Month: March 2025

Week in Review: Google buys Wiz 

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Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stories to share from this week, like the greatest hits from Nvidia GTC; the NASA astronauts finally came home; Rippling’s lawsuit; and Google bought Wiz. Let’s get to it! Google finally does it: Google made its biggest acquisition in its history this week when it … Read more

Pakistan Crypto Council proposes using excess energy for BTC mining

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Bilal Bin Saqib, the CEO of Pakistan’s Crypto Council, has proposed using the country’s runoff energy to fuel Bitcoin (BTC) mining at the Crypto Council’s inaugural meeting on March 21. According to an article from The Nation, the council is exploring comprehensive regulatory frameworks for cryptocurrencies to attract foreign direct investment and establish Pakistan as … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Everyone’s ‘Ditching’ the Cloud—But Here’s Why That’s a Lie (3/22/2025)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 22, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Frickin’ Laser Beams Patented in 1960, and we present you with these top quality stories. Everyone’s ‘Ditching’ the Cloud—But Here’s Why That’s a Lie By @z3nch4n [ 5 … Read more

Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth

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Opinion by: Brendon Sedo, Core DAO initial contributor Bitcoin is outgrowing the “digital gold” narrative. The primary driver of this shift is the rise of Bitcoin DeFi (BTCfi), which looks beyond the mere store-of-value use cases.  In 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) became a natively yield-generating asset and the centerpiece of Ethereum-style decentralized finance ecosystems. 2025 is … Read more

Centralized exchanges’ Kodak moment — time to adopt a new model or stay behind

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Opinion by: Ido Ben Natan, co-founder and CEO of Blockaid Centralized exchanges (CEXs) have controlled what people can trade for years. If a token wasn’t listed on major exchanges, it didn’t exist for most users. That system worked when crypto was small. But today? It’s completely broken. The rise of Solana-based memecoins, the popularization of … Read more

Photo Mode is my new gaming obsession

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Infinity Nikki and Assassin’s Creed Shadows have become my twin obsessions for their meticulously detailed environments, textures, and weather. With open-world dress-up game Infinity Nikki, I continue to be agog at how clothing textures are rendered with such detail and fidelity that by mere sight, I know exactly what a piece of fabric will feel … Read more

A Quick Recap of AI Systems

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The Big Picture: Shift to Action-Based AI You should have already felt that AI systems are shifting from just being passive tools to active “agentic“ solutions. The past year saw a “real acceleration” in AI progress, and experts predict it will “move beyond just generating text and images and morph into agents that can complete complex tasks”. This … Read more