The HackerNoon Newsletter: 9 Things Hollywood Gets Wrong About Hacking (8/3/2025)

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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 3, 2025?

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Radio Shack Announced TRS-80 Computer in 1977, Mozilla Corporation was founded in 2005, Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492,

and we present you with these top quality stories.

From
AI Agents Are Growing Up – And They Need Zero-Trust Parenting
to
Turn a Regular Wallet into a Smart Account with EIP 7702 ,
let’s dive right in.

Immutable Backups: Everything You Need To Know To Protect Your Cloud

By @n2w [ 6 Min read ] Learn how immutable backups prevent ransomware, ensure data integrity, and meet compliance needs with secure, tamper-proof cloud data protection. Read More.

AI Agents Are Growing Up – And They Need Zero-Trust Parenting

By @arjun-subedi [ 8 Min read ] AI is evolving fast, but security isn’t keeping up. Discover why zero-trust architecture is critical for safe, scalable AI agent deployment. Read More.

A Human-centred Framework for Designing Complex AI Solutions for Strategic Decision-making

By @v3d [ 7 Min read ] The practical framework helps designers, data scientists, and engineers find common ground, aligning the voice and needs of users with the design of AI systems Read More.

Turn a Regular Wallet into a Smart Account with EIP 7702

By @hacker39947670 [ 13 Min read ] Learn how EIP-7702 enables smart wallet features for existing Ethereum accounts. Complete developer guide with code examples. Read More.

9 Things Hollywood Gets Wrong About Hacking

By @moonlock [ 11 Min read ] Movie hacking ≠ reality: Real cyberattacks rely on phishing, not fast code. Moonlock, MacPaw’s cybersecurity division, reveals how films get it wrong. Read More.

A Simple Way to Build a Progress Bar for Your Website’s Image Uploader Using Filestack

By @filestack [ 7 Min read ] Let’s walk through how to build one manually, and then I’ll show you why we ensured you would never have to. Read More.

How an NYC-Based University Boosted Backup Reliability While Slashing Costs​

By @n2w [ 4 Min read ] Learn how N2W supports St. Johns University, which educates more than 20,000 students and employs over 1,400 staff, using a hybrid environment. Read More.

From Chatbots to Guardians of Data: How BChat Harnesses AI for Secure Messaging

By @beldexcoin [ 5 Min read ] AI is often associated with collecting personal data but what if AI helped protect user data? Read to know how BeldexAI protects your data on BChat. Read More.

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