Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the ‘For You’ feed
The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests.
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AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public
Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.
Trump DOE loans $5B to nuclear plants that will power data centers
Constellation Energy will get $5 billion in government loans to modernize nuclear reactors. Most of the new capacity is already committed to Google, Amazon, and Meta.
South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks
South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.
Govee’s colorful smart string lights are down to their best price of the year
Govee’s Christmas String Lights 2 are on sale in all four sizes. | Image: Govee Halloween isn’t even here yet, but it’s never too early to start thinking about holiday decorations, especially when there are already deals on smart, programmable lights. If you want your house, tree, fireplace, or whatever else to stand out this … Read more
Sony has new transparent PS5 controllers launching next year
Sony announced a new Prism Collection line of PlayStation 5 accessories today that revisits “the iconic see-through trend of the late ’90s in a fresh, modern way” for its DualSense wireless controllers and matching console covers for the PS5 that reveal some of their internal components. The Prism Collection is launching with three color options … Read more
6 Lessons From Testing AI Agent Context Compression Across 2,000+ Runs
A practical guide to working context compression If you’ve wired an AI agent to real tools, you’ve seen the problem. You ask a simple question, the agent calls a tool, and back comes a wall of text: a 300-commit git log, a full database table, a browser page snapshot the size of a novel. All … Read more
8BitDo’s new Xbox Elite-style controller sets a high bar for customization
8BitDo’s Ultimate 3E has a refined design, but it shows wear easily. | Image: The Verge It’s hard to make an Xbox controller that stands out these days, especially one that’s expensive, due to a wealth of great semi-affordable options. Still, 8BitDo’s $150 Ultimate 3E is a bold controller that holds its own against other … Read more
Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model
Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs.
Coding agents explained: how AI agents boost development
Coding Agents can plan, edit, and test code with limited supervision, but keeping their plans, decisions, and handoffs connected quickly becomes a coordination problem. This article covers how these agents work, where they help, where they fail, how to evaluate them, and how to integrate external APIs safely. What are coding agents? Understanding AI coding … Read more
Apple raises the MacBook Neo’s student pricing again
The MacBook Neo now starts at $649 on Apple’s Education Store, up $150 from its initial $499 education starting price. As reported earlier by MacRumors, the student discount for the Neo received a $50 price bump in recent days, following a $100 price bump back in June. Apple’s budget MacBook is now just $50 off … Read more
xAI is buying out homeowners who promise not to sue over data center noise
xAI’s Southaven, Mississippi data center. | Photo by Brandon Dill / AFP via Getty Images A subsidiary of Elon Musk’s xAI is offering to buy up homes in a Mississippi neighborhood, as long as residents don’t join a lawsuit targeting the company’s nearby data center and power plant, according to a report from The Guardian. … Read more
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Amazon debuts the Alexa Photo Frame and Echo Time smart clock, plus other upgraded devices
Amazon’s other new devices include an upgraded Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with visual intelligence features, and the Echo Show 16.
Reconstructing Microservice Topology at Incident Time
Working with microservices introduces an inherent ephemerality. Subcomponents change state and influence behavior frequently based on various conditions of the environment the system runs in. Incidents in production rarely happen against a stationary architecture. A deployment can replace pods, a scheduler can move workloads, endpoints change, and service-to-service traffic may shift while an incident is … Read more
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The TechBeat: Inside Jev: How Decision Models Trade Text Generation for Typed, Calibrated Answers (10/28/2026)
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 Strange Programming Language That Helped Build WhatsApp By @zbruceli [ 15 Min read ] Erlang: a programming language built in … Read more
103 Blog Posts To Learn About Interoperability
Let’s learn about Interoperability via these 103 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. Interoperability is the ability of diverse systems, organizations, or processes to work together and exchange information seamlessly. It matters for creating … Read more
Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World
Meta has launched a new app called Waddle World, which essentially looks like a Tamagotchi clone, but with AI.
Free Fire returns to India as Garena launches localized version four years after ban
Free Fire India was originally set to launch in September 2023, but Garena postponed its release.
This is how badly X wants you to pay to promote your posts
After Elon Musk warned that “advertisers who post ads that are ugly, shrill, strident or overstate claims about their product will be barred from advertising” on X earlier this month, the platform now appears to be using a jarring animated arm that reaches across the screen to draw attention to the “promote” button while users … Read more
TikTok is going after Yelp and Google Maps with an in-app restaurant guide
TikTok is launching an in-app restaurant guide in a challenge to other platforms like Yelp and even Google Maps. The company on Wednesday announced the launch of Must Eat, a new section of the TikTok app built on 40 million posts, reviews, and comments about dining on the platform. The new feature uses videos and … Read more
Kodiak lands first commercial deal to supply driverless trucks for public highways
The deal with DTL Transport puts it on a path to become an an asset-light tech supplier, rather than owner and operator.
7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open
In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect directly with experienced founders, investors, and startup leaders is almost here.
Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware event
Amazon’s head of devices and Alexa, Panos Panay, sitting next to the newest generation of Echo Dot smart speaker. | Photo: Owen Grove / The Verge Amazon swapped its usual big fall hardware showcase this year for a series of smaller launches throughout October. So far this month, it has announced new Fire TV devices, … Read more
Almost all of Amazon’s new Echo gear is available now
Amazon used to blast out dozens of products onstage at annual hardware events. If this October is any indication, the company has wisely changed its strategy to put more focus on each new product with its own launch. The latest round of launches focuses on Echo products, including speakers, smart displays, as well as a … Read more