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Under Strain: How Healthcare’s Structured Data Falters in the LLM Era

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Large language models (LLMs) stand ready to revolutionize healthcare. We have seen interesting use cases such as clinical decision support tools, optimizing hospital workflows, accelerating drug discovery, and automating administrative tasks. Despite promising solutions, one major roadblock remains: data. This article examines structured health data because it represents a significant obstacle to the further implementation … Read more

Why GA4 Path Exploration is a Game-Changer for Subscription-Based SEO

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:::info Welcome to HackerNoon’s Hacking Tech Marketing template. It is designed to you in showcasing your (or your company’s) recent triumphs and successes in the realm of Technology Marketing. ::: 1. Introduction Ranking #1 on Google won’t guarantee subscription growth—what matters is what happens after users land on your site. Understanding their journey is the … Read more

Here’s How to Test Concurrent Code With Testing/Synctest: Go 1.24

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One of Go’s signature features is built-in support for concurrency. Goroutines and channels are simple and effective primitives for writing concurrent programs. However, testing concurrent programs can be difficult and error prone. In Go 1.24, we are introducing a new, experimental testing/synctest package to support testing concurrent code. This post will explain the motivation behind … Read more

How Whiteness Tried, and Failed to Silence My Voice

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:::info Author: (1) Tiffany N. Younger, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA (tyounger@hunter.cuny.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Early Life 3. Whiteness as an Institution 4. The Triple Threat 5. The Academic Plantation Field 6. The Future Is Black Women 7. Imagination as a … Read more

Whiteness as a Barrier: A Black Feminist’s Call for Institutional Accountability

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:::info Author: (1) Tiffany N. Younger, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA (tyounger@hunter.cuny.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Early Life 3. Whiteness as an Institution 4. The Triple Threat 5. The Academic Plantation Field 6. The Future Is Black Women 7. Imagination as a … Read more

The Case for Space-Based Internet Is Trickier Than It Looks

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The lessons from ancient civilizations can help us with modern projects like creating a decentralized internet using satellite networks in space. The Romans built a system of roads and central governance with local management. These roads were controlled by state-appointed authorities with the help of local folks. And they succeeded in building a multi-tiered approach … Read more

The Role of Virtual Power Plants in the Future of Clean Energy

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When you think of energy infrastructure, you probably imagine towering smokestacks, old power lines, cramped industrial parks, and lengthy coal trains. Once virtual power plants enter the picture, this could change. With a decentralized system stabilizing supply and demand, energy infrastructure goes from dirty and industrial to clean and welcoming. The Emerging Faults in Energy … Read more

HackerNoon Mobile App Updates: Blogging Inbox & Reading Recommendations

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Hey Hackers! It’s been a while since we reported back with another mobile app update – since version 2.03 to be exact. Since then, HackerNoon’s mobile app suffered another two updates which include an inbox and messages reaction implementation, plus reading recommendations and other design shifts. Let’s dive in. :::tip 📲 Update your app now … Read more

The Business Survival Kit

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It is not a matter of foreseeing everything but of being ready for anything. The European Commission’s recent guide to assembling household emergency kits — with its list of bottled water, shortwave radios, and supplies for cooking pasta puttanesca in the midst of disaster — could be read as a handbook for contemporary chaos. But … Read more

The TechBeat: AI’s Energy Dilemma: Can LLMs Optimize Their Own Power Consumption? (4/6/2025)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐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. ## AutoResponder AI: The Smart Way to Manage Your Gmail Inbox By @dineshbesiahgari [ 17 Min read ] AutoResponder AI automates email … Read more

A Guide on How to Legally Web Scrape EU Data

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About the LevelUp series: At The Markup, we’re committed to doing everything we can to protect our readers from digital harm, write about the processes we develop, and share our work. We’re constantly working on improving digital security, respecting reader privacy, creating ethical and responsible user experiences, and making sure our site and tools are … Read more

