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Dasung’s new portable E Ink monitor has a 60Hz refresh rate
The Dasung Paperlike 103 connects to computers and mobile devices over USB-C. | Image: Dasung Dasung has announced a new compact E Ink monitor that’s the company’s first to offer a 60Hz refresh rate. The Paperlike 103 features a 10.3-inch e-paper panel making it similar in size to E Ink-based electronic notepads like the Boox … Read more
CNN is building a new streaming service nearly three years after killing its last one
Image: The Verge CNN is developing a new streaming service — and it sounds a lot like the one it shut down nearly three years ago. In an internal memo shared with The Verge, CNN CEO Mark Thompson says the service will give viewers the ability “to stream news programming from us on any device … Read more
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Surviving the Google SERP Data Crisis (1/23/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 23, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apple launched the Macintosh Computer in 1984, President Nixon Announced End to the grueling Vietnam War in 1973, HackerNoon published its first story! in 2016, and we present … Read more
HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our Cybersecurity Community!
Welcome to HackerNoon Decoded: Cybersecurity Edition—the ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024! From Firewalls To Zero-Days, You Were Always One Step Ahead Just like a phishing scam, you’re too good to be true. If this was your top tech category, you’ve made it to the elite 9.96% of Cybersecurity … Read more
Meet TILDI TECH, Space Copy & Tech Lead Journal: HackerNoon Startups of the Week
Welcome to HackerNoon Startups of the Week! Each week, we highlight standout startups from our Startups of the Year database. These companies have all been recognized as top contenders in their respective categories or regions. This week, we’re excited to feature TILDI TECH, Space Copy, and Tech Lead Journal! :::tip Want to be nominated for … Read more
Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Stablecoins
In today’s issue, Alec Beckman from Advantage Blockchain explains stablecoins and their growing use cases for institutions and advisors. Then, CK Zheng from ZX Squared Capital shares tips on preparing for tax season in Ask and Expert. – Sarah Morton You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that unpacks digital assets for financial advisors. … Read more
Matter will be better in 2025 — say the people who make it
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The CSA, Thread Group, and Wi-Fi Alliance say they’re working together to fix the problems that have plagued the smart home standard in its first two years. In this exclusive interview, I ask them how and when. Read the full story at The Verge.
Passbolt raises $8M for its open source password manager for teams
Password managers have become commonplace at this point. But businesses often have different needs than consumers. Teams, after all, often have to share credentials to access resources, all while IT and security teams need ways to control who has access to them. Passbolt, which is announcing an $8 million seed round Thursday, aims to become … Read more
Samsung Galaxy Ring drops to a new record low of $280
Its comfortably basic style hides nice utility. | Photos by Victoria Song / The Verge “If the Galaxy Ring cost $250, I’d say Samsung was a diabolical genius company. But at $400, it’s asking a lot for what amounts to a secondary device for your smartwatch,” is how Victoria ultimately felt about the Samsung Galaxy … Read more
BTC price whipsaws to $106K as US strategic reserve rumors return
BTC price volatility returns with a vengeance as US Senator Cynthia Lummis leaks a cryptic 10am announcement.
Hackers found a way to remotely unlock, start, and track millions of Subarus
As long as employees have access to such data, that information is vulnerable to evolving methods of hacking. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
‘Heated’ Ethereum Foundation debate signals need for change — Joe Lubin
The heated online debate over the Ethereum Foundation and a change in governance signals the need for a shift in direction, says the Consensys founder.
Azuki founder airdrops ANIME for a ‘billion global fans’: Zagabond, NFT Creator
PEPE, MOG and Azuki’s just launched ANIME token all transcend “memecoins” to become “culture coins” says Azuki founder Zagabond: NFT Creator.
Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts a ‘new AI architectures paradigm’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’
Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says that a “new paradigm of AI architectures” will emerge in the next three to five years, going far beyond the capabilities of existing AI systems. LeCun also predicted that the coming years could be the “decade of robotics,” where advances in AI and robotics combine to unlock a … Read more
ChatGPT suffered a major outage this morning, but OpenAI says it’s back up
OpenAI’s AI chatbot platform, ChatGPT, suffered a major outage Thursday. Early this morning, ChatGPT users started reporting issues accessing ChatGPT on the web and other platforms. According to the ChatGPT status page on OpenAI’s website, OpenAI acknowledged the problem at 5:12 a.m. Pacific, and identified the root cause a little under an hour later. “[We] … Read more
The Next Bridge.xyz? BlindPay’s CEO Wants to Revolutionize Global Payments
With payment firm Stripe’s recent $1.1 billion acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge.xyz sending shockwaves through the crypto payments sphere, attention is turning to the next generation of stablecoin payment infrastructure providers. Among them is BlindPay, a 2024 Consensus hackathon winner and Y Combinator 2025 (W25) batch company that’s taking a distinct approach to the challenge … Read more
Circle Unveils Paymaster to Allow USDC to Be Used for Transaction Fees
Circle, the issuer of the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, introduced Paymaster, a product allowing users to pay for transaction fees on Arbitrum and Base using the second-biggest stablecoin instead of ether (ETH), the second-biggest cryptocurrency. Blockchain transactions require users to pay transaction fees that are used to compensate validators for processing and securing these transactions. … Read more
How Meta’s MAGA heel turn is a play for global power
Illustration by The Verge Law professor Kate Klonick explains what Big Tech’s Trump appeasement is really about. Read the full story at The Verge.
Coval evaluates AI voice and chat agents like self-driving cars
What do AI voice agents and self-driving cars have in common? Their performance can be evaluated in the same way, argues Brooke Hopkins, a former tech lead at Waymo. Coval, Hopkins’ new startup, looks to do just that. “When I left Waymo, I realized a lot of these problems that we had at Waymo were … Read more
AI Is Now Creating Antidotes for Snake Venom
Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, a research team from the University of Washington found a novel way to produce snake venom antidotes. Their proof of concept could become a lifesaving solution that revolutionizes snakebite therapy. Scientists Discovered AI Can Design Venom Antidotes At the base of a serpent’s fangs sits a tiny sac filled with … Read more
Comcast launches a $70 sports streaming bundle with NFL, NBA, and MLB games
Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Comcast is launching a $70 per month “Sports & News TV” streaming bundle featuring live games from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA. The package, which marks the latest attempt to build out the sports streaming industry, is available to Xfinity Internet subscribers and lets you tune into over … Read more
Transak, Uranium.io partnership lets users buy tokenized uranium with crypto
The minimum barrier to entry for tokenized Uranium is now just $10, down from the previous minimum of $4.2 million for over-the-counter uranium trades.
Ecosystem health is the missing link to blockchain’s long-term success
Ecosystem health is the key to blockchain’s long-term success. Cultivating transparency, strong developer tools and engaged communities, blockchain networks can grow securely and sustainably.
Method is helping fintech companies like SoFi build repayment functionality into their apps
It can be challenging for developers of fintech apps to integrate repayment, balance transfer, and bill pay functionality. Devs often have to deal with a patchwork of brittle screen-scraping APIs to extract data from users’ financial institutions — or worse, tools to process mounds of physical checks and paperwork. Three friends and entrepreneurs — Jose … Read more
Hugging Face claims its new AI models are the smallest of their kind
A team at AI dev platform Hugging Face has released what they’re claiming are the smallest AI models that can analyze images, short videos, and text. The models, SmolVLM-256M and SmolVLM-500M, are designed to work well on “constrained devices” like laptops with under around 1GB of RAM. The team says that they’re also ideal for … Read more
Europe’s New Crypto Law Gives NFTs a Free Pass (For Now)
Crypto is here to stay, and regulators worldwide know it. The European Union set out to be one of the pioneers in providing regulatory clarity for this industry, and that is how the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) proposal was born in 2020. This act was designed to regulate crypto-activities across the European Union (EU), offering … Read more