The HackerNoon Newsletter: Can the Blockchain Make Traditional Courts Redundant? (2/1/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 1, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From Scientists Hack Pac-Man to Make Physical Therapy Less of a Chore to Can the Blockchain Make Traditional Courts Redundant?, … Read more

HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our Product Management Community!

Welcome to HackerNoon Decoded: Product Management Edition—the ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024! In Product Management, You Turned Ideas Into Market Realities You came for the “data-driven takes” and stayed for the “just ship it” vibes. Whether you’re prioritizing features or surviving the feedback loops, if product management was … Read more

Venture debt lenders will play a big role in fire sales and startup shutdown this year, experts say

When accounting startup Bench abruptly failed last month, the shutdown was forced when the company’s lenders called in the startup’s loan. In late 2023, the digital freight company Convoy faced financial challenges, leading venture lending firm Hercules Capital to assume control of the company to recover its investments. Divvy Homes, which sold for about $1 … Read more

How to delete X and move on with your life

As Elon Musk’s X sees a decline in daily active users, some people are deciding to ditch the social network entirely, whether that’s for Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, or perhaps, better yet, nothing at all. Since the Tesla and SpaceX CEO bought Twitter in 2022, numerous alternatives have cropped up, seeking to ensnare people who are … Read more

How to hide files and folders on Windows

While your Windows computer should be pretty well locked down with a password or maybe even some kind of biometric protection, it’s impossible to guarantee that no one else is ever going to get access to it, whether it’s a thief swiping your unlocked laptop from a coffee shop or one of your kids wanting … Read more

AI agents could birth the first one-person unicorn — but at what societal cost?

Thanks to the advent of cloud computing and distributed digital infrastructure, the one-person micro-enterprise is far from a novel concept. Cheap on-demand compute, remote collaboration, payment processing APIs, social media, and e-commerce marketplaces have all made it easier to “go it alone” as an entrepreneur. But what about scaling that one-person business into something meatier … Read more

Is It Possible for an Arbitrator To Sign an Arbitral Award Digitally?

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Award Form and Content III. Electronic Signatures, Writing Requirement, and Authentication A. Is it possible for an Arbitrator o Digitally Sign an Arbitral Award B. How could an Electronic Award be Considered to be “In Writing” C. Could a Multisig E-Award be Duly Authenticated IV. Can Multisig … Read more