Join us for an enlightening conversation with Jonas Simanavicius, co-founder and CTO of Synternet, as he shares his journey from working at J.P. Morgan to establishing a leading blockchain technology company. Ishan Pandey: Hi Jonas, it’s great to have you with us. Can you share a bit about your journey from J.P. Morgan to co-founding … Read more
Articles and posts headlined something like “The press release is dead” are strangely popular. Put that exact phrase into Google and it returns getting on for half a million hits. It’s clickbait, of course. What the writers then go on to explain is that press releases are actually pretty important, if you have real news. … Read more
Step 1: Install the necessary libraries To connect to a database and query data, you need to install the following two libraries: pandas: A Python library for data analysis, including functions for reading and writing data. sqlalchemy: A Python library for interacting with relational databases, allowing you to use Python with various databases. You can … Read more
An Introduction to Backpropagation This article focuses on a fundamental concept called backward propagation (backpropagation). After reading, you’ll understand: What is backpropagation and how it’s critically important in all of Artificial Intelligence, especially Generative AI. What Gradient Descent is, the mathematics behind it, its types, and how it enabled AI to solve every problem posed … Read more
Have you ever wondered about how X(formerly known as Twitter) identifies bots that are tweeting spam? or how banks identify fraudulent accounts? or how GitHub identifies faulty servers in the network? Such systems are built by information security teams that monitor and take down such activities at scale using AI/ML systems. In cases where the … Read more
Know Your Customer (KYC) and Digital Identities technologies are two important elements in the process of customers’ verification. KYC is a process that companies and organizations use to verify their customers, ensure compliance with governmental regulations (like Anti Money-Laundering) and prevent cyber crimes like hacks and fraud. The existing popular KYC mechanisms often include checking … Read more
As a society, we’ve always been drawn to a good story. From ancient myths to modern-day blockbusters, the power of narrative has the ability to captivate, inspire, and transform. In the world of technology, where innovation is the name of the game, storytelling has become the secret weapon behind some of the most buzzed-about startups. … Read more
In an era where the digital and physical worlds are becoming increasingly intertwined, the next wave of wireless communication technology—6G—promises to blur these boundaries even further. ==But how on earth do we deal with eavesdroppers?== One of the advancements on this frontier is the development of Secure Full Duplex Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), a … Read more
The battle over Google’s Privacy Sandbox reveals a stark truth: incremental adjustments won’t suffice in a privacy-conscious advertising environment. The IAB Tech Lab’s assessment of the technology and Google’s retort illuminate the limits of any single approach, underscoring the need for a fundamental rethinking of how advertising value is generated. The IAB’s concerns about granular … Read more
In this session of our “Behind the Startup” series, we sit down with Zad, the visionary founder of OpenCred, to explore the revolutionary concept of tokenizing trust in the Web3 environment. As a Stanford-certified expert in blockchain and cryptography, Zad discusses the inception of OpenCred, its unique approach to digital identity through eSFT tokens, and … Read more
Many people, including me, find ourselves overwhelmed by the complexity of modern tools and the sheer volume of information they handle daily. It’s common to struggle with “powerful” tools that are highly recommended but end up being too complex to use effectively Why is it so hard to use these tools? Many tools are designed … Read more
In this blog, I will demonstrate how to get the coverage data for each incoming request on a Python web server built using any web framework. What is Code Coverage? Code coverage is a metric used in software testing to measure the extent to which the source code of a program has been executed during … Read more
A UX (User Experience) research framework is a structured approach to conducting research to better understand users and their needs, preferences, and behaviors in order to create products and services that are more effective, efficient, and satisfying. The framework helps researchers to identify research objectives, select appropriate research methods, collect and analyze data, and communicate … Read more
:::info Welcome to HackerNoon’s Writing Prompts! Would you like to take a stab at answering some of these questions? The link for the template is HERE. ::: 1. What is your company in 2–5 words? Digital product agency disrupting healthcare. 2. Why is now the time for your company to exist? There is no denying that … Read more
