Month: December 2025
HP OmniBook 5 14 review: an OLED is almost enough
That vivid OLED display is one of the OmniBook’s biggest draws. You know what I love more than OLEDs? Cheap OLEDs. And that’s exactly what drew me to the 14-inch HP OmniBook 5. It’s a $700 Windows laptop with a Snapdragon X Plus processor and an OLED screen. That means it should have great battery … Read more
How AWS delivers generative AI to the public sector in weeks, not years
When critical services depend on quick action, from the safety of vulnerable children to environmental protection, you need working AI solutions in weeks, not years. Amazon recently announced an investment of up to $50 billion in expanded AI and supercomputing infrastructure for US government agencies, demonstrating both the urgency and commitment from Amazon Web Services … Read more
TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’
Shared Feeds will surface new content tailored to both users’ tastes, such as sports, winter activities, and their favorite creators.
Analogue is restocking its 4K N64 and making it more colorful
As if the Analogue 3D wasn’t nostalgic enough, the 4K N64 emulator will soon be available in a handful of transparent “Funtastic” limited editions going on sale on December 10th at 8AM Pacific/11AM Eastern. The vibrant transparent models will be available “in highly limited quantities,” and they’ll cost more than the standard model at $299. … Read more
Script to Nuke AI Features from Windows 11 Goes Viral Amid Privacy Backlash
A GitHub script that disables Copilot, Recall, and other AI components in Windows 11 is going viral, echoing ongoing concerns about Microsoft’s push.
Securing Kafka for PCI DSS Compliance: A Practical Guide for Financial Data Pipelines
Users of modern cloud applications expect a real-time transaction experience. As such, most organizations have opted to use Kafka due to its scalability, fault tolerance, and real-time data streaming capabilities. However, its distributed nature and default security settings present weak spots for cyber threats if not properly configured. Organizations using Kafka to process payment-related data … Read more
Meet MacPaw: HackerNoon Company of the Week
MacPaw is a leading macOS and iOS software developer founded in Ukraine in 2008. The company serves over 30 million users worldwide, with one in every five Mac users having at least one MacPaw app. Known for products like CleanMyMac, Setapp, ClearVPN, and Moonlock, MacPaw has partnered with HackerNoon through the Business Blogging Program, sharing … Read more
The easiest and safest methods for gifting crypto at Christmas in 2025
Discover safe ways to give crypto in 2025. Learn about gift cards, exchanges, hardware wallets and essential security and tax guidance.
Skateboarding is better in hell
Skate Story is two very different things simultaneously. On the one hand, it’s a visceral take on skateboarding, providing a tight, fast, ground-level view as you brute-force your way through tricks and combos. But it’s also a surrealist trip through the underworld where you control a skateboarding demon who faces off against the devil. Think … Read more
Bitcoin ETFs Pull in $352 Million to Extend Rebound While XRP Funds Remain Hot
Bitcoin ETFs capture $352 million as bearish bets retreat, hinting investor pessimism may have reached its low point.
BlackRock files for listing staked Ether ETF
The fund, if approved by the SEC, would give BlackRock investors indirect exposure to staked Ether — one of the industry’s first following the 2024 approval of spot Ether ETFs.
Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, drivers’ licenses and more
Petco said the exposure was due to an error in an application, and that it is notifying victims’ whose data was affected.
Vector Databases Aren’t Enough: Why AI Needs Multi-Modal Memory Architectures
You build an AI application, then you add a vector database for semantic search, and you think you’re now done with the memory problem. Your RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipeline that worked beautifully in demos isn’t the same when it hits production and you realize something’s missing. Users might want to reference an image from three … Read more
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.
S&P Global Data integration expands Amazon Quick Research capabilities
Today, we are pleased to announce a new integration between Amazon Quick Research and S&P Global. This integration brings both S&P Global Energy news, research, and insights and S&P Global Market Intelligence data to Quick Research customers in one deep research agent. The S&P Global integration extends the capabilities of Quick Research so that business … Read more
Meet the Writer: Rupesh Ghosh on Turning Real BI Crises Into Impactful Tech Stories
Welcome to HackerNoon’s Meet the Writer Interview series, where we learn a bit more about the contributors that have written some of our favorite stories. Let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself. For example, name, profession, and personal interests. I serve as Lead Business Intelligence Engineer, developing scalable analytics systems that deliver cost-effective solutions. … Read more
Streamline AI agent tool interactions: Connect API Gateway to AgentCore Gateway with MCP
AgentCore Gateway now supports API GatewayAs organizations explore the possibilities of agentic applications, they continue to navigate challenges of using enterprise data as context in invocation requests to large language models (LLMs) in a manner that is secure and aligned with enterprise policies. To help standardize and secure those interactions, many organizations are using the … Read more