The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Video Game Industry Is Having Its Peter Pan Moment Now With AI (7/4/2025)

How are you, hacker? đŸȘ What’s happening in tech today, July 4, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Hotmail Launches as a Free Email Service in 1996, Lou Gehrig’s Retirement Speech in 1939, Scientists Discover the Higgs Boson Particle in 2012, and we present you with … Read more

Bank of Canada Identifies Technical Path for Retail CBDC in New Research Paper

The Bank of Canada took a significant step in exploring the technical feasibility of a digital Canadian dollar, proposing a specific system designed for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) focused on simple, everyday payments, according to a new research paper. The central bank’s research team examined OpenCBDC 2PC, a model developed in collaboration … Read more

BONK Eyes Breakout as ETF Buzz and Burn Trigger Spark Fresh Rally

Solana-based memecoin BONK dropped back after jumping in excess of 20% earlier this week, but remains in bullish mode amid increased trader activity. BONK surged 21% in a 24-hour period into Thursday and positioned itself as the strongest performer among major cryptocurrencies. It was recently trading at $0.00001673, a 1.68% gain, with price action ranging … Read more

Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec

The sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially hard on its gaming studios, but one Xbox executive has a solution to “help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss”: seek advice from AI chatbots. In a now-deleted LinkedIn post captured by Aftermath, Xbox Game Studios’ Matt Turnbull said … Read more

Valhalla, FLOKI’s Flagship Browser-Based, Play-to-Earn MMORPG, Officially Launches On Mainnet

Miami, Florida, July 1st, 2025/GamingWire/–FLOKI, the people-powered crypto brand, is set to launch its highly anticipated blockchain game, Valhalla, on mainnet today, June 30th, 2025. Backed by over a multi-million dollar treasury, Valhalla is FLOKI’s boldest product yet — a browser-based, play-to-earn MMORPG built to bring Web3 gaming to the masses. Valhalla is FLOKI’s flagship … Read more

Hackers Behind $140M Brazil Banking Heist Turn to Crypto to Launder Their Loot

A group of hackers that gained unauthorized access to the Central Bank of Brazil’s service provider has started laundering a portion of its $140 million haul using cryptocurrencies, according to On-chain analyst ZachXBT. The researcher revealed on Friday that between $30 million and $40 million of the stolen funds was converted to bitcoin BTC, ether … Read more

The Ploopy Knob is an open-source control dial for your PC

The Ploopy Knob controller can double as a desktop fidget toy. | Image: Ploopy Ploopy has announced another desktop accessory called the Ploopy Knob that can function like a control dial for adjusting volume, scrolling documents, or scrubbing through media on a computer. The Canadian company isn’t exactly a household name like Logitech, but Ploopy’s … Read more