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CES 2026 tech you can already buy

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Belkin’s Charging Case Pro makes some thoughtful tweaks to its previous battery-equipped model, and it’s launching in mid-January. | Image: Belkin News coming out of CES 2026 might be slowing down, but as of Wednesday we still have writers on the ground, zipping around from hotel suite to Las Vegas convention center to try everything … Read more

Make Q1 Marketing Count: Focus, Execute, Deliver

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Most Q1 marketing plans fail for a simple reason: they try to do too much before proving anything works. By mid-February, teams are behind schedule, context has changed, and the plan is quietly ignored. Not because it was wrong, but because it was unexecutable. Research shows most marketing plans are “60% background context that everyone … Read more

L’Oréal’s new LED face masks address all my issues with this category

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I hate when friends and family ask me which LED face mask to buy. That’s because LED face masks are another prime example of the wild wellness west. There’s compelling science behind using red and infrared light therapy to address skin concerns, particularly wrinkles. However, wellness influencers have taken that concept and absolutely ran away … Read more

AI Expert Ajith Suresh Is Advancing Enterprise Decision Intelligence at Global Scale

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As enterprises worldwide accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence, the challenge has shifted from simply collecting data to making AI-driven decisions that are transparent, reliable, and actionable at scale. In this evolving landscape, a small group of professionals are shaping how large organizations operationalize AI responsibly. Among them is Ajith Suresh, a data analytics and … Read more

Reducing Docker Container Start-up Latency: Practical Strategies for Faster AI/ML Workflows

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Abstract: Docker containers are foundational to modern artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workflows, but the large size of typical ML images often results in significant start-up latency, much of which comes from image pulls during cold starts. This article outlines practical strategies to cut start-up latency, presented from simpler adjustments to more advanced … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: When DeFi Turns Reputation Into Middleware (1/7/2026)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 7, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Steve Jobs announced the first-generation iPad in 2009, For the first time ever, someone crossed the English Channel by air in 1785, Galileo observed the 4 largest moons … Read more

Beyond Preprocessing: Sequential Indexing and Temporal Consistency in IA2

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works 2.1 Traditional Index Selection Approaches 2.2 RL-based Index Selection Approaches Index Selection Problem Methodology 4.1 Formulation of the DRL Problem 4.2 Instance-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Index Selection System Framework of IA2 5.1 Preprocessing Phase 5.2 RL Training and Application Phase Experiments 6.1 Experimental Setting … Read more

I Saw a Phishing Site That Traps Security Bots

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I was analyzing a phishing kit last week when I noticed something in the HTML that shouldn’t have been there: a hidden form field with no visible counterpart. Other parts of the code tracked mouse movements, keyboard presses, and clicks to verify human behavior. But buried at the bottom was a hidden input field programmatically … Read more