Ramp reaches $60B valuation as it pushes deeper into AI
The funding comes as Ramp’s annualized revenue crosses $2B, and its customer count reaches 85,000.
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Trump calls off livestream of execution
U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan is seen in a booking photo after being moved to the Bell County Jail on April 9, 2010 in Belton, Texas. | Getty Images The execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had previously announced. Donald Trump announced the plan was … Read more
How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops
Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area. A day after the media event, I was invited to a quieter Nvidia event to hear … Read more
Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US
The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.
An Israeli firm is sending spyware through online ads, researchers say
An Israeli ad tech firm worked with spyware companies to infect devices, including at Al Jazeera, by simply showing users an online ad, according to a joint investigation by security researchers at Citizen Lab and Confiant. It’s the first time researchers have found technical evidence of a zero-click attack – a form of hacking that … Read more
Prep your cart before iPhone Duo preorders open tomorrow
Apple’s iPhone Duo foldable phone opens for preorder tomorrow, October 16th, at 8am ET / 5am PT, but you don’t have to wait until then to get your order mostly sorted. The company’s product page for the phone now lets you select the color you want, along with storage capacity, carrier preference, and whether you … Read more
420 Blog Posts To Learn About Future
Let’s learn about Future via these 420 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” ― Peter Thiel 1. The Objective Need for Decentralization: Reality Consensus The … Read more
The TechBeat: The Qwen3.8-27B Variant Built to Stop Overthinking (10/15/2026)
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. ## The Real Reason AI Companies Are Tapping the Brakes (Hint: It’s Not Safety) By @knightbat2040 [ 5 Min read ] The … Read more
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Bitcoin’s Next Big Catalyst Might Come From Washington
Bitcoin’s investment case is entering a new phase as governments and major institutions increasingly treat the cryptocurrency as a long-term financial asset rather than simply a speculative instrument. Over a three-to-five-year horizon, the shift in U.S. policy toward Bitcoin could become an important factor shaping its long-term value. The creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve … Read more
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Microsoft says Windows 11 is now ‘more responsive’ and runs better on 8GB of RAM
Earlier this year Microsoft laid out a plan to fix Windows 11, with a focus on performance, reliability, and the overall OS experience. After months of fixes, Microsoft now says the “result is a Windows experience that’s up to 20 percent more responsive.” Microsoft has made improvements to Start, File Explorer, Search, Edge, and other … Read more
A Neuro-Symbolic AI Architecture for Explainable Enterprise Decisions
The Problem With Pure Neural AI We’ve all seen the demos. LLMs writes poetry, essay’s. Vision Models like Meta’s SAM2 segments anything in an image. Object Detectors like RT-DETR detects objects in real time. The neural revolution is real. But ask yourself this: can your neural network guarantee that its output is logically consistent? Can … Read more
GTA VI’s new trailer gives you one more look at Vice City
The day is almost here, as Grand Theft Auto VI is just about a month away from finally coming out. But before that there’s still one more look from Rockstar Games, which just put out a brief “launch” trailer for the game. It doesn’t reveal much new, but the 90 second clip does give a … Read more
Quick question: Who exactly is iPhone Handoff for?
A seamless solution to a problem almost nobody has. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Last month, Apple announced a feature called iPhone Handoff. Not to be confused with that Handoff; this is a new one. iPhone Handoff allows you to keep your number active on two iPhones at the same time so you … Read more
Google launches its ‘universal’ online shopping cart ahead of the holidays
Save all of the products you’re browsing in one place. | Image: Google Google’s intelligent AI shopping cart is finally here, and just in time to tempt users into Black Friday and seasonal holiday spending. The Universal Cart tool Google previewed at its I/O event in May is now rolling out in the US across … Read more
Price Comparison Is More of a Data Problem Than a Pricing Problem
Most price comparison sites do a decent job of finding prices. The problem is figuring out whether those prices are actually comparable. You can pull prices from Amazon, Walmart, and Target, put them in a table, and sort from cheapest to most expensive. Everything might look correct, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the cheapest product … Read more
Ledger’s new hardware wallet is an Android phone without the phone
The Atom couldn’t have launched at a worse time for Ledger. | Image: Ledger Ledger has announced its latest crypto-centric hardware effort, the Android-based Atom, a device that resembles a phone but is instead designed to be used alongside one. It arrives at a tricky time for Ledger, which has been forced to cease sales … Read more
Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75
Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa and Amazon shopping, with prices starting at $74.99.
Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked
Eiliko. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge There’s a new digital pet in town – a cute little marshmallow of a robot that can change its cartoony expressions to match your mood. But if you or your kids talk to “Eiliko” over Wi-Fi, it’ll phone home to China. Its AI companion can store … Read more
Big Walk skipped Xbox to boycott Microsoft’s involvement with Israel
Big Walk‘s co-op multiplayer walking adventure has proved popular since launching in August, but Xbox players have been excluded from the fun – and now the game’s creators have explained why. Developer House House said in a blog post that it decided not to release Big Walk on Xbox consoles in accordance with the Palestinian-led … Read more
Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware
The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.
How to Defeat Host-Based Screen-Scraping Malware at the Windows OS Layer
In modern endpoint security, preventing credential theft has historically focused on defeating keyloggers. However, contemporary infostealers and advanced persistent threats (APTs) have evolved. Instead of relying solely on low-level keyboard hooks, modern malware frequently implements continuous, asynchronous screen-scraping loops via graphics APIs like DirectX or GDI. If a user enters sensitive data via a virtual … Read more
The Easiest Way to Replicate Postgres Data to Snowflake
PostgreSQL and Snowflake tend to be at different points in the same data architecture. PostgreSQL is responsible for transactions, while Snowflake is the place where the data gets analyzed, joined with other data sources, and reporting is done. Moving data from one to another once is simple enough. Synchronizing them when PostgreSQL database changes is … Read more
What if reality is a simulated dream?
When you are experiencing a dream, you are almost never aware that you are in a dream. All your brain knows is the right here, right now. Strange situations are presented to you, but there is no questioning or reasoning behind it. However occasionally, every now and then when the conditions are just right, a … Read more