Taara Beam mounted to a pole for line of sight connectivity. | Image: Taara Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to provide 25Gbps connectivity within cities over invisible beams of light – line of sight permitting. Unlike last year’s Taara Lightbridge, which connects communities … Read more
A senior engineer’s perspective on building highly available distributed systems Table of Contents Introduction: Why Dynamo Changed Everything The CAP Theorem Trade-off Core Architecture Components Consistent Hashing for Partitioning Replication Strategy (N, R, W) Vector Clocks for Versioning Sloppy Quorum and Hinted Handoff Conflict Resolution: The Shopping Cart Problem Read and Write Flow Merkle Trees … Read more
President Trump’s proposed tariffs and U.S. tensions with Iran have weighed on broader risk sentiment.
The Bank of Korea proposed a bank-led consortium and a statutory interagency body for issuer approvals, citing the US GENIUS Act as a model, according to local media.
Austria’s financial regulator said Kucoin EU must appoint an anti-money-laundering officer and deputy officer, as well as a sanctions compliance officer and deputy.
Users’ bitcoin holdings in wallets linked to Binance have climbed to highest since late 2024.
If you’ve ever built a data pipeline for analytics or business intelligence, you know the basics — ingest, transform, store. But regulated industries are a different game entirely. A missed record in a BI pipeline means a slightly off dashboard. A missed record in a compliance pipeline means a regulatory fine, a failed audit, or … Read more
The latest sales are part of a broader plan announced in late January to fund ecosystem development and other initiative.
The pattern is becoming familiar across the industry. Teams build impressive AI agent demos, often coding copilots, research assistants, or internal automation tools. Leadership gets excited. Resources get allocated. Expectations rise. Six months later, the project is either quietly shelved or operating with so much human oversight that it would have been faster to build … Read more
What Are Stablecoins and Why Do We Need Them? The Volatility Problem Bitcoin can gain or lose 10% of its value in a single day. Ethereum swings wildly with market sentiment. This volatility makes cryptocurrencies excellent for speculation but terrible for: Daily transactions Store of value Salary payments Savings accounts Anything requiring price stability The … Read more
I wrote the original version of this list in 2018, just weeks after trading my graduation cap for a corporate badge. Back then, my biggest shock was realizing there’s no “Spring Break”! Now, as a Senior Engineer who has navigated Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce, I’ve realized those early shocks weren’t just “adulting” milestones. They were … Read more
Singapore based BTC and AI miner sells all holdings to build liquidity for expansion, signaling a broader shift in capital strategy across the sector.
Google Antigravity is a powerhouse. As an agentic development platform, it’s remarkably capable of remembering context and executing complex instructions. But after using it to build a turn-based algorithmic simulation of Genesis, I realized something critical: The platform is only as smart as the architect directing it. If you aren’t a developer, you’ll find yourself … Read more
Bitcoin’s drop below $65K triggered over $500M in liquidations, as macro uncertainty from tariffs and geopolitics reprices risk assets.
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Byline: By focusing on one of healthcare’s most overlooked problems—documentation—Foster AI is using AI to reduce doctor burnout and quietly build India’s healthcare data foundation. Article: India’s healthcare system does not suffer from a lack of intent. It suffers from a lack of time. With a doctor-to-patient ratio of roughly 1:1600—far below the World Health … Read more
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. So let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself. For example, name, profession, and personal interests. I am Yash, currently an undergrad at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, studying … Read more
Imagine telling Claude: “Reply ‘Running 10 minutes late’ to Sarah and attach that funny cat meme I just uploaded.” Seconds later — done. No switching apps. No copy-pasting. Everything stays local, private, and scripted through natural language. That’s exactly what whatsapp-mcp-go enables. This lightweight, pure-Go project bridges your personal WhatsApp account to Claude Desktop (or … Read more
Gemini’s Tyler Winklevoss said he’s “optimistic” amid peak crypto pessimism, but SEC filings, layoffs and public data on Winklevoss Capital’s BTC sales paint a different picture.
Multi-Asset Momentum: Diversification Drives Activity on SIFX Global retail trading activity continues to evolve, with traders increasingly shifting from single-market exposure toward diversified, cross-asset strategies. In this environment, SIFX has reported measurable growth in multi-asset trading activity across its platform, reflecting broader market trends seen throughout 2026. According to platform data, users are engaging more … Read more
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Feb. 23
Bitcoin’s market cap dropped to $1.31 trillion, slipping to 15th globally as prices dipped below $65,000, fueling rising bearish bets on Polymarket.
AI in local government often fails because it’s used as a passive FAQ bot. Drawing on global methodologies from Dubai’s One Million Prompters initiative, this article outlines a ‘Civic AI Framework.’ By mastering prompt engineering, residents can use agentic AI like Readyly to audit local data, propose community solutions, and turn digital transparency into real-world … Read more
Bitcoin price weakness to start the week compounds expectations of new BTC macro lows as sentiment matches its most bearish levels ever.