Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI startup led by OpenAI’s co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised an additional $2 billion in funding at a $32 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The startup had already raised $1 billion, and there were reports that an additional $1 billion round was in the works. … Read more
As the crypto industry matures, much of the focus remains on regulation, custody, and scalability. But in 2025, the biggest barrier to adoption isn’t policy — it’s user experience. Crypto’s interfaces are still too complex for everyday users. From managing seed phrases to deciphering blockchain transactions, onboarding feels more like navigating a maze than joining … Read more
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The proliferation of mainstream artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the last couple of years has stirred the crypto and blockchain industry to explore decentralized alternatives to Big Tech products. The synergy between AI and blockchain is built on addressing the risk of centralized ownership and access to data that powers AI. The theory goes that … Read more
The US Social Security Administration (SSA) will move all public communications to the X social media platform amid sweeping workforce cuts recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by X owner Elon Musk. According to anonymous sources who spoke with WIRED, the government agency will no longer issue its customary letters and press … Read more
The creators of Halo and Destiny are finally ready to show off their next big project: Marathon. It’s a long-awaited title from Bungie and revives the classic Marathon IP in the form of a PvPvE extraction shooter. After a teaser nearly two years ago, the Sony-owned studio just spent an hour showing off Marathon gameplay … Read more
Introduction Software as a Service (SaaS) adoption saw tremendous growth in the last 5 years as it enables businesses to user experience, reduce operational costs, and reduce the burden of technology lifecycle management. Leading a multi-million dollar SaaS transition is no small feat—it requires meticulous planning, stakeholder alignment, and the ability to navigate unexpected challenges/issues. … Read more
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United States President Donald Trump has exempted an array of tech products including, smartphones, chips, computers, and select electronics from tariffs, giving the tech industry a much-needed respite from trade pressures. According to the US Customs and Border Protection, storage cards, modems, diodes, semiconductors, and other electronics were also excluded from the ongoing trade tariffs. … Read more
The Trump administration is carving out big tariff exemptions for the tech industry. While President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would delay many of the market-shaking tariffs that he’d announced the previous week, he kept a universal baseline 10% tariff in place, while also increasing tariffs on Chinese goods to 125% (on top of … Read more
Rob McIlhenney and Charlotte Nicdao in Mythic Quest. Mythic Quest, the Apple TV Plus comedy about a game studio, isnât getting a fifth season, reports Variety. And, like a developer issuing a farewell patch, Apple is updating the final episode of season four with a new âgoodbyeâ ending next week. Variety published a statement from … Read more
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of cool stuff for your reading pleasure this week: Jeff Bezos backs EV startup Slate; a Meta whistleblower accuses the company of collusion; Waymo may use interior camera data; and much more. Let’s get to it! I want this: Slate, an EV startup, has the ambitious … Read more
An Italian publisher used AI to create a fictional Hong Kong philosopher whose critique of Trump and Musk became a sensation.
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There are two key requirements for the success of any digital product — ease of access and a user-friendly interface and experience. If this wasn’t the case, Linux-based OS systems would trump MacOS and Windows. This is also the reason why GPT, Claude, and Grok models are triumphing over open-source LLMs like the Llama and … Read more
We brought a unique coding platform and cohort-based model to the American market. And it didn’t go as planned. Here is why, and how we fixed it. Launching an EdTech product in a competitive and foreign market is challenging — and yet exciting. You never really know if it will work. Even after studying other … Read more
It’s been an exceptionally volatile week, but one measure may be signaling longer-term bullish sentiment for bitcoin. The sell-off in equities began on April 3, spurred by President Donald Trump’s tariff-led uncertainties. Each day since then has been marked by sharp moves in both directions. The panic has hit both the equities and bond markets, … Read more
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April—a month marked by extreme market volatility—saw intensifying U.S.-China tensions and a broad selloff in global markets that led to panic selling of almost all asset classes. Amid the chaos, one of the most improbable winners emerged from the strange depth of the crypto market: Fartcoin (FART). The Solana-based memecoin, has rallied nearly 90% in … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 12, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Space Shuttle’s First Flight in 1981, First human in space in 1961, and we present you with these top quality stories. From I Blew €400 on Cursor — … Read more