The HackerNoon Newsletter: Were All Gonna Be REKT. Bitcoin Shall Be Forgotten (6/27/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 27, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney Founded Atari in 1972, Telegraph Wires Connected New York and Boston in 1847 , Spyglass Went Public in 1995, The German Army Introduced … Read more

MS MARCO Web Search: Powering Next-Gen Information Access & Neural Indexers

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and Related work 2.1 Web Scale Information Retrieval 2.2 Existing Datasets 3 MS Marco Web Search Dataset and 3.1 Document Preparation 3.2 Query Selection and Labeling 3.3 Dataset Analysis 3.4 New Challenges Raised by MS MARCO Web Search 4 Benchmark Results and 4.1 Environment Setup 4.2 … Read more

Alessio Vinassa on Building Ethical Blockchain Businesses: Technology with a Conscience

Why values-led innovation is shaping the next phase of blockchain development As blockchain matures from buzzword to infrastructure, the conversation is evolving beyond speculation and speed. At the heart of this shift is a growing recognition that innovation without ethics is incomplete. Enter a new breed of founders—entrepreneurs who are building blockchain businesses not just … Read more

Jeff Mahony: The Maverick Investor’s Guide to Real-World Success

In the dynamic and often chaotic world of startups, a pervasive narrative born in Silicon Valley dictates that disruption, aggressive market education, and pursuing “unicorn” status are the only paths to success. However, in a recent candid conversation, Jeff Mahony, a seasoned investor with a distinctly contrarian philosophy, which includes layer-1 blockchain RYT, NEFT Vodka … Read more

Next‑AEO Helps LLMs Find You—Because Google Isn’t the Only Search Engine Anymore

We’re thrilled to announce next‑aeo, a new NPM package from Profound designed for Next.js developers who care not just about SEO, but AEO (AI Engine Optimization). It builds a bridge between your app and today’s answer‑driven LLMs. What does next‑aeo do? next‑aeo analyzes your Next.js app as part of the build process and generates a … Read more

WhatsApp Launches Message Summaries in US—Here’s How to Turn It On

Tired of opening WhatsApp to a flood of messages? Meta’s new AI feature might help. Meta has started rolling out a smart message summary tool for WhatsApp users. It’s designed to help you catch up on missed messages quickly—especially in busy chats. The best part? You’re the only one who can see it. What the New Feature Does … Read more

The 7 Essential Tools for Local LLM Development on macOS in 2025

The ability to run Large Language Models (LLMs) locally has transformed AI development, especially for those of us on macOS. It brings unparalleled privacy, cost control, and offline capabilities. But to truly harness this power in 2025, you need more than just a model file; you need a robust toolkit. Whether you’re building AI-powered applications, … Read more

Is Shrinking Smart? A Beginner’s Guide to Dimensionality Reduction

I. Why Dimensionality Reduction Deserves Your Attention In machine learning, more data isn’t always better — especially when it comes to features. Having too many variables can lead to what’s affectionately known as the curse of dimensionality, where the model becomes confused, overfits, or takes forever to train. Unknown Fact: not all data is good … Read more

Connecting Your DApp to Blockchain with WalletConnect and GetBlock

Are you looking to connect your decentralized application (DApp) to the blockchain and allow users to interact with it using their browser wallets? This tutorial will guide you through integrating WalletConnect with GetBlock.io – a powerful combination for seamless and reliable blockchain interactions. We’ll focus on a browser-based setup, making it ideal for web applications … Read more

Forget Perfection. Just Don’t Disappear.

A rule for people who’ve tried “consistency” and failed. Let’s get this out of the way: You’re going to screw it up. You’ll miss a workout. Forget to journal. Fall face-first into a bag of Doritos instead of meditating. Cool. Same here. The problem isn’t breaking the habit. It’s what happens after. Most people don’t … Read more

SUTRA: A New Precedent for Multilingual LLMs & Future AI

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 SUTRA Approach 3.1 What is SUTRA? 3.2 Architecture 3.3 Training Data 4 Training Multilingual Tokenizers 5 Multilingual MMLU 5.1 Massive Multitask Language Understanding 5.2 Extending MMLU to Multiple Languages and 5.3 Consistent Performance across Languages 5.4 Comparing with leading models for Multilingual Performance 6 … Read more

SUTRA-Online: Quantitative Evaluation for Real-Time, Factual LLM Queries

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 SUTRA Approach 3.1 What is SUTRA? 3.2 Architecture 3.3 Training Data 4 Training Multilingual Tokenizers 5 Multilingual MMLU 5.1 Massive Multitask Language Understanding 5.2 Extending MMLU to Multiple Languages and 5.3 Consistent Performance across Languages 5.4 Comparing with leading models for Multilingual Performance 6 … Read more

Building a Full-Stack Bookstore App in 100 Days with .NET MAUI and Clean Architecture

For my final university project, I set out with an ambitious goal: to build a comprehensive bookstore management system in roughly 50 days. The challenge wasn’t just to create an e-commerce app, but to build a unified solution that serves online customers, in-store staff, and system administrators, all from a single, modern mobile application.This is … Read more

I Needed Better Go Benchmark Visuals, So I Made Vizb

Benchmarking in Go is straightforward, but visualizing those results? That’s where things get messy. When you’re comparing different libraries or implementations across various workloads, staring at raw benchmark numbers just doesn’t cut it. I found myself in this exact situation while working with my message queue library, varmq. I needed to compare performance across different … Read more

Netvrk: Don’t Be Fooled by the Flash – This Metaverse Is Crumbling Behind the Scenes 🚨

Metaverse projects come and go, but every so often, a star emerges… only to disintegrate under scrutiny. Enter Netvrk—a sleek digital world built on Unreal Engine 5, hyped across crypto and VR circles. Yet, beneath the glossy veneer lie enough cracks to sink the Titanic. 🏠 Tiny Team, Big Template Netvrk is fronted by XMOD … Read more

GBM Launches Auction Festival With The Sandbox, Aavegotchi, Unstoppable Domains, And More

London, UK, June 26th, 2025/Chainwire/–GBM, the auction protocol reinventing how value is distributed onchain, has announced the launch of its inaugural Auction Festival, a multi-month celebration of auctions, rewards, and community participation. The Festival kicks off in partnership with leading Web3 names, including The Sandbox, Aavegotchi, Unstoppable Domains, Song a Day, Vision.io, and more, all … Read more