March 2026

Vertical federated learning (VFL) allows an active party with a top model, and multiple passive parties with bottom models to collaborate. In this scenario, passive parties possessing only features may attempt to infer active party’s private labels, making label inference attacks (LIAs) a significant threat. Previous LIA studies have claimed that well-trained bottom models can effectively represent labels. However, we demonstrate that this view is misleading and exposes the vulnerability of existing LIAs. By leveraging mutual information, we […]

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Victoria, Seychelles, March 10, 2026 According to data from DeFiLlama, global crypto trading platform MEXC recorded $175 million in net capital inflows in February 2026, ranking fourth among major centralized exchanges worldwide. The platform trailed only Binance ($1.92 billion), Deribit ($306 million), and Bitget ($206 million) during the same period. Throughout February, Bitcoin price momentum remained relatively weak as macroeconomic uncertainty continued to weigh on overall risk appetite. Market sentiment turned increasingly cautious, and several exchanges recorded net […]

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:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science October 2022, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD – DR. SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE Astounding Stories of Super-Science October 2022: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD – DR. SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE By Agatha Christie ::: Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th–17th September—a Thursday. I was sent for at eight o’clock […]

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Weight regularization methods in continual learning (CL) alleviate catastrophic forgetting by assessing and penalizing changes to important model weights. Elastic Weight Consolidation (EWC) is a foundational and widely used approach within this framework that estimates weight importance based on gradients. However, it has consistently shown suboptimal performance. In this paper, we conduct a systematic analysis of importance estimation in EWC from a gradient-based perspective. For the first time, we find that EWC’s reliance on the Fisher Information Matrix […]

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Discord is a permanent, invite-only space where people can hop between voice, video, and text. On the surface, it seems like “just another chat app.” Take a closer look, and you’ll see that it’s really a finely-tuned system that delivers speed, scale, and reliability — the consumer app hat-trick. Every time you send a message, join a voice channel, or watch a stream, Discord has to route the event to the right place, notify tons of clients, and […]

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Last Tuesday, Anthropic’s CEO told the Department of Defense that Claude would never be used for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance. By Friday, the Pentagon designated Anthropic a “supply chain risk.” By Sunday, Anthropic was suing the Trump administration. Meanwhile, Meta quietly delayed its next AI model because — and I’m not making this up — it couldn’t beat Google’s Gemini 3.0. The company that committed $135 billion on AI this year is now considering licensing Gemini from […]

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South by Southwest 2026 hosts a remarkable concentration of awards ceremonies across audio, film, television, and digital culture. This guide covers the three major podcasting award events in detail: the 2026 iHeartPodcast Awards, the inaugural Independent Podcast and Creator Awards (Indie PaC Awards), the SXSW Film & TV Awards, each distinct in format, eligibility, and what they recognize. The SXSW Awards Schedule Fri–Sat, March 13–14: SXSW Pitch : Startup showcase across nine categories, a live audience and a […]

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This comprehensive guide evaluates the top 8 speech-to-text APIs in 2026, comparing accuracy, pricing, and features to help developers choose the right Voice AI solution for their applications. We’ll cover everything from real-time streaming capabilities to multilingual support, with detailed analysis of each provider’s strengths for specific use cases like voice agents, meeting transcription, and contact center analytics. Best speech to text API comparison table The best speech-to-text APIs convert spoken audio into accurate written text through advanced […]

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