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Month: July 2025
How an NYC-Based University Boosted Backup Reliability While Slashing Costs
St. John’s University ditched risky tape backups for N2W, gaining instant deployment, faster recovery, and major cost savings. With support for file, volume, and EC2-level backups plus built-in cost visibility, N2W helped the IT team prevent data loss and meet strict RTO/RPO goals—all while simplifying cloud operations.
Japan’s Kitabo Joins Growing List of Asian Firms Turning to Bitcoin Amid Financial Strain
Kitabo cited growing regulatory clarity and Bitcoin’s establishment as a key asset following its U.S. ETF listing as reasons for the move.
US looks to grab $7.1M in crypto from oil and gas investment scam
Federal prosecutors in Seattle are looking to win forfeiture of millions worth of crypto tied to an investment scheme in the hope of distributing it to victims.
Gupshup raises $60M in equity and debt, leaves unicorn status hanging
Gupshup has raised over $60 million in a new round over four years after attaining the unicorn status.
Backed Finance’s Tokenized Stocks Product Volume Jumps to $300M
Demand for trading stocks on-chain is real. Switzerland-based Backed Finance’s tokenized U.S. equities product, xStocks, has seen a cumulative trading volume of over $300 million less than a month since going live on Bybit, Kraken, and Solana decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. xStocks are 24/7 onchain tokens representing shares in publicly traded U.S. firms. Each token … Read more
DOJ Seeks to Return Millions in Crypto to Alleged Victims of $97M Oil and Gas Scheme
Federal prosecutors say funds from a $97 million oil and gas scam were laundered through shell companies, crypto wallets, and exchanges.
Why Your Affiliate Outreach Doesn’t Work And How Tiered Messaging Saves It
If you’ve ever tried scaling an affiliate program for your SaaS or side project, you’ve probably run into this: You send a friendly update or promotional email to your entire affiliate list… and hear crickets. Or worse, only a handful of your top affiliates engage, while the rest stay silent. ==It’s not that your affiliates … Read more
Crypto traders with ‘emotionless approach’ to do well this cycle — Exec
As traders try to guess the crypto market’s next move, Coinstash co-founder Mena Theodorou says sticking to historical trends is still the smartest move.
The Icarus Syndrome in Software Engineering (and How to Beat It)
We all know the story of Icarus: Imprisoned by the King on an island south of the Aegean Sea, his father Daedalus devised an escape plan. He planned to gather feathers from the birds that flew near their tower, secure them with thread, and fasten them with wax. He crafted two pairs of wings, one … Read more
The TechBeat: Growing Interest In Pepeto As Presale Enters Final Stage (7/23/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## From Screens to Streets: How Field UX Research in Morocco Helped Redesign Intercity Booking By @indrivetech [ 6 Min read ] … Read more
Automating Kotlin Data Class Testing with KSP
Ever found yourself needing to create a multitude of instances of a data class with slightly different parameters? Perhaps for testing, generating sample data, or populating a UI with various states. Manually creating these can be tedious and error-prone. What if we could automate this? This was the spark that led me to explore Kotlin … Read more
The Smarter Way to Get Marketing Leadership—No Babysitting, No Big Bills
How to get real marketing leadership—without the bloat, babysitting, or executive price tag.
Bank of England mulls canning CBDC plan: Report
The UK central bank is considering abandoning its digital pound plans as its Governor Andrew Bailey favors private payment innovations over a state-backed CBDC.
