The Zenbook A14 is Asus’ MacBook Air

Asus is the latest to set its sights on Apple’s bread-and-butter laptop. | Image: Asus Asus’ new featherweight laptop is aiming to be the latest Windows rival to the Apple MacBook Air. The Asus Zenbook A14 is a new thin and light productivity machine announced at CES 2025 sporting a Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor for … Read more

Evaluate large language models for your machine translation tasks on AWS

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising capabilities in machine translation (MT) tasks. Depending on the use case, they are able to compete with neural translation models such as Amazon Translate. LLMs particularly stand out for their natural ability to learn from the context of the input text, which allows them to pick up on … Read more

Parameta accelerates client email resolution with Amazon Bedrock Flows

This blog post is co-written with Siokhan Kouassi and Martin Gregory at Parameta.  When financial industry professionals need reliable over-the-counter (OTC) data solutions and advanced analytics, they can turn to Parameta Solutions, the data powerhouse behind TP ICAP . With a focus on data-led solutions, Parameta Solutions makes sure that these professionals have the insights … Read more

Will AI Agents Lead the Next Big Crypto Bull Run?

Artificial intelligence has been one of the most fascinating technological developments of the past decade, and it will likely be one of the most transformative alongside blockchain technology. In recent months, a growing intersection between the worlds of AI and crypto has given rise to unique projects known as AI agents, which exhibit a plethora … Read more

RadioShack is back (kind of)

The 21st century has not been kind to RadioShack. The once-dominant electronics component retailer simply couldn’t compete with big box stores like Best Buy and online retail juggernaut Amazon. February 2015 saw the company delisted from the New York Stock Exchange before declaring bankruptcy the same month. Later that year, RadioShack began the process of … Read more

Employer.com offers to buy failed fintech Level, a week after it makes offer for Bench

Employer.com has offered to acquire Level, a fintech startup that just last week abruptly shut down after failing to find a buyer, according to The Information. But Level is still mulling over the offer, its Employer.com CMO Matt Charney told TechCrunch. “It’s with legal,” he said. Founded in 2018 by early Square employee Paul Aaron, … Read more

Bitcoin Dips Below $98K as Strong U.S. Economic Data Leads to $300M of Crypto Liquidations

Crypto markets stumbled with bitcoin (BTC) losing the $100,000 level on Tuesday U.S. morning as two stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data prints threw cold water on digital assets’ bright early-year momentum. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ JOLTS job openings for November unexpectedly rose to 8.1 million from 7.8 million the previous month, easily topping analyst estimates … Read more

Correlation Between Bitcoin and U.S. Stocks Reemerges: Van Straten

Since the November 5 election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency, bitcoin (BTC) is up around 47%, sharply outperforming the S&P 500’s 4% advance. The incoming president, of course, has made clear his friendliness towards bitcoin and crypto. Also worth consideration is the Republican sweep of the Senate and House of Representatives, where laws … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: 35 Product Management Books You’ll Actually Learn From (1/7/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 7, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Steve Jobs announced the first-generation iPad in 2009, For the first time ever, someone crossed the English Channel by air in 1785, Galileo observed the 4 largest moons … Read more

Win Your Share of 15,000 USDT in the Spacecoin Writing Contest by Spacecoin and HackerNoon

Happy New Year, Hackers! Buckle up—we’re going to space 🚀🚀🚀 Spacecoin, a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) powered by satellites, has teamed up with HackerNoon to launch the Spacecoin Writing Contest. Spread across 3 rounds, the contest offers 15,000 USDT in prizes for up to 15 winners! Spacecoin’s mission addresses the centralized control governments and … Read more