Month: April 2025
The Barium Experiment
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Cracking the Code on Credit Card Declines and Hidden Revenue Loss
Ever seen this? “Transaction Declined” Your card’s fine. Your money’s real. So…???? You’re not alone (hopefully!). Welcome to the invisible leak no one talks about – credit card authorization failures. It’s not just a customer annoyance. It’s a revenue black hole. And businesses are bleeding silently at the point of payment. So, what should we … Read more
FBI Ran Elon Musk-Themed Crypto Money Laundering Scheme for a Year
The FBI ran the Elon Musk-themed undercover crypto laundering operation in a “shed-sized” post office for nearly a year.
How to Use Color Psychology to Drive Engagement and Retention in UI Design
Color is essential in user interface (UI) design; it influences emotions, perception, engagement, and retention. As a designer, understanding the principles of color psychology can help you create interfaces that resonate with users, improve usability, build loyalty, encourage continued interaction, and enhance the overall experience. In this article, we will explore how to use color … Read more
Meet the HackerNoon Top Writers: Nebojsa Nesha Todorovic – Upwork, Freelancing, and Future of Work
Introduction I guess I’ve always been a Frank Sinatra’s my-way-kind-of-a-man who has followed his instincts in both private and professional life. I obtained an academic degree in 2003 and, as one of the top 30 students in my country, I had a promise of a career as a lawyer or public prosecutor. However, after only … Read more
You can grab three months of Apple TV Plus for $2.99 a month right now
Curious what all the fuss over shows like Severance and The Studio is about? If you’re interested in streaming either, new and eligible returning subscribers can sign up for Apple TV Plus through April 24th for just $2.99 a month for the first three months. Apple TV Plus would normally cost you $9.99 a month, … Read more
XRP Could Soar 200% by Year’s End: Standard Chartered
The bank also expects the token of the XRP Ledger to soar to $12.50 before crypto-friendly Trump leaves office.
Instagram might finally release an iPad app
Meta is developing a version of Instagram for iPad, according to The Information. Currently, running Instagram on an iPad is just a blown-up version of the iPhone app, so an official Instagram app from Meta would be a very welcome change. Why would Meta do this now, after ignoring Apple’s tablet for over a decade? … Read more
Arduboy creator says his tiny Game Boy won’t survive Trump’s tariffs
The original Arduboy. Kevin Bates managed to quit his day job and move to China after his game-playing business card, the Arduboy, went viral in 2014. But a decade later, Trump’s staggering and inexplicable new US tariffs are driving him out of business. Just as he was about to turn a profit for the first … Read more
SAFE: A New AI Tool for Fact-Checking Long-Form Responses
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
Why LLMs Are More Accurate and Cost-Effective Than Human Fact-Checkers
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
How LongFact Helps AI Models Improve Their Accuracy Across Multiple Topics
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
The AI Truth Test: New Study Tests the Accuracy of 13 Major AI Models
:::info Authors: (1) Jerry Wei, Google DeepMind and a Lead contributors; (2) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and a Lead contributors; (3) Xinying Song, Google DeepMind and a Lead contributors; (4) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind and a Lead contributors; (5) Nathan Hu, Google DeepMind and Stanford University; (6) Jie Huang, Google DeepMind and University of Illinois … Read more
Ethereum Game ‘Aavegotchi’ Will Dump Polygon for Base, Shutter Layer-3 Network
Aavegotchi will migrate from Polygon to Base following a community vote, with the game’s layer-3 network Geist set to bite the dust.
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A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index
If you ever call 911 from an area that’s hard to get to, you might hear the buzz of a drone well before a police cruiser pulls up. And there’s a good chance that it will be one made by Brinc Drones, a Seattle-based startup founded by 25-year-old Blake Resnick who dropped out of college … Read more
Mastering Project Clarity: How The Power of the RACI Matrix Can Improve Your Teamwork
Let me start with a confession. In one of my previous projects, I used to think project chaos was just part of the job. You know the vibe — people stepping on each other’s toes, endless Slack threads trying to figure out who was supposed to do what, decisions made in meetings that no one … Read more
Meta Releases Much-Anticipated Llama 4 Models—Are They Truly That Amazing?
Llama is the most popular open-source model in the AI community, and the fourth generation arrived with big promises—and controversy. We tried the model so you don’t have to.
What If All Global Trade Was In Crypto?
No tariffs, no taxes, no fees Imagine a world where buying an iPhone doesn’t require deciphering a complex web of tariffs, taxes, and fees. Picture a scenario where international trade flows as smoothly as your favorite streaming service — no buffering, no interruptions. Sounds like a utopian dream? Well, with the advent of cryptocurrencies, this … Read more
SmartThings gets Matter 1.4 support for water heaters, heat pumps, and more
Samsung’s smart home platform SmartThings now works with Matter 1.4, the latest version of the interoperable smart home standard, adding compatibility with things like water heaters, heat pumps, and solar panels that use the spec. The company has also introduced new smart home automation triggers, as well as a broadcast feature for SmartThings-connected speakers. Matter … Read more
RedStone targets trading latency with new oracle on MegaETH
RedStone, a blockchain oracle provider, has introduced a push-based oracle on MegaETH to tackle latency issues that challenge the efficiency of onchain trading. According to a spokesperson for RedStone, the new oracle can push new prices onchain every 2.4 milliseconds. Initially debuting on MegaETH, an Ethereum layer-2 network, the product may be rolled out to … Read more
Gaming Tokens Are Disappearing From Crypto’s Top 100—What Happened?
With Immutable’s recent plunge, CoinGecko shows zero gaming tokens in the top 100 coins by market cap. Can the industry bounce back?
Code Red: Why China Is Well Positioned to Win the AI Race
Image Credit: NightCafe Studio: Link Why the US LLMs Are Showing Poor Returns For Investment Compared to China :::tip The bottleneck is real: the problem is the lack of data! ::: GPT 3.5 to GPT-4-Turbo was a quantum leap. GPT-4.5: hugely enormous computing resources (as evidenced by the massive prices) but not a serious entry … Read more