DOGE Volume Spikes 75% Above Average as Traders Defend $0.26 Floor
Dogecoin rallied sharply in the face of global macro uncertainty, climbing 5% during the 24-hour session ending July 23 at 05:00 GMT. The move came as heightened geopolitical tensions fueled risk volatility, yet DOGE displayed resilience with strong intraday recoveries and volume-backed support retests that attracted renewed interest from tactical traders. What to Know • … Read more
Stop Believing the Agent Hype—The Numbers Don’t Lie
I’ve built 12+ production AI agent systems across development, DevOps, and data operations. Here’s why the current hype around autonomous agents is mathematically impossible and what actually works in production. Everyone says 2025 is the year of AI agents. The headlines are everywhere: “Autonomous AI will transform work,” “Agents are the next frontier,” “The future … Read more
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This Open-Source AI Tool Levels the Playing Field for Retail Investors
:::info EDGAR® and SEC® are trademarks of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This blog post and the related open-source project are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected in any way to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ::: Overview In 1934, US Congress created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee financial … Read more
Angular 17 + Mathlive: How I Solved the .woff2 Loader Error
One had a program that was built with Angular 17, but when one tried to run ng build, it had a problem. No loader is configured for “.woff2” files: node_modules/mathlive/fonts/KaTeX_Caligraphic-Bold.woff2 node_modules/mathlive/mathlive-fonts.css:1:254: 1 │ …ight:700;src:url(fonts/KaTeX_Caligraphic-Bold.woff2) format(“wof… This line kept repeating itself in the console. It’s caused by a library called mathlive that one used to, well, render math. (No, … Read more
XRP Climbs 4% on Triangle Breakout, Holds $3.50 Amid Profit-Taking
XRP posted a 4% gain during the 24-hour trading window from July 22 at 03:00 to July 23 at 02:00, with prices moving between a low of $3.42 and a high of $3.57 before closing near $3.51. The move follows a technical breakout from a six-year symmetrical triangle and coincides with key developments in U.S. … Read more
Microsoft Bars China-Based Engineers From Work on U.S. Defense Work
Microsoft has officially stopped using engineers based in China to work on projects connected to the U.S. Department of Defense. This comes after a report raised concerns about national security and how the company was handling sensitive government systems. What Triggered the Change? A report from ProPublica revealed that Microsoft had been allowing engineers located in China … Read more
Bad Validation Is Breeding Security Nightmares in NestJS
After spending years consulting on legacy NestJS projects, I’ve seen a pattern that keeps me up at night. It’s not the complex business logic or the tangled dependencies that worry me most – it’s something far simpler: validation. Unlike a broken feature that screams for attention, poor validation quietly accumulates until one day, you’re staring … Read more
The Hidden Risk in ERP Automation: How One Bad Sentence Can Cost Your Company Millions
AI-powered systems are misclassifying corporate expenses, not because they lack data, but because they misread grammar. What looks like a technical glitch reveals a deeper structural bias at the heart of automation. What does grammar have to do with accounting? More than you think. In corporate and government ERP systems, every expense description is read … Read more
Dogecoin Could Soon Verify ZK Proofs Natively, Thanks to DogeOS Push
Dogecoin might’ve started as a joke, but this upgrade isn’t one. DogeOS, the app layer developed by the MyDoge wallet team, has submitted a formal proposal to Dogecoin Core that introduces a new opcode that would enable the network to verify zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) natively. Developers aim to transform an unused part of the script … Read more
The UK’s 10-Year Health Plan Is Missing One Thing: Good Data
That’s the paradox at the heart of the UK’s AI-driven healthcare plan. The CQC has been asked to lead a data-led model, just a year after an independent review found its own data infrastructure fundamentally broken. This month, the UK Government published its 10 year health plan for England. Among its more futuristic promises was … Read more
SEC approves, then instantly pauses Bitwise’s ETF conversion
Analysts speculate the Securities and Exchange Commission could be stalling until it creates listing standards for crypto ETFs, or is trying to stop its sole Democrat commissioner from disrupting the approval process.
Demystifying SSH Key Types: From RSA to Ed25519
Secure Shell (SSH) is the backbone of secure remote access—but with so many key algorithms to choose from, which one should you use? Let’s walk through the history, the trade‑offs, and the modern sweet spot for most users. Why SSH Keys Matter Today You’ve probably typed ssh user@server dozens of times—but do you know what’s … Read more