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The HackerNoon Newsletter: Heres How You Can Stop N+1 Queries Forever (5/23/2026)
How are you, hacker? đȘ Whatâs happening in tech today, May 23, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Java Was Launched to the Public in 1995, Eminem Released The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, The Shining Hit Theaters in the US in 1980, and we present … Read more
How to Automate Android While Big Tech Kills the Web Dream
Staying loyal to Progressive Web Application technology, despite the apparent ease with which they can be converted to become ‘native apps,’ can leave us feeling vulnerable. It can seem like being a small rodent, waiting to be picked off by predators. If you’ve been working with Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) over the last few years, you would … Read more
These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware
Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes work, what they do, and how to switch them on.
The AI Visibility Checklist: The 7 Steps You Should Go Through
If I want to sell AI visibility work, I have to be visible. Not on a marketing-deck level. On a “the model can answer questions about me without guessing” level. So, before I wrote a single outbound message about the service, I ran the checklist on my own site. This post is that checklist, with … Read more
A Time Lapse of the Seasons: The Foundations
I live close to nature. I regularly go for a run in the countryside. Over several years, during my runs, I’ve taken pictures from the same position, always roughly the same angle. I had a vague idea in the back of my mind, as an “artistic” project. One day, I’d turn those photos into a … Read more
Ferrari is using IBMâs AI to create F1 superfans
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP take TechCrunch inside how they are redefining the fan experience.
Quantum Computing Explained for People Who Already Understand Software
In December 2024, Google announced that its Willow quantum chip completed a computation in minutes that would take the world’s best classical supercomputers longer than the age of the universe to solve. That claim spread everywhere. What most coverage left out: the benchmark was specifically designed to be hard for classical computers and easy for … Read more
The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused with a single browser tab
Roger Linn lets his accomplishments do the talking. | Image: Roger Linn Roger Linn is a legend in the world of musical instruments. He’s been at the cutting edge of music technology for decades. He created the LM-1, the first drum machine to use samples, and its successor, the LinnDrum, is one of the most … Read more
Nuclear startup Deep Fission says itâs going public, again, and I have questions
Deep Fission is seeking an IPO that could raise $157 million, though investors may have trouble buying the nuclear startup’s story.
The TechBeat: 7 Best Sites to Buy X Followers in 2026 (Tested for 58 Days) (5/23/2026)
How are you, hacker? đȘWant 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. ## 7 Best Sites to Buy X Followers in 2026 (Tested for 58 Days) By @sanya_kapoor [ 27 Min read ] I … Read more
Here are 38 Memorial Day deals we recommend for $50 or less
Massive OLED TVs and Sonos speakers might be stealing the Memorial Day spotlight, but there are also plenty of great deals that wonât set you back nearly as much. In fact, some of the best discounts weâre seeing are on gadgets that retail for $50 or less, from portable chargers and 4K streaming devices to … Read more
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Hanging out in my favorite virtual coffee shop in Tokyo
Finding a cafe that fits you can be a revelatory experience. For me at least, there are few places outside of my house that I can truly feel comfortable in. I’m lucky enough to have two options in walking distance: a coffee shop that’s bright, airy, and full of art, and another that doubles as … Read more
Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)
Elon Muks’s xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the “solar-electric economy” he promised?
I Miss Terry Pratchett
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80386 Microcode Disassembled
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I have a new go-to browser
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 129, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, come on you Gunners, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve mostly been sick, which has meant nearly a full rewatch of Parks … Read more
Googleâs new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
Just a stuffed deer having the time of his life. | Image: Gemini / The Verge Last year I deepfaked my kid’s stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a Gemini ad Google was running, … Read more
The Quantum of Desire
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoonâs Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter IV – Fourth Chapter Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001: A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter IV – Fourth … Read more
Peec, one of Berlinâs rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say
Peec, which helps brands track their presence in AI searches, offers proof of a key trend among European startups.
The Emerson Paradox
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoonâs Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter III – Music, Violets, and the Letter âSâ Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001: A ROOM WITH A VIEW – … Read more