Inside Fedrok AG: Building a Transparent Carbon Credit Ecosystem

In a candid discussion with HackerNoon, the leadership team of Fedrok AG detail their journey into establishing a blockchain solution for the carbon credit market. The conversation sheds light on the technical challenges and innovative strategies designed to inject transparency and trust into an industry long plagued by opacity. With a focus on measurable data … Read more

9 Big Takeaways From Data Analytics This Year

🚀 Data Analytics Trends in 2025 🚀 The global data analytics market is projected to exceed $140 billion by 2025 . This highlights its crucial role in today’s hyperconnected business landscape, where real-time insights and scalable solutions are no longer just advantageous but essential for success. Data analytics is no longer confined to crunching numbers; … Read more

Every Promising Skin Care Tech We Saw at CES 2025

Numerous industries have creatively weaved technology into their processes. The beauty and skin care field is not one to be left behind, considering the massive potential of these programs and devices for consumers and cosmetic professionals alike. The Consumer Electronics Show — or CES 2025 — featured multiple tech concepts and creations championing personalized skin … Read more

Hermetica’s Bold Move to Dominate Stacks DeFi With its USDh Stablecoin and sBTC Yield Trade Program

Could the future of decentralized finance be hiding in Bitcoin’s emerging Layer 2 ecosystem? A bold new partnership between Hermetica and Zest Protocol suggests that Bitcoin-backed assets might be on the cusp of a transformative moment in digital finance. The cryptocurrency landscape is witnessing a shift as Hermetica positions its USDh stablecoin to become the … Read more

How Do Ethereum Blockchain Transactions Reach Consensus?

The consensus layer is a key part of Ethereum, ensuring that all participants agree on the blockchain’s current state. It verifies transactions, adds them in order, and secures the chain without needing a central authority. Ethereum uses Proof of Stake (PoS), where validators confirm transactions and create new blocks. This article explains the features of … Read more

Empathy-as-a-Service: When AI Feels Too Human, What’s at Stake?

The latest AI developments turn empathy into just another product for sale, raising questions about ethics and regulation. Imagine your customer service chatbot isn’t just solving your problem – it’s listening, empathizing, and sounding eerily human. It feels like it cares. But behind the friendly tone and comforting words, that ‘care’ is just a product, … Read more

Customers Say They Want Quicker Responses For Repeat Business

If you’re a consumer-facing business, you’ll know how important customer service is. Your customers are the center of your business: you need them to thrive and they need you to provide great products and services. Providing the best customer service can help boost a business as word-of-mouth spreads and consumers generally know who they can … Read more

How to Quickly Index a Character in Short String

This is probably the most useless optimization I’ve ever made. I can imagine this solution could be used as part of a more complex search algorithm or, in rare cases, to search for a combination in a short string. Anyway, have fun reading this. :::info Full source code can be found here: https://github.com/Lezh1k/Codewars_c/blob/master/src/trench_assault.c ::: Problem … Read more

Developers, AWS App Runner Might Not Always Be the Best Choice For Deploying Your Application

I recently developed a full-stack application for a non-profit organization using React for the frontend, Python (FastAPI) for the backend, and PostgreSQL for data persistence. A seemingly straightforward requirement was enabling the backend to communicate with various public APIs while maintaining secure database access. The application architecture consisted of three containerized services: a React frontend, … Read more

Here’s How Python Can Help You Write More Maintainable Tests

Unit testing is an essential aspect of software development, ensuring that individual components of a system work as intended. Mocks have become a popular choice for isolating components and verifying interactions. However, the increased use of mocks can lead to hard-to-support tests and a loss of focus on actual business logic. Let’s explore how a … Read more

Phishing Campaigns Became a Lot More Sinister in 2024

The growing variety of threats targeting people and companies. Phishing is one of the most prevalent and damaging threats, accounting for almost a third of all cyberattacks last year. In the second half of 2024, phishing attacks surged by 202% with users receiving at least one advanced phishing message capable of evading security defenses per … Read more

Reliability Engineer Shares How Businesses Can Manage High Availability and Improve Resilience

As a service becomes more popular, its creators face increasing challenges. A surge in visitors can overwhelm a website, cause downtime, and harm the brand’s reputation. To avoid such scenarios, companies adopt modern approaches, including cloud technologies and a shift to microservices architecture. Recent research shows that the cloud microservices industry is reaching record-breaking growth … Read more