The Hot Stove Effect: Why AI Learns to Be a Pessimist

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:::info Author: (1) Jerker Denrell, University of Warwick (jdenrell@gmail.com) ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Illustration 3. Intuition 4. General Theorem about Biased Averages 5. Alternative Learning Models 6. Bayesian Updating 7. Implications for Understanding Learning Appendix and References Abstract. The Hot Stove Effect is a negativity bias resulting from the adaptive … Read more

You Built It. Now Get Paid. Ethereum’s Devansh Mehta on Fixing Open Source Funding

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What if getting funded didn’t require a pitch deck—or even applying at all? Devansh Mehta, the Ethereum Foundation’s AI x Public Goods Governance Lead, is working on exactly that. We caught up after ETHSF to talk about how blockchain and machine learning might help rethink how open source work gets funded using web3 innovation—and how … Read more

What Can Defects Tell Us About Magnetic Materials? TM-CNN’s Defect Whisperer Approach

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:::info Authors: (1) VINÍCIUS YU OKUBO, Dept. Electronic Systems Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Brazil; (2) KOTARO SHIMIZU, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; (3) B. S. SHIVARAM, Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA; (4) HAE YONG KIM, Dept. Electronic Systems Engineering, Polytechnic School, … Read more

Codeless Test Automation is Beneficial, but Not a Complete Replacement for All Testing

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Staring at lines of code just to test if your website’s signup form works properly is exhausting. If you’re a marketer, product manager, or QA specialist without deep programming skills, you’ve probably thought of an easier way to test your or your client’s website. Good news is there is. Codeless automation testing lets you verify … Read more

Solana Needs to Fix Its MEV Problem

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Solana’s recent governance vote on the SIMD-228 proposal, which put forward the idea of lowering Solana’s inflation rate and boosting staking, showed the network can effectively handle major voting decisions without a hitch on the technical level. Meanwhile, we’ve also seen throughput on the network increasing to accommodate the huge volume of memecoin trading. However, … Read more

Build Your Own BEP-20 Token in a Single Afternoon—No Prior Experience Needed

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The crypto world has caught fire again. I’ve been watching token prices shoot up since late 2024, bringing newcomers and veterans alike back into the fold. After months of research and tinkering with various blockchain projects, I decided to document my token-building process from start to finish. Why build tokens? For me, it started with … Read more

Why TM-CNN Is a Material Scientist’s New Best Friend

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:::info Authors: (1) VINÍCIUS YU OKUBO, Dept. Electronic Systems Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Brazil; (2) KOTARO SHIMIZU, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; (3) B. S. SHIVARAM, Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA; (4) HAE YONG KIM, Dept. Electronic Systems Engineering, Polytechnic School, … Read more

Defect Detection, AI Style: How TM-CNN Is Changing Materials Science

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:::info Authors: (1) VINÍCIUS YU OKUBO, Dept. Electronic Systems Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Brazil; (2) KOTARO SHIMIZU, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; (3) B. S. SHIVARAM, Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA; (4) HAE YONG KIM, Dept. Electronic Systems Engineering, Polytechnic School, … Read more

The Psychology of Mobile Ads: What Drives Clicks and Conversions?

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Think about the reasons why one mobile ad can be much more appealing than another. It is more complicated than one might think. Companies spend a lot on advertising and enhance their marketing with strategies like personalization, social proof, or even artificially creating a sense of urgency. Such companies can market products attractively using clickbait-type … Read more

UUID Makes Everything Better… Doesn’t It?

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Introduction Picture this: you start a new project and, out of sheer habit, decide to slap a UUID as the ID on every single table. “What could possibly go wrong?”—after all, UUIDs are universal, globally unique, and basically the coolest thing out there, right? Sound familiar? In reality, this widespread fascination with UUIDs can drag … Read more

Mutation Testing: How Does it Work in Rust?

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I’ve been a big fan of Mutation Testing since I discovered PIT. As I dive deeper into Rust, I wanted to check the state of mutation testing in Rust. Starting with cargo-mutants I found two crates for mutation testing in Rust: cargo-mutants and mutagen mutagen hasn’t been maintained for three years, while cargo-mutants is still … Read more