The TechBeat: Silicon Valley Is In the Midst of an Ideological Battle That Nobody is Talking About (1/31/2025)

How are you, hacker? đŸȘ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. ## Why Scenario Planning Is An Effective Strategy Tool By @olgakirgizova [ 6 Min read ] Scenario planning is a strategic planning … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Seek Presidential Pardon for Their Son: Report

The parents of prisoned crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried are reportedly exploring how to secure a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump for their son, according to a Bloomberg report. Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both professors at Stanford Law School and part of FTX’s inner circle, are reportedly engaging with individuals connected to Trump’s inner … Read more

Dr Disrespect’s Twitch ban, explained

Dr Disrespect — aka Herschel “Guy” Beahm — was one of Twitch’s top streamers until he was suddenly banned in June 2020. Now, we know what happened. As confirmed in a lengthy statement from Beahm himself, he sent private messages on Twitch to a minor that he says “sometimes leaned too much in the direction … Read more

DeepSeek-R1 model now available in Amazon Bedrock Marketplace and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

Today, we are announcing that DeepSeek AI’s first-generation frontier model, DeepSeek-R1, is available through Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and Amazon Bedrock Marketplace to deploy for inference. You can now use DeepSeek-R1 to build, experiment, and responsibly scale your generative AI ideas on AWS. In this post, we demonstrate how to get started with DeepSeek-R1 on Amazon … Read more