This is yet another selfish guide! I’m writing this guide to help my future self set up MudBlazor with Blazor interactive SSR in a new project. And hey, the added bonus is that you can benefit from it too! Maybe it isnt’t so selfish after all, right?! This guide will focus on getting MudBlazor with … Read more
Embarking on an information security career places you in a thriving industry where the demand for skilled professionals far exceeds supply. The growth of this sector is significant, with the US Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting a 32 percent increase in cybersecurity positions from 2022 to 2032, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Social … Read more
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. ## Portfolio Management: All The Ways AI Is Transforming Modern Asset Strategies By @kustarev [ 9 Min read ] The industry was … Read more
Introduction I want to discuss the sync.Cond type and use cases and when to use it. What Is sync.Cond? In the Go programming language, sync.Cond is a type defined in the sync package representing a condition variable. Condition variables are synchronization primitives used for coordinating goroutines by allowing them to wait for a specific condition to become true before proceeding. … Read more
Over the last year, I’ve been building EchoVault, an embeddable Redis alternative for the Golang ecosystem. EchoVault aims to replicate most of the Redis features while providing both an embedded interface and a client-server interface that is compatible with existing Redis clients using the RESP protocol. One of the features implemented in EchoVault is the … Read more
Summer 2023 was a tough time for Web3 projects. Our company was bordering on breaking even with no ETA in sight. While we were looking for new possibilities and business ideas, we worked hard on developing existing products and services. In a volatile space, we had to work in a trial and error mode, with … Read more
A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable. This famous quote from, Leslie Lamport, an A.M. Turing Award Laureate, summarizes the challenges in building and maintaining a distributed system. But why is there a need for such complicated systems? With … Read more
If you bumped into this page thinking you’re gonna get rich with some get-rich-quick scheme, I’m sorry to disappoint you. This article will rather talk about how to decrease your cloud cost bills by $1 million. By doing that, you will have essentially generated an extra million dollars in revenue — which you can spend buying my … Read more
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. ## Building Effective Modern Data Architectures with Iceberg, Tabular and MinIO By @minio [ 7 Min read ] Modern datalakes provide a … Read more
A map (also known as an associative array, hash table, hash map, hash set, dict) is an essential data structure for solving different algorithmic problems during day-to-day work, on programming contests, or during job interviews. Therefore, it’s essential to understand which features maps provide to you as a developer: the operations supported by them, the … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. ## From Science Fiction to Reality: The Promise of Neurocomputing and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) By … Read more
A time is coming when your thoughts will be the only activity you need to get things done. Have you ever been so caught up with work, you don’t want to move a muscle? You are not willing to use your voice because you feel the ideas will escape once you do. So, what do … Read more
Hi there! Let’s explore play-to-earn games a bit. We’ll discuss how to create one and incorporate NFTs into it. This article will focus solely on the blockchain mechanics and won’t delve into game development. I’ll aim to explain everything using simple language with explanations of all the essential parts. So, let’s get started! Why is … Read more
Image segmentation plays a crucial role in accurately identifying and delineating objects of interest within an image. In autonomous driving, computer vision algorithms are applied to solve the task of road surface segmentation. This task is challenging as you cannot rely on one type of images only — both cameras and LiDARs have their strengths … Read more
Low Resource Languages (LRLs) in Large Language Models (LLMs) In recent years, the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has brought about significant shifts in the daily routines of consumers. Individuals can now undertake a diverse range of tasks, such as retrieving information, composing text, and refining documents through these powerful language tools. This integration … Read more
Electronic waste — better known as e-waste — has been a massive problem for years. However, most people have never even heard of the term. Unfortunately, whether they realize it or not, it impacts them directly. How does e-waste hacking put you at risk? The Overlooked Problem With E-Waste Most people don’t think twice about … Read more