Residents of SpaceX’s Starbase launch site vote to incorporate as a city

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is getting its own official company town. Residents of an area around SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in southern Texas voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to incorporate as a city — also named Starbase. According to results posted online by the Cameron County Elections Department, there were 212 votes in favor and only six … Read more

Code Smell 298 – How to Fix Microsoft Windows Time Waste

When Conditional Logic Silences Critical Signals TL;DR: Skipping status reports in conditional branches causes silent delays and race conditions. Problems 😔 User delays Poor Experience Unpredictable timeouts Incomplete initialization Hidden dependencies Policy mismanagement Silent failures Backward compatibility breaks Solutions 😃 Validate all code paths Use default reporting mechanisms Test edge cases rigorously Refactor policy checks … Read more

Saylor signals impending Bitcoin purchase following Q1 earnings call

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor hinted at an impending Bitcoin (BTC) purchase, marking the fourth consecutive week of purchases by the BTC treasury company. The company’s most recent acquisition occurred on April 28 when Strategy purchased 15,355 BTC, valued at over $1.4 billion at the time, bringing the company’s total holdings to 553,555 BTC. According to … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Best TV Series Set In Post-Apocalyptic Wastelands (5/4/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 4, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister in 1979, and we present you with these top quality stories. From If Your Products Aren’t AI-Searchable, You’re Already Losing to How Lumoz … Read more

Best Practices for Faster Queries: A SQL Performance Tuning Tutorial

Introduction Efficient SQL queries are essential for optimal performance in Oracle databases. This article focuses on key practices for query optimization, with practical examples tailored for Oracle environments. 1. Use Indexes Effectively Indexes are a powerful tool in Oracle for speeding up data retrieval. Oracle supports various types of indexes, including B-Tree, Bitmap, and Function-Based … Read more

How to set up stop-loss and take-profit orders

Key takeaways Bitcoin and crypto traders can rely on automated orders on their trading platform to limit losses and secure gains. Stop-loss orders in Bitcoin trading started as manual risk management in the early 2010s. Now, they have become advanced, automated tools on today’s exchanges. In the algorithm era and bot pestering, proper trading tools … Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets a company town in Texas

Residents near Boca Chica Beach in Texas have voted to become a city called Starbase. | Photo by GABRIEL CARDENAS/AFP via Getty Images<br> South Texas voters mostly employed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX have approved a measure to incorporate as Starbase, a new city in Texas’ Cameron County near the company’s Boca Chica Beach launch site … Read more

Revelo’s LatAm talent network sees strong demand from US companies, thanks to AI

While many tech companies are mandating that their employees return to their offices, and putting an emphasis on building in-person teams, they are also turning in droves to Latin America to find developer talent — especially for post-training AI models. Revelo, a full-stack platform of vetted developers in Latin America, is seeing a new surge in … Read more

Is this the end of Bitcoin DeFi?

Opinion by: Markus Bopp, CEO of TAP Protocol Not long ago, the idea of Bitcoin as a government-backed reserve asset seemed like a stretch. The US Federal Reserve’s move to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve marks a clear turning point. Once dismissed as a speculative asset or niche investment, Bitcoin is increasingly being treated by … Read more

Bitcoin eyes $95K retest as traders brace for Fed rate cut volatility

Key points: Bitcoin attacks liquidity clustered close to spot price into the weekly close. Market commentators eye significant BTC price levels below $95,000. The Fed’s upcoming interest rate decision is the key macro event to watch next week. Bitcoin (BTC) fell toward $95,000 into the May 4 weekly close as traders braced for more macro-induced … Read more

Backstage access: Spotify’s dev tools side-hustle is growing legs

Spotify generates the vast bulk of its income from ads and subscriptions, but for the past few years the music-streaming giant has also been quietly building out a developer tooling business. Backstage, a project it open-sourced in 2020, has been adopted by more than 2 million developers across 3,400 organizations, including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Twilio, and … Read more

Chart of the Week: ’10x Money Multiplier’ for Bitcoin Could Take Wall Street by Storm

Adopting Michael Saylor’s strategy of buying for the balance sheet has clearly taken off among many publicly traded firms, substantially enriching their stock prices and shareholders. But what does it mean for the future of the bitcoin price? NYDIG Research crunched the numbers, and the results are striking. “If we apply a 10x “money multiplier”—a … Read more