Crypto lobby group Digital Chamber sues Illinois to block digital asset tax
Illinois enacted a 0.2% tax on all crypto transactions last month, with the tax taking effect next year.
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that’s loosely based on Peter Watts’ 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp’s new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features characters whose voices and faces are modeled after human actors. But … Read more
OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
OpenAI says its AI models mistakenly breached open-source AI platform Hugging Face during internal testing. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI writes that GPT-5.6 Sol and “an even more capable pre-release model” discovered vulnerabilities within their sandboxed testing environment, allowing them to gain access to the internet and target Hugging Face. On July 16th, … Read more
Software Engineering Is More Like Batting Than Coding
Software engineering is often misunderstood. Many people assume software engineering is primarily about writing code. The more I think about it, the less I believe that is true. Recently, while thinking about cricket and reflecting on why certain players become legends, I realized that software engineering has more in common with batting than coding. The … Read more
CLARITY Act could help CFTC deal with prediction markets: Lawyer
According to one lawyer testifying before a House subcommittee hearing, the CLARITY Act could grant the CFTC the authority it needs to address the “explosive growth of prediction markets.”
OpenAI Models Escaped Locked Test Environment, Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on Benchmark
OpenAI’s own models just broke out of a sandboxed environment, hacked Hugging Face, just to cheat on a cybersecurity evaluation.
Crypto Clarity Act still at mercy of ethics section as Democrats balk at Trump deal
The White House has circulated some details of the conflict-of-interest limits the president agreed to with Republican negotiators, but talks are still underway.
Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil
The blockchain developer will continue operating under court supervision as it restructures following a market-making scandal, a co-founder’s suspension, and exchange delistings that rocked the project.
STON.fi Launches Cross-Chain Swaps, Connecting TON to TRON And EVM Stablecoin Economy
Road Town, British Virgin Islands, July 21st, 2026/Chainwire/–STON.fi, the leading AMM protocol on The Open Network (TON), today announced the launch of cross-chain swaps in the STON.fi app, giving users a direct way to move stablecoins between TON, TRON, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, and Robinhood Chain through a unified, self-custodial interface. The … Read more
OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models
OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.
Stop Buying Internships: Start Becoming Internship-Ready.
Introduction Every year, thousands of students search for internships hoping to gain experience, learn industry practices, and strengthen their resumes. Unfortunately, many students encounter programs that blur the line between training and internships. Courses, workshops, and guided project programs are often marketed as internships, creating confusion about what an internship actually is. This article is … Read more
Ether breaks the $1.9K resistance; is $2.1K the next target for ETH bulls?
Ether’s rally faces onchain headwinds, but rising staking demand and Google earnings could spark the push toward $2,100.
Pavel Durov Wants to Give a Billion Telegram Users a Crypto Wallet
The promise of instant, zero-fee crypto transactions for over a billion Telegram users sent its native Gram token up 7%.
Bitcoin rally faces key test at $68,000 as ‘summer slumber’ grips crypto, analysts say
BTC has rebounded 15% from the July lows, but some analysts cautioned that the next move hinges on clearing a level where many recent buyers may look to sell.
156 Blog Posts To Learn About Continuous Integration
Let’s learn about Continuous Integration via these 156 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. A vital process in software development and delivery, where code changes from multiple contributors on a single software project are … Read more
Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents
Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.
AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app
Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become all-purpose entertainment destinations instead.
Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory
Sila’s fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Substack will now help users determine whether what they’re reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes, replies, and comments to provide an estimate of how much text could be AI-generated or written with AI assistance, according to a blog post published on Tuesday. The … Read more
Pakistan steps up crypto enforcement with dedicated federal unit
A senior official with Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency reportedly recommended other agencies establish similar units to address crypto-related crime.
Meet the Writer: Gayathri Bolineni on Automation, Reliability, and Life Beyond the Happy Path
Welcome to HackerNoon’s Meet the Writer Interview series, where we learn a bit more about the contributors that have written some of our favorite stories. Let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself Hi, I’m Gayathri. I’m a Software Quality Engineer who spends an unreasonable amount of time thinking about automation, testing, and why software … Read more
Google Ships New Gemini Flash Models, But Pro Is Still Missing
As Gemini 3.5 Pro stalls in testing limbo, Google ships 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and a restricted cybersecurity model—and quietly teases Gemini 4.
Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking
The acquisition — Einride’s first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business.
Pavel Durov says Telegram to roll out native Gram crypto wallet
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the messaging platform will roll out a native non-custodial Gram wallet this summer, bringing self-custody crypto transactions to its more than 1 billion users.
Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs
The new leasing program is a big change for the hardware company, and comes as it looks to raise prices on many of its products.