Month: April 2025

You’re Building the Wrong Startup: Coders Build Supply, Investors Fund Pain

by

There’s a heartbreak every technical founder goes through. You ship something cool. You obsess over the UX, optimize the backend, deploy it with CI/CD magic.You open the browser. You wait for the flood of users. And… nothing. No signups. No retention. No investor interest. It’s not your fault. You’re building supply. But the market — … Read more

Trump-Linked Crypto Project Buys $775,000 Worth of SEI as Altcoin Accumulation Continues

by

World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture backed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s family, purchased $775,000 worth of SEI tokens as its altcoin accumulation strategy keeps going. The move was funded with USDC transferred from the project’s main wallet to a trading wallet that has been used in prior altcoin buys, according to fresh data from … Read more

Smartphone tariffs are coming back in ‘a month or two,’ says Trump admin

by

Smartphones, laptops, and other products that are exempt from Trump’s April 9th tariffs will be lumped in with duties on semiconductors in “a month or two,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl on This Week. Yesterday, the Trump administration released updated guidance that excluded smartphones, laptops, and more from Trump’s new … Read more

Saylor signals Strategy is buying the dip amid macroeconomic turmoil

by

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has signaled that the company plans to acquire more Bitcoin (BTC) following a nearly two-week pause in purchases. The company’s most recent acquisition of 22,048 Bitcoin on March 31 brought its total holdings to 528,185 BTC. According to SaylorTracker, Strategy’s BTC investment is up by approximately 24%, representing over $8.6 billion … Read more

The Markup and the Curious Case of the Tricky Timeout Bug

by

About the LevelUp series: At The Markup, we’re committed to doing everything we can to protect our readers from digital harm, write about the processes we develop, and share our work. We’re constantly working on improving digital security, respecting reader privacy, creating ethical and responsible user experiences, and making sure our site and tools are … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: How Clapper is Revolutionizing the Creator Economy (4/13/2025)

by

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 13, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apollo 13 explosion in 1970, Stratolaunch’s first flight in 2019, and we present you with these top quality stories. From HegeCoin ($HEGE) Paints the Crypto World with Murals … Read more

Tech tariff exemptions are only temporary, according to Trump’s commerce secretary

by

The tech industry may not be safe from new tariffs, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The Trump administration announced Friday evening that consumer electronics such as laptops and smartphones would be exempt from the tariffs it unveiled earlier this month. (While Trump delayed many of those tariffs this week, he left a 10% … Read more