How IDIADA optimized its intelligent chatbot with Amazon Bedrock

This post is co-written with Xavier Vizcaino, Diego Martín Montoro, and Jordi Sánchez Ferrer from Applus+ Idiada. In 2021, Applus+ IDIADA, a global partner to the automotive industry with over 30 years of experience supporting customers in product development activities through design, engineering, testing, and homologation services, established the Digital Solutions department. This strategic move … Read more

UK newspapers blanket their covers to protest loss of AI protections

This was the display in my nearby Tesco grocery store. Major newspapers across the UK today are all on the same page for once. Specifically, their front covers, which feature the same campaign imagery protesting government proposals that could eviscerate copyright protections against artificial intelligence. Brits popping into their local store or newsagents will be … Read more

Bitdeer Q4 Loss Widens to $532M as Miner Focuses on ASIC Development for 2025 Growth

Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR) said its fourth-quarter net loss widened to $531.9 million from $5 million in the year-earlier quarter. The Singapore-based bitcoin (BTC) mining company attributed the expenses to strategic investments in developing its proprietary ASIC mining rigs. “While our focus on ASIC development temporarily limited hashrate expansion, we made significant progress in strengthening … Read more

Crypto Bloodbath, Trump-pump erased for Alts, Stocks on Losing streak

BTC plunges to 3-month low amid ETF outflows. Most coins now lower since before Trump-pump. US BTC ETFs post year’s second biggest outflows. Crypto plunge leads to $1.3bn in liquidations. Greed & Fear index back to ‘Extreme Fear’. ETH on verge of ‘Death Cross’ pattern. S. Dakota follows Montana, rejects BTC reserve. Ohio considers bill … Read more

Xbox’s new Fable game is delayed to 2026

Microsoft has decided to delay the release window of its upcoming Fable game to 2026. The Xbox maker originally said last year that Fable would arrive at some point in 2025, but now Xbox Game Studios chief Craig Duncan has provided an update on the game during an appearance on the official Xbox podcast. “We … Read more

Accelerate IaC troubleshooting with Amazon Bedrock Agents

Troubleshooting infrastructure as code (IaC) errors often consumes valuable time and resources. Developers can spend multiple cycles searching for solutions across forums, troubleshooting repetitive issues, or trying to identify the root cause. These delays can lead to missed security errors or compliance violations, especially in complex, multi-account environments. This post demonstrates how you can use … Read more

Derive generative AI powered insights from Alation Cloud Services using Amazon Q Business Custom Connector

This blog post is co-written with Gene Arnold from Alation. To build a generative AI-based conversational application integrated with relevant data sources, an enterprise needs to invest time, money, and people. First, you would need build connectors to the data sources. Next you need to index this data to make it available for a Retrieval … Read more

Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Bolsters Balance Sheet With $70M Equity Raise

Cryptocurrency-focused asset manager Bitwise has completed a $70 million equity raise led by crypto venture firm Electric Capital. The raise also included participation from MassMutual, Highland Capital, MIT Investment Management Company, Haun Ventures and ParaFi Capital, Bitwise announced on Tuesday. The firm plans to use proceeds from the raise to bolster its balance sheet, expand … Read more

Meet Miro: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Hey Hackers! Welcome back to another edition of Company of the Week! If you’re unaware, we like to share an awesome tech company from our tech company database every week, making its evergreen mark on the internet. This week, we’re excited to spotlight Miro – the virtual workspace with 90M+ users and counting. In recent years, … Read more

Ethereum Layer-2 Starknet Gets First Gaming App-Chain

Starknet, a layer-2 on top of Ethereum, is getting its first application-chain that settles on the network. The layer-3 app-chain, called Nums, is built off of the “SN Stack,” a customizable toolkit that lets developers create layer-3 blockchains based off of Starknet’s technology. Nums itself is an on-chain game that lets players try to sequence … Read more