How are you, hacker? đȘ Whatâs happening in tech today, January 28, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Yale University’s Decision to Admit Women in 1969, The First Successful Internet Connection of a Mobile Phone in 2000, The Launch of Lego Bricks in 1958, and we … Read more
Visibility can be a difficult thing to hack. And unfortunately, with the way the internet is set up today, writing quality content alone may not be enough to set you apart from the hundreds of millions vying for dwindling attention spans. If you struggle with growing your readership, youâre in luck. We just might have … Read more
TalkNet-ASD is an audio-visual active speaker detection model that labels speaking faces and outputs JSON speaker tracks for real-world footage.
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Vlad Tenev blamed the trading halt on its app in 2021 on bad infrastructure, a problem that he says tokenization would solve.
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A former Jagex employee allegedly stole over 700 billion virtual gold pieces and sold them for almost $750,000 in crypto and fiat.
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Citadel, SIFMA, and JPMorgan met with the SEC on Tuesday to raise concerns about the agencyâs aggressively pro-crypto agenda.
Beyond Meat just launched a new product that’s even further from meat than ever before: a protein soda. Beyond Immerse is the company’s first product that makes no attempt to replicate meat whatsoever, marking a sharp shift in Beyond’s business model. It might seem like it comes out of left field, but it all clicks … Read more
HYPE has entered a classic breakout stage after its onchain activity exploded, with a 45% price rally to $50 next in the cards.
A report cited officials as saying that Homeland Security sought to determine if there was any harm to government security as a result of the lapse.
ASMLâs record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers.
The offering of SATA shares was oversubscribed and upsized from the initial $150 million target.
Wall Street giant Fidelity will enter the stablecoin world with the upcoming launch of its Ethereum-based Digital Dollar (FIDD).
The bill by State Representative Logan Manhart seeks to allocate as much as 10% of the stateâs investment funds to the cryptocurrency.
Sprout stands just 3.5-feet tall and is light enough for one person to carry around. | Screenshot: YouTube A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it’s been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout’s design, featuring a soft padded exterior, a wide head, and expressive … Read more
Founders Fund and Galaxy-backed Citrea is aiming to unlock Bitcoin-denominated credit markets with a new mainnet and a Treasury-backed stablecoin designed for USD settlement.
Investors including a16z are betting that nuclear industry suppliers will be the big winners of the AI demand-driven nuclear renaissance.
LinkedIn is partnering with Descript, Lovable, Replit, and Relay.app at launch
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Two notable foldables. A book-style folding phone is a gadget that poses one radical idea: What if you always had a computer in your pocket? When you’d like to be writing a blog while your plane is taking off, and large electronics (Computer) must be stowed? When you’re sitting on the couch putting together a … Read more
Thatâs me, wearing the Wim S at CES â and the backpack I carried it in. Oops, I did it again: I wore an exoskeleton to the world’s biggest tech show, walking the streets and casinos of Las Vegas with a robot powering my legs. I don’t mean I briefly tried a new gadget there. … Read more
Banks warn stablecoins could siphon deposits from the banking system, but policy and regulatory experts say thereâs little evidence of it happening yet.
Samsung said that the upcoming feature will let you protect selected parts of the screen like notification popup area.
The Advertising Standards Authority deemed the ads irresponsible by presenting crypto as a solution to âprevalent financial concerns.â
Apple will try to avoid raising iPhone 18 prices “as much as possible” in the face of a global memory shortage, according to a report from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. According to Kuo, Apple plans to “absorb the costs” of rising RAM prices, while at least keeping the iPhone 18’s starting price steady. Kuo … Read more
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