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Alex Williams Alex Williams
Updated on March 25, 2025

SushiSwap vs. Uniswap: What Are the Differences?

SushiSwap and Uniswap are two popular decentralized exchanges for cryptocurrency. Our expert assesses the differences between the two platforms.

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Giorgos Myrianthous Giorgos Myrianthous
Updated on March 25, 2025

How to Copy a File in Python

Python’s shutil module offers four different ways to copy a file — shutil.copy(), shutil.copyfile(), shutil.copy2() and shutil.copyfileobj(). Here’s how to use each method and which one to pick to copy a file in Python.

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Nicky Watson Nicky Watson
Updated on March 25, 2025

How DOGE Puts Personal Data Privacy at Risk

The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to troves of personal data carries significant data privacy risks and could have far-reaching consequences. Learn more. 

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Paul Barba Paul Barba
Updated on March 25, 2025

6 Ways to Combat Bias in Machine Learning

Data often reflects the biases that pervade the larger world. To make machine learning processes more equitable, we need to employ a variety of methods to eliminate bias.

6 Ways to Combat Bias in Machine Learning
Jeff Catlin Jeff Catlin
Updated on March 25, 2025

When Will AI Revolutionize Your Industry?

Domain-specific AI isn’t here quite yet, but deep language learning models like BERT and GPT-3 suggest it’s just a matter of time before your niche sees its own transformative AI innovations.

When Will AI Revolutionize Your Industry?
Judith Etugbo Judith Etugbo
Updated on March 25, 2025

Why Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are the Future of Blockchain Security

A zero-knowledge proof is a cryptographic method that allows one party to provide provable information to the other party without revealing that information. Here’s how it works. 

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Charles Miglietti Charles Miglietti
Updated on March 25, 2025

Startups Should Think Twice About Hiring Consultants

After leading his startup to a $13.2 million Series A and hiring 100 employees globally, this CEO believes that paying others to solve early problems is a lousy way to build a strong, scalable business.

Startups Should Think Twice About Hiring Consultants
Susan Maina Susan Maina
Updated on March 24, 2025

Can You Put a For Loop in an If Statement? 

You can put a for loop inside an if statement (and vice versa) in Python using nested control flow. For loops complete an iterative action for a defined number of elements, while if statements test a condition and then complete an action.

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Wai Foong Ng Wai Foong Ng
Updated on March 24, 2025

Guide to ExcelJS: An Excel Workbook Manager

ExcelJS is a JavaScript package for managing Excel spreadsheets and workbooks. It can be used to read, manipulate and write spreadsheet data to XLSX and JSON.

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Jonathan Hsu Jonathan Hsu
Updated on March 24, 2025

How to Pick Between a For Loop and While Loop

In programming, for loops are best used when you know the number of iterations ahead of time, whereas a while loop is best used when you don't know the number of iterations in advance. Both methods can help you iterate through your code.

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