bitcoin grant to Stratum V2 protocol developer

Foundry Digital LLC (or Foundry), a service provider for organisations in the digital asset mining and staking industry, has made public a grant of 1 Bitcoin (BTC) to 4ss0, a pseudonymous developer working on Stratum V2, an open source protocol that outlines how Bitcoin miners, proxies, and mining pools communicate in order to contribute Hashrate to the Bitcoin network.

The Why, What and Who of Open Access

Read on to find out why open access makes sense for India, despite the roadblocks here.

Make the METAVERSE Work For You

The metaverse is in the making—an exciting new universe that melds real and virtual worlds, opening up totally unexplored opportunities. Although it has its origins in gaming, it is going to be a gamechanger in fields ranging from education and fitness to marketing and healthcare. Here is a look at some of the impactful applications of the metaverse.

How Google Cloud is Integrating AI and ML into its Services

This article provides an overview of the native AIML services offered by Google Cloud.

The Need for Ensemble Methods in Machine Learning

Ensemble methods train multiple models (base models) to solve the same problem and combine them for better performance. This offsets the individual variances and biases of the models. They can be used collectively for improved decision making. Let’s find out how.

MetaKey: Physically Securing the Virtual World

This article discusses MetaKey, a unique solution for identity management and authentication in the Metaverse.

Private Key Compromised!!! I Should Have Handled it Better...

This article focuses on a solution to ensure secure communication between the network endpoints, even if the server’s private key is compromised.

How to Build a Great Application

This article covers the key considerations and the best development methods to build a successful application. It gives an overview of the app development strategy and a design guide for building a great app.

Mobile Apps: Helping Businesses Connect with Customers

The mobile phone is today the most used device in the world of ecommerce, and businesses are trying their best to reach their customers on it. Let’s find out why mobile apps are critical for the success of a modern business.