What Is the Solana Gulf Stream? How It Differs From Traditional Mempool Architectures

Introduction Transaction pool, also known as the “mempool,” is a temporary storage area for unconfirmed transactions on the blockchain as they await confirmation and inclusion in a block. The emergence of Bitcoin led to the introduction of the mempool concept. Ethereum later incorporated this into its architecture as well. When a user initiates a transaction, … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: AI Wont Replace Me Yet, But It Might Prove I Was Never That Original (3/15/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 15, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, First Newsletter of the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Building a Bitcoin Wallet from Scratch: Two Months of … Read more

Artificial Intelligence Optimization (AIO): The Next Frontier in SEO

Artificial Intelligence Optimization (AIO) is one of the newest developments in search engine optimization. AIO combines AI technologies with traditional SEO techniques which improves the processes. This concept, which is frequently called AI SEO or SEO using AI, uses sophisticated algorithms and machine learning models to analyze and optimize web content. The purpose of employing … Read more

OTel Me Why: Why I’m So Excited About OTel

LIMITED TIME OFFER! I’m ready for my next adventure as a DevRel advocate/Technical Evangelist/IT Talespinner. If that sounds like something you need, drop me a line by email or on LinkedIn. My blog on pricing from the other day caught the attention of the folks over at MetricFire, and we struck up a conversation about … Read more

Navigating the Murky Waters of AI and Copyright Law

The ongoing debate about the authorship and ownership of generative content is intense. Since both sides have solid arguments, the answer isn’t crystal clear. The water is only becoming murkier as the legal battles surrounding artificial intelligence rage on. Who owns AI-generated works? Can AI companies really use copyrighted content for free, as OpenAI’s CEO … Read more

AI Won’t Replace Me Yet, But It Might Prove I Was Never That Original

The issue with Large Language Models—capitalized here the way you might capitalize God or Death, given the mission-critical importance the tech industry now attaches to them—is not that they generate text. That part is almost endearingly quaint, cute even. So 2022. The real conundrum I’m racking my brains over, dear HackerNoon reader, is more unsettling. … Read more

Like Kermit Once Said: “It’s Not Easy Being Green” – AI Environmental Equity

Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. From our work at The Markup, we know that adoption of technology so often means that some bear the costs while others enjoy conveniences. We challenge … Read more

Linear Attention and Long Context Models

:::info Authors: (1) Albert Gu, Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University; (2)Tri Dao, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University agu@cs.cmu.edu, tri@tridao.me. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 State Space Models 3 Selective State Space Models and 3.1 Motivation: Selection as a Means of Compression 3.2 Improving SSMs with Selection 3.3 Efficient Implementation … Read more

State Space Models vs RNNs: The Evolution of Sequence Modeling

:::info Authors: (1) Albert Gu, Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University with Equal contribution (agu@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Tri Dao, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University with Equal contribution (tri@tridao.me). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 State Space Models 3 Selective State Space Models and 3.1 Motivation: Selection as a Means of Compression 3.2 … Read more

How AI Chooses What Information Matters Most

:::info Authors: (1) Albert Gu, Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University with Equal contribution (agu@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Tri Dao, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University with Equal contribution (tri@tridao.me). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 State Space Models 3 Selective State Space Models and 3.1 Motivation: Selection as a Means of Compression 3.2 … Read more

The Future of Automated Security Testing

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Current Security Testing Platforms 2.1. Recent progress 3. A New Testing Platform and 3.1. Testing platform roles 3.2. Web-based remote access 3.3. Testbed setup 4. Enabled Testing Methodologies 4.1. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) testing and 4.2. Penetration testing 4.3. Research testing 5. Conclusion & Outlook, and References … Read more

Our Testing Platform Can Enable a Researcher to Rapidly Establish and Experiment With ECU Networks

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Current Security Testing Platforms 2.1. Recent progress 3. A New Testing Platform and 3.1. Testing platform roles 3.2. Web-based remote access 3.3. Testbed setup 4. Enabled Testing Methodologies 4.1. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) testing and 4.2. Penetration testing 4.3. Research testing 5. Conclusion & Outlook, and References … Read more

Enabled Testing Methodologies: Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) Testing and Penetration Testing

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Current Security Testing Platforms 2.1. Recent progress 3. A New Testing Platform and 3.1. Testing platform roles 3.2. Web-based remote access 3.3. Testbed setup 4. Enabled Testing Methodologies 4.1. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) testing and 4.2. Penetration testing 4.3. Research testing 5. Conclusion & Outlook, and References … Read more

Our Testbed Setup: Sourcing ECUs, Configurable Network, and Network Simulation

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Current Security Testing Platforms 2.1. Recent progress 3. A New Testing Platform and 3.1. Testing platform roles 3.2. Web-based remote access 3.3. Testbed setup 4. Enabled Testing Methodologies 4.1. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) testing and 4.2. Penetration testing 4.3. Research testing 5. Conclusion & Outlook, and References … Read more

The Markup: How We Won the 2023 Media Literate Media Award

The Markup won the National Association for Media Literacy Education’s 2023 Media Literate Media Award, which recognizes people, programs, initiatives, and organizations in media that include media literacy in their work and make outstanding contributions with national reach. NAMLE specifically recognized The Markup for creating actionable journalism for the public good. In late 2022, we … Read more

Is It Risky to Live Near a Nuclear Power Plant?

Nuclear power plants could resolve the energy crisis in the United States brought on by the recent exponential growth of data centers. However, some have safety concerns. Incidents like the Chornobyl disaster are still fresh in people’s minds. Could living next to one of these stations adversely affect their well-being? How close is too close? … Read more

The Coldware Edge

Solana (SOL) has been one of the most significant success stories in the cryptocurrency market. Known for its fast transaction speeds and innovative consensus mechanism, Solana had established itself as a dominant player. However, as we move deeper into 2025, questions arise about whether Solana can maintain its crypto dominance, especially when newer projects like … Read more

The Coldware Surge

Ethereum (ETH), one of the largest and most established cryptocurrencies, has recently seen its price fall below critical support levels, sparking a shift in investor sentiment. As Ethereum continues to face price corrections and struggles to hold above the $1,900 mark, investors are increasingly turning to emerging projects like Coldware (COLD), which has seen explosive … Read more

Crafting Multi-Cloud Systems: How Tech Experts Are Solving Connectivity

Modern enterprises are global. This comes with the connectivity that the current generation of commerce and industry relies on, and it has been accelerating rapidly with each passing year. Cloud services, once at the edge of always-connected infrastructure, are already falling behind the needs of high-tech operations. Multi-cloud strategies, which involve the use of multiple … Read more

From One-Off Transactions to Intelligent Payments: The Evolution of Open Banking with VRP

By Michael Bystrov, Chief Revenue Officer at Noda. As Open Banking continues to transform the financial landscape, its journey from simple Pay-by-Bank solutions to sophisticated, automated payment mechanisms like Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) is a story of innovation, regulation, and customer-centric evolution. VRP represents the next frontier, enabling seamless, flexible, and intelligent payments that go … Read more