Month: June 2025
Why Advanced Coding Courses Need a Rethink on Collaboration
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Previous Research 3 Course Description 4 Methods 5 Results 6 Discussion 7 Conclusion and Future Work, Acknowledgments, and References 2 PREVIOUS RESEARCH Much of the prior work on pair programming in computer science education has studied its effects in introductory courses, where most students have little or … Read more
The stablecoin evangelist: Katie Haun’s fight for digital dollars
In 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $4,000 and most Americans, at least, thought cryptocurrency was a fad, Katie Haun found herself on a debate stage in Mexico City opposite Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who had dismissed digital assets as near worthless. As Krugman focused on Bitcoin’s wild price swings, Haun steered the … Read more
Let’s Talk About Writing in Tech
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Why Upper-Level CS Majors Should Work Together
:::info Authors: (1) Zachariah Beasley, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA (zjb@usf.edu); (2) Ayesha Johnson, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA (arjohns2@usf.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Previous Research 3 Course Description 4 Methods 5 Results 6 Discussion 7 Conclusion and Future Work, Acknowledgments, and References ABSTRACT Pair programming … Read more
The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
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Due Diligence Doesn’t Kill Startups; Sloppy Data Rooms Do
Most founders think due diligence is a checklist. A few KYC documents. A legal opinion. Maybe an updated financial model. They prepare what they believe is “standard,” and assume everything else can be explained in the meeting. Then the data room opens. And the story starts to unravel. What was once a high-conviction term sheet … Read more
New Regularization-Free Energy Function for Transformer Analysis
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Model and 3.1 Associative memories 3.2 Transformer blocks 4 A New Energy Function 4.1 The layered structure 5 Cross-Entropy Loss 6 Empirical Results and 6.1 Empirical evaluation of the radius 6.2 Training GPT-2 6.3 Training Vanilla Transformers 7 Conclusion and Acknowledgments Appendix A. Deferred … Read more
Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle
A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on Saturday.
Solana’s SOL Falls 8% as Traders Brace for Fallout From a Spike in Oil Price
Solana (SOL) SOL is trading at $128.82, down 8.33% in the past 24 hours, after a steep intraday correction linked to rising geopolitical tensions. The token dropped from $140.39 to $127.25, with the sharpest hourly decline occurring at 13:00, when sell pressure spiked and trading volume exceeded 4 million, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis … Read more
7 Classic Video Games That Defined Their Consoles
From analog sticks to motion controls, these are the games that didn’t just launch on a console; they defined what it could do.
MCP Demystified: What Actually Goes Over the Wire??
Everyone’s dissecting MCP like it’s the Rosetta Stone of AI. Diagrams! Whitepapers! Thought leaders making TikToks! But where, my dear data druids, are the actual packets? Here’s what’s driving me nuts: nobody’s showing the actual packets. It’s like trying to learn surgery from a motivational poster. Sure, the theoretical framework is *inspiring*, but I want … Read more
The HackerNoon Newsletter: The New Tools Rewriting the Web (6/22/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 22, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The United Kingdom Voted to Withdraw From the European Union in 2016, Tim Burton’s Batman Was Released in Theaters in 1989, The International Olympic Committee Was Formed in … Read more
Ethereum whale stacks $39M despite ETH falling harder than Bitcoin
Technical patterns point to a potential 25% rebound in Ether’s price, with whales scooping $263.5 million worth of ETH during the price dip.
Satellite Internet From Amazon: What’s Going On, and What Are the Project’s Prospects?
Project Kuiper is an Amazon project aimed at deploying a global satellite internet network. It was often written about in the past, but then, the media began to mention this Amazon project less and less. Nevertheless, it has not been shut down and is developing quite actively. Like Starlink, its main goal is to provide … Read more
Validating Theoretical Loss Bound: Vanilla Transformer Experiments
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Model and 3.1 Associative memories 3.2 Transformer blocks 4 A New Energy Function 4.1 The layered structure 5 Cross-Entropy Loss 6 Empirical Results and 6.1 Empirical evaluation of the radius 6.2 Training GPT-2 6.3 Training Vanilla Transformers 7 Conclusion and Acknowledgments Appendix A. Deferred … Read more
Intents fix crypto's UX crisis and pave the way for agentic DeFi
Intents overhaul crypto’s clunky user experience by letting people state what they want while the system handles the complexity behind the scenes. This outcome-driven approach opens the door to mainstream adoption and agent-driven financial automation.
Mechanical Watch: Exploded View
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Bitcoin Price Slips Below $100K, Hinting Oil-Led Risk-Off on Wall Street
Bitcoin BTC fell below $100,000 on Sunday, its lowest point since May, signalling risk aversion on Wall Street on Monday amid reports that Iran is leaning towards blocking the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait, located between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, handling roughly 20% … Read more
Canal Boat Simulator
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