Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
The Computers Used in Movies
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Bitcoin nears $63.5K into weekly close as trader warns of ‘terrible’ Monday
Bitcoin reached its highest levels in nearly a fortnight over the weekend, but BTC price action faced an “absolutely terrible” Monday track record.
Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI
A look at in-game cosmetics you’ll get with the Ultimate edition. | Image: Rockstar Games Rockstar’s long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI is launching November 19th, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X consoles. The game will be available digitally at launch, with physical cases containing codes, not discs, so your options for preordering are … Read more
Fake Mac Clipboard App Delivers New Password-Stealing Malware
A new Mac infostealer dubbed PamStealer impersonates the open-source Maccy clipboard manager to steal passwords and more.
5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better
The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and add a little extra convenience to your day.
Americans traded $571 million on Polymarket politic bets despite U.S. ban
U.S.-linked wallets traded $571 million in political contracts over the past year, more than any other country, even though the platform legally cannot serve them. The money leans toward the foreign-conflict markets U.S. venues do not list.
Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI
I call BS: the founding fathers definitely would have been Microsoft Teams users. | Image: Google “Group project, but make it 1776.” That’s how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google’s collaboration tools … Read more
Organic Maps
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The TechBeat: Vibe Coding Starts at Localhost (7/5/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## London Tech Week 2026: From Sovereign AI to AI Adoption By @jonstojanjournalist [ 3 Min read ] London Tech Week 2026 … Read more
173 Blog Posts To Learn About Agile Software Development
Let’s learn about Agile Software Development via these 173 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. An iterative approach to software development, emphasizing flexibility, collaboration, and continuous delivery, enabling faster response to change and improved … Read more
The Sourdough Sidekick automates the boring bit of baking
The Sourdough Sidekick was codeveloped with King Arthur Baking Company. Baking sourdough bread is inherently old-fashioned, relying on natural fermentation and wild yeast instead of the simple, predictable commercial stuff. So it might sound anathema to bring a gadget into the mix. The trick to the Sourdough Sidekick – backed and branded by King Arthur … Read more
Banks have stopped asking if stablecoins belong in finance, now they’re considering how
Financial institutions are racing to become the secure gateways for stablecoins as digital asset volume is projected to explode by 2030.
How Keurig saved — and ruined — your coffee
Before Keurig, the coffee in your office was almost certainly terrible. Old, burned, made by someone who would rather poorly eyeball than properly measure. Just altogether gross. After Keurig? You could make your own coffee, a cup at a time, exactly when you needed it. The single-cup brewer was an elegant solution to an extremely … Read more
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Vizio accidentally made the best dumb TV on the market
Vizio OS works well, but you don’t even need to use it. When I first started testing Vizio’s 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, I thought the big story was that Vizio was back and that it had a quantum-dot TV for under $398 – the cheapest on the market. Vizio’s been pretty quiet since it … Read more
Kalshi and prediction market sector embroiled in mixed bag of legal fights across U.S.
Some of the many battles with state gaming regulators aren’t going well for the industry at the moment, but it isn’t without its would-be government protectors.
Collateral, not yield, will decide which stablecoins win
As yield-bearing stablecoins race toward a $50 billion market capitalization, the industry is optimizing for the wrong metric, argues Artem Tolkachev, chief RWA officer at Falcon Finance.
Show HN: KiCad in the Browser
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Xbox is a disaster
Gears of War: E-Day. This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the bleak state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started … Read more
South Africa proposes crypto tax rules under existing tax framework
South Africa’s tax authority proposed draft guidance clarifying how crypto assets are taxed under existing income and capital gains tax rules, seeking public input until Aug. 31.
Pi square is nearly 10
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AIR Kit Deep Dive: Is AIR Kit the Best ZK Identity SDK in Web3? A Developer’s Hands-On Review
Web3 onboarding infrastructure just lived through its consolidation wave. Privy went to Stripe in June 2025. Web3Auth was folded into Consensys/MetaMask. Dynamic landed inside Fireblocks. Sequence went to Polygon Labs. Every wallet-as-a-service darling of 2023 is now a feature inside someone else’s strategy, payments rails, institutional custody, a wallet ecosystem. AIR Kit is the odd … Read more
Europe’s new climate in seven charts
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Vantage Introduces 24/7 Gold CFD Trading With XAUUSD247
Port Vila, Vanuatu, July 4th, 2026/Chainwire/–PORT VILA, Vanuatu, 4 July 2026 – Vantage Markets (“Vantage”), a multi-asset CFD broker, today announced the launch of XAUUSD247. CME Group recently announced plans to expand trading of certain gold futures products to 24/7, subject to regulatory review. XAUUSD247 is a separate OTC CFD product offered by Vantage. “XAUUSD247 … Read more
Binance outflows triple to $1.2B as ETH withdrawals hit 3-year high
Binance recorded $1.23 billion in weekly net outflows, up 207% from the previous week, as Ethereum withdrawals surged to a three-year high.