Month: January 2025
Retro Remake opens preorders for its PS One FPGA clone
The SuperStation One comes in three colors, including translucent blue. | Image: Retro Remake Retro Remake’s Taki Udon announced last night that preorders had opened for the SuperStation One, a clone of the PS One variant of the original PlayStation. The $149.99 Founders Edition preorders are sold out already, but you can still preorder the … Read more
How We Studied the Effects of Different Exoskeleton Controllers on Gait Patterns
:::info Authors: (1) Mohammad Shushtari, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo (smshushtari@uwaterloo.ca); (2) Julia Foellmer, Mechanics and Ocean Engineering Department, Hamburg University of Technology (julia.foellmer@tuhh.de); (3) Sanjay Krishna Gouda, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (KITE), University Health Network (arash.arami@uwaterloo.ca). ::: Table of Links Abstract … Read more
The Free Energy Principle and the Simulation Hypothesis
Once, my little son asked me why people fear the dark. I told him that our brains constantly dream, even when we’re awake. When awake, this dream is in sync with the outside world we perceive (what we see, hear, etc.). When it’s dark, visual stimuli disappear, and our brains start filling the void. And … Read more
100 years of Bell Labs [pdf]
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The HackerNoon Newsletter: HackerNoon Decoded: The Polls that Defined 2024 (1/26/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 26, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, First Performance of Mozart’s Opera “The Marriage of Figaro” in 1786, India officially became a republic in 1950, The Apollo Theater in New York launched its first Amateur … Read more
HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our Futurism Community!
Welcome to HackerNoon Decoded: Futurism Edition—the ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024! You Saw Trends Before They Became Reality We were promised flying cars, but all we got was you… glued to Futurism stories. No joke! If Futurism was your top tech category, you’re part of the 1.02% of … Read more
2025 will likely be another brutal year of failed startups, data suggests
More startups shut down in 2024 than the year prior and a high volume of startup failures will continue, data from multiple sources. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Which Crypto ETFs Are Next? Dogecoin, XRP, and Solana Lead the List
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs were only the start: Issuers are now applying to offer all kinds of U.S. funds—for Dogecoin, Solana, XRP and more.
How We Measure the Impact of Exoskeletons on the Body
:::info Authors: (1) Mohammad Shushtari, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo (smshushtari@uwaterloo.ca); (2) Julia Foellmer, Mechanics and Ocean Engineering Department, Hamburg University of Technology (julia.foellmer@tuhh.de); (3) Sanjay Krishna Gouda, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (KITE), University Health Network (arash.arami@uwaterloo.ca). ::: Table of Links Abstract … Read more
Forget Winter: Dive Into These 9 Sweltering Hot, Tropical Games
Escape winter’s chill with games set in sun-soaked deserts, tropical beaches, and sweltering adventures. Warm up with these picks.
Binance Bitcoin price 'gap' hits record as perps stay bearish at $105K
Bitcoin traders avoid risk as the difference between spot and derivatives prices on Binance reaches unprecedented levels.
Gold Maxi Changed His Mind About Crypto After Creating $420 Million Solana Meme Coin
He made a Solana meme coin to prove that crypto is worthless, but then degen traders sent it to $420 million. Now he’s changed his mind.
Netflix won the streaming wars, and we’re all about to pay for it
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Whenever Netflix raises its prices — which seems to happen roughly as often as Ben Affleck falls in love with an A-list celebrity — the company always gives the same reason. It needs the extra money, you see, in order to keep investing in the kind of programming … Read more
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Too many tokens? Analysts argue oversupply could end altcoin season
With 36.4 million tokens flooding the market, analysts question whether altcoin seasons are a thing of the past.
Live AI on Meta’s smart glasses is a solution looking for a problem
It can feel magical when it works, but often Live AI feels more like Captain Obvious. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Live AI is neat, but the problem is knowing when (and why) you’d want to use it. Read the full story at The Verge.
The 2025 Android upgrade cycle has begun
Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 68, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’re staying warm and sane, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Kieran … Read more