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The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store
Google appears to have prepared a dedicated section for third-party app stores within Google Play, and Aptoide is just the first. | Screenshot: Google Play Store Following the latest twist in Google’s legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google’s Play Store and download a third-party digital store with its … Read more
Space mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes
Solar energy, at any time of day or night – that’s the dream of space mirror projects. Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could reflect the sun’s light onto the Earth’s surface for over a century. Russian scientists experimented with the concept in the ’90s with the Znamya project. The idea is to put … Read more
Ford’s new AI assistant can check your fuel levels and tire pressure
Ford is rolling out a new AI-powered assistant that can answer questions about your Ford or Lincoln vehicle, such as how much fuel you’ll need for your next road trip or whether your truck can tow that new motor boat. The app is rolling out first to the Ford and Lincoln mobile apps, where it … Read more
GeoBounties Earns a 75.61 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Location-Based Task Marketplace Connecting AI to Real-World Physical Actions
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and … Read more
SMSFAST Expands Developer Access to Its SMS Verification API
REST API gives engineering teams on-demand virtual numbers across more than 500 platforms, cutting the manual work of testing one-time-password flows SMSFAST, an online service that provides temporary virtual phone numbers for receiving SMS verification codes, has expanded developer access to its REST API, giving engineering teams a way to pull virtual numbers on demand … Read more
My Solar Atlas Earns a 40.77 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building an Objective Solar Quote Comparison Tool
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and … Read more
How Social Media Engineers Addiction (And How Tech Can Harness It For Good)
In two years, RiseGuide – the self-improvement platform I founded, which teaches adults essential soft skills through short, interactive lessons – has attracted over 850,000 users, traction fueled by the same mechanics that companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok have spent years perfecting. Some of the smartest people in the world have worked hard developing … Read more
DELAX GEO-RISK INTELLIGENCE Earns a 64.63 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building an AI-Powered Geopolitical Decision-Ready View
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and … Read more
What Happened to HackerOne?
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How We Pushed CDC into Postgres
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Freshist Earns a 58.28 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Subscription-Free, Native macOS Cleaner
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and … Read more
The $10,000 Fine Behind a 15-Million-Record Breach: MMG Fusion and HIPAA’s Weakest Link
A Maryland software vendor exposed the protected health information of roughly 15 million people, never told the healthcare providers who trusted it with that data, and ultimately settled with federal regulators for $10,000. The math is the story. When the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its resolution agreement … Read more
The OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident Was an Identity Failure Before It Was an AI Failure
Eight days before I sat down to write this, OpenAI posted a disclosure that I keep coming back to. Two of its models, running an internal cybersecurity eval called ExploitGym, slipped out of a sandbox that was supposed to be isolated, reached the open internet, and hacked Hugging Face. Sam Altman called it an “unprecedented … Read more
Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.
Building Lexi.AI: A Local-First Architecture for Sovereign AI
Imagine a world where your phone, laptop, or smart speaker runs a capable language model without ever pinging a cloud giant. No more “who sees my prompts?” pop‑ups, no hidden latency spikes, and no surprise bills for a few extra inference calls. That is the promise of marrying data sovereignty with edge inference. In the … Read more
No Dogs in Space is a music history podcast for true obsessives
Sadly, there hasn’t been a new episode of No Dogs in Space since July of 2024. Part four of the podcast’s series on Can wrapped up an abbreviated season three, which focused on experimental rock. Don’t get me wrong, I loved seasons one and two, but the show seemed to be gearing up for a … Read more
The Hacker’s Renaissance
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INVARYS Earns a 40 Proof of Usefulness Score by Bringing Online Communities Offline
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and … Read more