The TechBeat: How Bayesian Tail-Risk Modeling can save your Retail Business Marketing Budget (2/2/2026)

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. ## MongoDB vs ScyllaDB: Architecture Comparison By @scylladb [ 10 Min read ] A deep architectural comparison of MongoDB and ScyllaDB, revealing … Read more

Why Ephemerality Is a Stronger Privacy Primitive Than Encryption Alone

Abstract Encryption has long been the cornerstone of digital privacy. From TLS securing web traffic to end-to-end encryption protecting messages, modern systems rely heavily on cryptography to prevent unauthorized access. However, encryption primarily protects data in transit and at rest – not the existence, lifetime, or reuse of data itself. In practice, encrypted systems still … Read more

The Energy Standard: Why the AI Revolution is Turning Watts into Currency

Our world is clinging to an aging financial ghost. For decades, modern money has drifted away from being an equivalent of tangible goods, becoming instead a bureaucratic tool for managing debt and inflation. While gold proved too heavy for the digital age and cryptocurrency largely dissolved into a sea of speculative “emptiness,” a new hard … Read more

Writing About the Environment in a World Addicted to Speed and Tech

We live in a world obsessed with speed. Faster apps, quicker deliveries, instant updates, and endless streams of information define our daily lives. In this race to move faster, topics that require patience and long-term thinking—like the environment—often feel slow, inconvenient, or easy to ignore. Yet, the environmental challenges we face today are deeply connected … Read more

Beyond Prediction: Econometric Data Science for Measuring True Business Impact

For many businesses, data science drives strategic decisions; as a result, most initiatives to improve analytics lack measurable impact. Dashboards are created, models are deployed, forecasts produced but leadership still poses an old question: Did this move the needle? However, tackling this question, beyond predicting, toward measurement of causally based on data and insights, is … Read more