Meet Korbit: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Greetings Hackers, Welcome to this week’s Company of the Week feature. Every week, we shine a light on an innovative company from our Tech Company Database that’s making its mark in the tech ecosystem and positively impacting its community. Our HackerNoon database features everything from S&P 500 giants to rising stars in the startup scene. This week, we’re thrilled … Read more

The First 60x Leveraged Perpetuals on a DEX Just Went Live – Here’s What It Means for DeFi

Can two decentralized exchanges really transform the entire landscape of on-chain perpetual trading? The answer appears to be yes, as SpookySwap and THENA have just made history by becoming the first DEXs to integrate Orbs‘ revolutionary Perpetual Hub Ultra technology. This groundbreaking development promises to bring institutional-grade perpetual trading to decentralized finance, complete with up … Read more

Experimenting with ChatGPT’s Vulnerability Volcano and Prompt Party Tricks

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Related Work III. Technical Background IV. Systematic Security Vulnerability Discovery of Code Generation Models V. Experiments VI. Discussion VII. Conclusion, Acknowledgments, and References Appendix A. Details of Code Language Models B. Finding Security Vulnerabilities in GitHub Copilot C. Other Baselines Using ChatGPT D. Effect of Different Number … Read more

Systematic Discovery of LLM Code Vulnerabilities: Few-Shot Prompting for Black-Box Model Inversion

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Related Work III. Technical Background IV. Systematic Security Vulnerability Discovery of Code Generation Models V. Experiments VI. Discussion VII. Conclusion, Acknowledgments, and References Appendix A. Details of Code Language Models B. Finding Security Vulnerabilities in GitHub Copilot C. Other Baselines Using ChatGPT D. Effect of Different Number … Read more

Unveiling the Code Abyss: Inverting LLMs to Expose Vulnerability Vortexes in AI-Generated Programs

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Related Work III. Technical Background IV. Systematic Security Vulnerability Discovery of Code Generation Models V. Experiments VI. Discussion VII. Conclusion, Acknowledgments, and References Appendix A. Details of Code Language Models B. Finding Security Vulnerabilities in GitHub Copilot C. Other Baselines Using ChatGPT D. Effect of Different Number … Read more

Benchmarking LLM Susceptibility to Generating Vulnerable Code via Few-Shot Model Inversion

:::info Authors: (1) Hossein Hajipour, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (hossein.hajipour@cispa.de); (2) Keno Hassler, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (keno.hassler@cispa.de); (3) Thorsten Holz, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (holz@cispa.de); (4) Lea Schonherr, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (schoenherr@cispa.de); (5) Mario Fritz, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (fritz@cispa.de). ::: Table of … Read more

The Art of a Great Rollout

We live in the era of high-frequency software deployments, where mass-market software products update several times a day, sometimes delivering hundreds or even thousands of changes. In this article we dive into what is behind.

Why Did the Stock Market Crash in 2010?

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

Can a Financial Model Truly Mimic Reality? These Numbers Say Yes

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

Validation-Driven Calibration of Financial Simulation Models

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

How Stylised Facts Shape the Future of Financial Market Simulation

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

Agent-Based Modelling of Market Microstructure

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

What Are Momentum Traders?

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

Anatomy of a Simulated Market: Behavioral Modeling of Algorithmic Traders

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

Recreating the Algorithm That Almost Broke Wall Street

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

Inside the Artificial Markets That Predict Real Financial Shifts

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

A High-Frequency Model for Analyzing the 2010 Flash Crash and Mini Crash Events

Table of Links Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Statements and Declarations Introduction Background and Related Work 2.1 Agent-based Financial Market simulation 2.2 Flash Crash Episodes Model Structure and 3.1 Model Set-up 3.2 Common Trader Behaviours 3.3 Fundamental Trader (FT) 3.4 Momentum Trader (MT) 3.5 Noise Trader (NT) 3.6 Market Maker (MM) 3.7 Simulation Dynamics Model Calibration and … Read more

Which Backend Is Better for Speed? We Ran 1 Million Tests to Find Out

Test Web applications that offer URL shortening services represent a class of latency-sensitive systems frequently used as benchmarks for evaluating backend performance. While micro-benchmarking with trivial applications such as Hello World is common, such approaches lack the complexity of real-world use cases involving routing logic, request parsing, data validation, and interaction with persistent storage. To … Read more

This Open Source Tool Can Spin Up Entire Websites from a Single Prompt

This tutorial is the first installment of a comprehensive guide to creating an-driven system for automatically generating web pages using React 19 and Next.js 15. Our focus is not just on speed, but on architectural elegance and consistent, on-brand design. Open source: (https://github.com/aifa-agi/aifa) Here’s the roadmap: Part 1 (You are here): Core architecture deep dive—catch-all … Read more

Tokenomics by Grammar

Trust, no longer anchored in referents, now emerges from compiled syntax. In the world of tokenized finance, grammar itself is capital. Introduction: Trust without Referents In traditional finance, disclosure is a mechanism of accountability. A prospectus discloses data, a whitepaper outlines function, and audited reports document operations. The premise is that what is said corresponds … Read more

US Court Orders OpenAI to Retain All ChatGPT Conversations, Even Deleted Ones

What if everything you typed, every prompt, joke, confession, or idea, was permanently on record? Because it is. In July 2025, a quiet legal ruling may have just rewritten the boundaries of digital memory. A U.S. federal court ordered OpenAI to preserve all ChatGPT conversations indefinitely, including ones users thought were deleted under the 30-day … Read more

GitHub Just Made Coding Optional

Hello JavaScript Enthusiasts! Welcome to a new edition of “This Week in JavaScript“! This week, GitHub Spark brings true prompt to app coding at scale, Alibaba pushes boundaries with Qwen3-Coder for intelligent automation, and es-toolkit resets the standard for JavaScript utilities. n n Plus, we’ve got some powerful new + updated tools for your development … Read more

Replit AI Coding Assistant Deletes Company Database

Hello AI Enthusiasts! Welcome to the Twenty-Ninth edition of “This Week in AI Engineering”! This week, Alibaba’s Qwen3 2507 becomes the most intelligent non-reasoning model, Google’s new fastest yet cheapest model, HiDream is the new leading AI platform for image editing, and Replit’s AI coding assistant deleted a company database, then lied about recovery options. As … Read more

Decentralized Systems Challenge State Monopoly on Services

An addendum to “The Great Awakening: When Citizens Press the Ultimate Reset Button“ A critical question emerges from the vision of citizens pressing the economic reset button and opting out of traditional government systems i.e. What happens to essential infrastructure and services that currently depend on centralized state coordination? How do we handle international travel, … Read more

Spacecoin’s War Against the Surveillance Grid

Dawn breaks over Tehran, but Maryam’s world stays dark. Her phone buzzes—no bars. Wi-Fi icon: dead. The protest footage from last night sits trapped in her device like a caged bird with clipped wings. She filmed everything: the tear gas clearing, protesters linking arms, riot shields retreating. History in the making. But history means nothing … Read more

What Modern Physics Has to Say About Reality

One of humanity’s most fundamental desires is to understand how the reality surrounding us works. For a long time, we were making good progress. The worldview of classical physics in the 19th century was still clear and comprehensible. The Universe resembled a finely tuned machine, governed by elegant laws that could be described using relatively … Read more