Go developers who have written benchmarks using the testing package might have encountered some of its various pitfalls. Go 1.24 introduces a new way to write benchmarks that’s just as easy to use, but at the same time far more robust: testing.B.Loop. Traditionally, Go benchmarks are written using a loop from 0 to b.N: func … Read more
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget discovered “abnormal trading activity” on the VOXEL/USDT perpetual futures contract on April 20, between 8:00 to 8:30 UST, and paused accounts that the exchange suspected of market manipulation. According to an April 20 announcement from the exchange, Bitget will roll back the accounts suspected of market manipulation within 24 hours, clawing back … Read more
The latest version of the Kling AI video generator has plenty of improvements in motion, camera control, and coherence.
Prompts are basically our requests or inputs to AI models. Prompt engineering, as the name suggests, is about going a little deeper than basic prompts by creating specialized inputs that (more) effectively guide AI models to produce near-perfect outputs. You don’t necessarily have to use a programming language or an IDE for this, as most … Read more
You’ve probably played around with AI tools—ChatGPT, image generators, maybe even some automation stuff. Cool, right? But here’s the thing most people haven’t realized yet: We’re moving from AI that responds… to AI that acts. This shift is what agentic AI is all about. And yeah, that sounds techy—but by the end of this article, … Read more
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“I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models.” It was a seemingly random question posed by a user on X (formerly Twitter), but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman jumped in to reply that typing those words has added up to “tens of millions … Read more
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Hashprice, a key metric used to gauge miner revenue, is currently hovering near a five-year low, according to HashRate Index—a stark reminder of how difficult the mining business has become. In simple terms, the metric is the income miners can expect per unit of computing power, denoted by per petahash (PH/s). It can be denominated … Read more
Star Wars is once again descending on Fortnite. This time, it’s through the Star Wars-themed Galactic Battle, a new Battle Royale season that starts May 2nd and features Darth Jar Jar and the debut of Force Lightning, a new in-game ability. The news was appropriately revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Japan. As with most … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed replacing the current Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) contract language with the RISC-V instruction set architecture to improve the speed and efficiency of the Ethereum network’s execution layer. Buterin’s April 20 proposal outlined several long-term bottlenecks for scaling the Ethereum network including, stable data availability sampling, ensuring block production remains … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 20, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From Escape Prompt Hell With These 8 Must-have Open-source Tools to How Clapper is Revolutionizing the Creator Economy, let’s dive … Read more
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The power grid is slowly approaching the end of its expected lifespan. Even if it were brand-new, much of it is outdated. The world is entering an age of electric vehicles, data centers, and smart technology, so grid modernization is necessary. However, with digitalization comes cyber threats. A robust security posture is vital for success. … Read more
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