Month: February 2025
Bitcoin lacks strength, but ETH, BNB, XMR, and TAO show promise
Bitcoin price is pinned below $100,000, but several altcoins are showing sighs of breaking out.
Elon Musk claims federal employees have 48 hours to explain recent work or resign
Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that federal workers would soon get an email “requesting to understand what they got done last week.” According to the New York Times, the email from the Office of Personnel Management went to agencies across the federal government that afternoon, including the FBI, State Department, and others, with a deadline for … Read more
The JIT Calculator Challenge
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This mental health chatbot aims to fill the counseling gap at understaffed schools
As school districts struggle to support the mental health of their students, a startup called Sonar Mental Health has built a “wellbeing companion” called Sonny to help. As described in the Wall Street Journal, Sonny is a chatbot that relies on a combination of human staff and AI. When students text their questions to Sonny, … Read more
Key Design Principles for Startups: Things You Must Prioritize
My name is Vlada Zdorovenko, I am a Senior UX Designer. As an industry leader in UX design and experienced startup mentor at Startupbootcamp, I work closely with founders to craft scalable, intuitive, human-centered products, and focus on data-driven insights, research-backed methodologies, and real-world strategies that drive engagement and business success. When launching a B2C … Read more
An AI Pseudo-Experiment: Blocking All The AI Tools I Use for a Day
Hello beautiful people! Welcome to the Programming and Doodles blog! In this article, I’m going to present you the results of a pseudo-experiment: blocking all the AI tools I use and yet work as in a normal day (as a developer and a technical writer). Subscribe to receive these straight into your inbox: https://codedoodles.substack.com/ Ever … Read more
Million-Dollar Dolce & Gabbana Digital Suit Fractionalized on Ethereum L2 Base—Here’s Why
Fermion Protocol wants to fractionalize luxury goods. It’s starting with a million-dollar digital suit from Dolce & Gabbana.
Gambling on papal conclaves
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Grok 3 appears to have briefly censored unflattering mentions of Trump and Musk
When billionaire Elon Musk introduced Grok 3, his AI company xAI’s latest flagship model, in a live stream last Monday, he described it as a “maximally truth-seeking AI.” Yet it appears that Grok 3 was briefly censoring unflattering facts about President Donald Trump — and Musk himself. Over the weekend, users on social media reported … Read more
Open-CUAK: The Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI’s Operator
If you’ve been curious about OpenAI’s Operator but hesitated at the price tag of a $200 monthly fee, we’ve got great news. Meet Open-CUAK— an open-source platform that puts you in full control of automation agents, minus the high costs. Introducing Open-CUAK: Scalable Automation, Fully Local We’re thrilled to introduce Open-CUAK—a powerful, open-source platform for … Read more
‘Hamster Kombat’ Returns—Should You Tap Back in for the ‘HamsterVerse’?
Months later than expected, one-time Telegram gaming smash Hamster Kombat has launched its new season. Should you bother playing?
Strategy's Michael Saylor hints at resuming Bitcoin buying spree
The company continues progressing with its 21/21 plan to purchase more BTC following its most recent $2 billion convertible note offering.
Bitcoin implied volatility nears record lows as Strategy signals BTC buy
Bitcoin’s rangebound trading style is raising eyebrows among both traders and analysts despite the Bybit hack.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Choosing Wallets for Decentralized Applications (2/23/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 23, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From No Startup Has Ever Failed Because it Didn’t Have a Blog to The Importance of Liquidity: How It Impacts … Read more
Ultima VII: Revisited
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How to Understand the CDC (Change Data Capture) Synchronization Principle in One Article
Introduction to CDC (Change Data Capture) Change Data Capture (CDC) is a technique used to track changes at the row level in database operations (insertions, updates, deletions) and notify other systems in the order of events. In disaster recovery scenarios, CDC primarily synchronizes data between a primary and a backup database, enabling real-time data syncing … Read more
BigCommerce vs. Shopify: Which One is Better?
BigCommerce and Shopify are two of the most popular e-commerce platforms available. Both offer a range of features and tools to help businesses create and manage their online stores. In this article, we’ll compare *BigCommerce* and *Shopify* and see which one will be a better match for you.