The Renegade Richard Foreman
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Month: June 2025
Reddit will help advertisers turn ‘positive’ posts into ads
Reddit is launching a new feature for advertisers that slots positive posts from Reddit users right under their ads. The new alpha feature, called Conversation Summary Add-ons, “dynamically integrates positive content from Reddit users directly below an advertiser’s creative, putting community conversations front-and-center in the user experience and blending AI-driven efficiency with real human perspectives,” … Read more
Patreon is raising its fees for new creators soon
Patreon has announced an update to its pricing, consolidating its Pro and Premium plans into a single offering starting August 5th. The new plan will take 10 percent of creators’ earnings, rather than the current eight percent for Pro and 12 percent for Premium users. That will mean a price increase for many new users, … Read more
SRM Stock Soars 580% as Justin Sun’s Tron Eyes Nasdaq Debut
The Florida-based theme-park supplier plans on renaming to Tron.
Gemini, Coinbase expected to secure EU licenses under MiCA — Report
Gemini is set to receive approval from Malta, while Coinbase is expected to get the green light from Luxembourg, according to Reuters.
Trump Mobile is a bad deal
Trump Mobile launched this morning with a single prepaid wireless plan and the promise of nationwide coverage for $47.45 per month. For that price, you get unlimited talk and texting, international calling, plus 20GB of “high-speed” cell and hotspot data, which a customer support representative told me is 5G. But while the plan’s price might … Read more
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Everything You Trust Is Built on GPS. That’s a Huge Problem. (6/16/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 16, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Google Acquired Motorola Mobility for $12 Billion in 2012, Steve Jobs Unveiled the Apple iMac in 1998, SpaceX’s Demo-2 Mission Was Planned and Subsequently Delayed in 2020, and … Read more
TON Moves Past $3 Milestone on High Trading Volume
Toncoin TON established strong support at $2.94-$2.96 before making a decisive move upward, demonstrating resilience even after a sharp pullback, according to CoinDesk research’s technical analysis model. The token is up 1.5% in the last 24 hours, underperforming the CoinDesk 20 — an index of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins, memecoins … Read more
How to Create and Deploy an ERC-20 Token on Ethereum Sepolia Testnet
ERC-20 token is a fungible digital asset on the Ethereum blockchain that follows a standard interface (with functions like totalSupply, balanceOf, transfer, etc.). The standard enables tokens to be usable in wallets and exchanges. Developers test contracts before utilizing real ETH on a testnet – a sandbox blockchain network with free “play” Ether. Sepolia testnet … Read more
Darklang Goes Open Source
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BNB Climbs as Transaction Activity Surges, DEX Volume Tops $100B
Binance Coin (BNB) climbed over the last 24 hours even as geopolitical tensions rattled the markets, driven by surging usage of the BNB Chain, which recorded more than 16 million transactions a day earlier this month. That transaction figure marks a massive jump when from the near 4 million transactions a day processed earlier in … Read more
Trump Media Files to Launch Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF
President Trump’s company plans to launch a joint Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF under the Truth Social name, following a solo Bitcoin ETF filing.
AVAX Rises 3% in V-Shaped Recovery, Defies Middle East Uncertainty
Avalanche’s token AVAX has gained 3.1% in the last 24 hours and appears to be undergoing a V-shaped recovery even as the war between Iran and Israel continues, according to CoinDesk research’s technical analysis model. The CoinDesk 20 — an index of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins, memecoins and exchange coins … Read more
Should we design for iffy internet?
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NEAR Surges 6% to Break Key Resistance
NEAR Protocol has emerged as a bright spot in the cryptocurrency sector, surging 6.1% over the past 24 hours despite the uncertain macroeconomic environment. The token established solid support at $2.174 before decisively breaking above the $2.300 resistance level with above-average trading volume. The recovery comes after a market-wide sell-off last week due to the … Read more
U.S.-Listed Bitcoin Miners’ Share of Network Hashrate Hit Record High in June: JPMorgan
The total hashrate of the 13 U.S.-listed bitcoin BTC miners tracked by JPMorgan (JPM) now accounts for around 31.5% of the global network, the highest level on record, the bank said in a research report on Monday. These miners added 11 exahashes per second (EH/s) of capacity since April, led by CleanSpark (CLSK), Hive Technologies … Read more
Benzene at 200
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A handy charger for every Switch Joy-Con you own is just $20
It works with Switch and Switch 2 Joy-Con. | Image: The Verge A company named Fastsnail has won the race when it comes to making a Joy-Con charging accessory that’s better than Nintendo’s and any other third-party maker. Its charging dock can charge the Joy-Con for the original Switch and for the Switch 2. Each … Read more
As grocery shortages persist, UNFI says it’s recovering from cyberattack
Whole Foods and other grocery stores reported shortages following the cyberattack
ATOM Surges 6% as Crypto Markets Bounce Back
The impact of conflict in the middle east appears to be waning with ATOM forming a clear bottoming pattern around the $4.01-$4.05 support zone before breaking through resistance levels with strong volume. Technical Indicators ATOM formed a clear bottoming pattern around the $4.01-$4.05 support zone during the 20:00 hour on June 15, with above-average volume … Read more
Microsoft’s Windows Hello facial recognition no longer works in the dark
Microsoft’s Windows Hello face unlock feature no longer works in dark rooms, and it’s not a bug. Microsoft quietly made the change to Windows Hello in April, in order to fix a vulnerability with Windows Hello spoofing. Fixing the security flaw has now removed key functionality from Windows Hello in Windows 11. Windows Central spotted … Read more
Home on the (BTC) Range
Hi. I’m Andy Baehr with the CoinDesk Indices team. Question: Bitcoin is stuck in a range. Is that a bad thing or a good thing? Even casual BTC watchers will have noted the ten percent channel that has held for more than a month. As of today, in fact, it has been 40 days since … Read more
The Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible
Have you seen this phone before? No, really, I need to know. Here is a roughly complete list of all the things we know for sure about the first phone made for the new Trump Mobile wireless provider: it’s called the T1 Phone 8002 (gold version). It costs $499, and you can reserve one now … Read more
Meet Iron Software: HackerNoon Company of the Week
Greetings, Hackers! Welcome to this week’s Company of the Week feature. Every week, we shine a light on an innovative company from our Tech Company Database that’s making its mark in the tech ecosystem and positively impacting its community. Our HackerNoon database features everything from S&P 500 giants to rising stars in the startup scene. This week, we’re thrilled … Read more
Crypto regulation needs more technologists and fewer suits
The crypto community is missing the opportunity to reimagine rather than transpose rulemaking for financial services. More technologists must join the regulatory conversation.