Sam Altman apparently does not respect olive oil

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is using his olive oil inefficiently in an “offense to horticulture,” the Financial Times humorously reports. For its “Lunch with the FT” series, the paper joined Altman in his kitchen. He prepared a garlicky pasta and salad, taking a rare break from his demanding job of advocating for the disruption of … Read more

Market Structure Rules for Crypto Could End Up Governing Core of U.S. Finance: Le

The crypto industry has been desperate for U.S. regulation as the last major piece in its global maturity puzzle, but sector veteran and compliance expert TuongVy Le, a former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer, argues that what Congress and the regulators are working on isn’t just for today’s digital assets space but for the core … Read more

Stablecoins to Go Mainstream in 2025 After U.S. Regulatory Progress: Deutsche Bank

Stablecoins are on the verge of mainstream adoption this year as the Trump administration pushes ahead with landmark crypto legislation, investment bank Deutsche Bank said in a research report Monday. Despite some resistance in the Senate last week, the bank said it still expects to see some progress on the stablecoin regulatory front this year. … Read more

The Switch 2 has a handy battery preservation mode

Nintendo will give Switch 2 owners the option to sacrifice a little per-session playtime in the interest of battery health longevity. The company announced, via its Nintendo Today news app, that the console will have a setting to slow the console’s charge as it approaches 90 percent capacity, then maintain it around that amount. Such … Read more

How to Select the Right Features for Better Machine Learning Results

:::info Authors: (1) Mahdi Goldani; (2) Soraya Asadi Tirvan. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Methodology Dataset Similarity methods Feature selection methods Measure the performance of methods Result Discussion Conclusion and References Feature selection methods Once the database without missing value is obtained, the next step is to apply FS and similarity methods to … Read more

Can Less Data Make Better Predictions? This Study Says Yes

:::info Authors: (1) Mahdi Goldani; (2) Soraya Asadi Tirvan. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Methodology Dataset Similarity methods Feature selection methods Measure the performance of methods Result Discussion Conclusion and References Methodology This section elaborates on the methodology adopted for this research work. The complete methodology is depicted in Fig. 1 and consists … Read more

You Can Only Trust Your Data if You Know What to Ignore

:::info Authors: (1) Mahdi Goldani; (2) Soraya Asadi Tirvan. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Methodology Dataset Similarity methods Feature selection methods Measure the performance of methods Result Discussion Conclusion and References Abstract In predictive modeling, overfitting poses a significant risk, particularly when the feature count surpasses the number of observations, a common scenario … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Good Programmers Always Be Refactoring (5/12/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 12, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From Crowdsales in Crypto: Initial (Something) Offerings and Their Regulations to Good Programmers Always Be Refactoring, let’s dive right in. … Read more

Android Users Can Now Simulate Phishing Attacks with PyPhisher on Termux—Here’s How

Phishing is still one of the best ways to trick people in social engineering attacks. If you are an ethical hacker wanting to try phishing through Termux on your android phone, PyPhisher is a tool that helps you create fake login pages for popular sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GitHub, Reddit, Gmail, and more. Disclaimer … Read more

US real estate manager launches $100M tokenized fund with institutional backing

Patel Real Estate Holdings (PREH) has launched a $100 million tokenization fund on the Chintai blockchain, aiming to give accredited investors access to institutional-grade real estate opportunities. The new PREH Multifamily Fund is a tokenized investment vehicle focused on vintage Class A multifamily units across the top 20 US growth markets, the company told Cointelegraph … Read more

Ethereum’s Next Upgrade ‘Fusaka’ Could Cut Layer-2 and Validator Costs

After the successful deployment last week of Pectra, Ethereum’s biggest upgrade in more than a year, the network’s core developers are already shifting focus to the next major chain upgrade: Fusaka. Pectra, the biggest code change to Ethereum since the Merge in 2022, introduced key changes aimed at making staking easier for institutions, improving wallet … Read more

Google just changed its ‘G’ logo

Google’s old logo (left) vs. its new one (right) Google has updated its colorful “G” logo for the first time in almost a decade. An update to the Google app on iOS shows a new logo that blends the logo’s red, yellow, green, and blue colors into a gradient, as reported by 9to5Google. Google last … Read more

Meet Sora: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Hey Hackers! Welcome back to another series of HackerNoon Company of The Week, where we spotlight the tech changemakers building the future, one block (or blockchain) at a time. This week, we’re thrilled to feature SORA, a radical reimagining of how economies can work in a decentralized world. SORA isn’t just another blockchain project- it’s … Read more

Don’t delete that ‘Lopez Voice Assistant’ email — it’s about Apple’s Siri settlement

If you’ve been wary after getting an email with the subject line “Lopez Voice Assistant Class Action Settlement,” that’s understandable — but it’s likely a notification that you’re owed part of a $95 million payout over allegations of Siri-enabled spying on private conversations. The settlement is related to Lopez v. Apple Inc, a 2019 class … Read more