Surviving the Google SERP Data Crisis

🚨 Breaking News: Google now requires JavaScript to perform searches! Yes, you read that right—your trusty old automated SERP bot relying on HTTP clients and HTML parsers? 🛑 Completely busted. This shake-up has wreaked havoc on countless SEO tools, causing data delays, outages, and a buffet of service meltdowns. But why did this happen? What … Read more

The TechBeat: How AI Is Changing the Way We Make and Share Videos (1/23/2025)

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. ## Fortinet FortiGate-VM: Enterprise-class Security for Applications and Workloads Running on AWS By @awsmarketplace [ 10 Min read ] Meet Fortinet FortiGate: … Read more

VC-Backed: Does It Equal VC-Secure?

Blockchain projects often use their investment successes to boast as well as build up an audience. It’s common to assume that if a project is good enough for a venture fund, it must be good enough for a user. After all, would something so big and rich fail to perform due diligence? Sadly, money does … Read more

How to Perform a Static Analysis of Your Project Executables!

If you develop any software, you know that static code analysis has been trending for many years. Today, there are hints and warnings from compilers and IDEs, linters, and finally, feature-rich specialized solutions like ESLint, SonarQube, or Checkmarx. They help you write correct code, prevent bugs from slipping through, and harden program security. Is this … Read more

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Release of Silk Road Admin and Its Ripple Effects

The Silk Road—a marketplace that promised freedom but became a symbol of digital lawlessness—has left a legacy that continues to influence cybersecurity and legal debates today. With the recent release of key Silk Road administrator Ross Ulbricht, we are reminded of the choices that shape the balance between justice, innovation, and the evolving battle against … Read more

Speculation: Dump Gold on Mars

Satoshi Nakamoto engineered artificial digital scarcity when he invented Bitcoin and it was accepted by Bitcoiners world over. For better, not worse, this has helped curb the inflationary money troubles of our world. I bet you, our financial world would be worse off in a timeline without Bitcoin. What if we took it a step … Read more

Criminal IP And OnTheHub Partner To Deliver Advanced Cybersecurity Solutions For Education

TORRANCE, United States / California, January 22nd, 2025/CyberNewsWire/–AI SPERA, a leading Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) provider, has collaborated with OnTheHub, a global provider of software in education, to deliver its integrated cybersecurity solution, Criminal IP, to students and educational institutions. This strategic initiative aims to enhance cybersecurity awareness and protection in the education sector by … Read more

Smart Hotels Are Promising to Fix Travelers’ Woes

Only feels like two weeks ago when I was playing snake on my Nokia. Everywhere you look, there’s a buzz – a hodgepodge of innovation. Artificial intelligence, blockchain and the smart hotel have secured their seats on this century’s bus ride. Manifestations of the space age ain’t exclusive to the realm of film anymore. They’re … Read more

Future Work in Rust Co-Assurance

:::info Author: (1) David S. Hardin, Cedar Rapids, IA USA (david.s.hardin@gmail.com). ::: Table of Links 1 Introduction 2 Dancing Links 3 The Rust Programming Language 4 RAC: Hardware/Software Co-Assurance at Scale 5 Rust and RAR 5.1 Restricted Algorithmic Rust 6 Dancing Links in Rust and 6.1 Definitions 6.2 Translation to ACL2 6.3 Dancing Links Theorems … Read more

If You Want to Learn JavaScript Through The Terminal, This Package Is For You

I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who helped me along the way in creating what I believe is the biggest and most comprehensive JavaScript interview question tutorial. With 551 questions, categorized by Levels 3 (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced), 188 Themes, and 192 video tutorials, this is the ultimate resource … Read more

Incremental Vertex Processing Boosts PageRank Update Efficiency on Dynamic Graphs

:::info Author: (1) Subhajit Sahu, IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (subhajit.sahu@research.iiit.ac.in). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Preliminaries 4 Approach 5.1 Experimental Setup 5.2 Performance of Dynamic Frontier PageRank 5.3 Strong Scaling of Dynamic Frontier PageRan 6 Conclusion, Acknowledgments, and References ABSTRACT KEYWORDS Parallel PageRank algorithm, Dynamic Frontier approach … Read more