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Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’
Uber president Andrew Macdonald (pictured) says its “hard to draw a line” between AI spending and deliverable features. | Photo: Zed Jameson/Bloomberg via Getty Images After reportedly exhausting its annual AI budget just four months into 2026, Uber is now questioning whether it’s actually seeing meaningful returns on its investments. In an interview with Rapid … Read more
A battery-powered Starlink Mini is likely on the way
This, but no cable. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Code in recent Starlink firmware suggests that SpaceX might soon release a version of its smallest internet dish with an integrated battery. A battery-powered Starlink Mini would offer untethered portability for vanlifers, emergency responders, and anyone who wants fast, low-latency internet from almost … Read more
Cissie Villa
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter X – Cecil as a Humourist Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001: A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter X … Read more
AI Attacks Are Coming for Mac Users: A Guide To Staying Safe
Your boss calls you after-hours with urgency. He needs the login credentials for a company account. You give it to him. The next day at work, the company is in crisis mode. That wasn’t your boss calling you. It was a deepfake generated automatically and in seconds. Once the realm of science fiction, this type … Read more
What to Look For in a Free VPN
Byline: Daniel Fusch A free Virtual Private Network (VPN) can help you browse the internet more securely, but it’s important to vet the app you’re using to make sure it fits your needs and provides the level of security you require. Amid concerns over privacy and cybersecurity when using public Wi-Fi, more people are using … Read more
CoinQuant Introduces Trading Infrastructure For the Agent Economy
Dubai, UAE | May 2026 – The agent economy is reshaping financial markets. Open-source agent frameworks are accelerating autonomous financial activity, with AI agents increasingly executing trades, managing portfolios, and interacting directly with exchanges. Yet the financial infrastructure supporting this shift has not evolved at the same pace. CoinQuant, the AI-powered no-code trading platform that … Read more
Echoes Beneath the Sacred Lake
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. A ROOM WITH A VIEW – Chapter IX – Lucy As a Work of Art Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 2001: A ROOM WITH A VIEW – … Read more
A portentous reunion
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The User Is Visibly Frustrated
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How Shamir’s Secret Sharing Works
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Sennheiser’s new Momentum 5 headphones have upgraded ANC and a replaceable battery
Sennheiser is sticking with the redesign it introduced with the Momentum 4 Wireless. | Image: Sennheiser Nearly four years after the last version of Sennheiser’s Momentum headphones debuted with a redesign that traded a retro aesthetic for a more contemporary and comfortable design, the company has announced its Momentum 5 Wireless headphones. They look very … Read more
Ferrari reveals its first EV, with design help from Jony Ive
The Ferrari Luce will start at €550,000 in Italy, but US pricing hasn’t been announced. | Image: Ferrari After months of teasers, Ferrari is offering the first full view of its Luce electric vehicle. The Luce is notable not just for being Ferrari’s first EV, but for being designed in collaboration with Jony Ive and … Read more
A few interesting modern pixel fonts
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155 Blog Posts To Learn About Edtech
Let’s learn about Edtech via these 155 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. Educational Technology, the use of technological tools and resources to improve teaching and learning experiences, revolutionizing access to education and pedagogical … Read more
Cox Media fined after bragging it spied on users through their phones
An exceptionally weird controversy has come back to haunt Cox Media and a pair of marketing firms, which claimed they were secretly listening to users via phones and smart devices – despite little evidence they actually could. On Thursday the Federal Trade Commission announced that Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works would pay a total … Read more
We Moved a 10-Year-Old Monolith to AWS. Here’s What Actually Happened.
How a decade-old monolith became a liability—and what it took to decompose it into microservices without burning everything down.
AI Won’t Eat Your Job First. It Will Eat Your Software
By Alexander Volchek This essay grew out of several recent conversations on ToTheMoon, the YouTube channel where we discuss AI and technology markets. It is not a recap of an episode. It is the one line I keep coming back to after using Codex, CRM data, agents, AI shopping, and a few pieces of extremely … Read more
Meet the Writer: Hacker Noon’s Contributor Vineet Vijay, Lead AI Engineer
Welcome to HackerNoon’s Meet the Writer Interview series, where we learn a bit more about the contributors that have written some of our favorite stories. So let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself. For example, name, profession, and personal interests. My name is Vineet Vijay, and I work as a Lead AI Engineer, where … Read more