Netflix is turning into YouTube

Netflix has shows and movies. And video games. And live sports. And podcasts. And also, apparently, YouTube videos? For a company that used to seem like the next big thing in TV, it all feels a little frenetic, and maybe a tad desperate. For a company that sees sleep as its primary competitor, it might … Read more

Fine-tune NVIDIA Nemotron 3 models with Amazon SageMaker AI serverless model customization

Model customization transforms general-purpose AI models into specialized enterprise assets. By fine-tuning foundation models (FMs) on domain-specific data, businesses teach AI their unique workflows, terminology, and deep domain specialization, along with strict adherence to brand voice and fewer hallucinations. For enterprises, this is more than an optimization. It’s the creation of proprietary intellectual property. A … Read more

Real-time dental image verification with Amazon SageMaker AI at Henry Schein One

In dentistry, image quality determines whether a claim is paid or denied. Up to 20 percent insurance claims are initially denied, with missing or low-quality images among the leading causes. Yet quality assessment has traditionally been a manual, after-the-fact process. A clinician reviews an X-ray hours or days after capture, discovering problems only when a … Read more

Build a semantic layer for agentic AI on AWS with Stardog and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

In this post we show how to build a semantic layer on AWS using Stardog’s Semantic AI Application over Amazon Aurora and Amazon Redshift, and how to run a Strands Agents agent on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that queries the layer to answer customer 360 questions across both sources without extract, transform, and load (ETL). The … Read more

Scaling agentic workflows with native case management in Amazon Quick Automate

An artificial intelligence (AI) agent can process an invoice, help adjudicate a claim, or classify a support ticket in a proof of concept. But running these agents across thousands or even millions of work items in a production environment introduces an entirely different set of challenges. At enterprise scale, success depends on much more than … Read more

Deploying quantized models on Amazon SageMaker AI with Unsloth

This post was co-written with Daniel Han and Michael Han from Unsloth. Deploying large foundation models (FMs) stored at their original 16-bit floating-point precision (BF16 or FP16) is expensive. They need large GPU instances, driving up serving costs, and slowing down iteration cycles. Quantization addresses this by reducing the numerical precision of a model’s weights … Read more

Anker’s 3-in-1 Qi2.2 charging station is $95 off

Anker’s Prime Wireless Charging Station can deliver up to 25W of power to compatible iPhones. If you’re looking to declutter your nightstand and quickly charge up to three of your most-used gadgets, Anker’s Prime Wireless Charging Station is an easy way to do both. The station has spots for your MagSafe-ready iPhone, Apple Watch, and … Read more

HackerNoon Projects of the Week:  Blackperp, TableCraft & BarterAds

Hey Hackers! Welcome to another edition of HackerNoon Projects of the Week, where we spotlight standout entries from the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon, HackerNoon’s global competition designed to reward what actually matters: real utility, real users, real impact. This week, we’re looking at three projects solving distinct problems, an AI signal engine for crypto perpetual … Read more

115 Blog Posts To Learn About Automated Testing

Let’s learn about Automated Testing via these 115 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Automated testing is the process of using software tools to execute tests and compare actual outcomes with predicted outcomes, without … Read more

Empathy for the optimizers

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Bryan Johnson, best known as the man who wants to live forever, has an incurable autoimmune disease. The internet’s most … Read more